Pokémon Legends: Arceus' Shiny Rates Might Ruin Scarlet & Violet
While catching Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: Arceus is less difficult than in past games, the changes to mechanics could ruin Shiny hunting in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. To help fill the massive, open-world-inspired maps of Pokémon Legends: Arceus' Hisui region, Pokémon species can be found in the overworld, both as normal and Shiny versions of every available variety. However, the spawn mechanics, mixed with new Shiny hunting boosts, makes the hunt too easy, and these mechanics could impact future games.
Shiny hunting has become a staple of the Pokémon series in the past decade. What had once been a late-game challenge or random surprise has become one of the primary reasons many fans play the games (or at least stick with them for the long term). Because of this, each new Pokémon game has featured Shiny mechanics more heavily, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus has taken the inclusion of Shiny hunting to new heights. Players can almost immediately begin improving Shiny encounter odds after starting the game, and certain mechanics make bumping into a Shiny almost inevitable, instead of requiring players to engage in a difficult challenge to find them.
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To boost Shiny odds in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, players can fill out Pokédex entries, obtain a Shiny Charm, or simply visit Mass Outbreaks that appear randomly throughout the Hisui region. Mass Outbreaks have the best Shiny odds in the game, offering players a potential 1 in 158 chance without any additional items or boosts. With a Shiny Charm and a Research Level 10 Pokédex entry, these odds can be as low as a potential 1 in 128. While the increased Shiny spawn rates in Pokémon Legends: Arceus might be good news for fans not wanting
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