Can In-Game Trades be Shiny in GSC?

May. 6, 2023

I want to shiny hunt some of the in-game trades but I don’t know if they’re shiny locked or not, I’ve gotten shinies form trades in Let’s go but Bulbapedia doesn’t say anything about these ones having the chance of being shiny or not, unlike Let’s go and Isle of Amour.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Between RBY and LGPE, all in-game trade Pokemon are completely pre-determined; every value is the same. The only game between these where in-game trade Pokemon can be shiny is inPokemon XD. Unless the trade is coded to be shiny, the in-game trade Pokemon will not be shiny.

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This is different from gift Pokemon, where some Pokemon can be shiny and some Pokemon can’t. This depends on the game and the individual Pokemon.

Hope I could help, please ask if you have more questions! There is a lot of depth to topics like these.