Why are so many Water Type shinies pink?

Oct. 2, 2020

I was quietly raging to myself on why the Mudkip lines' shiny forms were pink when I realized that a startlingly large amount of Water Types were also pink (Vaporeon, Lapras, Omastar, Wailmer, Sharpedo, jeez the list goes on.).

Is this just because Game Freak felt like giving them a pink shiny, or is there an actual reason?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qAyDsVpwELMThis is a really interesting theory video. It’s basically saying that because Shinies might have been made by an algorithm until Gen 6, Blue Pokémon (usually water) most commonly turned into Pink or Purple, because of how the algorithm worked.

My personal theory is that a lot of blue shinies are pink nowadays because the colors compliment each other, while still looking, well, shiny.

Nobody but Gamefreak really knows though. So as always, Gamefreak logic.