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The '''Shiny Shadow Pokémon glitch''' occurs in {{Colosseum}} and was fixed in {{XD}}, which disabled the chance of obtaining a Shiny Shadow Pokémon entirely. |
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Like in the core series games, a Shadow Pokémon will have a 1/8192 chance of appearing as Shiny. However due to a glitch, capturing it will most likely change it into a non-Shiny version of the Shadow Pokémon. A Shadow Pokémon that appears as a non-Shiny may also become a Shadow Pokémon upon capture. |
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Within Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, like all main handheld Pokémon games after [[bp:Generation I|Generation I]], it is possible for an encountered Pokémon with pseudo-random characteristics to appear as a [[bp:Shiny Pokémon|Shiny Pokémon]] at a probability of 1 in 8192 encounters. The characteristics of a [[bp:Shadow Pokémon|Shadow Pokémon]] do not remain constant and are determined by the 'random' 32-bit (or 4 bytes in standard 8-bit convention) [[bp:personality value|personality value]], where specifically the 'shininess' is calculated by taking the result of the [[wikipedia:Xor#Bitwise operation|bitwise xor'd]] player's [[bp:Trainer ID number|ID]] and '[[bp:Trainer ID#secret ID|secret ID]]' number, taking the result of using the bitwise xor function between the first two words (16-bit) bytes of the Pokémon's personality value and checking whether the bitwise xor function of the two results is less than eight; meaning that there is an 8 in 65536 (or 1 in 8192) chance that the encountered Shadow Pokémon will be shiny. |
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==Explanation== |
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When the player captures a Shiny Shadow Pokémon, its Trainer ID will most likely change from one value to another. Since the Trainer ID is a factor in calculating whether a Pokémon is Shiny, this causes the Shiny Shadow Pokémon glitch. |
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In Pokémon XD, the game will generate a new personality value for the Shiny Pokémon if either the opponent or the user's Trainer ID would result in a Shiny, in order to prevent a Shiny Shadow Pokémon from appearing. |
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However, in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, if a Pokémon is captured by the player, for unknown reasons the first 16-bit [[byte]] or '[[word]]' of the personality value is recalculated, hence there is a 65528 in 65536 (or 8191 in 8192) chance that the Pokémon is no longer shiny after it appears in the player's party, or the storage box system. Likewise, if a non-shiny Pokémon is captured by the player, there is a 1 in 8192 that it appears as a shiny Pokémon in the player's party or the Pokémon storage box. The second 16-bit [[byte]] is unchanged, hence a captured Pokémon's gender does not change. |
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Revision as of 22:23, 15 September 2016
Fire-type Magneton glitch (Stadium) | Life Orb glitch (Pokémon Battle Revolution) | Dark Void glitch (Pokémon Battle Revolution) | Control stick neutral position glitch (GameCube games) | Infinite balls (Colosseum) | Infinite continues (Stadium 2) | Pokkén Tournament glitches (Pokkén Tournament) | Shiny Shadow Pokémon glitch (Colosseum and XD) | Mystery Gift shop glitch (Pokémon Battle Revolution)
This glitch is for a home console Pokémon game. 
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The Shiny Shadow Pokémon glitch occurs in Pokémon Colosseum and was fixed in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, which disabled the chance of obtaining a Shiny Shadow Pokémon entirely.
Like in the core series games, a Shadow Pokémon will have a 1/8192 chance of appearing as Shiny. However due to a glitch, capturing it will most likely change it into a non-Shiny version of the Shadow Pokémon. A Shadow Pokémon that appears as a non-Shiny may also become a Shadow Pokémon upon capture.
Explanation
When the player captures a Shiny Shadow Pokémon, its Trainer ID will most likely change from one value to another. Since the Trainer ID is a factor in calculating whether a Pokémon is Shiny, this causes the Shiny Shadow Pokémon glitch.
In Pokémon XD, the game will generate a new personality value for the Shiny Pokémon if either the opponent or the user's Trainer ID would result in a Shiny, in order to prevent a Shiny Shadow Pokémon from appearing.
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