Shiny Pokemon May Arrive The Same Time As Pokemon Go’s Water Festival

Shiny Pokemon may be coming to Pokemon Go in the new "Water Festival" event.

Earlier today Niantic announced the arrival of the "Water Festival," a made-up holiday Pokemon Go event that's probably meant to celebrate the summer. Allowing gamers to encounter more Water Type Pokemon from the Johta Region, the event is set to start today at 1 pm PDT, around the same time the company plans to roll out the game's new update.

The dataminers on The Silph Road have managed to dig their way into the new update and have found a an indicator of the Shiny Pokemon's inclusion in Pokemon Go – Shiny Pokedex Buttons!

"That's right, travelers - alongside the new Pokedex gender buttons are new Pokemon variant buttons for Shiny Pokemon!

It is not clear at this point if, when shinies launch, you will be able to browse through all shiny variants in the Pokedex without encountering them, or not. One thing that is clear, however, is that there is only a 'Shiny Captured' button variant, where the other buttons have a 'captured' and a 'seen' variant.

This leads us to believe that shinies may either only be added to the Pokedex if caught, or they will all be browsable once you've caught one of a species. We suspect the former!

We'll post an infographic showing these assets soon."

The update also brings changes to the sky in the game, as well as a few important fixes, but the highlight of the new patch is indubitably the Shiny Pokedex Buttons. Aside from Gen II Pokemon, Shiny Pokemon are some of the things gamers have been waiting for quite a long, long while.

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