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The Regigigas event has come and gone. I noted it in my Shaymin post awhile back. It was the longest Toys R Us giveaway yet, lasting from March 8th to the 21st. I rolled on by on the 19th to pick one up for myself, and here it is.
 Wonder Card: Front, Back As the card says, trade it to Platinum and you'll get to check out a new area where you can capture three more legendary Pokemon: Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. Not very exciting for people who already have the trio from Pokemon Emerald... but hey, I'm not one of those people. Also something really funny... you can then trade that Regi trio that you got from Platinum back to your Diamond or Pearl game, and catch another Regigigas at Snowpoint City.  I finally finished Shadows of Almia (afterthoughts on that later) so to kill some boredom while waiting for Platinum to arrive, I've been messing around in the Battle Tower again. To my surprise I came across another player's shiny Wobbuffet (or Sōnansu in Japanese) while playing in the Wi-Fi Battle Tower. Neato! It reminds me that my shiny Gloom has been sitting in my PC box for ages. Poor little guy... =P  Sometime after I beat the Elite Four, I was looking around the route next to the Resort Area for a Trapinch. A few encounters later I came across this oddly colored Gloom. I was like 'what the heck?' and then the sparkly stars effect went off and I realized what it was... It was my first random shiny encounter! The color scheme isn't great while it's a Gloom, but I plan to evolve it into a Bellossom, which looks absolutely adorable in its shiny color scheme. After I finish training it, I'll definitely enter it into the Wi-Fi Battle Tower, in hopes of surprising another player, just like that Wobbuffet surprised me. XD So what's the deal with shiny Pokemon? It's a feature that was introduced in the Gold, Silver, and Crystal games with the red Gyrados. They're just alternate colored Pokemon which you can encounter if you're lucky, and I mean really lucky. The chance of a Pokemon being shiny is 1 in 8192 (or 0.012207%) so lots of players never see one, no matter how long they've played. That's all for now. Laters! |
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