It’s the ultimate test of patience and skill—only shiny Pokémon can be used in this Hardcore Nuzlocke of Pokémon X. With no items in battle and strict level caps, every rare encounter becomes a ...

you have about a 1 in 8000 chance of that pokemon being ‘shiny’, or a different color than normal. Put an uncommon event in any video game, and of course a few people will take that feature to ...

In case you’re not up to speed with the world of Pokemon, nearly every species of this game’s titular creatures have a ‘shiny’ variety – a differently colored sprite for each pokemon.