Pokemon Legends: Z-A is right around the corner, and as a fan of the series for 17 years, I'm very excited to return to Lumiose City and get fully acquainted with the all-new real-time battle system. But there's one thing that's gnawing away at me, the unknown of it leaving me a tad nervous – how is the new RPG going to handle shiny Pokemon after Scarlet and Violet's questionable downgrade?
Shiny Pokemon have been my holy grail since I stumbled across a Bulbapedia page about them in 2009, and my eyes were opened to another world. There's just something so enticing about finding ultra-rare variants of your favorite Pokemon, complete with a new color palette and sparkles to boot. As a kid who'd never seen one in-game, the concept almost seemed like an urban legend, and I was immediately fascinated.
