How did the label "shiny" even happen? Was it canonized

>>31054619
It came from the fandom from the effect and sound that a shiny makes when it enters the field, and GF eventually rolled with it and made it the official term

Generation 2 'shiny' animation comes up sparkling duh?

You might as well ask the same for 'legendary'.

It's a fan term made official

Same with "Eeveelution"

>>31054619
>A Shiny Pokémon (Japanese: 光るポケモン Shiny Pokémon), previously officially known as alternate coloration or rare coloration (Japanese: 色違い differently colored), and called Color Pokémon in Pokémon Stadium 2, is a specific Pokémon with different coloration to what is usual for its species. It is one of the many differences that a Pokémon can have within its species.
>The term "Shiny Pokémon" was first created by fans to refer to the sparkling sound effect and animation made at the start of an encounter with one in the games. Eventually, this term fell into official usage in Generation IV, used on promotional material promoting Shiny event Pokémon. The term Shiny Pokémon was first used in-game in Pokémon Black and White in Nimbasa City.

>>31054628
>>31054636
shinies aren't official though

>>31054641
>First fell into official usage in gen 4 on promo material
Have any images? Earliest official use of the term I ever remember seeing is from the shiny charm

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>>31054655
Yes it is.

>>31054655
>shinies aren't official though
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shiny_Charm

Also, shitty dubs

>>31054619
>be 10 with Gold Version
>tfw discovered Pokerus as a child and it scared me
>later found a blue ditto and accidentally KO'ed it trying to weaken it

>>31054669
>>31054676
No, I mean the Pokemon themself

>>31054619
Also TCG had SHINING pokemon back in 2000

>>31054680
what

>>31054702
Shiny Pokemon were never meant to be official.

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>>31054680
What are you talking about.

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>>31054709

>>31054713
It's a glitch that never got fixed.

>>31054709
You're gonna say they aren't canon next, aren't you

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>>31054725

>>31054729
yes

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OH BOY WE GOT OURSELVES A BRAND SPANKIN NEW AUTIST

JUST IN TIME FOR THE NEW YEAR TOO

>>31054725
So red gyarados is a glitch?

>>31054761
correct

>>31054725
Source? Sounds like bullshit.

>>31054764
it is obvious. there is even a sound and graphic distortion when they appear, which was mistakenly believed to be a shining glimmer by fans

>>31054773
Source? Sounds like bullshit.

>>31054761
HAHAHAHAHA
every new generation brings in more autist

>>31054764
That's because it is bullshit.
Shiny pokemon were an intended mechanic

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>>31054763

>>31054787
no

>>31054709
>>31054725
Different colored Pokemon have been a thing since Stadium. And they were intentional there.

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yes...

>>31054810
pokemon stadium is not canon in the first place

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>>31054794
>>31054763
>>31054733
Come on dude, how are we supposed to enjoy your bait if you aren't even feeling it? Try harder.

>>31054815
This desu
you need to get better at this

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>>31054661

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>>31054813

Thanks autist anon. Bait or not, you gave me quite a giggle.

>>31054813
Richard, I know this is you

>>31054813
Ah, but it is. The Announcer is Tracey. Or are you going to say Tracey isn't cannon now?

Pokemon isn't canon.

It's pocket monsters.

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This thread is triggering me.

>>31054761
Well you aren't wrong, in the lore of the game it's a magikarp that evolved wrong due to team rockets strange radio wave.
That's why it's magikarp colored.

>>31054641
>>A Shiny Pokémon (Japanese: 光るポケモン Shiny Pokémon), previously officially known as alternate coloration or rare coloration (Japanese: 色違い differently colored)

What the ass is this bullshit? They're still called 色違い, 光るポケモン are the Shining Pokemon from the TCG.

>>31054619
Pretty sure it was just an adaptation of "shining" from the TCG.

>>31055879
Bulbapedo in charge of getting shit right

>>31055045
go away richard

>>31054619
Wasn't there a Red Gyarados card sometime around the GSC era that was called "Shining Gyarados"?

>>31057159
Yes >>31055879
Completely different terms in nip, but English fans confused them as referring to the same thing since consistent game-to-TCG translations have never been a thing.

Shinies were a mistake - Anon 2017

>>31055463
xd good meme friend

>>31054655
>What is the shiny charm

>>31054655
Have you not looked at the dex for one? It literally says shiny, along with in B2/W2 an NPC says shiny when referring to a shiny Pokemon