The Pokémon GO Water Festival is underway and lucky trainers started noticing something pretty amazing. Shiny Magikarp have been identified in the game, which can be evolved into a beautiful red Gyarados!
In homage to many players' first shiny (the red Gyrados in the Lake of Rage) Niantic has made Gyrados/Magikarp the 1st shiny variant family: pic.twitter.com/k3IQK2T4Cw
— The Silph Road (@TheSilphRoad) March 22, 2017
For those unfamiliar, Shiny Pokémon can be discovered randomly in games in the Pokémon franchise at extremely low rates. These Pokémon sport a different color palette and emit an array of stars when thrown into battle.
Only Magikarp has been located so far, and at the moment, there’s no word on what kind of rate these shiny creatures will appear. If you’re heading out over the next few days, keep your eyes peeled!
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Written by Jason Ganos
Nintendo super fan since birth, Jason is the creator of Amiibo News and editor-in-chief at Nintendo Wire. One of his life goals is to provide the latest Nintendo news to fellow gamers with his natural know-how.
