Can you see if Ash Cap Pikachu is shiny when you register it in your Pokedex?

Question

I'm playing through Ultra Moon and I'm considering hunting the Ash Cap Pikachu. However, I haven't registered a Pikachu into my Pokedex, so I'm wondering if the shiny symbol will show when I register it into my Pokedex.

Comments

No reason for it not to. The Pokemon is still flagged as shiny even if there's not a different model for it.

Answer 1

Yes. A Pokédex will record location data, cry, category, and appearance (Variations in gender, other forms, shinies) for a Pokémon you have seen. You only need to catch it for getting Pokedex entries and footprints in games that have those. Since you need the data of Form/shiny changes, making a Pokémon appear in battle is only enough.

(This applies to all games)

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