In which games can I get shiny starters?

Question

Just a simple question - which games have shiny-locked starters, and which games don't? Thanks!

Comments

From what I remember, all games from Sword and Shield onwards have shiny locked starters. So you cant get shiny starters in every game released before Sword and Shield.

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You mean the starters at the start of the game, right?

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Assuming you mean for resets at the start of the game:

RBGY: I’m not sure if these can be “hunted” without glitches; I’ll have to look into that
GCS: Can
RES: Can
FRLG: can
DPPT: Can
HGSS: can and should! lol
BW/2: can
XY: can?
ORAS: can
SM: Can
USUM: Can
LGPE: Cannot
SWSH: Cannot
BDSP: Can
LA: idk lmao
SV: Cannot
ZA: Idk lmao

All starters can be hunted later throughout the game (except RBGY). I might go through this and verify with sources, and find out about RBGY, and post an answer later. In the meantime, here’s it simply.

Lmk if anything is wrong chat

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XY can, the resets just take a long time.

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Scarlet violet dlc has a bunch of starters to shiny hunt althogh you have to grind to get them
3000 BP!!!

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@Silver Wow, I can get shiny starters in BDSP? Welp, time to start grinding for that pink monkey

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Resets take forever, but yup! Bdsp isn’t shiny locked :) you may encounter a shiny starly while hunting though, just a heads up, as that also isn’t shiny locked

Answer 1

Assuming you mean for starters obtained from the start of the game…

Can the starters be shiny at the start of the game (yes/no):

RBGY: Technically yes
GCS: Yes
RSE: Yes
FRLG: Yes
DPPT: Yes
HGSS: Yes
BW/2: Yes
XY: Yes
ORAS: Yes
SM: Yes
USUM: Yes
LGPE: No
SWSH: No
BDSP: Yes
LA: No
SV: No
ZA: probably No but unconfirmed at this point

All starters can be hunted later throughout the game through different methods (breeding, dlc) (except RBGY as there's no breeding).

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Would be easier to skim if you put yes/no for each one.

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My brain last night said “if I say yes/no what am I saying yes/no to?”
I think I was overtired lol