Bit of a Gimmighoul Raid Event Rant
So as many of you are aware, there's a Tera Raid event going on in SCVI right now featuring Gimmighoul with the official debut of shiny gimmighoul (until July 2, 2023).
For shiny hunters and collectors, this was kinda a big deal, as shiny Gimmighoul/Gholdengo have been shiny locked in the game. Finally you could get a shiny of it!
First of all, it's a terrible shiny and I know many would agree with me on this.
You're telling me this was the decision on what the shiny should look like? (Normal on left, Shiny on right) First of all, it looks terrible. There's practically no difference in anything. Could've changed the treasure box with it too at least to make it easier, but no, we get a...paler gimmighoul.
This could be fine (I guess) if it weren't for the fact you don't get any sign of it being shiny. At least in SWSH you got a clear sign of it being shiny with a sparkle effect! (Below)
But a shiny Tera Raid in SCVI? Nothing. No sparkle, no nothing. You're left guessing, and if you don't know your shinies or you don't know a pokemon well enough to tell when the color is off? You're screwed.
Some pokemon you can tell. (See Shiny Ralts and Shiny Tarountula below)
But there's no sparkle, no stars, no signifier of any kind showing it's Shiny. So good luck knowing a shiny gimmighoul by sight, cuz even without the terastalized effect it's hard to tell.
My next issue with these raids...They're full odds.
This means finding a shiny gimmighoul is a 1/4096 odds chance. And guess what? Your shiny charm (if you have one) has no effect! Neither do the Sparkling powers of the sandwiches!
If you don't have the time, pokemon, or patience to just sit and hunt these 5☆ (only 5☆ raids have a chance to be shiny, so don't bother looking in 3☆ or 4☆ raids to find one), or the option to get help from others via online group battles (if you don't have NSO), you're SOL.
There's also no word (that I'm aware of) on whether gimmighoul will be able to be encountered as shiny on the overworld after these raids are over. And because they're genderless? Shiny breeding is not an option, so scratch that off your list of possibilities.
It just makes me so mad that they finally bring a chance of finding a shiny that's been locked since the game came out in November, and make it impossible to get. They could've, at the very least, raised the chances of finding a shiny like in past raids, but they didn't.
It's a big middle finger to collectors, to shiny hunters, and to those who just really like the gimmighoul line and just wanted a shiny one for fun.
