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Just to make it clear, there’s no official shiny variant of these images. Gen 1 Gen 2 Gen 3 Gen 4 Gen 5 Gen 6 Gen 7 Gen 8 Gen 9

Animated gifs are from pkparaiso, PLEASE credit them if use use them! Purpose of this listing is for species and forms introduced in Sword & Shield. Presently have no plans to add any pre-Gen 8 mons and forms Alcremie forms

How/where to find legal shinies of Mythicals Species Where/How - Notes/Transfer status Mew PCNY Shiny Mew - Gen 2 cart only (and technically Gen 1 cart, but shininess cannot be observed), cannot be transferred up to modern generations Emerald Faraway Island Mew - Japan Emerald only, not guaranteed shiny GO Shiny Mew - Guaranteed Shiny, transfer from GO to HOME Celebi PCNY Shiny Celebi - Gen 2 cart only, cannot be transferred up to modern generations Ilex Forest Celebi - VC version only, can be transferred up Coco Movie Celebi - Movie was in Japan, but region free redemption Secrets of the Jungle Movie Celebi - Distributed to EU/US via PTC Newsletter GO Shiny Celebi - Guaranteed shiny, transfer from GO to HOME Jirachi WISHMAKR Jirachi - Not guaranteed shiny. CHANNEL Jirachi - Not guaranteed shiny. Tanabata 2014 Jirachi - 3DS Local Wireless, thus original redemption not region locked Christmas Party 2014 Jirachi - 3DS Serial Code, thus original redemption was region locked to JP 3DS Fukushima Christmas Party 2014 Jirachi - 3DS Local Wireless, thus original redemption not region locked Nintendo HK Shiny Jirachi - 3DS Serial Code, original redemption was region locked to JP and EU 3DS Pokémon Go Tour Hoenn: Masterwork Research Jirachi - Guaranteed Shiny, transfer from GO to HOME Deoxys (Forms interchangeable) Birth Island Deoxys - Not guaranteed shiny. GO Deoxys - Shiny released starting here. Not guaranteed shiny. Transfer from GO to HOME Phione* Standard Phione Egg - Not guaranteed shiny. Manaphy Pokémon Ranger Egg - The Manaphy can only be shiny if the egg was traded away. Recipient of event cannot hatch it shiny. (DP only, not BDSP) Darkrai New Island Darkrai - Legal Shiny can only be found in Platinum and BDSP. Not guaranteed shiny. GO Darkrai - Shiny released starting here. Not guaranteed shiny. Transfer from GO to HOME Shaymin Flower Paradise Shaymin - Legal Shiny can only be found in Platinum and BDSP. Not guaranteed shiny. Arceus (Forms interchangeable) Dahara City Legendary Shiny Arceus - 3DS Serial Code, thus original redemption was region locked to JP 3DS Hall of Origin Arceus - Encounter on BDSP, requires a PLA save. PLA save requirement: completed main missions, captured Arceus. BDSP requirements: Caught Dialga/Palkia in game, reached Hall of Fame, acquired National Dex. Victini A legal shiny does not exist Keldeo (Forms interchangeable) A legal shiny does not exist Meloetta (Forms interchangeable) A legal shiny does not exist Genesect (Forms interchangeable) Movie 2013 Genesect (JPN and KOR) - Language locked to the distribution. GO Genesect - Shiny released starting here. Not guaranteed shiny, transfer from GO to HOME. Presently, while only the driveless raids/encounters can be shiny, after transferred through HOME into any game that has the species, the drives could be attached to it. Diancie Pokémon Center Diancie - 3DS Nintendo Zone, thus original redemption was region locked to JP 3DS All-Stars Battle Diancie - 3DS Infrared, thus original redemption not region locked Hoopa A legal shiny does not exist Volcanion A legal shiny does not exist Magearna A legal shiny does not exist Magearna (Original Color) A legal shiny does not exist Marshadow A legal shiny does not exist Zeraora HOME Shiny Zeraora - Gift guaranteed shiny Meltan GO Meltan (LGPE transfer and HOME transfer) - Limited Shiny period. While they can be encountered shiny within the limited shiny period, the encounters themselves are not guaranteed shiny. Melmetal GO Melmetal (LGPE transfer and HOME transfer) - Limited Shiny period While they can be encountered shiny within the limited shiny period, the encounters themselves are not guaranteed shiny. Melmetal (G-max) A legal shiny does not exist (For your information, in SWSH-Isle of Armor, you can give certain species Max Soup to attain or remove the Gigantamax Status. Max Soup does not work on Melmetal) Zarude A legal shiny does not exist Zarude Dada A legal shiny does not exist * Mythical status disputed Updated as of December 5th, 2020