Pokemon Legends: Arceus makes searching for and capturing Shiny Pokemon a whole lot easier. In the opening minutes of my playthrough of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, the first wild Pokemon I encountered was a Shiny Bidoof. At the time, I didn’t realize it was a Shiny Bidoof (the Pokemon has a “golden” coat of fur that’s only a few shades lighter than a normal Bidoof) and it ran away from me when I tried to capture it because I thought I needed to engage it with my partner Pokemon instead of just….throwing pocket sand in its eyes and then bonking it with a Poke Ball. For hours, I agonized over the loss of the Shiny Bidoof, thinking that it was a rare opportunity to find a rare Shiny Pokemon (which has an appearance rate of less than 1 in 4000 under normal circumstances) in the wild. Much to my surprise, I quickly learned that Shiny Pokemon seem to be much more common in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, at least in certain circumstances.
