[DISCUSSION] Top 5 Gen 2 Shinies That Shouldn't Have Changed

[Kris]

Hi. As y'all know, I collect Shiny Pokemon, and me and my brother are actually currently aiming to collect every Shiny in Gold & Silver legitimately. I was looking at the list of Pokemon's Shiny sprites, and god damn was I shocked. So many Gen 2 Shiny Pokemon look better, in my and my brother's opinions anyway, than the Gen 4+ variants of those Pokemon. Here's a list of 5 Pokemon that really stood out to us as wtf changes.

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No. 1: Wartortle

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Oh boy Wartortle. Warortle's Gen 2 Shiny was radical. Not only did it's shell become green, but it's carapace gained a green coloring too. It's skin became a different blue color and really stood out as a shiny. Gen 4 Wartortle copies this, but... he has an orange carapace. I mean, they change the carapace in it's shiny still, so why not keep it green? Very odd choice in my opinion.
 

No. 2: Noctowl

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Noctowl's original Shiny gave it a green body and red wings, along with white plumage on it's head and a white beak. It didn't change too much but the new shiny Noctowl looks really off putting to me, I don't think that specific shade of green suits Noctowl at all and the white plumage is far superior in my opinion.
 

No. 3: Dugtrio

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This one disappoints me so much. OG Shiny Dugtrio had blue dirt. BLUE DIRT FFS! WHAT THE HELL GF!? Now we get stuck with arguably the lamest Gen 1 Shiny ever. I don't understand how Game Freak thought it was a good idea to make it look like there was no effort put into this shiny. It's change is the one reason I haven't hunted it in Gen 4 or beyond. I just don't understand why they changed it.
 

No. 4: Typhlosion

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Anyone who owns a Shiny Typhlosion in Gen 2 should keep it in Gen 2, because seriously, this change was one of the worst changes ever. How they went from such a cool shiny to, well, trash, confuses me. Typhlosion's Shiny is the only one of the original Gen 2 Starter shinies that stood out as epic, I personally prefer Feraligatr however, but then they ruined it. Had it at least have kept it's black fur it may have stood out from the rest but, alas, they didn't.
 

Honorable Mentions

Girafarig
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Rapidash
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No. 5: Magcargo
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This. This, always this. I love Gen 2 Magcargo's Shiny, and expected this epic blue when I hunted it in Pokemon X. I was appalled when met with a magenta that doesn't suit it at all. Gone is the blue flame too. What a horrible change in my opinion. A shame too, not only is Magcargo bad competitively, but even it's Shiny can't save it. Sigh.
 

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Welp. that's my list. Do you agree? What shiny do you think shouldn't have changed? Let me know below.

[Agro]

There's two #1s?

Also #BringBackTheBlueDirt

[Kris]

@Agro

[Hatonacat]

Huh. Never realized their was some Gen 2 shiny differences. Also, good luck getting all those shinies!