- Greetings, Pokefans!
Michael here and since
I've started shiny hunting
in Pokemon Sword and
Shield over on my Twitch,
I've been getting a
lot of questions as
to what my thoughts are
on the new Generation eight
Pokemon shiny versions.
So, I figured it best to make
one all-encompassing video
to answer those questions
where I give my thoughts
on every single new shiny
Pokemon from Generation eight.
Now, I know some of you wanted
more of a ranking format,
like a top 10 or a tier list,
so to appease those of you
who did want that, at
the end of the video
after I've given my opinion
on all of the new shinies,
I will provide you
with my top five
and my bottom five
of the new set.
All right enough intro stuff.
Don't forget to subscribe
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to hit a million subs
soon, and let's dive
into my thoughts on
every new shiny Pokemon.
I'm not a big fan
of Grookey's shiny.
I feel like it could have been
more different, but as of now
it just looks like the
Grookey is wilting.
Shiny Thwackey
looks pretty solid.
Again, I wish it had
changed more, but at least
it doesn't look like it's dying.
Rillaboom is fine, I guess.
I think I'm just not really into
that particular shade of green.
I don't like Scorbunny's
shiny very much.
I feel like the
yellowish-orange color
doesn't stand out
enough from the white.
Shiny Raboot is pretty solid,
but I'm not in love with it.
That shade of gray/brown,
wow I really cannot tell
what color that is, isn't
really doing the trick for me.
But I like the color change
on the rest of its body.
Cinderace's shiny is okay,
but that same weird coloration
that I just can't put my
finger on is far more prominent
on Cinderace than it was
on Raboot, so I'm not super
into the shiny as a whole.
Sobble's shiny is great.
Like the other starters, most
of its body doesn't undergo
a huge color palette change,
but the vibrant blue and pink
really make it stand out.
The same is true for Drizzile.
I'm fine with the
minimal body color change
because the accent
colors really pop.
And while Inteleon
is my least favorite
of the final evolved starters,
it's shiny is fantastic.
The dark blue
contrasts excellently
with the light blue,
white, and pink.
It's overall a fantastic shiny.
Skwovet turns a lovely
pinkish-red color.
It looks like it ate
too many strawberries,
which I think is adorable.
Greedent, on the other
hand, just looks like
it was tossed into
Photoshop and had
its brightness value turned up.
I might like it more
if his whole body had
that strawberry-looking
coloration that Skwovet had,
but right now this
just looks bland.
Rookidee's shiny is pretty good.
I wish the yellow had stayed
the more saturated yellow
that it is on the
regular coloring,
and I'm not sure I
agree with the decision
to make its face
mask a lot lighter,
because those two
coloration changes make
the whole Pokemon
look more washed out,
but it's still a very
noticeable change
that overall looks decent.
I think Corvisquire's shiny
could have been better.
I don't like that its not
yellow like Rookidee is,
and again I'm not super in
to having the dark face mask
just turn into a
middle-of-the-road gray.
I think they should
have either kept it dark
or totally changed it.
Corviknight's
shiny is excellent.
Changing the color scheme
to look more metallic
works really well for
this steel-type Pokemon,
and the dark eyes,
legs, and underside
of the beak contrast
fantastically
with that lighter coloration.
This thing looks menacing
as hell and I love it.
Shiny Gigantamax Corviknight
also gets extra points
for having its
eyes and the lines
on its wings glow
yellow instead of red.
That looks awesome.
Blipbug's shiny is fine.
It is noticeable, but I
wish the yellow had changed
to a color more different
from its primarily blue body.
Dottler's shiny is solid.
I like that they kept the
color change consistent
from Blipbug to Dottler.
Orbeetle is another
very solid shiny.
It's very noticeable
and looks pretty good.
I like Nickit's and
Thievul's shinies.
I think changing them
from regular foxes
to silver foxes is a
cheeky change, and I like
the more subtle change
from brown to blue
on the darker parts
of their designs.
Gossifleur has a
fantastic shiny.
Makes it look like a
whole new breed of flower
from a totally
different climate.
That is great.
I don't like Eldegoss's
shiny very much.
It's got a bit of a purple tint,
but overall it
looks somewhat dead.
I would like it a lot more if
it was more obviously purple.
Wooloo is great.
Changing a white sheep to a
black sheep is extremely logical
and looks fantastic.
Dubwool experiences
the same color swap,
which I think looks good
except for its face.
I don't know exactly why,
but the swapped colors there
don't look as good and
throw me off a bit.
Chewtle is great.
Changing a blue turtle
to the classic green
turtle is pretty fun.
Drednaw's is fantastic.
It looks kinda like Bowser
without clearly being Bowser,
which I think was
the right call.
I also love the
dark forest green.
I think it's a
noticeable improvement
over Chewtle's shiny.
Yamper's looks almost exactly
the same and therefore sucks.
Boltund's shiny looks more
different than Yamper's,
but I still wish it would
have been even more different.
As of now it just
looks a tad too bland.
Rolycoly's would have been
more solid in my opinion
if all of it had changed
to blue rather than
just the center piece.
I feel the same about Carkol.
I understand it's supposed
to be hauling coal,
but at the very least the
wheels could have turned blue.
Coalossal's shiny is the best
of this evolutionary line
because it's almost totally
that really nice blue.
The entire Applin
evolutionary line is great.
Changing the red apple to a
green apple is super smart
and looks really good.
Silicobra and Sandaconda look
like they've been zombified
and I hate zombies.
I don't like this
shiny very much at all.
Cramorant looks fantastic.
I love shinies that
change from one bright
and vibrant color to another.
Arrokuda and
Barraskewda are decent.
I don't think they're bad,
but they don't stand
out to me at all.
I think the reddish pink
on Toxel looks really good.
I feel the same about Toxtricity
but I wish the yellow and blue
on the respective forms
had changed as well.
That would have made them a lot
more interesting and unique.
Gigantamax Toxtricity
unfortunately doesn't
look very good
because the reddish aura that
surrounds a Dynamax Pokemon
makes it hard to tell the
difference between regular
and shiny Gigantamax Toxtricity.
Shiny Sizzlipede kinda sucks.
I don't agree with the decision
to only change its back
and leave the rest of
it completely the same.
Plus that blue is the same
shade as the Rolycoly line
and they should have gone
for something different.
Centiskorch is better
because the alternate
coloring is more obvious,
but I still wish they
hadn't only changed
the back and the legs.
Plus I wish it had been
changed to a different color.
Gigantamax Centiskorch
is hot garbage though.
You can barely tell
that this is different.
I genuinely looked at the
two pictures of the two forms
on Serebii and thought
there was a mistake
because I could not
tell the difference.
Clobbopus's shiny is okay.
I think they used this pale
blue color a bit too much
with shinies in this Generation,
but I think it looks
all right on Clobbopus.
Shiny Grapploct is incredible.
They turned an
already-awesome color scheme
into another awesome
color scheme.
The red and yellow and white
just work so well together,
and I love this shiny
so frickin much.
Shiny Sinistea and
Polteageist are all right.
If I were to change
them, I would have had
their bodies change
color as well.
Maybe to a green color
as a nod to green tea.
I'm not a huge fan of the
Hatterene line's shinies.
They just turned the blue
into a super pale pink,
which doesn't look bad, but
it makes the shiny versions
look more bland than
the regular versions.
Gigantamax Hatterene does
not look good though.
It's another situation
where the red aura makes
it difficult to
tell the difference
between the shiny
and the regular.
Impidimp and Morgrem look great.
I love completely-different
looking shinies.
Grimmsnarl also
looks pretty good.
I wish that really nice
blue color from Impidimp
and Morgrem had ended
up being more prominent
than just a little
diamond on its chest,
but overall I think it's solid.
The Obstagoon line looks
wild and totally different
and I like it a decent amount.
Galarian Meowth and
Perrserker look pretty solid.
I don't love that shade
of yellow specifically,
but I think they do a decent
job of pulling it off.
Shiny Gigantamax
Meowth looks the same
as regular one though
and therefore is garbage.
I don't really like
shiny Galarian Corsola
because I don't think
it changes enough.
Most of its body changes
are pretty subtle.
And, while I like
the purple eyes,
I would have liked to see
something more noticeable.
Cursola looks great though.
That dark shadowy center looks
super ominous and fantastic.
Shiny Galarian Farfetch'd
sucks and is far too similar
to the regular coloring.
Shiny Sirfetch'd is
much better though.
I kind of like how the
golden coloring seems
to be an homage to rubber ducks.
Shiny Galarian Mr. Mime and
Mr. Rime do not look good.
Looks like a slightly red
filter was just applied to them
all over and ends up just
making them look like
their photos were taken
during the Civil War.
Galarian Yamask and Runerigus
look fantastic though.
I love the bright green eyes,
and by making the rock lighter
while changing the drawing
to a more vibrant pink,
they succeeded in making
Runerigus stand out
and just really pop a lot more.
It looks excellent.
Galarian Ponyta and
Rapidash look pretty solid.
My only complaint is that
when their manes glow,
it kinda makes it seem like
the yellow part isn't changing.
Galarian Weezing
kinda looks like crap.
Literally.
Galarian Darumaka and
Darmanitan look pretty solid.
I like that the
ice crystals change
and the bright green
really stands out.
However, I would have preferred
to see the snow change color
to basically any color
other than yellow.
I really like Zen Mode
Galarian Darmanitan though.
Changing the eyes and hands
to be darker almost gives off
the impression that the fire
is hotter, which I like.
I don't really have
any strong feelings
about Shiny Galarian Stunfisk,
but I do kind of like
that its color scheme seems
like somewhat of a nod
to the original Stunfisk.
Milcery looks like a ghost
which freaks me out
just a little bit.
This thing is supposed
to be cute not dead.
Shiny Alcremie
looks pretty solid,
but because of the variety
of Alcremie colorations,
I think it ends up
being overshadowed a bit
simply because it looks just
like another Alcremie color.
Shiny Falinks isn't my favorite,
but it looks pretty solid.
It's almost as if the armor
is bronze instead of gold.
My only gripe is that
they didn't change
the color of its eyes.
It would have been nice
to see those turn red
or some other bright
color rather than
just remain the same.
Shiny Pinchurchin looks
great, and honestly I think
this is what its coloring should
have been from the get-go.
The black looks
a lot better than
that kind of desaturated purple.
Snom just turns mildly
green which only succeeds
in making it look nauseous.
I don't like this one very much.
Frosmoth also experiences
a slight change
to being somewhat green, which
I feel just isn't enough.
I think I would have
liked to see both of them
change a lot more.
Stonjourner has the dark and
light areas of its body swap,
which I think is kind of fun.
They could have gone for
something more different,
but I certainly don't
think this is bad.
Eiscue looks fine to me.
It's a bit heavy on
the pink for my taste,
but I certainly
don't dislike it.
Indeedee looks fine to me.
It's nothing crazy or drastic,
but it's noticeable enough
to be all right.
I don't think Morpeko's
shiny looks bad,
but I wish it was
a bit less subtle.
Cufant and Copperajah's shinies
are disappointing to me.
They don't look bad, but they
just look like desaturated
and more bland versions
of their regular coloring.
They could have made
something a lot cooler.
All the shiny fossils look like
they've been made dead again.
They are grayed out and look
decayed, a dramatic fall
from their excellent
vibrant colors normally.
I do not intend to hunt for them
because I really
dislike how they look.
Plus after that Kabuto
hunt in Let's Go
that gave me wrist problems
that I still have
not recovered from,
I'm never doing an excessive
A-mashing shiny hunt ever again.
Duraludon does not look
bad, but I don't feel like
it was changed enough.
This coloring could have
been its regular coloring
and it would have looked good.
I tend to prefer shinies
that are far more different.
But Gigantamax Duraludon looks
much more noticeably
different and I quite like it.
The orange coloring
makes it look like
the windows are reflecting
the light at sunset
rather than during the
day which is pretty cool.
The entire Dragapult line
have really solid shinies.
For most of them, really the
only change is the change
from red to yellow, and while
it's only really changing
the accent colors it's
a dramatic enough change
to be quite noticeable
and also look really cool.
Zacian looks pretty
awesome in my opinion.
Leaning fully into the blue,
which is my favorite color,
looks really good on
it, and I almost wish
this is what it
looked like normally.
I don't like Zamazenta
as much because I
just simply don't like the
color pink as much as blue,
but I think it looks pretty
solid and I definitely see
the appeal for some people.
Eternatus is basically in the
same situation as Zamazenta
where I think it
looks pretty decent,
but I'm just not that
into the color pink.
Although for Eternatus
I would have liked
the reddish energy change
color, but I suppose since
that's the energy
that's causing Dynamax
to happen it kinda
has to stay red.
I guess.
All right just a few
more shiny colorations
to go over those being
the Gigantamax forms
that I have not already shown.
Shiny Gigantamax Charizard looks
just as awesome as
regular Charizard.
They did not mess with it
and that was the right call.
My favorite thing about
Gigantamax Butterfree is
the bright green eyes,
but other than that,
it doesn't change very much,
so I'm not that into it.
Gigantamax Pikachu
has the same issues
as regular Pikachu
where I feel like
it's not different enough.
The green on Gigantamax Machamp
looks a little weird to me.
I think it clashes too much
with the bright
orange on its hands.
Shiny Gigantamax
Gengar is incredible.
They made it white just like
they did with Mega Gengar
and that was the right call.
Those eyes are
terrifying and I love it.
Gigantamax Kingler
looks pretty cool.
I've always thought shiny
regular Kingler looked cool
and Gigantamax Kingler
sticks to the same theme.
I feel similarly about
Gigantamax Lapras
which keeps the same shiny
color scheme as its normal form
which I already
thought looked good.
Gigantamax Eevee
looks really solid.
I think Gigantamax Eevee
is normally pretty boring,
but seeing it all snow
white looks pretty cool.
While I think normal shiny
Snorlax is a bit too close
to the original, I like
that shiny Gigantamax
Snorlax changes
the color of the
plants on its belly.
That's a really nice touch.
I already liked the vibrant
blue of shiny Garbodor
and it looks just as good on
shiny Gigantamax Garbodor.
I also like that they
changed the colors
of the toys embedded in it.
And finally, shiny Gigantamax
Melmetal looks just like
the original and
therefore looks dumb.
All right, so that
covers my thoughts
on every new Generation
eight shiny Pokemon.
So now, for my bottom
five and my top five.
First, the worst.
Five is Mr. Rime/Mime.
Four is the fossils as a whole.
Three is Yamper.
Two is Galraian Farfetche'd.
And one is Gigantamax
Centiskorch.
Numbers five and four
I think just look bad,
but numbers three, two,
and one are so close
to their originals
that they may as well
just not even exist.
And now for my top five best.
Five is Inteleon.
Four is Gigantamax Gengar.
Three is Drednaw,
both of its forms.
Two is Corviknight,
both of its forms.
And one is Grapploct.
So now that you've watched this
video, you know my thoughts
on every single Generation
eight shiny Pokemon.
You are never allowed
to ask me ever again.
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