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Shinies don’t work as we expected them to. Image via Niantic<\/figcaption><\/figure>

For many Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> trainers only looking for Shiny Pok\u00e9mon, the city event is usually the place to be, with some trainers theorizing for the past year that the city experience has an increased chance of finding Shiny Pok\u00e9mon over the park experience. Niantic, however, has officially debunked this as of today.<\/p>

At Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em><\/a> Fest Madrid on June 14, Dot Esports got to sit down and talk to Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> director Michael Steranka and discuss all things Go<\/em>, including if Galar Pok\u00e9mon would ever make an appearance<\/a> and the recent discussion of the lack of wild Pok\u00e9mon since the start of 2024<\/a>.<\/p>

Steranka laughed and made an official statement to put the myth to rest when asked about the popular fan theory with shiny rates at Go <\/em>Fest.<\/p>

“I can definitively confirm that Shiny rates do not change between the in-park experience and the in-city experience for our GO fests or any of our major live events,” Steranka said. “When you’re in the city; you have more opportunities to encounter more Pokemon, which increases your chances.”<\/p>

Steranka concluded that when you are in the park, Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> players seem to focus more on research tasks than catching Pok\u00e9mon, leading to less tapping on phones. Park experiences are also mainly a way for people to hunt a specific Pok\u00e9mon due to their specific habitat zones, so players might miss out on other Pok\u00e9mon as a consequence.<\/p>

In contrast, everything spawns at once in the city, leading to a much broader pool and higher chances you’ll come across random Shiny Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"