Suggestion Make Shinies Easier to Identify

In USUM at least, every time a shiny appears (whether sent out by a trainer (including yourself) or wild), the screen goes a bit dark and there's a star aniamtion over the Pokémon itself, and there's a star icon on the summary screen. I mean yeah, it does suck that these Pokémon aren't more vibrant or unique, but if you're paying attention you'll definitely notice it.

But I agree, a change of music particularly for wild battles would be nice. Something a bit more up-beat to probably match the increased heart rate of the player. Just another way to make sure you don't miss it, though that would be annoying in trainer battles.

 

It's funny you mention that, actually - because that is something on the Catcher to-do list!

The proposed change was to have a red star appear when a Shiny Pokémon is the encounter, something like this: ★
It hasn't been implemented yet mostly because of time and money (since the Catcher was created for us by an external dev).

We are looking over how the Catcher is programmed, though, and when we're able to add in the red star comfortably, we'll be doing so. I can't give a firm ETA yet, but do know it is on our minds.

 

To add to what Eclipse says, while we do have the Catcher files (code) with us, it is something that would require a developer who is knowledgeable in the language in question, to add that into. I do have an idea though regarding this that just came to me from reading the responses here that may work as a temporary solution.

Thank you for your feedback.

 

It's a lot of work, but if you guys can't figure out how to change that star, I'd seriously recommend editing the actual IMAGES of the shinies to add either sparkles (a bit more intrusive) or a red star (harder to see/understand but still helps identify). Sometimes the extra work is worth the effort tbh.

 

This would also require additional programming. The only option that wouldn't is changing the images. Worth it imo.

 

That's a good and useful suggestion. I like the idea of playing special music when a shiny appears the most. There may be difficulty in it but that's a good idea.