ZA finally fixed Slowpoke's Shiny.

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Joshua Robertson is the news editor at TheGamer. When he's not writing about breaking news, community stories, or covering industry events, he can be found begging FromSoftware for a Bloodborne remaster.

Pokemon Legends: ZA has a lot of draws, but for certain people who like to reset their game and let it run in place for hours, there's nothing better than a good hunt. There's something different about finding Pokémon with slightly different colors than other races, but some sparkles can definitely be a lot more interesting than others.

Long-time sparkler hunters will be able to tell you that among the flock there are some that are either really disgusting in color or really stinky and barely noticeable. Slowpoke is a prime example of the latter. The shiny Slowpoke was almost indistinguishable from its regular form, thanks to its slightly faded color, like a beloved t-shirt that had been thrown through the washing machine hundreds of times.

Pokemon: Legends: ZA has finally fixed Slowpoke's shiny issue.

However, it seems that someone at Game Freak had the same complaint about the shiny Slowpoke as everyone else and actually decided to do something about it in Pokemon Legends: ZA. First discovered by Twitter user Jayjay_mons, the photo appears to be a glowing Slowpoke looking on. many There's more purple in this latest Pokémon adventure.

It's been quietly pointed out that this new color of Slowpoke appears to be a throwback to the previous shiny version seen in Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, which are a much more vibrant shade of purple. This immediately made the shiny version of the creature more recognizable and gave Pokemon fans around the world new hope that their least favorite shiny version might be changing.

For example, the reply to Jayjay_mon's tweet about Game Freak already has fans calling for something to be done about the horrible mint green Espeon we've had to deal with since launch. Personally, I'm hoping to adjust Dragonite's shiny form to make it a little less green instead. If you can do it with Slowpoke, you can do it with Dragonite.


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system

Super grayscale 8-bit logo


released

October 16, 2025

ESRB

Anyone over 10 years old / fantasy violence, in-game purchases

publisher

Nintendo, the Pokemon company


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