RE: The Pahar Mystery gift

[Antares]

Soooooooo......

I've deliberately not run the patcher since the Mystery Gift Pahar was released because I noticed that apparently the Pahar can be shiny. So, I endeavored to set up a second save to "shiny hunt" it, upgrading once I was successful.

My only question is (and I should have asked this when I began, honestly), does the sprite shown when you select the mystery gift reflect the shiny-status of the pokemon in-game, or is that determined when you pick it up? 

Figured I'd ask, finally

Thanks :)

The shiny sprite shown when you pick them in-game, as DragonStrike said.

That corrupted parrot can be shiny? Neat...
@ReeNormies and @CodySP as you are closer to the devs, can you provide an answer here?

Yes, it can be shiny :p
A fellow breeder from the Breeders' Guild has it
iirc, Kooks has a shiny nuked-pahar too

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