If I encounter Shiny Tornadus before Regular Tornadus, will the Pokédex Page register it as Shiny (Read Description)?
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I’m playing my Oshawott run and accidentally triggered the roamed cutscene. I saved right before exiting the house, and I know once I exit, a minute long cutscene will play and then suddenly Tornadus would be added to my Pokédex. To save time, I want to know, would the shiny sprite show on the Pokédex page instead of the normal, or do I still have to press “forms” to see if it were a shiny or not?
Please don’t answer if you don’t particularly know this shiny hunt since it’s a bit unique in terms of “encountering” and the last thing I want is to hear someone telling me how a cutscene == Pokédex or that I have to battle him or something
Edit: I’m not totally sure if this is comprehensible or notso here’s a video of me explaining the hunt and what I want to know
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https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shiny_Pokémon#In-game_Shiny_Pok.C3.A9mon_4This says that, if the first Pokemon you encounter of a species is shiny, then it appears as shiny in the Pokedex, but I’m not positive it will do that for Tornadus/Thundrus, as it might just register the normal version in your Pokedex regardless of if it’s shiny or not.commented 19 hours ago by Hellfire Taco
It will register as shinySource:https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/past-gen-rng-research.61090/page-25#post-3188866I can’t see the image, so I don’t know which page the shiny would appear on.commented 13 hours ago by J™
It should register as shiny, if you haven’t encountered the original form of a Pokemon but you have encountered the shiny it should only show it’s shiny.commented 11 hours ago by GmaxWaluigi
I think it’s clear that it will appear shiny in your Pokedex. I know this happens with every single other Pokemon encounter in the video game series, so I don’t really see why it would change for this encounter anyway. I know that this encounter is different, but for example if you encountered a Cresselia or Mesprit in DP for the first time, it would either appear shiny in your Pokedex or not.
Source for Cresselia
Edit: After watching your video, I can say that yes it will appear shiny before you hit the “forms” button because you aren’t encountering two different Tornadus.