Why did a wild Roselia have a special animation?

I was playing Pokemon Platinum and I encountered a Roselia which had a special animation. It threw some rose petals in the air. I was trying to get outside of the grass (you know like when you wish you had a repel with you), so I just had a glimpse on it and then pushed run. Was that a shiny Roselia? I looked at Bulbapedia and the shiny form of Roselia isn’t much different in color than it’s original, so I might have missed it. If not shiny then what was it?

So I’m changing my question from “Was that a shiny Roselia?” to “Why did a wild Roselia have a special animation?”.

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First of all sorry for reviving such an old question.I had to register an account right away to join this because i’m confusing about this case too. You guys should stop complaining about how he persist his question. Actually he was right.The Aroma Lady Hannah on route 208 in Pkmn Platinum owns a Roselia that throw rose petal in the air while it cry. First I thought it was an animation for Roselia in this version but nope. I encountered many Roselia but haven’t found any that did the same. I’m still hunting for one. That must be a rare Pokemon with special animation, but not shiny. I’ve been searching on the internet but found no information related to this.Gamefreak considered Pokemons as real creatures so I think they did this on purpose. This makes me remember about the Spindas. Each one of them have different spot on their face.Maybe nobody pay attention on this, but I do.Here it is.

This is impossible to know anymore, rather we can only assume.As of such, no shiny Pokemon has a special rose-scattering animation, but since you missed almost all of the Roselia, the animation might have been a burst ofsparklesrather than roses.In which case Roselia was definitely shiny.

Shiny Roselia doesn’t really look all that different from normal Roselia, save for the hands (Roses?) which have different colors. So it was very easy to miss them for you.

Hope I helped!

The ‘‘It threw some rose petals in the air’’ was Magic Leaf.Roselia throw some petals with different colors to the air, then it comes down and then launches to your Pokemon.

In Gen IV, if a shiny Pokemon appears it will appear stars around it, like this:

Another way (don’t know if this works, because I don’t have my Pokemon Platinum now) is going to the forms of Roselia and see if it was a ‘‘shiny form’’. This can be done in Gen V however I don’t know if this can be done in Gen IV.

As you say ‘‘It threw some rose petals in the air’’ it is the same was Magic Leaf and it can be learned by Roselia at level 19.Roselia can be found at Route 208, Route 209, Route 210 South, Route 212 North, Route 221, Route 224, Route 229, Route 230, Trophy Garden and the minimum level is 19 in Route 208.

Like Fated Fathom ♠ said, it is possible that it can be shiny but in this case I’m very sure that it WAS NOT SHINY because of the Magic Leaf.

Hope this helps!