Can you get a shiny Zamazenta in Pokémon Go? – August 18, 2022

There are numerous shiny Pokémon for you to catch in Pokémon Go. Normally, these versions of the Pokémon are available most of the time, with trainers able to receive them from catching a Pokémon in the wild, completing research tasks, or raids. However, new Pokémon don’t always receive a shiny version. The latest Pokémon coming to five-star raids, Zamazenta, is it receiving a shiny version?

Does Zamazenta have a shiny version in Pokémon Go?

Right now, when it initially releases, Zamazenta, Hero of Many Battles, will not have a shiny version in Pokémon Go. Any Pokémon that initially releases almost always will never have a shiny version that players collect. There have been rare changes to this rule, but most of the time, it’s a no, so players don’t have to worry about trying to capture a shiny version while attempting to battle against Zamazenta.

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Typically, we can expect the shiny version of a Pokémon to appear a year or so after it releases. However, this will be the second time you can catch Zamazent and Zacian simultaneously, but both do not have their shiny versions. It looks like Niantic has not decided to release those forms yet. Although these two are appearing for the last part of the Season of Go, before we make our way over to September, we might not see a shiny version of these two legendaries until sometime in 2023. It’s unlikely a shiny version will appear at the end of this year.

Hopefully, we will have better luck when these two appear again next year. For now, you’ll have to try finding a better version of Zamazenta in five-star raids.