{"id":1472,"date":"2025-10-18T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/pokemon-legends-z-a-makes-a-big-welcome-change-for-shiny-hunters\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:00:00","slug":"pokemon-legends-z-a-makes-a-big-welcome-change-for-shiny-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/pokemon-legends-z-a-makes-a-big-welcome-change-for-shiny-hunters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A makes a big, welcome change for shiny hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/IMG_2787.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/em> hadn&rsquo;t been out even a few hours before the tweets started rolling in: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SBCoop89\/status\/1978582662752178301\" target=\"_blank\">Shiny pok\u00e9mon <em>don&rsquo;t despawn<\/em><\/a>. You can walk away from a shiny, and it&rsquo;ll still be there when you come back. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">To shiny collectors, this is <em>big<\/em> news. In other <em>Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>games, like <em>Scarlet<\/em> and <em>Violet<\/em>, pok\u00e9mon despawn after you get a certain distance away from them or trigger a loading screen. I&rsquo;ve missed out on my fair share of shiny pok\u00e9mon this way, my heart sinking as I spotted them right before they disappeared forever. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">You can still miss out on shiny pok\u00e9mon in <em>Z-A<\/em>, but we&rsquo;ll get to that in a bit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I first discovered the new spawning mechanics mysel \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/802089\/pokemon-legends-z-a-shiny-hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A hadn&rsquo;t been out even a few hours before the tweets started rolling in: Shiny pok\u00e9mon don&rsquo;t despawn. 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