There's a mission that guarantees you a shiny Ponyta. Completing Pokedex entries will increase shiny odds for that pokemon. Mass outbreaks have greatly improved shiny odds
Good luck
Certain things are giving me vague pmd flavors
Also this game is huge. Like I still haven't fully explored the first baby area yet and I already feel like I've gone way further than I'm "supposed" to (I got lucky and caught a bunch of mid level 20 Pokemon before getting first star)
I'm like 2 seconds in and I like it already
edit: the main problem with the visuals is the lighting- whatever lighting system they used is much more realistic and high quality than all the game assets so it's creating a weird sharpness sort of effect on everything
textures seem to prioritize...
Day one patches are incredibly useful options for devs with crunch time. A physical copy of the game needs to be made and that takes extra time beyond just writing the code. Day one patches circumvent this so they're becoming more and more common because it gives the devs way more time to add...
A lot of the images running around on the internet are from the datamine aka pre patch version
The textures we've seen in promotional material is of higher quality than the internet dumps so I think day 1 patch will include better textures, especially water textures which are the main issue with...
the wardens seemed to me like key characters in the vein of the Gen 6 or Gen 8 rivals. While I can't exactly say I'd be thrilled about Yet Another Character Driven story, it does seem to be how they prefer writing stories as of late. As long as the story beats are there I'm cool with it
wow, I have to say visually it's once again a step up. They're really making great progress on this game and (maybe?) listening to fan feedback. Wonder if the company has taken a new direction for mission statement or if they're just making sure this new foray into another type of game goes well
thanks to home compatibility you'll likely be able to start a second profile, drop the starter in home, then put it in your main profile
that way you can use the same OT name
hoping to keep a balance of mainline games and these experimental titles, recent changes to the mainline games have made me generally more favorable towards them and they may incorporate features from successful spinoffs