Is Shadow Giratina shiny locked?

Question

The one in BDSP. Is it shiny locked? I saw this one video on Reddit but I have no idea if it's legit or not. It'd be a cool hunt to do if not...

Side question, does Shadow Giratina appear in the Pokedex? I'm too busy hunting Latios to find out myself.

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https://youtu.be/EArh-1W3JBI?si=bXbHCk9n-pwORQfA

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Is that legit or forced to be shiny?

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Probably forced

Answer 1

No.

After around 3,543 resets, the dragon finally shined. The only visual difference is the sparkles, nothing else, and obviously you can't catch it. As a fun test, I sent out a Ditto, and it transformed into a shiny Origin Giratina.

As for my second question, when you view it in the Pokedex, the Origin form will appear, and it is shiny.

Late edit: I realized I never added images as proof, so I'm adding them now.

The shiny shadow Giratina, after around 3543 resets.

Ditto transforming into a shiny Origin Giratina.

Shiny Origin Giratina showing up in the Pokedex (I didn't get the Griseous Orb).

Answer 2

Based on everything I checked, no.

Game Rant repeats the story. Bulbapedia only includes gift Mew and Jirachi and in-game trades. Seribee seems to confirm Shadow Giratina isn’t shiny-locked because it mentions all legendary Pokémon aren’t shiny-locked.

Shadow Giratina doesn’t seem to appear in the Pokédex. Couldn’t find much more about that. Hope this helps!

Edit: So YouTuber The Legendary Nic tested out what would happen if you used Transform with Mew against Shadow Giratina. The Mew ended up turning into a regular Orgin-Form Giratina. I believe this would mean that if you could possibly catch Shadow Giratina, it would enter into the Pokédex as Origin-Form Giratina.

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By appear in the Pokedex, I mean as an alternate form for Giratina, like how the Wormadam cloaks appear in the Pokedex.

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So does the Shadow form appear in the dex or is it just Origin form?

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I would say just its origin form based on how the Transform mechanics work. This could probably be confirmed if someone could look at the game’s code, or if someone finds out how to catch it…..

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You can't catch it. I was wondering if seeing it will show the form in the Pokedex or not.

Edit: It shows up as the regular Origin Form, just tested.