Pokémon GO Shiny Staryu Glitch Causes Its Gem To Change Colors

A curious glitch in Pokémon GO is changing the appearance of players’ rare shiny Staryu variants. The mobile alternate reality game, developed by Niantic, was launched back in 2016. The game allows players to explore the real world in order to find, battle, and catch digital Pokémon.

5 years after the game’s original launch, Pokémon GO continues to receive dedicated support from Niantic and The Pokémon Company. The next big events coming to the game are special Ultra Unlock events, which act as rewards after players completed challenges during the recent Pokémon GO Fest 2021 event. The first two parts of the three-part event will feature exclusive 5-star raids, acting as worthy challenges for even the most skilled and experienced Pokémon trainers. The first part of the event, running from July 23 to August 3, will focus on the Legendary Pokémon Dialga while the second part will focus on its counterpart Palkia and run from August 6 to August 17. A mysterious third part of the Ultra Unlock event will then run for the rest of August.

Reddit user HungoverHero777 recently revealed an apparent glitch that changed the appearance of their shiny Staryu. The rare Pokémon variant typically possesses a blue central gem or eye, but HungoverHero777’s specimen recently changed to a red gem. Other Reddit users commenting on the thread gave mixed reports, some revealing that their shiny Staryu also has a red gem and other claiming that their Pokémon remained the same. The Pokémon GO model of classic Staryu possesses a red gem, so it is likely that this change is a simple glitch that merges the two models in some way.

Despite being a five-year-old game, Pokémon GO has managed to maintain an impressively large and loyal fanbase. Many of these players recently gathered, both digitally and in-person, to celebrate the mobile game’s birthday during Pokémon GO Fest 2021. Throughout the celebration Pokémon GO players collectively caught 1.5 billion Pokémon, demonstrating the impressive size and determination of the alternate reality game’s host of trainers.

HungoverHero777’s fascinating Staryu variant is of unknown origin, and players are left wondering how it came to be. Some Reddit users claim that it may be a hint of an additional Staryu variant coming in the future, but the base model itself also possessing a red central gem suggests a more practical explanation. Whatever the cause may be, it seems likely that Niantic will fix this issue once it is brought to the developer’s attention.

Pokémon GO is available on iOS and Android.

Source: HungoverHero777/Reddit

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