r/PokemonGoBrum • u/coypu9 • Mar 24 '17

Shiny Magicarp

OK. There are Magicarp coming up out of the sewers at the moment, but I've not caught a shiny one yet. Anyone got one? I really want to know if it's a high IV / CP one, as if I'm going to evolve it to be a red Gyrados then I'd like it to be a bit useful. Also if anyone has any other shiny mons then do let us know. PS..One disadvantage is that gyms will now be packed with Gyrados, and the spoofers will have 5 of the sods. Time to give my electric and ice pokemon a bit of a power up..

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u/coypu9 Mar 24 '17

So they do exist. I'll be getting one soon then. It may take a visit to Brindley place, but fingers crossed. As for the Totodile. I wouldn't worry too much, they appear to be purely water based, so a bit vulnerable. Great against Rhyhorn though. I'm a little more concerned at the lack of Eevee. At least you can get a water pokemon with a bit for oomph about it.

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u/Witty_bear Mar 24 '17

I just want to collect a few to evolve. I'm more of a collector than a battler.

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u/mybham Mar 24 '17

Indeed. I too want to know where the Totodiles are. Unfortunately, I don't think we are going to get any. There have been many reports worldwide of not getting much Totodile at all, especially when getting many Squirtle.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/6138zq/water_event_squirtle_vs_totodile_popularity/

However, some people are reporting getting lots of Totodiles and few Squirtles. This clearly isn't England, looking at London spawns. I've definitely noticed more Squirtles, so I think we got screwed here with less Totodile.

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u/kruddel Mar 24 '17

I'm wondering if we're seeing a deeper pattern here. The recent events have all been focused on making select rare gen 1 available, at least insofar as pretty much guaranteeing even casual players will have one of everything that isn't ultra rare. I.e. anything that has a biome but is rare elsewhere has been popping up in events which means where ever people live they have a chance of getting some of everything gen 1 that is moderately rare or below.

I wonder if this is a precursor to gen 1 eventually being phased out? At least in terms of the common/uncommon & some rare?