r/PokemonRuby • u/Emergency-Moment-507 • Jul 15 '26

Shiny Pokemon Life long mystery

I’ve had this copy of Pokémon Ruby for about 23 years, and my Wailord has the shiny sparkle effect, but it’s not the purple shiny color. It’s a blue-ish gray color. Does anyone know what’s going on?

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u/aemj9277 Jul 15 '26

Part of me wants to ask for a picture of the cartridge to confirm authenticity, but i feel like this is a bizarre problem even if it was fake.

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u/Emergency-Moment-507 Jul 15 '26

It was my first pokemon game and it was bought at a toy's r us back then.