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Mr. James December 13th, 2016 7:31 PM

Pokemon Go dataminers uncover shinies, genders, costumes and more trainer customizations!
 
The news comes from Pokemon Go fan site The Silph Road, which claims to have uncovered gender markers for Pokemon (though there's currently no way to view whether a given Pokemon is male or female). This could be Niantic preparing to add Pokemon breeding - a much-requested feature - to the game.

The Silph Road also claims to have found code that enables a Pokemon to be shiny. For those who don't know, shiny Pokemon are identical to regular Pokemon, save for their coloring. A shiny Charizard, rather than being the typical orange, is black with red wings, for example. Shiny Pokemon are exceedingly rare, so having one on your team is often considered a prestigious distinction.

More customization appears to be in the works for both Pokemon and trainers. Special costumes may soon be worn by Pokemon, though what these look like is anyone's guess. All we have to go on from the data is that the first costumes will be categorized as "holiday" costumes.

As for trainers, there appear to be new options for hair, shirt, pants, hat, shoes, eyes, and backpack slots, with customization items being categorized under "new," "sale," "purchasable," and "unlockable" labels. I think a cosmetic shop is incoming.

VisualJae December 13th, 2016 7:42 PM

Yes, this was uncovered about a week ago when the game was updated to the 0.49 APK (mass transferring feature, text/formatting changes included), and around the same time the Starbucks sponsorship event was leaked online.

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisualJae (Post 9511468)
Newest datamine is in with the newest Android/iOS update: https://thesilphroad.com/news/shiny-pokemon-genders-in-pokemon-go-49-1

For those unfamiliar with datamining, basically skilled techies dive into the game's code using various means and uncover details that the vast majority of people cannot see at surface level.

Key discoveries:
- Pokémon genders
- Shiny Pokémon
- The "Baby" keyword
- Additional avatar customization
- Pokémon costume customization?!
- More sponsors
- Additional adjustments to the tracker

...my gosh.

Whenever Niantic announces an update, forced or not, expect dataminers to go to work digging for hidden code.

Desert Stream~ December 13th, 2016 7:45 PM

- Pokémon genders: Neat
- Shiny Pokémon: Meh, I'll just get jealous when I see one
- Keyword: Wut
- Additional avatar customization: Neat
- Pokémon costume customization: Meh, I don't really like dressing up pokemon. Most pokemon look better in their true form~
- More sponsors: Whatever
- Additional adjustments to the tracker: Neat


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