I feel sorry for these people...

[Drazieth]

I've seen so many people thinking that their Black Hippowdon is a Shiny...

 

[moon]

Wow, I never noticed that the female version looked so different. It looks better than the shiny ones imo.

 

[Hiatus]

Sadly, I'm one of those people, haha. I just did some search on "shiny Hippowdon" on Google, and its sprite seems to have shown up as green. Personally, I don't really like it; in my opinion, its color-scheme just don't suit the Pokémon, unfortunately. If it were brown--like its original form, but only a little darker and more saturated--then it would have looked a lot better, I'm positive.

 

[Rosehip]

It's crossed my mind a few times when I was playing the Gen IV games, and by the time I got Platinum, I had educated myself more in stuff like that. Luckily, I noticed that lack of the Shiny sparkle encounter thing, so it debunked my thought immediately. Still, it looks very much like what's expected from a Shiny, and might as well have been. Switch the female and Shiny colour schemes, in my opinion.

 

[lewiscelestin]

would any1 want to trade pokemon? i have a lvl 100 jolteon taking offers its shiny btw

 

[moon]

would any1 want to trade pokemon? i have a lvl 100 jolteon taking offers its shiny btw

Hello! Trade offers are more suited for our Trade Corner section. I advice you read the rules there and see where you can post your request :)

 

[deoxysoutrage]

Oh man, this is the first time I've actually realized this. I don't like the Shiny one at all then, personally. >.<

 

[SaniOKh]

This topic reminds me of this picture I saw a while back on Pokémemes:

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Other than that... yeah, I'm not a big fan of species that can come in different colors naturally exactly because they can look like shinies, and I hate being disappointed :) . Florges, Gastrodon, Hippowdon and their pre-evolutions, I don't like you :D .

 

[Blueredemption]

This topic reminds me of this picture I saw a while back on Pokémemes:

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I died when i saw that xS

When i first saw the female version it didn't even cross my mind that it was shiny, though that was before i knew about shinies believe it or not. i have yet to encounter someone who has made that mistake, but i can see how it can happen. Not the biggest fan of pokemon like that either, they mess with my head :l

 

[bobandbill]

Wow, I never noticed that the female version looked so different. It looks better than the shiny ones imo.

I agree. A friend gave me a shiny Hippo poke, which is neat, but sadly it is not one of the better looking shiny Pokemon out there.

I never had this problem, although I do recall fake rumours on how to get a shiny ___ back in primary school.

Also, a relevant comic from the awesome of awkwardzombie:

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[pyx]

Kind of reminds me of how I thought that purple Spinarak was a shiny XD (dont judge me!!). I guess im not the only one to make such mistakes :p

 

[Brendino]

Ah, I was definitely one of the ones that got fooled by the major differences between Hippopotas and Hippowdon when I first saw them. I love when we get easily identifiable differences between the genders of Pokemon, but I don't think any other Pokemon just switches colors as their difference, so it was definitely confusing.

 

[Starry Windy]

Honestly I was confused how female Hippowdon's color is black instead of the usual brown, I thought it's unusual (not to the point of thinking it being shiny though), and that color difference was the reason why I tend to use male Hippowdon more often.

 

[Synerjee]

This confused me as well. After encountering both black and brown Hippowdon but seeing no sparkles indicating a shiny, I got curious, researched on it and found out that it was the gender differences that caused the difference in colours. Funny though why only this particular Pokemon gets a major colour change based on gender. I don't see any others that get the same treatment.

 

[Bellsprout]

Yeah same maybe I am just a psycho, but Idk how you can be a fan and not know that unless you haven't played the fourth generation. I clearly remember when that generation came out Hippowdon was one of the Pokemon they showed having specific differences. I guess it doesn't help that Hippowdon takes extra work to find. Anyway I prefer the colors on the male the female is too solid imo.