4th Gen When Shiny Ditto transforms...

[Eruption]

Is it a shiny version of the opponent or still normal?

 

[Miscellaneous Pixel Pie]

It will be a normal version of the opponent. It kinda makes sense since it is supposed to copy the opponent's DNA, so I'm guessing that if the opponent is a shiny pokemon the transformed version of Ditto will be shiny too.

 

[Toblerone]

Thats very intersting.. never thought of that before.. interesting.. it'll be shiny when it transforms, won't it?

 

[HalcyonXIII]

It will be a normal version of the opponent. It kinda makes sense since it is supposed to copy the opponent's DNA, so I'm guessing that if the opponent is a shiny pokemon the transformed version of Ditto will be shiny too.

You guessed it right. Whether Ditto Transforms into a Shiny Pokémon is now dependant on the target being a Shiny, so this means that even a normal Ditto can change into a Pokémon's Shiny form.

Back in the GBA games, a Shiny Ditto would transform into it's target's Shiny form regardless.

 

[WaluigiRedclaw91]

I thought I was the only one who thought that and I got a shiny ditto in a trade only to be disappointed.

 

[Riokuga]

my shiny ditto transforms into a normal copy if the opponent is normal

 

[WaluigiRedclaw91]

Its been established that that is what happens

 

[Binary]

That makes sense, I thought a shiny ditto would transform to the shiny version of the opponent XD

 

[zilla103]

I never thought of that like that.

I always thought it would transform in to shiny but I never thought about it.