Trading unregistered Legendaries
Sooo, I got a bit of an odd case. I know that trading unseen legendaries costs 1M. I know that shiny versions count as different forms that need to be registered, otherwise it is still 1M even if you have the original Pokemon. I know when trading only caught matters, not seen.
So here is my case: Me and my gf both got a Lugia last weekend, mine was shiny and she got a normal one. I do not have a normal Lugia, I only have my shiny one. That means I only have shiny Lugia registered in my Pokedex, right?
I tested trading with my gf and I can trade for her Lugia (not my shiny) for only 20k.
Does that mean catching a shiny automatically registers the normal version too? Because usually shinies are counted as different Versions that cost extra if one of the two traders doesnt have them registered.
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Thanks, thats good to know. Not that it will be a frequent occurence, but it might find its use with some legendaries like in this Lugia. Mean that shiny registers normal form, but normal doesnt register shiny. That would make trading much cheaper. (But would probably take away from the shiny value)
Some pokemon have a "base form" (for lack of a better term). Catching any form counts as having caught the base form as far as special trades are concerned. Those that I know of:
- Shiny counts for non-shiny.
- Hat or sunglasses counts for regular. (But does not count for other hats.)
-- One that is shiny and another with a hat counts for one that is shiny with the same hat.
- Alola form counts for Kanto form.
-- Shiny Kanto form and regular Alola form counts for shiny Alola form.
- Fire, water, or ice Castform counts for normal Castform.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/9h3u8s/useless_info_normal_castform_is_not_a_special/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/9cqgq7/trading_spinda_stardust_cost/
I think that Unown letters and Spinda patterns do not have a "base form" and always count as separate forms for each letter or pattern. If there is a "base form", I'd expect it to be Unown F (the default image for Unown when scrolling through the Pokedex) and the yet to be released Spinda #1.
