The chances for finding and catching a Shiny in Pokémon GO are quite different and more difficult than the regular odds in other titles of the Pokémon series. Internal calculations for deciding the percentage chance of discovering a Shiny Pokémon, as well as the catch rate protocols that follow, can make successfully catching one of these alternate-color variants incredibly difficult in ways that Shiny hunters coming over from console games may not even realize. Although many traditional Shiny hunting methods are ineffective in Pokémon GO, the game does make up for this in some ways.