Pokemon Go has unleashed shiny Meltan

Crack open a Mystery Box with the boys

Niantic is giving Pokémon Go players a proper chance to catch the shiny variant of Meltan, one of the series’ newest and most huggable critters. It’s only a slightly different shade and the tail is just blue instead of red, but still! Shiny! The promo event runs from today through Monday, March 4🦄, 2019.

Players can catch Meltan using the that’s awarded for linking Pokémon Go with Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Let’s Go, Eevee on Nintendo Switch. That’s the same now as it’s been in the past. But while this event is running, there’s also a chance for shiny Meltan to appear, and players can use the Mystery Box every three days instead of dealing with the normal seven-day wait.

I’m missing Meltan, its beefy evolution Melmetal, and a couple other rare Pokémon in Let’s Go, Pikachu. Considering I did all my trading with random strangers and there’s no online communication (you just scroll through your box until they read your mind or quit), I feel okay leaving my Pokédex incomplete.

[Pokémon]