

I wanted to fit in as many useful new moves as possible, so some similar moves were combined to free up space. There's only room for 255 moves, including Struggle. If you need to change these options after starting a game, press Left+B at the title screen to reset them. Nuzlocke mode: Enables a Nuzlocke challenge see FEATURES.md for detailed clauses.Traded Pokémon treat you as OT: All differences in traded Pokémon go away: they always obey you, don't gain boosted experience, and can be nicknamed.The actual IVs are still random, so color variation and Hidden Power type are not affected. Perfect stats: All Pokémon stats, for you and the opponent, are calculated as if they had maximum IVs.This applies to normal and shiny Pokémon. IVs vary colors: Enables color variation inspired by Stadium.scaling: Enables the experience formula from Gen 5, 7 and 8, which scales experience by the ratio of the opponent's level to your level. Phys/Spcl split: Enables the Physical/Special split from Gen 4 onward.Abilities: Enables abilities from Gen 3 onward.Natures: Enables natures from Gen 3 onward.What are the options at the start of a new game? You're probably noticing the effect of the IVs vary colors option (see below). There's only a 1 in 4,096 chance to encounter a shiny Pokémon, and they'll be marked with a star next to their name. My Pokémon is a different color, is it shiny? Shiny Gyarados are gold, like shiny Magikarp.

So here, red Gyarados is a variant form, with its own color and different sprite.

I like the anime explanation that red Gyarados was forced to rapidly evolve from a Magikarp and kept its previous red coloration. Why is shiny Gyarados gold? Is the red Gyarados shiny?
