The highlight of the special Pokémon

Launched at the end of 2019 in order to increase the spawn of a selected Pokémon. During this hour you will have to hunt the maximum number of this Pokémon, if you meet it, you will be rewarded in bonuses. From the Pokémon GO website you can see the programming of this mini-event. It is currently operating from 18:00 to 19:00 (local time) every Tuesday of the month. But it is likely to undergo some time changes over time.

How to participate in the Pokémon GO highlight hour?

For now, with the current schedule, it will take place every Tuesday, during the appointed time, the featured Pokémon will appear from Pokémon GO, Get ready! the more you capture, the more rewards. Every Tuesday will be different.

On Tuesday, May 5, they launched the Pokémon Shellder that appeared in bulk in the game in spawn, and its reward when catching it was also very striking by giving as an extra double Stardust, which are in charge of evolving or giving more power Pokémon, along with the help of Special Candies.

This mini-event that has been merged with the Mystery Bonus time will reward each day that the proposed investigations are completed from the game. When you carry out the actions indicated, you will receive Bonuses such as doubling XP or earning double Candy.

For this you will also have to perform some actions, such as making a Pokémon evolve to earn double XP and improve our experience level.

Another peculiarity is that you can find this featured Pokémon in spawn in its various colors or "SHINY". A very attractive Pokémon in the eyes of the best Pokémon collectors. Finding this version is a little more difficult, since the luck factor will play to get it.

How to get Pokémon Shiny or variocolor?
 

The multi-colored or "shiny" Pokémon does not present any distinction beyond its color variation, even so it is a well-loved Pokémon since it presents a different color than its common version.

You will know that luck is on your side when these creatures appear on your screen, since there is no specific way to find them. But as they say, luck you have to go looking for it, it is true that there are some factors that can help increase your luck in the task of looking for these striking Pokémon and being the envy of other Pokémon trainers.

You will not be able to recognize them from the map, only the identification of this special Pokémon appears from the capture screen, when you prepare to fight against it, it will appear recognized by its appearance in another color and above this Pokémon it will appear as a trail of stars to your surroundings.

Apart from the highlighted time, where they have added the probability of it appearing, there are other prominent days such as Pokémon Community Day, which is celebrated once a month, although for now it is postponed as a measure of confinement, since Pokémon GO have Announced that the event will return when pandemic prevention measures are lifted.
In these days of the Community the event lasts 3 hours, during this time the rate of appearance multiplies and it will be more likely that you can find one.

Sometimes, they can appear by hatching the Eggs or in raids.

If you are lucky and have a friend with several Shiny versions, you can always exchange them and thus have a Pokémon of this type in your collection.

But the main advice to get these creatures will be to try your luck.

Shiny Pokémon Story:

These Pokémon, which made their first appearance in the Gold, Silver and Crystal editions, did not appear until the time of the World Water Day event in Pokémon GO.

The Shiny Pokémon are nothing more than Pokémon that have suffered an alteration in color, but they possess the same qualities as the Pokémon in normal version. We can find both wild and legendary Pokémon in this colorful version.

It should be noted that the modification of the color in these Pokémon so desired and loved by the Pokémon Community, also suffer the variation in color when they evolve, you will not want to get rid of them!