Trainers, on January 10, 2024, Therian Forme Tornadus returns to raids. New move Bleak Wind He announced that Storm and Shiny will be available.
But sadly, Niantic seems to have forgotten to hit that shiny switch, and after raid hours in the APAC region, players widely reported that no one encountered the shiny switch.Japanese Twitter account pokemongo_db asked trainers to report their findings, and over 1,000 verified reports revealed that Shiny was not enabled.
A Japanese help account first acknowledged the issue on Wednesday after numerous trainers contacted Niantic, but Shiny did not appear to be turned on for several hours after the issue was noticed.
Niantic has now acknowledged and apologized for the issue on its main Help social media account, and said that affected players will be compensated.
Trainers, we were unable to encounter Shiny Tornado in the raid earlier this week. This issue has been resolved and is now available. We plan to compensate affected players soon. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
— Niantic Support (@NianticHelp) January 11, 2024
Raids and Shiny hunting are now safe as the community has confirmed that Therian Forme Tornadus has been captured as Shiny in Raid.
Therian form tornedus | Shiny Therian Form Tornadus |
It is still unclear what the rewards for trainers will be, but we hope that at least trainers who conducted raids will receive their wasted raid passes back. Many of you may have used your expensive Remote Raid Pass to participate in Raid His Hour.