"Pokémon Legends: Z-A hadn't been out even a few hours before the tweets started rolling in: Shiny pokémon don't despawn. You can walk away from a shiny, and it'll still be there when you come back. To shiny collectors, this is big news. In other Pokémon games, like Scarlet and Violet, pokémon despawn after you get a certain distance away from them or trigger a loading screen."
"I first discovered the new spawning mechanics myself. I heard the sparkly sound effect that signals a shiny, spotted an oddly colored Swirlix on top of a roof, and realized I had no way to get up to that roof without walking very far away. Not knowing any better, I figured I was just out of luck. (This Swirlix had a one in 4,096 chance of being shiny, so I guess I had some luck.)"
Pokémon Legends: Z-A features shiny Pokémon that remain on the map until caught or defeated, rather than despawning when the player moves far away or triggers a loading screen. In previous games such as Scarlet and Violet, shiny encounters often disappear after moving a certain distance or reloading an area. Persistent spawns remove one common cause of missed shinies, but players can still miss shiny Pokémon due to time-of-day transitions or unreachable locations. The game uses a sparkly sound effect to signal shiny appearances. One reported encounter involved an oddly colored Swirlix on a roof with a one-in-4,096 chance of being shiny.
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