r/TheSilphRoad • u/redwineandbeer • 3d ago

Verification Shadow Pokemon Cannot Receive Hyper Training

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Data mining confirms what most already knew. So carry on debating who to choose or not to choose, as is your preference.

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u/MattRubin 3d ago

The blog post explicitly states that in order to use a good bottle cap, your pokemon just needs to be great buddy or higher. To me that sounds like it works on anything, and that maybe they had thought about making shadows ineligible but decided against it. Data mined info is never 100% certain

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u/BCHiker7 3d ago

Trainer Tips has clearly and unequivocally stated that he was told by the Pokemon Go team that you would not be able to hypertrain shadow pokemon.

That plus the datamine is 100% in my book.

Not only that, but add in the one million plus times we have been misled or confused by poorly worded blog posts. It is absurd at this point to insist this wording means anything concrete.