Unlike previous Mainstream Pokemon Games, Wild Pokemon Encounters no longer see Wild Pokemon hiding underneath the grasses and waters of any given route. Instead, things are a lot like they are in Pokemon GO, with Wild Pokemon now literally appearing in the overworld. No longer will players have to wonder what Wild Pokemon they are going see within an encounter, but rather than can choose exactly which ones to do so with simply by walking into said Wild Pokemon. Furthermore, Shiny Pokemon will appear in their alternate forms within overworld as well, allowing trainers to know with absolute certainty that said Wild Pokemon is in fact Shiny.