pokemon-go
Let's take the case where two players would face the same Pokémon on the map. The first player would launch the battle, and find out that the opposite Pokémon is shiny.
If the second player launch the encounter with the same Pokémon, will the Pokémon also be shiny for him?
When you encounter a pokémon, one of the icons that appears will be labelled AR. AR stands for Augmented Reality. Simply select this toggle to turn it on or off.
This took me a while to notice, but when in its 'off' state, pokémon go plays in a pre-rendered scene, as opposed to using the camera and gyro.
In laymans terms, the pokémon will always be straight in front of you. You do not have to move the phone around sporadically in order to keep the pokémon on screen, and can play pokémon go as if it was a typical phone game.
From this reddit post I found out:
Intensive playing of the game proved those facts. Incense might bring different results as it has only impact for the user.
Best Answer
Bad luck, it seems that the second player won't get a shiny Pokémon, except if he is really lucky too.
Silph Road's Reddit users which were playing together confirmed that, while launching the encounter against the same Magikarp, only one of the two players faced a shiny Magikarp.
Another user confirmed it in the comments too: