Have you spotted a golden Magikarp in Pokemon GO yet?

With the Water Festival under way, Niantic seems to have more surprises for us than we initially thought. It appears that the first shiny Pokemon has hit Pokemon GO, and it's non other, but Magikarp.

Players all over the world reported that they've been spotting a golden Magikarp in the wild, which was confirmed by Niantic in a blog post. It can also evolve into a shiny Gyarados, bearing the distinct red coloring it does in the old Pokemon games. The odds of coming across a shiny were not made public, but we have yet to come across one. Also, it's not clear whether ...