Yes, but they are not the same.
A "shiny" pokemon is a pokemon that's a different color than what it normaly would be. They are found in both pokemon games (example: the red Gyrados when a Gyrados is normally blue) and the T.V. show (example: a pink Butterfree. they are normaly purple).
A holofoil card changes the picture background, but does not necessarily change the color of the pokemon.
Both are considered rare and both are marked with a star. The odds of getting a holofoil card are said to be about 1:3, 1 holofoil per 3 sets of cards. The odds of finding a "shiny" pokemon are 1 in 8,192, but they can be reduced.
A holofoil Yu-Gi-Oh! card is shiny. Other than that, it's the same.
Yes, shiny Pokemon can be traded just like regular Pokemon.
A shiny Riolu is like any other shiny Pokemon in the game, for every Pokemon that you encounter, there is a 1 in 8192 chance that it will be shiny.
In generation 2, gold, silver and crystal, shiny Pokemon had higher stats than regular colored ones. after that, shinies are identical but are just a different color. people like shinies because they are ridiculously rare. your chances of finding one are 1 in 8,192. any Pokemon can be shiny. without cheating , the best way to find one is forget they exist and just play the game. if you go on a shiny hunt, you will drive your self completely nuts
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If on ds, it will show a ring of stars around its head when you see it. same on gameboy. in Pokemon cards it would have a shiny picture of it and a name e.g:SHINING CHARIZARD. cos gameboy advance is like ds, conclude it the same as ds.
you can only find a shiny like 1 out of 1356.73
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Well you know how any unknown pokemon is grey, a shiny unknown pokemon would be blue
it is random like finding a shiny pokemon.
It is like finding a pokemon in the wild the odds are still 1/8192. But shiny pokemon can be bred.
Shiny pokemon are pokemon with different colours. Such as a chancey being orange and things like that. I don't think a shiny trail means its shiny though, as pokemon cant change colours, they're born shiny or they aren't.