Event Pokémon

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Event Pokémon are Pokémon that are distributed at Nintendo promotional events, such as movie premiers, expositions, festivals, places like PokéPark, real-life Pokémon Center stores and sometimes found in bonus disks or specially transfered from another game. They typically have a special OT and ID # indicating their authenticity, and usually a special promotional Ribbon from Generation III onward. In Generation IV, all event Pokémon are distributed in Cherish Balls, special Poké Balls that exist solely to be used for this purpose. Event Pokémon are usually desired because they know at least one special move that would otherwise be impossible for them to learn via leveling up, TMs, move tutors, or even breeding.

Generation I

  • Mew: Mew is obtainable only in Nintendo promotional events, historically through a direct trade. Mew can also be obtained by using the Mew glitch. The Mew glitch also enable countless other normal and rarely-seen glitched Pokémon to be seen and captured, although some of them have been known to cause trouble to people's games.

Generation II

Generation III

  • Mew: The Old Sea Map e-card could be obtained from an event which could then be scanned for players of Emerald to receive the item in-game. It could then be used to access Faraway Island where Mew could be found.
  • Lugia and Ho-Oh: The Mystic Ticket e-card could be obtained from an event, allowing players to access Navel Rock in-game by using the item in FireRed and LeafGreen or Emerald. Lugia and Ho-Oh could then be found there.
  • Celebi: A Japanese Bonus Disc for Pokémon Colosseum allows players to receive Celebi.
  • Jirachi: People who pre-ordered Colosseum would receive a bonus disk that could download a Jirachi to their GBA game. In Europe, Jirachi can be downloaded from Channel after the game is completed.
  • Deoxys: The Aurora Ticket e-card could be obtained in an event, allowing players to access Birth Island and battle Deoxys after completing a puzzle.

Generation IV

Nintendo promotional event Pokémon

Periodically, Nintendo hosts or sponsors parties and events for fans, often in connection to the premier of a new game or movie. They are especially notable in that certain rare Pokémon and items in the games, as well as cards and other things, are only available for a limited time from them. The methods used to transfer Pokémon and items to a game have varied over time, and include direct link trading, wireless reception from a Wonder Spot via Mystery Gift, or physical reception from an e-Card via Mystery Events; other methods may occur in the future.

Note that all of the Pokémon with specific natures cannot have a different nature, gender and ability and they cannot be shiny. For Pokémon obtained in Generation IV, the dates do not need to be the dates the events were held. This is because the date is based on the one set on the DS.

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