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[[File:Oak Letter.png|thumb|230px|Oak's Letter]]
[[File:Oak Letter.png|thumb|230px|Oak's Letter artwork]]
'''Oak's Letter''' (Japanese: '''オーキドのてがみ''' ''Okido's Letter'') is a [[key item|key]] [[event item]] available in {{game|Platinum}}. It is the third of the four [[event item]]s in the Sinnoh-based games, preceded in its distribution by the {{gdis|Secret Key|IV}} and [[Member Card]], and followed by the unreleased [[Azure Flute]].
'''Oak's Letter''' (Japanese: '''オーキドのてがみ''' ''Okido's Letter'') is a [[Key Item|Key]] [[event item]] available in {{game|Platinum}}. It is the third of the four [[event item]]s in the Sinnoh-based games, preceded in its distribution by the {{gdis|Secret Key|IV}} and [[Member Card]], and followed by the unreleased [[Azure Flute]].


Once this item has been received from the deliveryman at the [[Poké Mart]], [[Professor Oak]] of [[Kanto]] will be waiting for the {{player}} on his or her next visit to {{rt|224|Sinnoh}}, at the northernmost, barren end of it. He will explain to the player that the white rock there is present for a person to note what they are most thankful for, and on inspection of it, the player will be able to enter whatever they may desire (the entry system is the same as that for Pokémon nicknames). After this has been done, the [[Seabreak Path]] will appear, and a {{p|Shaymin}} will come down from it before returning north to the [[Flower Paradise]], where it can be caught at level 30.
Once this item has been received from the deliveryman at the [[Poké Mart]], [[Professor Oak]] of [[Kanto]] will be waiting for the {{player}} on his or her next visit to {{rt|224|Sinnoh}}, at the northernmost, barren end of it. He will explain to the player that the white rock there is present for a person to note what they are most thankful for, and on inspection of it, the player will be able to enter whatever they may desire (the entry system is the same as that for Pokémon nicknames). After this has been done, the [[Seabreak Path]] will appear, and a {{p|Shaymin}} will come down from it before returning north to the [[Flower Paradise]], where it can be caught at level 30.
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==Flavor text==
==Flavor text==
{{movedesc|grass}}
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{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|DPPt}}{{tt|{{gameabbrev3|HGSS}}|Unobtainable}}<br/>{{gameabbrev3|BWB2W2}}{{tt|*|Unobtainable}}|A letter from Prof. Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Rt. 224.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev4|DPPtHGSS}}{{tt|*|Unobtainable in HGSS}}<br/>{{gameabbrev5|BWB2W2}}{{tt|*|Unobtainable}}|A letter from Prof. Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Rt. 224.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|XY}}{{tt|*|Unobtainable}}|A letter from Professor Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Route 224.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev6|XYORAS}}{{tt|*|Unobtainable}}|A letter from Professor Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Route 224.}}
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==Distribution==
==Distribution==
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{{wondercard|ms1=492|lang=fra|
{{wondercard|ms1=492|lang=fra|
title=<sc>La Lettre Chen!</sc>|
title=<sc>La Lettre Chen!</sc>|
msg=<sc>Rendez-vous sur le site Pokémon<br>officiel pour savoir comment obtenir<br>SHAYMIN. Allez tout d'abord récupérer<br>la Lettre Chen das une Boutique<br>Pokémon, puis pensez à sauvegarder.</sc>|
msg=<sc>Rendez-vous sur le site Pokémon<br>officiel pour savoir comment obtenir<br>SHAYMIN. Allez tout d'abord récupérer<br>la Lettre Chen dans une Boutique<br>Pokémon, puis pensez à sauvegarder.</sc>|
date=<sc>28/sep./2009</sc>}}
date=<sc>28/sep./2009</sc>}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
| style="vertical-align:top" |
===German===
===German===
{{wondercard|ms1=492|lang=ger|
{{wondercard|ms1=492|lang=ger|
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==In the manga==
==In the manga==
[[File:Oak's Letter Adventures.png|thumb|210px|Oak's Letter in Pokémon Adventures]]
[[File:Oak's Letter Adventures.png|thumb|200px|Oak's Letter in Pokémon Adventures]]
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
Oak's Letter was first featured in ''[[PS430|Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)]]'', where [[Marley]] used the instructions written to it by {{adv|Professor Oak}} to locate {{p|Shaymin}}, so that she could ask it to help her in the final battle against [[Team Galactic]]. Full contents of the letter were later revealed in ''[[PS440|The Final Dimensional Duel X]]''.
Oak's Letter was first shown in ''[[PS429|Dealing with Dragonite]]''. It was featured again ''[[PS430|Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)]]'', where [[Marley]] used the instructions written to it by {{adv|Professor Oak}} to locate {{p|Shaymin}}, so that she could ask it to help her in the final battle against [[Team Galactic]]. Full contents of the letter were later revealed in ''[[PS440|The Final Dimensional Duel X]]''.
{{-}}
{{-}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Even though the {{p|Shaymin}} residing at the Flower Paradise is caught from the wild, its status screen will always display it as having been met in a [[fateful encounter]].
* Even though the {{p|Shaymin}} residing at the Flower Paradise is caught from the wild, its status screen will always display it as having been met in a [[fateful encounter]].
** This is likely because only fateful encounter Shaymin can become {{DL|Form differences|Shaymin|Sky Forme}} and allow the player to receive the [[Gracidea]] in the first place.
** This is likely because only fateful encounter Shaymin can become {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Shaymin|Sky Forme}} and allow the player to receive the [[Gracidea]] in the first place.
* Although Oak's Letter is present in the game data for {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, the item was never distributed for those games by Nintendo.
* Although Oak's Letter is present in the game data for {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, the item was never distributed for those games by Nintendo.
** A Shaymin could be caught on those games by acquiring Oak's Letter via [[Cheating|cheating]], but, due to the fact that {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} does not apply the [[fateful encounter]] flag, it would never be able to achieve its Sky Forme.
** A Shaymin could be caught on those games by acquiring Oak's Letter via [[cheating]], but, due to the fact that {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} does not apply the [[fateful encounter]] flag, it would never be able to achieve its Sky Forme.
* Despite Oak's Letter only being distributed for Pokémon Platinum, the Wonder Card for the [[List of American region Nintendo Network event Pokémon distributions in Generation VI#Shaymin|Pokémon 20th Anniversary Shaymin]] states that, "With a special letter, Shaymin could first be encountered in the Flower Paradise of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl."
* [[Marley]] will speak to the player differently with the Oak's Letter event activated.
* [[Marley]] will speak to the player differently with the Oak's Letter event activated.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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|zh_cmn=大木博士的信 ''{{tt|Dàmù Bóshì-de Xìn|Professor Oak's Letter}}''
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[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Key items]]
[[Category:Key Items]]


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[[es:Carta Oak]]
[[fr:Lettre Chen]]
[[fr:Lettre Chen]]
[[it:Lettera di Oak]]
[[it:Lettera di Oak]]
[[ja:オーキドのてがみ]]
[[ja:オーキドのてがみ]]
[[zh:大木博士的信(道具)]]
[[zh:大木博士的信(道具)]]

Revision as of 14:35, 12 August 2016

Bag Oak's Letter Sprite.png
Oak's Letter artwork

Oak's Letter (Japanese: オーキドのてがみ Okido's Letter) is a Key event item available in Pokémon Platinum. It is the third of the four event items in the Sinnoh-based games, preceded in its distribution by the Secret Key and Member Card, and followed by the unreleased Azure Flute.

Once this item has been received from the deliveryman at the Poké Mart, Professor Oak of Kanto will be waiting for the player on his or her next visit to Route 224, at the northernmost, barren end of it. He will explain to the player that the white rock there is present for a person to note what they are most thankful for, and on inspection of it, the player will be able to enter whatever they may desire (the entry system is the same as that for Pokémon nicknames). After this has been done, the Seabreak Path will appear, and a Shaymin will come down from it before returning north to the Flower Paradise, where it can be caught at level 30.

Flavor text

Games Description
DPPtHGSS*
BWB2W2*
A letter from Prof. Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Rt. 224.
XYORAS* A letter from Professor Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Route 224.


Distribution

Game Version Duration
Wi-Fi
Japanese Apr. 18 to May 11, 2009
North American Sep. 28 to Nov. 8, 2009
PAL Sep. 28 to Nov. 8, 2009


Wonder Card

Japanese

*ふしぎなカード 492MS3.png
オーキドのてがみ プレゼント
フレンドリィショップで うけとったら
かならず レポートを かこう!
シェイミにであう ほうほうは
ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイトで
かくにん してね!

English

Wonder Card 492MS3.png
Get Oak's Letter!
For more info on how to get Shaymin,
visit the official Pokémon website.
Be sure to save your game after you
pick up Oak's Letter at a
Poké Mart.


French

*Carte Miracle 492MS3.png
La Lettre Chen!
Rendez-vous sur le site Pokémon
officiel pour savoir comment obtenir
SHAYMIN. Allez tout d'abord récupérer
la Lettre Chen dans une Boutique
Pokémon, puis pensez à sauvegarder.

German

*Wunderkarte 492MS3.png
Eichs Brief ist eingetroffen!
Auf www.pokemon-platin.de erfährst
du wie du dir SHAYMIN holen kannst.
Vergiss nicht, deinen Spielstand zu
sichern, nachdem du Eichs Brief im Pokémon-Supermarkt abgeholt hast.


Italian

*Scheda Segreta 492MS3.png
Ecco la Lettera Oak!
Visita www.pokemon-platino.it per
ulteriori informazioni su come
ottenere SHAYMIN. Ricorda di salvare
il gioco dopo aver ritirato la Lettera
Oak in un Pokémon-Market.

Spanish

*Tarj. misteriosta 492MS3.png
¡La Carta del Profesor Oak!
Para saber cómo obtener a SHAYMIN,
visita la página oficial de Pokémon.
Asegúrate de guardar la partida cuando
consigas la Carta del Profesor Oak
en la Tienda Pokémon.


In the manga

Oak's Letter in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Oak's Letter was first shown in Dealing with Dragonite. It was featured again Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost), where Marley used the instructions written to it by Professor Oak to locate Shaymin, so that she could ask it to help her in the final battle against Team Galactic. Full contents of the letter were later revealed in The Final Dimensional Duel X.

Trivia

  • Even though the Shaymin residing at the Flower Paradise is caught from the wild, its status screen will always display it as having been met in a fateful encounter.
    • This is likely because only fateful encounter Shaymin can become Sky Forme and allow the player to receive the Gracidea in the first place.
  • Although Oak's Letter is present in the game data for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the item was never distributed for those games by Nintendo.
  • Despite Oak's Letter only being distributed for Pokémon Platinum, the Wonder Card for the Pokémon 20th Anniversary Shaymin states that, "With a special letter, Shaymin could first be encountered in the Flower Paradise of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl."
  • Marley will speak to the player differently with the Oak's Letter event activated.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 大木博士的信件 Daaihmuhk Boksih-dīk Seungihn
Mandarin 大木博士的信 Dàmù Bóshì-de Xìn
France Flag.png European French Lettre Chen
Germany Flag.png German Eichs Brief
Italy Flag.png Italian Lettera di Oak
South Korea Flag.png Korean 오박사의 편지 O-baksa-ui Pyeonji
Spain Flag.png European Spanish Carta Pr Oak

See also

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