Sun Shard: Difference between revisions

In [[Gateon Port]]'s Machine Parts Shop, a man will give the player a choice between five items; the {{evostone|Fire Stone}}, the {{evostone|Water Stone}}, the {{evostone|Thunderstone}}, the Sun Shard, and the Moon Shard. This is essentially where the player decides what they will evolve their {{p|Eevee}} into.

The Sun Shard and Moon Shard work simply by being present in the player's bag when the player's Eevee levels up. Upon this happening, Eevee will evolve after the battle (if a Rare Candy was used, Eevee will evolve immediately), into Espeon (if the Sun Shard was chosen) or Umbreon (if the Moon Shard was chosen).

These items were included in XD due to Eevee's ([[Generation III|then]]) unique method of evolution: leveling up when at a sufficient [[friendship]] level at a specific [[time]] of day. While Eevee can become an Espeon or Umbreon in other games through use of the realtime clock, this was not possible in XD. This game, like {{g|Colosseum}}, was not programmed to use the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]'s clock , meaning that time-based events cannot occur in this game. As the developers wanted players to have Espeon and Umbreon available as choices at the same time as the other Eeveelutions, these items were made available to the player as a choice at the same time as the {{evostone|Fire Stone}}, {{evostone|Water Stone}}, and {{evostone|Thunderstone}}, which allow the player to evolve Eevee into its Generation I evolutions.

*A cheating device can be used to obtain Sun Shards and Moon Shards in any [[Generation III]] game. Since the item is not programmed into any of the Generation III games, however, it shows up as a ??????????, and will not evolve {{p|Eevee}}. However, those games don't recognize them as key items, allowing them to be held by Pokémon and traded to XD, where the item can be removed and used as normal.

*Though {{g|Colosseum}} has the same lack of connection with the GameCube's clock as XD, the Sun and Moon Shards do not exist in that game. This is likely due to the fact that the player starts the game with an already evolved pair of Espeon and Umbreon, as well as Eevee's complete absence from said game.