Talk:List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation III
Okay since I am not sure where to post this. I have noticed that there is no Got to Catch em All Events listed for the event Pokémon in 2005. The Got to Catch em All events are japanese events which were distributed in 6 sets at the Japanese Pokémon Centers. The same also applies for Nintendo event Pokémon in 2006. I know there is a lot of them, so I am not sure if they should be listed on a special page just for the Got to Catch em all Events. Similar to the 10th Anniversary events and Jeremy events which have their own pages dedicated to them. --Lady Ariel 19:43, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
5th Anniversary Eggs
There is no evidence that there is a 5% chance for Pichu to be shiny. And if we are going to make up a number, I would guess 12.5% or more realistically 25%. Also judging by the number of shiny pichu eggs in existence vs others, there is no support for the 5% hypothesis. Sabresite (talk) 07:07, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
I found the table in sample0519.bin that determines the % of each type:
Species,Move,???,Shiny,Level,Ratio,Comments 0x0AC,0x12A,0x82,1,5,25,Pichu-Teeter-Shiny-2.5% 0x0AC,0x12A,0x82,0,5,100,Pichu-Teeter-NotShiny-10% 0x0AC,0x111,0x82,0,5,100,Pichu-Wish-NotShiny-10% 0x0AC,0x111,0x82,1,5,25,Pichu-Wish-Shiny-2.5% 0x18B,0x14E,0x82,0,5,125,Bagon-IronDefense-NotShiny-12.5% 0x18B,0x111,0x82,0,5,125,Bagon-Wish-NotShiny-12.5% 0x178,0x084,0x82,0,5,125,Absol-Spite-NotShiny-12.5% 0x178,0x111,0x82,0,5,125,Absol-Wish-NotShiny-12.5% 0x188,0x0CC,0x82,0,5,125,Ralts-Charm-NotShiny-12.5% 0x188,0x111,0x82,0,5,125,Ralts-Wish-NotShiny-12.5%
So it looks like there is in fact a ~5% chance of Pichu being shiny. Sabresite (talk) 05:52, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
GW Pikachu Held Item
The GW Pikachu section lists the held item as Light Ball, but I'm not sure this is accurate and can't find any source supporting it. The official archived event page describes the distribution purely as a Fly Pikachu promotion with no mention of a held item, and all 318 GW Pikachu (TID 50425) in the ProjectPokemon EventsGallery have no held item.
I recently bought a copy of FireRed in Japan that contained 15 GW Pikachu, and none of them were holding a Light Ball. Interestingly, the same save also had Yokohama Pikachu (TID 50319), and those did hold a Light Ball, so I wonder if the two events got mixed up at some point.
Could anyone confirm whether the GW Pikachu actually held a Light Ball, or should this be corrected to "None"? CodingKoala (talk) 23:53, 13 June 2026 (UTC)