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The '''Sun Shard''' and '''Moon Shard''' are special [[key item]]s present in {{Pokémon XD}}. Their only use is to evolve {{p|Eevee}} into {{p|Espeon}} or {{p|Umbreon}}, respectively.

These items were included in XD due to Eevee's ([[Generation III|then]]) unique method of evolution: [[happiness]] along with [[time]] of day. While Eevee can become an Espeon or Umbreon in other games through use of the realtime clock programmed into them, and each of the two is automatically available in {{g|Colosseum}}, in XD, the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]'s clock is not connected to the game time, thus leaving the game as timeless as {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. As the developers did not want to force players to wait until trades with {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} were available late in the game, unlike what occurred in FireRed and LeafGreen (where Pokémon could not become non-{{cat|Generation I Pokémon}} by evolution until after the [[National Pokédex]] had been obtained anyway), 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.

The items may be related to the {{evostone|Sun Stone}} and {{evostone|Moon Stone}}; however, the connection is unknown.
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