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== How? ==

Well, how can specifically these Pokémon be unlocked by using Mystery Gift? '''[[User:Hfc2x|<span style="color:#008800">h</span><span style="color:#000000">fc</span>]][[User talk:Hfc2x|<span style="color:#000000">2</span><span style="color:#008800">X</span>]]''' 07:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
:I would assume that using Mystery Gift just activates other Pokemon in the cave, like having a GBA game in the second slot just magically activates the DS mode. It isn't mentioned in the Mystery Gift article though..... &mdash; <small>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<font color="#0000C8">THE TROM</font></small>]] &mdash; 07:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
::There was some event thing or something in Japan only, I think. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 08:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
:::So Altering Cave's special Pokemon are Japan-only? [[User:Blueapple128|Blueapple128]] 23:02, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
If that's the case, why the heck did they put it in English games?!  [[User:?????]]

:Best guess:  Nobody at the time knew there wouldn't be a way to shift the Altering Cave Pokémon in international releases, event or otherwise.  Besides, it's a good way to raise [[stat experience]] in Speed even in an unshiftable state...--[[User:Shiningpikablu252|Shiningpikablu252]] 00:06, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

::There was no event for Altering Cave ''anywhere''. This is not the same as Crystal's GS Ball or Emerald's Old Sea Map, which were distributed exclusively to Japanese players; no one has ever utilized the cave by legitimate means. --[[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]] 09:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I've heard that the additional Pokemon could be unlocked in japanese games using the eReader and in the international releases this was switched to "regular" mystery gift... Can anyone verify this? [[User:TCCPhreak|TCCPhreak]] 18:09, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure that that was only potentially, and that it ever actually happened. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 13:08, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

== Prima Guide ==

I used to own the Prima Games guide for FireRed and LeafGreen, and in the Pokédex section, I'm pretty sure it gave some of these Pokémon the catchable location "Cave of Origin" which I always assumed was an error referring to Altering Cave. Does this sound plausible? It wouldn't be the only error: it also referred to Sabrina's Alakazam as "dead" after you defeat it, and I also remember it saying Miltank could be caught at "Cave of Origin." [[User:TeridaxXD001|TeridaxXD001]] ([[User talk:TeridaxXD001|talk]]) 12:54, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
:Yes, this is noted on the [[Cave of Origin]] page. I've also added it to the [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]] page now. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 04:21, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

== Pokémon Emerald Altering Cave Held Items ==

I've recently added a table on The Cutting Room Floor listing the items that each of the wild Pokémon could be holding when encountered in Emerald Version, but I don't know how to add that list in a valid format to this page. The page on TCRF: https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Emerald#Altering_Cave_Held_Items If anyone could tell me the best format for this kind of list, then I'll be more than happy to add it to this page! Anyone else is also welcome to add it themselves if they want to! Thank you! [[User:Tiger21820|Tiger21820]] ([[User talk:Tiger21820|talk]]) 22:52, 6 July 2023 (UTC)