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==Pokémon Machines== | ==Pokémon Machines== | ||
===Special Machine=== | ===Special Machine=== | ||
The Special Machine (Japanese: '''特製マシン''') was used to distribute event Pokémon in [[Generation I]] starting with the {{DL|List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions (Generation I)|Nintendo Space World '97 Mew}} distribution. It was mainly used to distribute Mew but also other events like {{DL|Pikachu variants|Surfing Pikachu}}. An updated version was used starting with the {{DL|List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions (Generation II)|Nintendo Space World 2000 Celebi}} for all {{p|Celebi}} events during [[Generation II]]. Pokémon game cartridges containing event Pokémon downloaded from machines were sometimes used as distribution cartridges, the event Pokémon were exchanged via Game Link Cable. | The Special Machine (Japanese: '''特製マシン''') was used to distribute event Pokémon in [[Generation I]] starting with the {{DL|List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions (Generation I)|Nintendo Space World '97 Mew}} distribution. It was mainly used to distribute Mew but also other events like {{DL|Pikachu variants|Surfing Pikachu}}. An updated version was used starting with the {{DL|List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions (Generation II)|Nintendo Space World 2000 Celebi}} for all {{p|Celebi}} events during [[Generation II]]. At separate events, Pokémon game cartridges containing event Pokémon downloaded from machines were sometimes used as distribution cartridges, and the event Pokémon were exchanged via Game Link Cable. | ||
====Internal Structure==== | |||
Video evidence shows that users of the distribution machine would insert their game cartridge into a slot on the front of the machine to initiate the download, which was then followed by a trade animation of the player receiving the event Pokémon. In 2021, actor Cody Burns interviewed ex-Nintendo representative Jeremy Hepworth on the 9th episode of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huiCsOIsHwg&list=PLbyXgDzUPi-fzbhKR8LUPZKicr9cMZj6b&index=9 Every Pokémon Ever] charity benefit. Hepworth stated that the internals of the machine had specially designed proprietary software that could transfer a Pokémon to a cartridge without the need to trade a Pokémon from the player. When asked about the location of any existing machines, Hepworth stated that "If they do still exist, they're probably sitting around in a [Nintendo] storage unit somewhere... forgotten". As of 2023, the location of special Mew/Celebi distribution machines is still unknown. | |||
====Generation I==== | ====Generation I==== | ||