Bulbapedia:Featured content/Archive/January 2012

The following is a list of articles that have been used as Featured Content on the Main page in the month of January 2012.

Sunday January 1, 2012: New Years Special: New Year Present

New Year Present (Japanese: ニューイヤープレゼント New Year Present) is a Special Card. It was released as a promotional card in Japan only.
This card was released by MediaFactory in 2000 to celebrate the millennium and sent to members of the Pokémon Fan Club.
It was released as a Jumbo card and was therefore not legal to use in tournaments or official events.
As 2000, much like the year 2012, was the Year of the Dragon, the illustration by Tomokazu Komiya features many Pokémon of the Dragon type, and other Pokémon usually group with them (such as Gyarados and Charizard).
The card's text states "This special card has been sent to trainer players to obtain 200 GET Points. (Points are added automatically.)" GET Points were used to get special promotional cards once players reached a certain amount. Eevee was worth 500, and Porygon was worth 700.
The card features the Pokémon Fan Club logo in place of an expansion symbol.

This city has a cool climate and is prone to both rain and snow.
It is somewhat isolated from the rest of the region and is positioned between three mountain ranges.
Nearby to the city is a remembrance tower for deceased Pokémon.
A family of residents can alter the moves of any Pokémon, making them remember forgotten moves and forget learned moves.
The Gym Leader is involved in the city's main industry, which is one-of-a-kind within the known Pokémon world.
The Japanese name for this city translates to "blow and gather".

So where in the Pokémon world am I?
Give up?

'M is a glitch Pokémon in Pokémon Red and Blue.
Despite popular belief, 'M occupies index number 000, not Missingno.
'M can appear to any player, regardless of their name, when performing the old man glitch, unless the player chooses a preset name.
'M is very similar to Missingno. as they share a Pokédex number, meaning that they both have the same types, sprite, and both increase the number of items in the 6th slot by 128.
When traded to Pokémon Yellow, 'M becomes 3TrainerPoké.
Unlike Missingno., 'M cannot be obtained via the Mew glitch.
When the player captures an 'M, it will still be in battle with the player, and the battle will not end. Catching 'M again results in the second one becoming a Ditto of the same level.
Wild 'M (via the old man glitch) will only ever appear at either level 0 or 80.

I do not evolve from or into any other Pokémon.
I have never appeared in the Pokémon anime.
I debuted in the TCG in Noble Victories.
I can only be found in one location in the games, but I am not rare.
In one of my two types, I am the fastest.
I don't like fire very much.
My Hidden Ability is undesirable.
I am the last non-legendary lonely Pokémon in National Pokédex order.
Another Pokémon likes to feast on my insides, so I cover myself in steel armor and attack in groups.

TM03 is one of the current 94 Technical Machines in the main series Pokémon games. Like the other machines, it teaches a specific move to compatible Pokémon.
It is one of seven machines that has taught four different moves. It has taught Swords Dance in Generation I, Curse in Generation II, Water Pulse in Generations III and IV, and Psyshock in Generation V.
Swords Dance was later available as TM75 in Generations IV and V.
By teaching Curse, TM03 is the only machine to have contained a ???-type move.
When TM03 contained Water Pulse, it was given out by a Gym Leader in three of the four sets of games it appeared in. Wallace, Juan, and Misty all issued the TM on defeat; Misty gave this prize in two different generations.
TM03 cannot be purchased in any game, and only one copy is available in each game without cheating.

Sweet Hearts are a type of food item in the main series Pokémon games, introduced in Generation V.
Sweet Hearts restore 20 HP to a single Pokémon when used.
A woman in Mistralton City will exchange ten Sweet Hearts for one Heart Scale.
A number of Sweet Hearts are obtained through use of the C-Gear's Feeling Checker, proportional to the "compatibility" of the two players. If the players' compatiblity score is 100, both players receive three Sweet Hearts each; if the score is 80-99, both players receive two each; if the score is less than 80, both players receive one each.
Sweet Hearts can be obtained in the Dream World area Pokémon Café Forest.
Sweet Hearts are based on heart-shaped chocolates which are a popular gift between lovers. Their name is a pun on the term of endearment "sweetheart".

The Cerulean Gym (Japanese: ハナダジム Hanada Gym) is a Gym located in the Kanto region.
Specializing in Water-type Pokémon, the Gym Leader Misty, gives the Cascade Badge to deserving Trainers. Her sisters, The Sensational Sisters, also initially gave the badge to Trainers in the anime.
Cerulean Gym features an indoor pool, which players may travel across using pathways or traverse using a Pokémon with Surf.
Pokémon could be encountered and caught inside Cerulean Gym by fishing prior to Pokémon Crystal, and it remains the only Gym where it is possible to do so.
The Cerulean Gym was featured in the TCG both as a Japanese Theme Deck and as a card.
In Suddenly Starmie of the Pokémon Adventures manga, not only does Red earn Cascade Badge, but he also trains with Misty in Cerulean Gym.
Possibly as a reference to Misty's Togepi, a Togepi brought in Cerulean Gym may begin to cry softly when talked to in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.