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The Pokémon Distribution Machine (Japanese: '''ポケモン配布マシン'''), also known as the Pokémon Vending Machine, was used to distribute campaign distributions in [[Generation II]] at [[Pokémon Center (store)|Pokémon Centers]] and debuted with the opening of the {{DL|New York Pokémon Center|Pokémon Center New York}} for the distribution of the [[List of PCNY event Pokémon distributions (Generation II)|Gotta catch 'em all!]] campaigns. It was also used in Japanese Pokémon Centers to distribute the [[List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions (Generation II)#Pokémon Center Mystery Egg Campaigns|Mystery Egg]] campaigns. An updated version of the machine's software for [[Generation III]] was made in June, 2003 and used for the distribution of {{DL|List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions (Generation III)|Wishing Star Jirachi}} at the 18th World Hobby Fair and [[Pokémon Festa]] 2003 in Japan. In August, 2003 the machines from the Pokémon Center New York were updated for the distribution of the {{DL|List of PCNY event Pokémon distributions (Generation III)|Gotta Catch 'Em All campaigns in Generation III}}. The Pokémon Center New York machines were promoted as "Gotta Catch 'Em All Stations" and later succeeded by a different hardware setup promoted as the new Gotta Catch 'Em All Station which was used for the wireless [[Mystery Gift]] distribution of the {{DL|List of PCNY event Pokémon distributions (Generation III)|Wish Eggs}} campaign.

The distribution machine was connected to a developer [[Gamecube]] and stored configurations, logs, and other information on a memory card. While shiny Pokémon could be configured, this was never used in Generation III. The devices distribution could was used as the [[Trainer ID]] starting with 1. If more than 65535 Pokémon were distributed without restarting or powering off the device, then the ID would overflow to 0.

Gotta Catch 'Em All Station.jpg|[[New York Pokémon Center]]'s "Gotta Catch 'Em All Station"