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** Interestingly, this makes this Shaymin the only fateful encounter Pokémon that can be obtained with any Poké Ball available in Platinum, as all others are contained only in Cherish Balls and given out in events, while this one is encountered in the wild and captured.
** Interestingly, this makes this Shaymin the only fateful encounter Pokémon that can be obtained with any Poké Ball available in Platinum, as all others are contained only in Cherish Balls and given out in events, while this one is encountered in the wild and captured.
* It was once believed that a fateful encounter flag was needed to be set on a {{p|Jirachi}} in order to activate the {{pw|Night Sky's Edge}} [[Pokéwalker]] route; indeed, events where such Jirachi were distributed advertised such an unlockable. However, it was later discovered that any Jirachi at all, even those hacked through devices such as an [[Action Replay]] or transferred from [[Generation III]], was capable of unlocking the route even without the fateful encounter flag.
* It was once believed that a fateful encounter flag was needed to be set on a {{p|Jirachi}} in order to activate the {{pw|Night Sky's Edge}} [[Pokéwalker]] route; indeed, events where such Jirachi were distributed advertised such an unlockable. However, it was later discovered that any Jirachi at all, even those hacked through devices such as an [[Action Replay]] or transferred from [[Generation III]], was capable of unlocking the route even without the fateful encounter flag.
* Their Exist a glitch in all main games since generation 3 where stater pokemon may have this on their info and will be able to learn moves that they normally could not but it is very hard to activate and is not well known and nintendo has not ever noticed it.


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