Oak's Letter

Oak's Letter (Japanese: オーキドのてがみ Okido's Letter) is an event-exclusive Key Item available in Pokémon Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl.

Oak's Letter オーキドのてがみ Okido's Letter

Artwork from Platinum

Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Key items Generation V Key items Generation VI Key items Generation VII Key items Generation VIII Key items (BDSP)

In Pokémon Platinum, it was the third of the four event items in the Sinnoh-based games, preceded in its distribution by the Secret Key and Member Card, and followed by the then-unreleased Azure Flute.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price Pt BDSP N/A N/A

Effect

When this item is received as an event and delivered by the deliveryman at the Poké Mart, the player will find Professor Oak waiting for them on their next visit to Route 224, at the northernmost, barren end of the route. He will explain to the player that the white rock there is present for a person to note what they are most thankful for, and upon inspection of it, the player will be able to enter their own note (via the same text input system as is used for Pokémon nicknames). After this has been done, the Seabreak Path will appear, and a Shaymin will come down from it before returning north to the Flower Paradise, where it can be caught at level 30.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A letter from Prof. Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Rt. 224. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA SV A letter from Professor Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Route 224.

Acquisition

Distribution in Platinum

Game Version	Duration
	Wi-Fi
Japanese	Apr. 18 to May 11, 2009
North American	Sep. 28 to Nov. 8, 2009
PAL	Sep. 28 to Nov. 8, 2009

Wonder Card

Japanese *ふしぎなカード オーキドのてがみ　プレゼント フレンドリィショップで　うけとったら かならず　レポートを　かこう！ シェイミにであう　ほうほうは ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイトで かくにん　してね！

English Wonder Card Get Oak's Letter! For more info on how to get Shaymin, visit the official Pokémon website. Be sure to save your game after you pick up Oak's Letter at a Poké Mart.

French *Carte Miracle La Lettre Chen! Rendez-vous sur le site Pokémon officiel pour savoir comment obtenir SHAYMIN. Allez tout d'abord récupérer la Lettre Chen dans une Boutique Pokémon, puis pensez à sauvegarder.

German *Wunderkarte Eichs Brief ist eingetroffen! Auf www.pokemon-platin.de erfährst du wie du dir SHAYMIN holen kannst. Vergiss nicht, deinen Spielstand zu sichern, nachdem du Eichs Brief im Pokémon-Supermarkt abgeholt hast.

Italian *Scheda Segreta Ecco la Lettera Oak! Visita www.pokemon-platino.it per ulteriori informazioni su come ottenere SHAYMIN. Ricorda di salvare il gioco dopo aver ritirato la Lettera Oak in un Pokémon-Market.

Spanish *Tarj. misteriosta ¡La Carta del Profesor Oak! Para saber cómo obtener a SHAYMIN, visita la página oficial de Pokémon. Asegúrate de guardar la partida cuando consigas la Carta del Profesor Oak en la Tienda Pokémon.

Distribution in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Game Version	Duration
	Internet
Worldwide	Feb. 27 to Mar. 27, 2022

Wonder Card

Oak's Letter Gift Here's what you got: Oak's Letter ×1

In the manga

Oak's Letter in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Platinum arc

Oak's Letter first appeared in Dealing with Dragonite, under Marley's possession. It was featured again in Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost), where Marley used the instructions written on it by Professor Oak to find Shaymin on Route 224, so that she could ask it to help her in the final battle against Team Galactic. Full contents of the letter were later revealed in The Final Dimensional Duel X.

Trivia

• Even though the Shaymin residing at the Flower Paradise is caught from the wild, its status screen will always display it as having been met in a fateful encounter.
  • This is likely because only fateful encounter Shaymin can become Sky Forme and allow the player to receive the Gracidea in the first place.
• Although Oak's Letter is present in the game data for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the item was never distributed for those games by Nintendo.
  • A Shaymin could be caught in those games by acquiring Oak's Letter via cheating and glitches, but, due to the fact that Pokémon Diamond and Pearl does not apply the fateful encounter flag, this Shaymin cannot be used to obtain the Gracidea Flower in Generation IV and Generation V.
• Despite Oak's Letter only being distributed for Pokémon Platinum, the Wonder Card for the Pokémon 20th Anniversary Shaymin states that, "With a special letter, Shaymin could first be encountered in the Flower Paradise of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl."
• Marley will speak to the player differently with the Oak's Letter event activated.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 大木博士的信件 Daaihmuhk Boksih-dīk Seungihn Mandarin 大木博士的信 Dàmù Bóshì-de Xìn European French Lettre Chen German Eichs Brief Italian Lettera di Oak Korean 오박사의 편지 O-baksa-ui Pyeonji European Spanish Carta Pr Oak Vietnamese Thư của Giáo sư Okido

See also

• Secret Key (Sinnoh)
• Member Card
• Azure Flute
• List of Key Items in Generation IV
• List of Key Items in Generation VIII

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