Ilex Forest shrine: Difference between revisions

In the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}}, the [[Goldenrod City]] [[Pokémon Center]] is replaced by a larger building called the [[Pokémon Communication Center]] which includes the machine to use this feature. Another feature in the Pokémon Communication Center is the Pokémon News Machine, which compiles news from the save files of players across Japan. Reading the news would sent out a player's own save file data, allowing other {{Pkmn|Trainer}}s to read about the player's adventure. The system had a special mobile event which allowed players to obtain the [[GS Ball]]. This [[item]], given by a nurse in the Pokémon Communication Center in Goldenrod City, may be taken to [[Kurt]] in [[Azalea Town]] to investigate. After a day passes, taking the GS Ball to the Ilex Forest shrine summons a [[level]] 30 {{p|Celebi}} to battle. The player then has the opportunity to capture the {{2t|Psychic|Grass}} Pokémon.

Due to the lack of the [[Pokémon Mobile System GB]] in the English version of the game, there is no way of getting the [[GS Ball]], via this communication. However, it is possible to obtain this event by hacking or [[glitches]] within the game. In the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}}, players could use the [[Pokémon Mobile System GB]] to obtain a GS Ball as an [[event item]] which they could take to [[Ilex Forest]]. Using it at the forest's shrine would prompt an encounter where a wild {{p|Celebi}} could be {{pkmn2|caught|captured}}. However, no equivalent event was ever offered to players of the English version of the game. Some game-enhancing devices, however, such as the [[GameShark]], can be used to generate the GS Ball right in the player's Bag in both languages. It was never implemented outside of Japan, likely due to the fact that cell phones were not as advanced or popular in other regions at the time.

In the anime, the shrine has briefly appeared in ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]'', and another shrine appeared in the fourth movie, ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', strikingly similar to the Ilex Forest shrine. In ''[[SS013|Celebi and Joy]]'', a shrine that resembled the Ilex Forest's shrine resided in [[Marion Town]].

Another shrine appears in the fourth movie, ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]''. Although it isn't the same Ilex Forest shrine, it does contain the same qualities. It is found in the deepest part of the forest, and many people say that the shrine is linked to the Mythical Pokémon, {{p|Celebi}}, who supposedly lives inside the forest shrine, as the forest guardian. The first time the shrine is seen is when [[Sam]] runs into it before {{OBP|Celebi|M04}} transports him into the future. The second time it appears is after he transports to the future.

The third shrine appears in ''[[SS013|Celebi and Joy]]'', when [[Ritchie]] and [[Sparky]] save a young girl Joy hanging from a cliff, and manage to save her and pull her back up with some help from her Rapidash. Joy explains that she saw some flowers that she wanted to pick for Celebi when she fell. She explains that legends say that a Celebi lives in this forest, and she thinks it's true. To prove it, she shows them a Celebi Shrine that was put up in the forest a long time ago. Later that night during a thunderstorm, Nick's father is informed that Joy ran into the forest. As Ritchie and Nick head out to look for Joy, they find her unconscious near the shrine. As a fire starts near them, a Celebi appears and protects them.

* It resembles a {{wp|Hokora}}, a small {{wp|Shinto shrine}}, and is referred to as one in the original Japanese version.  

* There are also two other shrines in the [[core series]]: one is located in [[Celestic Town]] in {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, and the other is located on Route 14 in {{game|Black and White|s}} called [[Abundant Shrine]], in which the player can find {{p|Landorus}}.