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Re: Simple Questions / Simple Answers (Gens 1-4)
No one is really certain why it was never released, we can only guess.
You should be able to transfer it. I dunno if you'll be able to put it on the GTS though. Technically the Pokemon itself is legit because it's programmed to be there, the means to catch it simply was never legitimately releases.The Oak's Letter and Membership Pass were given for Platinum only. Azure Flute was never distributed at all.So I'm going to buy a new copy of either Diamond or Platinum tomorrow. My plan was to get Platinum and use action replay to get things like the azure flute to get to Arceus, but if I get Platinum I can't use My Pokemon Ranch, which I can use to get Mea and Phione. So my question is, back when the Azure Flute (Arceus item) / Oak's Letter (Shaymin item) / Membership Pass (Darkrai item) was being distributed, were they only for Platinum, or was it possible to get them in Diamond to? I don't want to buy a game and find out there's no codes to get the items because the items weren't available in the game.
Worth noting, though, is that even though the first two were only distributed for Platinum (and the Azure Flute still remains impossible to have legitimately), all three items are in the data for Diamond and Pearl; the events to officially unlock them just never took place.
So then, out of curiosity
I) If you catch Arceus by getting to him with the Azure Flute, will you not be able to do things like transfer it to Gen V games and/or put it on the GTS, since that isn't a 'legit' way to get him?
II) I'm a fan of knowing unnecessary trivia, and so I was wondering - if Nintendo programmed that event into the game, why didn't they ever release it? Isn't it a bit redundant at that point?
No one is really certain why it was never released, we can only guess.