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Oak's Letter (Japanese: オーキドのてがみ Okido's Letter) is a key event item available in Pokémon Platinum. It is 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 unreleased Azure Flute.
Once this item has been received from the deliveryman at the Poké Mart, Professor Oak of Kanto will be waiting for the player on his or her next visit to Route 224, at the northernmost, barren end of it. 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 on inspection of it, the player will be able to enter whatever they may desire (the entry system is the same as that 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.
Flavor text
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Description
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A letter from Prof. Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Rt. 224.
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A letter from Professor Oak. Written in it is a request for you to go to Route 224.
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Distribution
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Duration
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Wi-Fi
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Japanese
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Apr. 18 to May 11, 2009
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North American
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Sep. 28 to Nov. 8, 2009
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PAL
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Sep. 28 to Nov. 8, 2009
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Wonder Card
Japanese
*ふしぎなカード
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オーキドのてがみ プレゼント
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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!
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English
Wonder Card
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Get Oak's Letter!
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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.
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French
*Carte Miracle
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La Lettre Chen!
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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.
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German
*Wunderkarte
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Eichs Brief ist eingetroffen!
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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.
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Italian
*Scheda Segreta
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Ecco la Lettera Oak!
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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.
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Spanish
*Tarj. misteriosta
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¡La Carta del Profesor Oak!
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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.
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In the manga
Oak's Letter in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Oak's Letter was first shown in Dealing with Dragonite. It was featured again Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost), where Marley used the instructions written to it by Professor Oak to locate Shaymin, 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.
- Marley will speak to the player differently with the Oak's Letter event activated.
In other languages
See also
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject: