List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation III

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This is a reverse-chronological list of event Pokémon distributions that were given away to Japanese language Pokémon games in Generation III.
==List of event Pokémon==
===PokéPark Jirachi===
These Jirachi were distributed to players who entered a sweepstakes. To enter the sweepstakes players had to mail in coupons, which were inside Taiwan's CoroCoro, back to the publisher from May 15 to June 30, 2006. Winners of the sweepstakes received tickets that had pre-determined dates when they could go to the PokéPark in to receive Jirachi. Players were chosen to receive Jirachi from July 24 to 31, 2006 or from August 23 to 30, 2006.
===Mitsurin Celebi===
This Celebi was distributed at locations for the Pokémon Jungle Tour. This Celebi was also offered at select Pokémon Centers (Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo) between August 11 to September 3, 2006. The overall distribution period was from July 20 to September 3, 2006.
====Locations====
Prefecture	Location	Dates
 	, 	July 20 to 23, 2006
 	, 	August 3 to 7, 2006
 	, , 	August 11 to 20, 2006
 	, 	August 29 to September 3, 2006
===2006 Tanabata Jirachi===
This Jirachi was available to Pokémon Daisuki Club members who applied for the Daisuki Club's Wish on Jirachi campaign between June 30 and July 10, 2006. Players who could receive Jirachi were selected from a drawing and no more than 40,000 Jirachi were distributed. The Jirachi were distributed at the Pokémon Center in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo between July 15 and July 31, 2006.
===PokéPark Celebi===
This Celebi was distributed at the PokéPark in from June 23 to September 24, 2006.
===PokéPark Mew===
This Mew was distributed at stores across Taiwan. The overall distribution period was from May 10 to June 4, 2006. It was distributed to promote the opening of the PokéPark in .
====Locations====
Location	Dates
 	May 10 to 14, 2006
 	May 17 to 21, 2006
 	May 24 to 28, 2006
, 	May 31 to June 4, 2006
===Gather More Pokémon! Campaign===
===Hadō legendary giants===
These legendary giants were distributed during screenings of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew at the the PokéPark from September 1 to 25, 2005. They were distributed via Download Play, requiring the player to bring a Nintendo DS. Its original Trainer, ハドウ Hadō, means aura, referring to the titular character in the movie.
====Regirock====
====Regice====
====Registeel====
===Pokémon Festa 2005 Pokémon===
These Pokémon were distributed at the locations for the Pokémon Festa 2005. The overall distribution period was from July 17 to August 21, 2005. 
Prefecture	Location	Dates
 	, 	July 17 to 18, 2005
 	, 	July 23 to 24, 2005
 	, 	July 23 to 24, 2005
 	, 	July 30 to 31, 2005
 	, 	July 30 to 31, 2005
 	, 	August 6 to 7, 2005
 	, 	August 13 to 14, 2005
 	, 	August 13 to 14, 2005
 	, , 	August 20 to 21, 2005
====Pokémon Sunday Wobbuffet====
This Wobbuffet was distributed to players who presented the coupon at Pokémon Flets booth. NTT Flets users were able to apply on their website to receive an exchange coupon. People who did not use NTT Flets were able to enter a lottery to receive a winning email that can be printed out and shown to the booth as a redeemable voucher. Only 100 people at each venue were sent a winning email. It is based on the live-action Wobbuffet that appeared in the Pokémon Sunday show.
=====Mail=====
====Festa Metang====
This Metang was distributed to players who participated in the Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness demo. This Metang knows the special move , one of the special moves in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness that can be obtained through purifying Shadow Pokémon.
====2005 Tanabata Jirachi====
This Jirachi was distributed to Daisuki Club members who participated in the drawing for the "Wish on Jirachi" from July 1 to 7, 2005. Members who were chosen could receive Jirachi at any of the Pokémon Festa 2005 stops. There were only 27,000 members selected.
===Sapporo Pikachu===
This Pikachu was distributed at the Pokémon Center Sapporo from July 1 to August 21, 2005. It was distributed to celebrate the limited opening of the Pokémon Center store in .
===GW Pikachu===
This Pikachu was distributed to players who attended the Pokémon Center GW Festival (Japanese: ポケモンセンターGWまつり), which was located at the stores in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Yokohama from April 25 to May 8, 2005.
===Hadō Mew===
This Mew was distributed to players who pre-ordered tickets to Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Tickets could be bought from , , , , Hello Mac, and stores from April 16 to July 15, 2005. The tickets could be exchanged for Mew from June 25 to August 31, 2005. Its original Trainer's name, ハドウ, means aura, referring to the titular character in the movie.
===Yokohama Pikachu===
This Pikachu was distributed at the stores in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Yokohama from March 19 to April 3, 2005. It was distributed to celebrate the opening of the Yokohama Pokémon Center.
===PokéPark Meowth===
This Meowth was distributed at the in Japan from March 18 to September 25, 2005. It could be obtained while watching the 3D adventure movie Pokémon 3D Adventure: Find Mew! at the the theme park. It was distributed by a Nintendo DS using Download Play. For the month of September, to commemorate the release of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, this Meowth was distributed with different contents in its Glitter Mail.
====Mail====
===PokéPark Eggs===
These Pokémon were distributed as s at the in Japan from March 12 to May 8, 2005. Each Pokémon has special moves they otherwise would not know by any method. The Eggs were distributed downloaded directly at 3 locations throughout the park via Nintendo DS Download Play to all Generation III games. The Eggs were also distributed exclusively to and as Mystery Gift via JOYSPOT at . Which Egg the player would get was randomly decided by downloading a Wonder Card. Players would receive the Egg from the delivery person on the second floor of the Pokémon Center.
====Psyduck====
====Pichu====
====Igglybuff====
====Corsola====
====Taillow====
====Surskit====
====Whismur====
====Skitty====
====Plusle====
====Minun====
====Spoink====
====Spinda====
====Cacnea====
====Corphish====
====Wynaut====
====Wonder Card====
===All Nippon Airways Pikachu===
This Pikachu was distributed in the new terminal located in the on the first floor lobby from December 5 to 25, 2004.
===2004 Tanabata Jirachi===
This Jirachi was distributed as part of the Pokémon Festa 2004 at locations across Japan. At each location, 1,500 winners were selected per day to people who entered the Jirachi lottery held by the Pokémon Daisuki Club for a total of 25,500 winners. It was also distributed via a drawing at stores as part of "Wish on Jirachi" from July 1 to 7, 2004 and at the in , from August 14 to 15, 2004. Hiroshi, Nintendo's Taiwan representative, sponsored the distribution in Taiwan. The overall distribution period was from July 1 to August 15, 2004.
====Locations====
Prefecture	Location	Dates
 	, 	July 17 to 18, 2004
 	, 	July 18, 2004
 	, 	July 24, 2004
 	, 	July 25, 2004
 	, 	July 31 to August 1, 2004
 	, 	August 4, 2004
 	, 	August 7 to 8, 2004
 	, 	August 7 to 8, 2004
 	, 	August 12, 2004
 	, 	August 14 to 15, 2004
 	, , 	August 14 to 15, 2004
===Egg Pokémon Present Eggs===
These Pokémon were distributed as s at the stores in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. They were also distributed to players who participated in the "Pokémon ★ Battle Tour" at "Pokémon League Triple Beat" (Japanese: 「ポケモン★バトルツアー」で「ポケモンリーグ・トリプルビート」). The Eggs were distributed as Mystery Gift via JOYSPOT. Which Egg the player would get was randomly decided by downloading a Wonder Card. Players would receive the Egg from the delivery person on the second floor of the Pokémon Center. Each Pokémon knows a special move. The overall distribution period was from March 21 to April 4, 2004.
====Oddish====
====Meowth====
====Poliwag====
====Bellsprout====
====Wonder Card====
====Locations====
Prefecture	Location 	Dates
 	, 	March 21, 2004
 	Fukuoka Fashion Building,	March 21, 2004
 	, 	March 27, 2004
 	, 	March 27 to 28, 2004
 	, 	March 31, 2004
 	, 	March 31, 2004
 	, 	April 4, 2004
===Berry Program Update Zigzagoon===
This Zigzagoon was distributed from December 29, 2003 to March 31, 2004 as a promotion to get players to fix a Berry glitch in . It was distributed at stores in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. It was also distributed at participating stores in Japan. It can also be received from special disc versions of the "Monthly Nintendo Store Demo" (Japanese: 月刊任天堂店頭デモ) issues from January, February & March 2004. The Pokémon was distributed by Nintendo GameCube connected to Game Boy Advance via link cable. The Zigzagoon's Original Trainer is randomly selected between the two options.
Because of the way the seed is selected (summing the 's second, minute, and hour) for the pseudo-randomly determined attributes of this Pokémon (Original Trainer, Nature, s, etc.), there are only 214 unique Zigzagoon.
===Pokémon Stamp Ruby and Sapphire Contest Pichu===
This Pichu was distributed to players who entered a lottery inside the 1st Grade through 6th Grade December 2003 issues of the Shogakukan School Year Magazine released on November 1, 2003. Players who received the Pokémon Stamp Ruby & Sapphire Contest & Hoenn Gym Leaders Sheet (Japanese: ポケモンスタンプ ルビー＆サファイア コンテスト＆ジムリーダーズシート) must complete the stamp set using various sheets from issues between October to December, attach the provided ball mark from each stamp sheet to the application and mail it in before the deadline, November 28, 2003. The Trainer Card was not required nor distributed to apply for this lottery. Winners would be announced in the February 2004 issue released around December 29, 2003. A total of 300 players were selected to receive Pichu among those who requested the prize, 50 from each grade. Winners would receive instructions on how to mail in your cartridge to receive Pichu.
===Pokémon Stamp Ruby and Sapphire Absol===
This Absol was distributed to players who entered a lottery inside the 1st Grade through 6th Grade September 2003 issues of the Shogakukan School Year Magazine released on August 2, 2003. Players who received the Pokémon Stamp Ruby & Sapphire Stock Book (Japanese: ポケモンスタンプ ルビー＆サファイアストックブック) must complete the stamp set using various sheets from issues between May to September, attach the provided ball mark from each stamp sheet to the application and mail it in before the deadline, September 1, 2003. A Trainer Card would be sent to participants with an ID number, and this ID number would be used to select winners for various prizes. Winners would be announced in the November issue released on October 3, 2003 by the ID number of their Trainer Card. A total of 300 players were randomly selected to receive Absol, 50 from each grade. Winners would receive instructions on how to mail in your cartridge to receive Absol. This Absol is based on the Absol featured in the latest movie, Jirachi: Wish Maker.
===Wishing Star Jirachi===
This Jirachi was distributed to the first 200,000 players who purchased an advance ticket to Jirachi: Wish Maker from April 26 to July 18, 2003. Players could exchange the ticket for Jirachi at , , , , , and Hello Mac stores from June 21 to July 31, 2003. The Pokémon was distributed by Nintendo GameCube. The original trainer gender for this Jirachi was always male.
Jirachi was also distributed through lotteries to 10,000 for the 18th World Hobby Fair on June 21 to June 22, 2003, 70,000 players for Pokémon Festa 2003 on July 19 to August 24, 2003, and 500 for the September 2003 issue of CoroCoro. The World Hobby Fair lottery deadline ended May 30, 2003 with winners announced on June 10, 2003. The Pokémon Festa lottery deadline ended June 27, 2003 with winners for the July venue announced on July 10, 2003, and winners for the August venue announced on July 18, 2003. The Pokémon was distributed by . The original trainer gender and originating game for this Pokémon matched the recipient.
====Locations====
=====Pokémon Festa 2003 distribution=====
Prefecture	Location	Dates
 	, 	July 19 to 20, 2003
 	, 	July 26 to 27, 2003
 	, 	August 2 to 3, 2003
 	, 	August 6, 2003
 	, , 	August 9 to 10, 2003
 	, 	August 13, 2003
 	, 	August 16, 2003
 	, 	August 20, 2003
 	, 	August 23 to 24, 2003
===Pokémon Center 5th Anniversary Eggs===
These Pokémon were distributed as s at the stores in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka from April 25 to May 18, 2003. The Eggs were distributed by Nintendo GameCube connected to Game Boy Advance via link cable. The Egg received was random and each Pokémon either had the move or another special move. Unlike most events, Pichu has a 5% chance of being .
====Teeter Dance Pichu====
====Wish Pichu====
====Charm Ralts====
====Wish Ralts====
====Spite Absol====
====Wish Absol====
====Iron Defense Bagon====
====Wish Bagon====
==External links==
* KSRN - Special Pokémon (Japanese)
* Event information
==Related articles==
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Category:Japanese event distributions
Category:Generation III event distributions
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