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Jirachi is the 385th Pokémon in the National Pokédex. Jirachi was first included with the release of the Nintendo games Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire in early 2003.
It is in the form of a small animal with a star shaped "hat" upon its primarily white body.
According to the game's story line it is a mythical Pokémon that grants wishes upon waking up from a deep sleep. The wishes are be written down on purple papered wish tags (which are an actual item in the Pokémon games but currently unusable as of date) and placed upon Jirachi's star points. When the creature awakens its only goals are to grant the wishes written upon the tags. Upon fulfilling them, it returns to sleep.
Currently, Jirachi is only attainable at a Pokémon Center In New York, Osaka, Tokyo and an additional center in Japan. A special machine transfers a randomly selected pokémon with a 1 in 1000 chance of reciving Jirachi. Recently the machines use has been restricted to special events most recently done to the New York PKMN Center.
As it is exceedingly rare in the Pokémon world / fan community, very little is known about it. It is set to "star" in the upcoming 5th (6th?) Pokémon Movie.
Jirachi is a Steel/Psychic type Pokémon, and has both an unique special ability (Serene Grace) and an unique special attack (Doom Desire). It also grants to possessors permanently fertile berry gardens, making it easier to create Pokéblocks.
The easiest way to get it is with a gameshark code. Also, try: http://pkmn.co.uk/?pageid=g,42,82 for the gameshark codes...
If players preorder the upcoming game Pokémon Colosseum on Feburary 9, 2004, they will receive a bonus disk that will then allow players to download Jirachi into their Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire games.
