Jirachi

Jirachi is the 385th Pok�mon in the National Pok�dex. Jirachi was first included with the release of the Nintendo games Pok�mon Ruby and Pok�mon 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 Pok�mon 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 Pok�mon 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 Pok�mon Center In New York, Osaka, Tokyo and an additional center in Japan. A special machine transfers a randomly selected pok�mon 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 Pok�mon world / fan community, very little is known about it. It is set to "star" in the upcoming 5th (6th?) Pok�mon Movie.

This pok�mon is of the Psychic type as is common with its predecessors Celebi and Mew also mythical Pok�mon with unique stories.

It has been said that Jirachi can be obtained by using a GameShark unit.

If players preorder the upcoming game Pok�mon Colosseum in Feburary 2004, they will receive a bonus disk that will then allow players to download Jirachi into their Pok�mon Ruby and Sapphire games.