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A Rare Pokémon Is Being Distributed Again For The First Time In A Decade, But There's A Catch [Update: The Goal's Been Met] - Kotaku

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Pokémon has gotten pretty consistent about using its games’ Mystery Gift feature to distribute rare monsters that have been vaulted and unobtainable for years, and over a year after the launch of Pokémon Legends: Z-A , it’s doing it once more with a rare event Vivillon.

Though the butterfly critter has been in the game since launch, Vivillon is special in that it has 20 different wing patterns that are determined by the real-world location the player is based in when they catch it. Collecting them all was a challenge back in the day, but The Pokémon Company has represented each of them over the years, even manufacturing 20 different plushes in its Sitting Cuties line . One pattern in particular is based on the series’ iconic red-and-white Poké Balls, and it started out as a limited-time distribution in Pokémon X and Y back in 2014. To nab one in its first distribution, you had to be at a temporary Pokémon Center pop-up shop in Paris.…

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