Games - Jirachi

	Games - Jirachi

Jirachi can be obtained in Nintendo special events and through action replay.

Jirachi (ジラーチ Jirachi in Japan, also called Jirachi in Germany and France) is a fictional character from the Pokémon video game and anime franchise. It first appeared with the release of the Nintendo games Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire in early 2003, and it is listed as the 385th Pokémon in the games' National Pokédex. It is one of the two secret Pokémon known as "the Celestials" by fans.

The name Jirachi (ジラーチ) is a Japanized form of the pronunciation of желать (zhehlati), meaning "to wish" in Russian. In Russian, this word is pronounced "Jeh-yi-lah-tshi", much like "Jirachi".

Characteristics

Jirachi appears to be a small sprite with a star-shaped "hat" upon its primarily white body, seemingly achieving the motif of a "star child." It has blue paper-like tags hanging from the three protuding ends of its hat, and it has a closed line on its stomach. The flesh of Jirachi, as well as its hat, feels smooth-yet-hard, almost like metal. This Pokémon originates in the Japanese legend of Tanabata.

Jirachi is a seemingly magical creature that can wield telepathic and telekinetic powers, able to levitate and float at will, and able to communicate with those around it through psychic vibrations configured to sound like English sentences (compare with Mewtwo)]. It can also grant wishes like a genie, made possible by an apparently cosmic power within its body, but the mechanics of this ability are mostly left up to speculation. Most intriguing of all is the line across its stomach area, which has been revealed to be a literal third eye while shut and dormant. This third eye, which appears far different than the two eyes on its head, is apparently the funnel for the cosmic power noted above, and is not used for natural sight.

The video games' account of Jirachi's mythological connotations and life cycle differs quite a bit from the anime. In the games, Jirachi hibernates within a crystalline "cocoon" made of a very hard substance, so as to protect its body from harm. Whenever the cocoon is threatened, particularly from a potential foe Pokemon, Jirachi's cocoon acts on its own accord and "fights" the opponent with magic defensive powers, all without Jirachi awakening inside. The Pokemon is said to awaken from its deep sleep every 1000 years. However, the term "awaken" is used here to signify a more complicated process that is heralded when its cocoon vanishes and its true body is revealed, but it still has not stirred. In this state, any person that has found it can write his or her wishes down on the paper-like tags on Jirachi's star points. Then, to awaken the Pokemon, the person must sing to it in a pure voice. Once the creature has awakened, it has the sole goal of granting the wishes written on the tags, just as the genie of arabian mythology takes its master's wish as its command. Upon fulfilling them, it returns to hibernation in a newly-formed cocoon, waiting for the next thousand years for its next master's wish.

In the video games

Jirachi possesses the attributes of a Steel/Psychic-type Pokémon (the only others who have these types are Beldum, Metang, and Metagross), and it has a unique special attack Doom Desire, (a set-damage Steel-type move with an Attack power of 120 and an accuracy of 85% that hits a foe two turns after use). Like its fellow promotional legendary Pokémon Mew and Celebi, each of its base stats are 100, making it quite a menace in battle as opposed to most non-legendary species. Fans usually relate Jirachi and other Psychic legendary Pokemon as a good pair for double battles.

Jirachi is the third promotional legendary Pokémon to fall under the "small and cute, but powerful" category, with the other two being Gold, Silver, & Crystal's Celebi and Red, Blue, & Yellow's Mew. All three Pokemon have base stats of 100 in each category, and all have Psychic among their types.

Obtaining Jirachi

Currently, one can obtain Jirachi through one of several different ways. One can go to a Pokémon Center in New York City, Osaka, Tokyo or any of the additional centers in Japan. In each of these locations, a special machine transfers a randomly selected Pokémon with a 1 in 1000 chance of receiving Jirachi. Recently, the Pokémon Centers have restricted use of the machines to special events - most recently at the New York Pokémon Center.

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