It's because of confusion -- the "First broadcast" should really be something like 'First released', it was released to video and then not broadcast on TV Tokyo network for years. Some of the Winter Vacations apparently never got broadcast on TV Tokyo network.http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/PK10
"was first broadcast in Japan on December 24, 2002"
"First broadcast -> Japan: December 22, 2000"
- what?
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_Chronicles_episodes
compare the eps of Winter Vacation => all four released at "December 24, 2002" => good trolling -.-.
Compare with:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pikachu_shorts
=> different.
--It's also a bit of a double-standard; Pikachu shorts lists Japanese VHS dates but not US VHS dates(PK05,6).
I managed to find a Garbodor holding a Big Nugget back before Serebii changed it, even took a picture of the battle screen. Only took me several hours and about 40 Garbodors.A few pages back it was mentioned that a third held item thing was introduced, which Serebii originally labeled as "Dream World exclusive". He's since changed that to "1%", implying that such items are obtainable normally on their wild Pokemon. I can confirm this- a Clefairy I caught in the Giant Chasm was holding the Comet Shard. When Serebii originally posted this, he reported it as Dream World Clefairy would be holding Comet Shards.
I've also tried to find a Garbodor with a Big Nugget, but no luck there so far.
A few other things that might be worth noting;
*In Generation IV, if a Shiny Pokemon broke out of a Poke Ball, it would sparkle again. This no longer happens in Generation V. Confirmed by myself, when a Shiny Swellow I encountered in Giant Chasm broke out of the Quick Ball I threw.
*I need to research this more, but it seems that some hidden items re-spawn when the season changes. I had the Dowsing MCHN going in areas where I KNOW I had gotten all items there, hidden or otherwise, and it would detect items anyway. In particular, the TinyMushrooms near the entrance to Mistralton Cave, and the Pearls on the tiny stretch of beach directly north of Undella Town. There were others as well.
EDIT: SnorlaxMonster, a page on Pokemon that can't be traded without nicknames is not needed, they've fixed the fail filter on the GTS. Multiple people have un-nicknamed english Cofagrigus up for trade, and I myself succeeded in trading an un-nicknamed english Skuntank.
With a mustache.
Also, yeah, I think the BW guide does say that some hidden items respawn. They've been doing it since at least FRLG though.
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