Are you from Australia and headed to your local EB Games or Target store in the next month? Are you from New Zealand and headed to your local JB Hi-fi Store in the next month? If you answered yes to either of these questions and own a Pokémon White/Black cartridge then bringing along your Nintendo DS console may net you the mythical Pokémon Meloetta via a limited-time distribution event.
Pokemon trainers across the country can head down to selected stores are net themselves the Pokemon to further bolster their Pokedex. Meloetta is the rare and powerful Melody Pokémon that keeps opponents on their toes with its one-of-a-kind ability to alter Formes in the middle of battle. Players who attend the retail distribution event will receive Meloetta at Level 50 in its Aria Forme, in which it fights as a Normal- and Psychic-type Pokémon. If a battle calls for a change of tone, Meloetta can switch to its Pirouette Forme and become a Normal- and Fighting-type character—the first-ever Pokémon with such a type combination.
Meloetta changes Formes using Relic Song, a special damage-dealing move that can only be learned when Meloetta is added to your party and listens to the music of a guitar player at Café Sonata in Castelia City. When players receive Meloetta at the distribution, however, it will already be outfitted with a suite of powerful moves—Close Combat, Teeter Dance, Psychic, and Round.
To receive Aria Forme Meloetta during the distribution time period, fans will need the following:
- A Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo DS system
- A Pokémon Black 2, Pokémon White 2, Pokémon Black, or Pokémon White game
- The Pokédex within the game
- No more than 11 Wonder Cards in their possession
