Secret Key (Sinnoh)


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The Secret Key (Japanese:  Secret Key) is an event-exclusive Key Item available in. It is shaped like 's head, with the outline of its eyes and mouth visible under the coat of Rotom-orange plastic. The key's teeth look like the prongs of an electrical plug. It was the first of four event items in the Sinnoh-based games, being followed by the Member Card, Oak's Letter, and Azure Flute.

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Effect
The Secret Key opens up Rotom's Room at the Team Galactic Eterna Building in Eterna City after it has been cleared. It contains five appliances necessary for Rotom to change between its six forms. comes in when the player changes Rotom's form for the first time, explaining its history.

Description

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Distribution
Players could obtain the Secret Key via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or from selected stores in certain countries. Japanese players could then share them to five other players of Platinum.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The Secret Key was featured in Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost), where it was found by at the Old Chateau after his and 's second encounter with. As the word "Eterna" was written into the key, they deduced that it must fit into something found in Eterna City. Following Rotom into the Team Galactic Eterna Building, they soon found a room labeled "Secret Room", and used the key to unlock its door, revealing that the room contained all of Rotom's electric appliances, giving it access to all of its forms.

Trivia

 * The Secret Key was both the first item that could be obtained over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and could be given to friends. However, this can only be done with the Japanese Wonder Card.
 * This item shares its name with found in Kanto in Generations, , and.
 * This item is the first Generation IV event item to be distributed.