Retro Mail

	Retro Mail
	Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
Generation III	Items

The Retro Mail (Japanese: レトロメール Retro Mail) is a type of Mail exclusive to the Generation III games.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
RS E	N/A	$25
FRLG	$50	$25

Effect

Held item

It contains a message with up to nine words and phrases using the predefined list from the easy chat system, structured as four rows of two slots and a fifth row with one slot. The player writes the message when giving this item to be held by a Pokémon. The player can unlock additional phrases from the Hipster in Mauville City. The message can be sent to other games of the same generation by trading the Pokémon holding this item.

The message remains available as long as this item is held by a Pokémon or stored in the Mailbox. This item is unable to have any message when stored in the Bag or in the Item Storage System, but there is the option to delete any existing message when storing this item in these places. Once the message is deleted from this item, the player is able to reuse it with a new message. A Pokémon holding this item cannot be placed in the PC, in the Pokémon Day Care, traded to Pokémon Colosseum or XD: Gale of Darkness, or transferred to Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire or into Generation IV games through the Pal Park.

This item can be removed by Knock Off. However, it cannot be stolen by Covet or Thief.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	Mail featuring the drawings of three Pokémon.
FRLG	A piece of Mail featuring a print of three cute Pokémon. It is to be held by a Pokémon.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
RS		Trade
E	Battle Frontier (held by in-game trade Meowth)
FRLG		Celadon Department Store

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		復古郵件 Fùgǔ Yóujiàn
French		Lettre Retro
German		Retrobrief
Italian		Mess. Retro
Spanish		Carta Retro