Azure Flute Dilemma—Need Confirmation on Existence in Games?

Question

Before you go telling me off about how I should know the answer to this, hear me out.

I used to think that the Azure Flute could not be found at all in the games; to get it, one had to hack. Then my friend told me that she thought she had an Azure Flute, and that some hiker gave it to her, in Platinum. She didn't cheat.

I asked her to double-check her bag, and she said she would. This friend has neither confirmed or denied it yet, and I was wondering whether or not this had ever happened to anyone else?

I am confused on this matter; everything I have ever looked at and everybody I've ever talked to about it other than my friend has told me that the only way one could obtain an Azure Flute was through hacking.

Could it be possible that that's wrong?

Maybe her game is hacked?

I really don't know.

She hasn't told me whether it was or wasn't yet, and I'm pretty sure that she mistook it for something else, but there is still the possibility—though slim—that it is in fact an Azure Flute.

Don't call my friend stupid or idiotic, or anything of the like. Despite the fact that I myself am fairly dubious, I still don't appreciate people dubbing my friends something that is rude and possibly offensive.

Does anybody have an answer?

Answer 1

>The Azure Flute (Japanese: てんかいのふえ Azure Flute) is one of the four key event items meant to be received through a Nintendo event in the Sinnoh-based games (the others being the Secret Key, Member Card, and Oak's Letter) and the only one to not be distributed. It is required to access the Hall of Origin, where Arceus resides in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

Yes, the Azure Flute does exist, but you cannot get it legitimately, as it was never distributed.
There is not a Hiker that gives you the Azure Flute, your friend may have gotten the Azure Flute confused with the Black Flute, which is given to you by Looker. She also could have gotten the Azure Flute confused with the White Flute, which is given to you by the Missing Key Lady.

Hope this helps!

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