In the Pokemon universe, there are various ways to evolve your Pokemon - some are particularly bizarre and require players to turn their consoles upside-down. One of the most common methods for Pokemon to evolve however is giving them specific stones, these evolutionary stones will then interact with them on a level that will cause this reaction and change them.
The Moon Stone item is one of the stones you'll have to collect to evolve certain Pokemon such as Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Nidorino, and
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