I noticed that the item Metal Cloak is only available once per game/save state and that means you can only evolve a single Scizor or Steelix. Now are there some other items that occur only once per game and that don't require you to steal it from a wild Pokemon to get a second one?
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Are you not counting items that can be stolen from wild pokemon? Because Metal Coat can be, as can most others: serebii.net/itemdex/metalcoat.shtml – Ben Brocka Mar 12 '14 at 12:04
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hmm okay I usually look it up in the German wiki since I play the game in German and there the stealing method is only listed for older generations. pokewiki.de/Entwicklung_(Tragen)#Metallmantel – Jutschge Mar 12 '14 at 12:17
The items you mean are Evolution-inducing held items. These are often only avalible once in a game. Here is a list: Evolution-inducing held items
Also there are story and basic items you only get once like a bike and so on.
Which Pokémon evolve while holding an item you can see here:
