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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[File:Bulbasaur cheating.png|thumb|200px|left|The appearance of a wild {{p|Bulbasaur}} in [[Generation V]], something that can only happen with the use of cheating devices]] | [[File:Bulbasaur cheating.png|thumb|200px|left|The appearance of a wild {{p|Bulbasaur}} in [[Generation V]], something that can only happen with the use of cheating devices]] | ||
Devices such as [[GameShark]] and [[Action Replay]] can be easily used to directly alter the game's data<!-- not 'code', that's ROM hacking--> in many ways, such as automatically making Pokémon {{Shiny}}, giving them optimal {{IV}}s and [[Nature]]s, or even modifying their [[move]]s and [[stat]]s to obtain otherwise impossible values. These Pokémon are frequently known as '''hacked Pokémon'''. The devices are also frequently used to obtain Pokémon or [[event item|items]] which would otherwise be only obtainable through a [[Nintendo]] [[List of Nintendo Pokémon promotional events|promotional events]]. For example, cheating may be used to obtain the [[GS Ball]] or [[Old Sea Map]] (in [[generation]]s {{gen|II}} and {{gen|III}} respectively), both of which were only distributed in Japan. | Devices such as [[GameShark]] and [[Action Replay]] can be easily used to directly alter the game's data<!-- not 'code', that's ROM hacking--> in many ways, such as automatically making Pokémon {{Shiny}}, giving them optimal {{IV}}s and [[Nature]]s, or even modifying their [[move]]s and [[stat]]s to obtain otherwise impossible values. These Pokémon are frequently known as '''hacked Pokémon'''. The devices are also frequently used to obtain Pokémon or [[event item|items]] which would otherwise be only obtainable through a [[Nintendo]] [[List of Nintendo Pokémon promotional events|promotional events]]. For example, cheating may be used to obtain the [[GS Ball]] or [[Old Sea Map]] (in [[generation]]s {{gen|II}} and {{gen|III}} respectively), both of which were only distributed in Japan, or [[Azure Flute]], that was never distributed. | ||
[[File:Wild F-00.png|thumb|200px|right|A wild {{p|F-00}}, an example of using a wild Pokémon modifier code. Notice the error that causes the game to display the name using full-width rather than half-width characters as well as causing "{{j|－}}" to be replaced by "?" in the name]] | [[File:Wild F-00.png|thumb|200px|right|A wild {{p|F-00}}, an example of using a wild Pokémon modifier code. Notice the error that causes the game to display the name using full-width rather than half-width characters as well as causing "{{j|－}}" to be replaced by "?" in the name]] | ||