List of glitches in Generation III: Difference between revisions

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This is a '''list of glitches''' that occur in the [[Generation III]] [[core series]] and [[side series]] [[Pokémon games]].

===256× item selling glitch===

When selling 256 or more of an item, even though the [[Poké Mart]] states the correct price, for every 256 the total price is actually counted as {{PDollar}}0 and the player loses {{PDollar}}2560 for every multiple of 256. For example, selling 999 Berries gives {{PDollar}}2310 (0 for 768, +2310 for 231). This is normally only possible with [[Berry|Berries]] because they are the only items that the player can hold more than 99 of, although through cheating the glitch can be performed with other items as well.

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The wall behind the statue to the right at the entrance of [[Dewford Gym]] behaves like a statue when approached and the A button is pressed ("'''DEWFORD POKéMON GYM, BRAWLY'S CERTIFIED TRAINERS:'''"). After Brawly is defeated, it will list the {{player}} as a certified Trainer.

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If in battle, the user's Pokémon deals over 33 037 damage, the opponent's Pokémon will faint without its {{stat|HP}} bar being drained. If the user's Pokémon deals exactly 33 037 damage, the HP bar falls to 0 instantly without any delay.

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In the Japanese versions, by using the [[Acro Bike]] to side-hop north or south onto a tile adjacent to a water tile and then pressing A at the exact right frame, the player can bring up the {{m|Surf}} dialogue box while facing a land tile. Choosing 'yes' will cause the player to Surf onto that land tile. The player can then Surf around on land. The game will still behave as if the player is walking normally otherwise, which is part of the reason for the sub-glitch described below.

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This glitch can used to enter the [[Fortree Gym]] without the {{key|III|Devon Scope}} (the Gym is normally blocked off from the north by an invisible {{p|Kecleon}}), if it is performed on {{rt|119|Hoenn}} and the player surfs north to Fortree City. At Fortree City, while Surfing, the player can "jump off" from the bridge south of Fortree Gym and access the gym from there. In order to escape, a Pokémon with {{m|Teleport}} or {{m|Fly}} may be brought, however, the player must beat the gym in order to use Fly. Presumably, the player can [[black out|white out]] to escape from the gym or the area surrounding it as well.

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If {{m|Nightmare}} is used on a {{status|sleep}}ing Pokémon yet the sleeping Pokémon wakes up due to {{a|Shed Skin}}, the opposing Pokémon is still harmed by Nightmare even though it is not asleep.

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The wrong amount of money received from Pay Day will be displayed if the [[Amulet Coin]] is held by a Pokémon, leaving the impression that it does not affect {{m|Pay Day}}. Yet, upon checking the {{ga|Trainer Card}}, the player will discover that the money earned from Pay Day has been doubled and added to their total savings.

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===Sootopolis rock wall glitch===

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===Trainer approach glitch===

There are three NPCs who may move on top of an obstacle. This does not occur in the Spanish versions as none of these Trainers move.

If the player stands in {{rt|118|Hoenn}}'s {{tc|Aroma Lady}} Rose, {{rt|121|Hoenn}}'s {{tc|Gentleman}} Walter, or [[Abandoned Ship]]'s {{tc|Tuber}} Charlie's line of sight while directly behind the [[ledge]], gate, or wall, the Trainer will see the player and walk onto the ledge, gate, or wall to battle.

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===Truck glitch===

If the player loses to the {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} at the end of {{rt|24|Kanto|Nugget Bridge}}, the player has a chance to battle him again, unlike in the [[Generation I]] games. Each time he is rebattled, he will give the player a {{DL|Valuable item|Nugget}}, so one can purposely lose to obtain Nuggets repeatedly. More due to lazy scripting than actually being a glitch, this is caused by an unset flag before the battle begins, making the script endlessly repeat itself.

This glitch only works in the Japanese and English versions as the oversight was fixed in the European localizations.

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In the English version 1.0 release, if a [[Pokémon category]] has two words, the Pokédex will mistakenly only display the first word. For example, while {{p|Beedrill}}'s category is the "Poison Bee Pokémon", it is listed in-game as the "Poison Pokémon". Internal game data lists categories the same as in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} and other games, so this is likely due to the game mistakenly reading the space in the category name as a terminator. This was corrected in the {{wp|Player's Choice}} releases (version 1.1) of the English versions.

===Poké Flute music oversight===

When the player plays the [[Poké Flute]] and while the melody is playing, if the Help Menu is activated and deactivated, the music will be muted until the Pokémon wakes up.

If a [[roaming Pokémon]] uses {{m|Roar}} to flee from battle, it will permanently disappear from the game. Most notably, this means that if the {{p|Raikou}} or {{p|Entei}} player encounters during the post-game uses Roar before it is caught, it cannot be encountered again, unless the game is reset to the state which it was in before the encounter.

==Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, and LeafGreen==

===Roaming IV glitch===

This glitch causes [[roaming Pokémon]] to have extremely low {{IV}}s.

In [[Generation III]], the data for a Pokémon's IVs are stored in a [[Individual values#Generation III|32-bit integer]]. However, when a roaming Pokémon is captured, only the last eight bits are transferred. While the {{stat|HP}} IV is unaffected, the Pokémon can only have a maximum {{stat|Attack}} IV of 7. The other IVs will always be 0.

For unknown reasons, exclusively to Pokémon Emerald, having Pokémon at slots 4-6 in box 8 (or box 7 slots 26-28 in Japanese Emerald) of the [[Pokémon Storage System]] causes black pixels to be written on the sides of the windows of [[Rustboro City]]'s [[Pokémon Trainer's School]]. The pixels that appear depend on the Pokémon.

Slot 4 controls a small portion of tiles near the top of the window. Slot 5 controls a large portion of tiles around the middle of the window. Slot 6 controls a small portion of tiles near the bottom of the window.

When all Pokémon are present in the slots, "curtains" typically appear, but one can manipulate the glitch (i.e. by having slot 4 and slot 6 occupied but not slot 5) to make the pixels not resemble curtains as much.

Specifically, with memory address location randomization disabled, the tiles depend on the data from addresses 0202DAE4-0202DB43. Each byte can control 1-2 pairs of pixels for the left and east-most sides.

The glitch happens because data for tiles with IDs greater than 790 is overwritten with Pokémon data, and the pixels on the window depend on the data of tiles 791-793, which are displayed in the way shown in the image below.<ref>[http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,6428.msg198621.html#msg198621 Glitch City Laboratories forums - "Black Curtains of Rustboro (Emerald)" thread, post by TheZZAZZGlitch].</ref>

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In the [[Sootopolis Gym]], right down the stairs the player can walk one step into the wall. If the player walks into the wall, the stairs will stop working until he/she steps back onto the floor.

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===Vigoroth cry oversight===

In the Japanese version, although the mover {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} at the start of the player's adventure were changed from {{p|Machoke}} to {{p|Vigoroth}} by altering the sprites and text, the [[cry]] of Machoke was kept.

==Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald==

===Dive glitch===

The [[Poké Mart]] worker at [[Oldale Town]] normally gives the player a [[Potion]]. However, if the player has a full Bag when this happens, the Potion won't be handed out. If the player enters {{rt|103|Hoenn}} and then immediately returns to Oldale Town, the worker will be near the Poké Mart, but will behave as if he was at original position. Talking to the worker again will lead the player into a tree; however, the player can get out, because they are only one tile into the trees.

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===Route 134 current glitch===

In the bottom-right corner of the island to the southeast of {{rt|134|Hoenn}}, there is a {{DL|Water tile|currents|current tile}} that does not behave as a [[water tile]]. The player cannot {{m|Surf}} on it, but can walk on it. Walking on it will simply push the player back onto the island to the left.

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===Focus Punch glitch===

This glitch is triggered by selecting {{m|Focus Punch}} in a [[Double Battle]] on the first Pokémon, pressing the "B" button, then switching out the first Pokémon. When the battle is conducted, the first Pokémon will tighten its focus in preparation for Focus Punch, then switch out. This is due to charging turn having a [[priority]] of +8, and therefore being executed before switch out.

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This glitch occurs when {{m|Thief}} or {{m|Covet}} is used to knock out a Pokémon holding an [[item]] that has the {{a|Sticky Hold}} Ability. It causes the sprite of the defeated Pokémon to stay in a ghost-like form. This lasts until the screen is changed. Switching to the item list or Pokémon list will cause it to disappear.

If it is a battle against a team of six Pokémon, defeating the next Pokémon will cause that Pokémon's sprite to vanish normally, but the ghost-like sprite will remain. If the second Pokémon is defeated without leaving the battle screen, a third Pokémon will come out, but the second Pokémon's sprite will not remain. The original ghost-like sprite will remain and get recolored to match. This is because the game stores color palettes separately to the pictures themselves.

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===Stuck audio glitch===

If {{m|Thunder}} or {{m|Thunderbolt}} are used during battle with the [[Battle effects|effects]] enabled, the sound of the moves may get stuck until the game is rebooted.

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The details on the description for the move {{m|Vital Throw}} show it as having 100% {{stat|accuracy}}, despite the move hitting the opposing Pokémon regardless of accuracy and {{stat|evasion}}.

===Experience glitch===

This glitch occurs when an opponent's last Pokémon is defeated by a {{status|burn}} or {{status|poison}} while the player's Pokémon are under the effect of {{m|Perish Song}}. When this occurs, the player's Pokémon will gain experience immediately after the Pokémon faints, then once again each time one of the player's Pokémon's perish count drops. This allows Pokémon to gain the experience for defeating the Pokémon up to three times.

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===Infinite ball glitch===

The infinite ball glitch enables the player to reuse any type of [[Poké Ball]].

The glitch is performed by selecting a [[Poké Ball]] with the player's first Pokémon's turn. Then, on the second Pokémon's turn, switching the location of the Poké Ball in the Bag chosen with another Poké Ball in the Bag (using the "Y" button). After the Ball is thrown, the Poké Ball pocket will still have the same amount of Poké Balls, as if the Ball just thrown had not been used.

Sometimes, if using a [[Master Ball]], the [[game freeze|game will freeze]] and bring the "An error occurred" message the [[Nintendo GameCube]] gives when it fails to properly read a game.

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===Shiny Shadow Pokémon glitch===

Like in the core series games, in [[Pokémon Colosseum]] there is a 1/8192 chance of a [[Shadow Pokémon]] being {{Shiny}}, but it will most likely lose its Shiny status when captured by the player; conversely, there is a 1/8192 chance that a Shadow Pokémon may spontaneously become Shiny when captured by the player.

This glitch occurs because when the player captures a Shadow Pokemon, their [[Trainer ID number]] overwrites the [[original Trainer]]'s ID number (unlike with traded Pokémon); because the Trainer ID number is a factor in Shiny calculation, this may cause the Pokemon to acquire (or lose) Shiny status. This is similar to the oddity of a hatched [[Pokémon Egg]] changing from normal to Shiny (or vice versa) if it was traded to another player before hatching.

In {{Pokémon XD}}, the game calculates a [[personality value]] for a Shadow Pokémon, it checks it against the player's and opponent's ID numbers, and if either one would result in a Shiny Pokémon, it generates a new personality value for that Pokémon (repeating if necessary). As a direct result, Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon XD can never be Shiny (though other Pokemon, such as those appearing in [[Poké Spot]]s, or  Battle CD can be).

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===Snagging with switch out glitch===

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If the player snags a Shadow Pokemon on the same turn AI switches out its other Pokemon (eg. to avoid {{m|Yawn}}'s effect), and the opponent only has two non-Shadow Pokemon left, the opponent will not properly send out a Pokemon in the place of the snagged one.

In [[Agate Village]], the cliffs directly to the left and right of the hill at the entrance are glitched. If the player walks downward while on these small cliffs, there are two specific points where the player will hit the edge and continue to walk, and the screen will start to shake. This can be used to automatically purify all [[Shadow Pokémon]] in the player's party or the Day Care while the control stick is held in the same direction. This glitch can also be done in [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]] under different conditions.