List of glitches (Generation III): Difference between revisions

When selling at least 256 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 bug can be performed with other items as well.

===Acro Bike instability===

In the Japanese versions of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, if the player continuously performs bunny hops by holding the '''B''' button on [[tall grass]] for a long yet undetermined period of time, the [[Game freeze|game may freeze]] after a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{pkmn|battle}}. If the freeze occurs in [[Mt. Pyre]]'s summit, the clouds that are part of the map's [[weather]] remain animated.

Other than freezes, the game may experience tile or graphics corruption as well as other random behavior.

===Berry glitch===

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 {{pkmn|Trainer}}.

===HP bar oversight===

During a {{pkmn|battle}}, if the player's {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} deals over 33 037 [[damage]], the opposing Pokémon will [[Fainting|faint]] without its {{stat|HP}} bar being drained. If the damage dealt is exactly 33 037, the HP bar falls to 0 instantly without any delay.

===Landsurfing bug===

In the Japanese versions of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, 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 regular tile on land. Answering yes will cause the player to Surf onto that tile. The player can then Surf around on land. The game will still behave as if the player is walking normally otherwise.

This bug can also be 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]]. While surfing in Fortree City, the player can jump off their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} 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]] to escape from the Gym or the area surrounding it as well.

===Lati@s encounter bug===

Encountering and defeating {{p|Latios}} or {{p|Latias}} after losing a battle in the {{Gdis|Battle Tower|III}} (without any other wild encounters in between) will cause the game to send out a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} from the Trainer the player lost against, which shows up in-game as "[[Pokémon Trainer|{{PK}}{{MN}} TRAINER]]" (ポケモントレーナー). The Pokémon will be able to flee like Lati@s and can be caught as well as a [[nickname]]d; its caught location will be [[List of locations by index number (Generation III)|<code>0x3A</code> "BATTLE TOWER (met)"]].

===Nightmare damage bug===

If {{m|Nightmare}} is used on a {{status|sleep}}ing {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} which is then awakened by {{a|Shed Skin}}, then the opposing Pokémon will still be harmed by Nightmare even though it is not asleep.

===Pay Day money error===

The wrong amount of [[Pokémon Dollar]]s received from {{m|Pay Day}} will be displayed if the [[Amulet Coin]] is held by a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, leaving the impression that it does not affect Pay Day. Yet, upon checking the {{ga|Trainer Card}}, the player will discover that the amount was doubled accordingly.

===Sand Ornament collapse bug===

In the Japanese versions of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, if the player places a {{DL|Ornament|Breakable ornaments|Sand Ornament}} against the wall in a {{DL|Secret Base|Generation III|Secret Base}} and collapses it (with the '''A''' button), adds a one-tile or three-tile poster behind the ornament, then exits and returns to the Secret Base, the ornament will not appear to have crumbled and it will still have the poster behind it. Collapsing the Sand Ornament again will trigger a hole on its top area.

===Sootopolis rock wall oversight===

In [[Sootopolis City]], to the left of the staircase leading to the house of the old lady who talks about [[Mt. Pyre]] is a rock wall that the player can walk in. The player can only go one step in, however.

===Stuck audio freeze===

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]], fence, or wall, the Trainer will notice the player and walk over these obstacles and {{pkmn|battle}}.

===Trick Mail bug===

In the Japanese versions of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, the [[move]] {{m|Trick}} can be used to switch {{DL|Mail|Generation III|Mail}} with the [[held item]] of the opposing {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. This results in an [[item]] that has the Mail icon but acts like the item retrieved by Trick. If this bug is repeated six times, Mail can be given to the Pokémon without having to attach a message, and the player can just indefinitely withdraw the item from the Pokemon by giving it Mail then withdrawing it again. This can also corrupt tiles and their collision parameters based on the phrase of the buggy Mail when given to another Pokémon in the [[Party|Pokémon List]].

==Emerald==

In [[Mirage Tower]], there is no rock on the second floor near the stairs but the player cannot walk there.

===Mover Vigoroth cry oversight===

{{main|Pomeg glitch}}

===Sootopolis Gym wall oversight===

In [[Sootopolis Gym]], the player can walk one step into the wall to the right-down of the stairs, causing them to stop working until he/she steps back onto the floor.

===Trainer's School window tile quirks===

[[File:Pokémon Emerald trainer school window tiles.png|thumb|(Unused) corrupted tiles that control the pixels overlaid on the window]]

==Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald==

The [[Poké Mart]] worker at [[Oldale Town]] normally gives the player a [[Potion]] but 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.

===Route 134 current error===

In the bottom-right corner of the island to the southeast of {{rt|134|Hoenn}}, there is a {{DL|Water tile|Currents|current}} 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.

==FireRed and LeafGreen==

This bug only works in the Japanese and English versions as it was fixed in the European localizations.

===Opening sequence oversight===

This behavior is not seen in non-evolution scenarios because the games use other procedures for the move-learning sequence.<ref>[http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,7335.msg198896.html#msg198896 Emerald Teach move Glitch]</ref>

===Focus Punch recall bug===

By selecting {{m|Focus Punch}} in a [[Double Battle]] on the first {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, pressing the '''B''' button, then [[recall]]ing the first Pokémon, the first Pokémon will tighten its focus in preparation for Focus Punch, then be recalled. This is due to the charging turn having a [[priority]] of +8, and therefore being executed before the recall.

===Sticky Hold graphics bug===

On a {{pkmn|battle}} against a full [[party]], defeating the next Pokémon will cause that Pokémon's sprite to vanish normally, but the stuck 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 be flushed out normally. The stuck sprite of the first Pokémon will remain and get recolored to match. This is because the game stores color palettes separately to the sprites themselves.

===Stuck audio bug===

When the last opposing {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} is defeated by a {{status|burn}} or {{status|poison}} while the player's Pokémon are under the effect of {{m|Perish Song}}, the player's Pokémon will gain [[experience]] immediately after the Pokémon [[Fainting|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.

===Poké Ball amount bug===

Additionally, if the second Pokémon is using a multiple-turn [[move]] that was selected on a previous turn, the attack prevents the bug from working, which causes the thrown [[Snag Ball]] to be used.

===Shiny Shadow Pokémon bug===

In {{g|XD: Gale of Darkness}}, the game calculates a [[personality value]] for a Shadow Pokémon, 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 {{XD}} can never be Shiny (though other Pokémon, such as those appearing in [[Poké Spot]]s or [[Battle CD]]s, can be).

===Snag recall bug===