List of glitches (Generation III): Difference between revisions

===Lati@s encounter bug===

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Encountering and defeating {{p|Latios}} or {{p|Latias}} after losing a battle in the {{Gdis|Battle Tower|III}} or {{ho|Pokémon League}} (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 has the same moveset. The Trainer's name is shown as "[[Pokémon Trainer|{{PK}}{{MN}} TRAINER]]" (ポケモントレーナー) and their Pokémon can be caught and [[nickname]]d; its caught location will be [[List of locations by index number (Generation III)|<code>0x3A</code> "BATTLE TOWER (met)"]].

The Pokémon is able to flee if it's not trapped by {{m|Mean Look}} or {{m|Spider Web}}. If the Pokémon flees or the player decides to run away, the [[roaming Pokémon]] will not be lost and the player can battle the Pokémon that escaped, which allows the battle against the Trainer to continue as they will send out another Pokémon. If a wild encounter occurs before encountering Lati@s, the Lati@s will have 0 {{stat|HP}}.

The roaming Pokémon disappears after catching the Trainer's Pokémon or defeating them in battle. Since the game behaves as if it were a [[wild Pokémon]] battle, it will not present the Trainer's sprite and/or their "victory" speech.

[[Experience]] is gained from defeating the Trainer's Pokémon. If experience gains occur after defeating Lati@s, the game will keep playing [[Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire: Super Music Collection|''Victory! (Wild Pokémon)'']] while the Trainer sends out their Pokémon.

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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.

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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.

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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]].

===Poké Mart worker oversight===

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===

If a [[roaming Pokémon]] uses {{m|Roar}} to flee from {{pkmn|battle}}, it will permanently disappear for the current [[Saving|save file]], unless the player does not save the game after this occurs.

If the player snags a [[Shadow Pokémon]] on the same turn that the {{wp|Artificial intelligence (video games)|AI}} opponent [[recall]]s its other Pokémon (e.g.: to avoid {{m|Yawn}}'s effect), and the opponent only has two non-Shadow Pokemon left, he/she will not properly send out a Pokémon in the place of the snagged one.