List of glitches (Generation III): Difference between revisions

===Evolution move-learning script bug===

If the player presses both '''A''' and '''B''' buttons during the same frame on the "Delete a move to make room for {move}?" message screen after their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} [[Evolution|evolves]], the "Stop learning {move}?" message screen is loaded as a full black screen, making it invisible. The game behaves normally otherwise but the graphics are only properly reloaded after the player presses the '''A''' button.

===Freezing the NPC while the player moves===

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, if the player interacts with something at the moment in which any NPC moves and the player's character moves (surely to leave the room), the paralyzed NPC will remain frozen.

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===Held item loss glitch===

This glitch also applies to [[Everstone]]s. If any of these Pokémon is holding an Everstone when traded, it will still evolve, and the Everstone will be lost.

===Dive glitch===

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===Oldale Town Poké Mart promotion gift===

This happens due to the temporary flag 0x1 resetting when changing maps, but the sprite of the clerk still being loaded and thus not being moved back.

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===Route 134 current interruption error===

After defeating Roxanne, the player is supposed to trigger a cutscene in [[Rustboro City]] involving the villainous team by walking to the crossroads. By using {{m|Teleport}}, the player can get around the trigger and walk around with the game being the same as it was before defeating Roxanne, until they step on the tiles that normally trigger the cutscene, as no other trigger tiles exist.

===256× item selling price bug===

When selling at least 256 of an [[item]], even though the [[Poké Mart]] states the correct price, for every 256, because the number sold only takes the lower byte, the total price is actually counted as {{PDollar}}0, and the player loses {{PDollar}}2560 for every multiple of 256 (just like tossing them). 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 in one Bag slot, although through cheating the bug can be performed with other items as well.

This bug is exclusive to the earlier copies of the games as it was fixed in Japanese and European versions 1.1 and in English versions 1.2.

===Diploma bug===

While checking for National Pokédex, the game doesn't properly check for ownership of {{p|Chikorita}} and {{p|Treecko}}; while Treecko is properly checked for the Hoenn Pokédex, Chikorita is not needed for the diploma.<ref>https://github.com/pret/pokeruby/blob/0ea1e7620cc5fea1e651974442052ba9c52cdd13/src/pokedex.c#L4081</ref>

The left wall tile calls the same script offset (0x15327E) as the left statue, and the right one that of the right statue (0x15328E).

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===Landsurfing bug===

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===Sand Ornament collapse bug===

===Softboiled out-of-battle fail message bug===

In the 1.0 release of the English versions of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, whenever the player uses {{m|Softboiled}} outside of battle on a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} that is [[Fainting|fainted]] or at full health, the game erroneously states "This '''item''' can't be used on that POKéMON." In the 1.1 release, the word "item" was removed and the message correctly says "This can't be used on that POKéMON." This error does not exist in the Japanese versions, meaning it was a localization oversight.

Strain 0 also persists through [[trade]] and [[transfer]] to other games, as long as the "days until cured" value does not fall from from 1 to 0 as a result of being in the player's [[party]] when the date changes or the internal clock passes midnight.

===Trainer approach oversights===

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===Yellow Scarf bug===

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===Aqua Hideout Dive glitch===

In the Japanese version of {{game|Emerald}}, in the submarine room of [[Team Aqua Hideout|Aqua Hideout]] there are [[water tile]]s that look like deep water on which the player can use {{m|Dive}}. While the player normally cannot use Dive on these tiles, they can if they [[save]] the game and reset while in this room. If they do use Dive, they will be warped to [[Petalburg City]], walking out the door of the house next to the lake.

===Battle Tower cloning glitch===

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===Battle Pike's Gentleman third text box===

In the [[Battle Pike]], in the {{tc|Gentleman}}'s room, when his Pokémon attacks (it doesn't matter if is {{p|Kirlia}} or {{p|Dusclops}}), if the player does not press any button, normally two text boxes will be activated, but if the player presses the A or B-Button when the Pokémon approaches, a third text box will activate, ordering the Pokémon to stop. This occurs because, when the player enter in the room, the Pokémon approaches so quickly that the game can no longer load all the text boxes in time.

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===Mirage Tower collision error===

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===Nugget Bridge script oversight===

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 [[Nugget]], so one can purposely lose to obtain Nuggets repeatedly. This is caused by an unset flag before the battle begins, making the script endlessly repeat itself.

===Pokédex category oversight===

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 "Poison Bee Pokémon", it is listed in-game as "Poison Pokémon". Internal data lists categories as in {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, so the game likely reads the space in the category name as a terminator. This was corrected in version 1.1 of the English versions, which is the one distributed in the {{wp|Nintendo Selects|Player's Choice}} release.

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===Snagem Hideout office bug===

{{GlitchResearch|Exists in XD}}

In {{g|Colosseum}}, the corner of the wall directly in front of the stairs in Gonzap's office within [[Snagem Hideout]] is buggy. While walking upwards into this corner of the wall, the player will hit the corner, continue to walk, and cause the screen to start to shake. This can be used to automatically purify all [[Shadow Pokémon]] in the player's [[party]] or the {{pkmn|Day Care}} while the {{wp|GameCube controller}}'s Control Stick is held in the same direction.

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