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Cheating devices such as the Action Replay are primarily used to enable, disable, or modify sections of a particular game's scripting code. By intercepting game code transmission between the game's software and the system hardware, Action Replay devices can change the gaming experience. The use of cheating devices to modify Pokémon games has been a popular practice since the games' release in the mid-nineties. Popular applications of the device include capturing unobtainable Pokémon, acquiring unobtainable items or mass quantities of items, and modifying Pokémon stats. | Cheating devices such as the Action Replay are primarily used to enable, disable, or modify sections of a particular game's scripting code. By intercepting game code transmission between the game's software and the system hardware, Action Replay devices can change the gaming experience. The use of cheating devices to modify Pokémon games has been a popular practice since the games' release in the mid-nineties. Popular applications of the device include capturing unobtainable Pokémon, acquiring unobtainable items or mass quantities of items, and modifying Pokémon stats. | ||
Although Action Replay can be helpful, it is also known to freeze the game occasionally and to cause minor problems. This is one of the main reasons why many players are oppossed to them. Although codes that simply allow you to change levels, stats, and moves tend to be harmless, others like | Although Action Replay can be helpful, it is also known to freeze the game occasionally and to cause minor problems. This is one of the main reasons why many players are oppossed to them. Although codes that simply allow you to change levels, stats, and moves tend to be harmless, others like Walk Through Walls or ones giving you an instant full party of legendaries can result in minor game glitches that may last forever, or maybe that would render the game unusable until the file is deleted. | ||
==Duo problems== | ==Duo problems== | ||
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{{main|Pokésav}} | {{main|Pokésav}} | ||
[[Pokésav]] is a user created program that can generate codes or modify {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} | [[Pokésav]] is a user created program that can generate codes or modify save files on {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}. Once the user has saved their file to a computer, the program opens up and allows the user to change a variety of things in the game, such as money, items in the player's bag, and even the player's name. The user can also make the desired changes and then generate an input code for the DS which will do the same thing, only without the use of the save game. However, Pokésav is more commonly used to modify, or outright hack, Pokémon. | ||
Pokésav can either modify an already existing Pokémon in the player's game, or create one from scratch. The user can then modify almost anything, including [[Alternate coloration|shininess]], [[effort values]], [[individual values]], [[level]], [[Natures|nature]], and even [[ribbon]]s or [[Pokémon Contest|contest]] ranks, along with a number of other things. The program can be used to create the perfect Pokémon with no signs of hacking at all. | Pokésav can either modify an already existing Pokémon in the player's game, or create one from scratch. The user can then modify almost anything, including [[Alternate coloration|shininess]], [[effort values]], [[individual values]], [[level]], [[Natures|nature]], and even [[ribbon]]s or [[Pokémon Contest|contest]] ranks, along with a number of other things. The program can be used to create the perfect Pokémon with no signs of hacking at all. | ||
===Legitimacy controversy=== | ===Legitimacy controversy=== | ||
Because Pokésav has the ability to create technically perfect Pokémon, a very large number of players are against Pokésav. Most players note that it ruins the entire | Because Pokésav has the ability to create technically perfect Pokémon, a very large number of players are against Pokésav. Most players note that it ruins the entire spirit of the game, as it gives those who spend time {{pkmn|breeding}} and raising their Pokémon through hard work a new hurdle of possibly facing a perfect hacked Pokémon that only took a few minutes to make. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||