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{{search|filler space|card from the {{TCG|Skyridge}} expansion|Mystery Zone (Skyridge 137)}}
{{search|header|the homonymous card from the {{TCG|Skyridge}} expansion|Mystery Zone (Skyridge 137)}}
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|image=Mystery Zone.png
|type=Route
|location_name=Mystery Zone
|japanese_name={{tt|なぞのばしょ|---- in HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
|translated_name={{tt|Mystery Place|---- in HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
|location=Throughout [[Sinnoh]], [[Johto]] and [[Kanto]]
|region=Sinnoh
|region2=Johto
|region3=Kanto
|generation={{gen|IV}}
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The '''Mystery Zone''' (Japanese: '''なぞのばしょ''' ''Mystery Place''{{sup/4|DPPt}}, '''----'''{{sup/4|HGSS}}) is an area in the [[Generation IV]] games that serves as "filler space" between normally accessible outdoor and indoor areas. It exists all around Sinnoh, to facilitate the precise entry into [[the Underground]], which has tunnels that travel under areas where no routes or cities exist.
The '''Mystery Zone''' (Japanese: '''{{j|なぞの{{tt|場所|ばしょ}}}}''' ''Mystery Zone'') is a location header that is programmed into every [[Core series|core game]] since [[Generation IV]].


==Geography==
==Generation IV==
The geography is made predominantly of 32 by 32 blocks of either trees, water, plateau, or blank void space. The area itself is named "Mystery Zone", with the location header popping up to display this name when the area is entered. No Pokémon or items are found in the Mystery Zone.
In the [[Generation IV]] games, location ID <code>0x0000</code> "Mystery Zone" is usually seen in some of the areas found in the [[void]] but it is also used for certain unused locations as well as [[the Underground]].
 
The Japanese versions of {{game|Platinum}}, {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} identify the undefined areas as {{j|－－－－}}; however, they still identify a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}'s {{pkmn2|caught}} location set to the Mystery Zone as {{j|なぞのばしょ}}. This is because the two are different location IDs that share the name "Mystery Zone" in English games; whereas <code>0x0000</code> {{j|－－－－}} is used for map IDs, <code>0x07DC</code> {{j|なぞのばしょ}} is used for caught Pokémon. However, since no Pokémon are found in Mystery Zones, this ID goes unused.


===Access===
===Access===
The Mystery Zone is normally inaccessible, but can be entered by means of [[tweaking]] and the [[surf glitch]]. It may also be accessed with the use of [[Action Replay]] codes, such as using the walk through walls code to exit a location and enter trees/any other surroundings.
The Mystery Zone is normally inaccessible, but can be entered by means of [[tweaking]]. In earlier copies of the Japanese versions of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, the [[Surf glitch]] is an alternative method. It can also be accessed with the use of [[cheating]] devices.
 
===Music===
In {{game2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, the background music theme is usually the unused copy of ''[[Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl: Super Music Collection|Route 206 (Day)]]'', which is identified internally as '''SEQ_DUMMY'''.
 
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==Music==
In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the background music theme is also '''SEQ_DUMMY''' but it is a copy of ''[[Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection|Route 29]]'' instead. It is not affected by the [[GB Sounds]].
In {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, the music is a slightly off-key version of the theme of [[Route]]s {{rtn|206|Sinnoh}}, {{rtn|207|Sinnoh}}, {{rtn|208|Sinnoh}}, {{rtn|220|Sinnoh}} and {{rtn|221|Sinnoh}}. Sometimes, the [[Pokémon Center]] theme or the background music used in [[the Underground]] may also be played. In {{v2|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the background music is the theme of {{rt|29|Johto}}; however, it cannot be changed to its 8-bit counterpart with the [[GB Sounds]].


==Glitches caused==
===Behaviors===
Only in the early Japanese version of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl can the menu be opened. In the international and later Japanese versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and in Pokémon Platinum, the menu cannot be opened, and the touchscreen menu cannot be used; however, a registered [[key item]] can be used to refresh the graphics in the area at any time.
[[File:Beta219.jpg|right|thumb|Pre-release screenshot of {{rt|219|Sinnoh}}, depicting the unused tileset.]]
[[File:Sinnon Route 219 DP regular VS MZ tileset.png|thumb|Route 219 in Diamond and Pearl<br>Left: regular tileset<br>Right: Mystery Zone/unused tileset]]
Upon entering a map ID 0 "Mystery Zone" and accessing a location with a different map ID, the {{wp|Tile-based video game#Tile set|tilesets}} will not be updated even if the new area is programmed to use a different tileset. Simply refreshing the graphics will solve this. [[Sinnoh]]'s Mystery Zone has its own tileset which can be seen by entering it from the overworld, refreshing the graphics there, and then returning to the overworld. This tileset is actually a slightly distorted depiction of the tileset shown in a pre-release screenshot of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, indicating that it is a leftover from [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl beta|the development period]]. It also remains within the internal data of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.


When walking through mountainous terrain in the Mystery Zone, the player may become hidden by the terrain. The screen may also appear to zoom in as one enters the zone, due to the fact that the terrain is completely flat. Some areas of the Mystery Zone may cause a [[game freeze]]. Certain areas of the Mystery Zone, particularly those bordering the Sinnoh [[Elite Four]]'s rooms, will lock up the game with a black screen if the player refreshes the graphics there. Saving in one of these areas will cause the game to lock up like this whenever the resulting save file is opened, causing the save file to become unusable.
On the 1.0 release of the Japanese versions of Diamond and Pearl, both the [[menu]] and the [[Explorer Kit]] are usable in a Mystery Zone. On later releases, the localizations, and {{game|Platinum}}, neither the menu or the Explorer Kit can be opened (in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the touchscreen menu is locked), although a registered [[key item]] like the [[Town Map]] can still be used to refresh the graphics in the area at any time.


By traveling from one area to another through the Mystery Zone, the tileset will not be changed even if the new area was supposed to use a different tileset. Currently loaded 3D props, such as buildings, are subject to this as well. Simply refreshing the graphics will solve this. Sinnoh's Mystery Zone has its own, unused tileset which can be seen by entering it from the overworld, refreshing the graphics there, and then returning to the overworld. This tileset can also be seen in a pre-release screenshot of Diamond and Pearl, indicating that it is left over from a [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl beta|beta]] version of the game. The unused tileset remains within the coding of {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}.
==Later generations==
In the [[Generation V]] games, inacessible sections of areas use the header and background music of the location from which they were entered. For example, in {{game|Black and White|s 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2}}, if the player keeps heading north of {{rt|19|Unova}}, going outside the boundaries of the map, the game will still recognize the location as being "Route 19" until the player arrives at another normally accessible location.


Occasionally, the game can be tricked into thinking that the player is somewhere else while in the Mystery Zone, such as displaying the [[Turnback Cave]] or [[Floaroma Meadow]] title and starting to display {{Weather|fog}}, while the floor remains black and the map displays that the player is on {{rt|221|Sinnoh}}. This occurs when the player goes outside of the map matrix and the game cannot indicate where the player really is on the world map.
The "Mystery Zone" header (<code>0x0001</code> in Generation V, <code>0x0002</code> in [[Generation VI]]) in these generations is completely unused. The {{pkmn|Egg}} received through the {{DL|List of glitches in Generation VI|Bad Egg/Mystery Egg occurrence}} in {{g|X and Y}} uses this caught/obtained location ID.


==Trivia==
The Generation V equivalent to [[Generation IV]]'s '''SEQ_DUMMY''' music theme is called '''SEQ_BGM_DUMMY''' and is a copy of ''[[Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection|Icirrus City]]''.
* Interestingly, a card from the {{TCG|Skyridge}} expansion of the {{Trading Card Game}} was also named {{TCG ID|Skyridge|Mystery Zone|137}}, which was released prior to [[Generation IV]]; however, it is named differently in Japanese.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{unknown color}}|bordercolor={{unknown color dark}}
{{Langtable|color={{unknown color}}|bordercolor={{unknown color dark}}
|fr_eu=Zone Mystère  
|fr=Endroit Mystérieux{{tt|*|rendered as Endroit mystér. in Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver}}<br>Zone Mystère{{sup/4|DP}}
|de=Mysteriöse Zone
|de=Mysteriöser Ort<br>Mysteriöse Zone{{sup/4|DP}}
|it=Zona Misteriosa
|it=Zona Misteriosa
|ko=수수께끼의장소 ''Susukkekkiui Jangso''
|ko=수수께끼의 장소 ''Mystery Zone''
|es_eu=Zona Misteriosa}}
|es=Lugar misterioso<br>Zona Misteriosa{{sup/4|DP}}}}


{{Sinnoh}}
==See also==
{{Kanto and Johto}}
* [[Tweaking]]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r02og1raAV1F8aCj6aIPT0z7J7anWrMqFMJ-yEUm4to/edit?pli=1 Void Knowledge Archive, by the members of HallofOrigin - Google Drive]
** [http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,7198.0.html GCLF thread]
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[[Category:Platinum locations]]
[[Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations]]
[[Category:Glitch and Beta locations]]
[[Category:Glitch and Beta locations]]


Revision as of 10:07, 5 October 2015

This article is about the header. For the homonymous card from the Skyridge expansion, see Mystery Zone (Skyridge 137).
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The Mystery Zone (Japanese: なぞの場所 Mystery Zone) is a location header that is programmed into every core game since Generation IV.

Generation IV

In the Generation IV games, location ID 0x0000 "Mystery Zone" is usually seen in some of the areas found in the void but it is also used for certain unused locations as well as the Underground.

The Japanese versions of Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver identify the undefined areas as －－－－; however, they still identify a Pokémon's caught location set to the Mystery Zone as なぞのばしょ. This is because the two are different location IDs that share the name "Mystery Zone" in English games; whereas 0x0000 －－－－ is used for map IDs, 0x07DC なぞのばしょ is used for caught Pokémon. However, since no Pokémon are found in Mystery Zones, this ID goes unused.

Access

The Mystery Zone is normally inaccessible, but can be entered by means of tweaking. In earlier copies of the Japanese versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the Surf glitch is an alternative method. It can also be accessed with the use of cheating devices.

Music

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the background music theme is usually the unused copy of Route 206 (Day), which is identified internally as SEQ_DUMMY.


By PocketMonstersMusic


In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the background music theme is also SEQ_DUMMY but it is a copy of Route 29 instead. It is not affected by the GB Sounds.

Behaviors

Pre-release screenshot of Route 219, depicting the unused tileset.
Route 219 in Diamond and Pearl
Left: regular tileset
Right: Mystery Zone/unused tileset

Upon entering a map ID 0 "Mystery Zone" and accessing a location with a different map ID, the tilesets will not be updated even if the new area is programmed to use a different tileset. Simply refreshing the graphics will solve this. Sinnoh's Mystery Zone has its own tileset which can be seen by entering it from the overworld, refreshing the graphics there, and then returning to the overworld. This tileset is actually a slightly distorted depiction of the tileset shown in a pre-release screenshot of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, indicating that it is a leftover from the development period. It also remains within the internal data of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

On the 1.0 release of the Japanese versions of Diamond and Pearl, both the menu and the Explorer Kit are usable in a Mystery Zone. On later releases, the localizations, and Pokémon Platinum, neither the menu or the Explorer Kit can be opened (in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the touchscreen menu is locked), although a registered key item like the Town Map can still be used to refresh the graphics in the area at any time.

Later generations

In the Generation V games, inacessible sections of areas use the header and background music of the location from which they were entered. For example, in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, if the player keeps heading north of Route 19, going outside the boundaries of the map, the game will still recognize the location as being "Route 19" until the player arrives at another normally accessible location.

The "Mystery Zone" header (0x0001 in Generation V, 0x0002 in Generation VI) in these generations is completely unused. The Egg received through the Bad Egg/Mystery Egg occurrence in Pokémon X and Y uses this caught/obtained location ID.

The Generation V equivalent to Generation IV's SEQ_DUMMY music theme is called SEQ_BGM_DUMMY and is a copy of Icirrus City.

In other languages

Language Title
France Flag.png French Endroit Mystérieux*
Zone MystèreDP
Germany Flag.png German Mysteriöser Ort
Mysteriöse ZoneDP
Italy Flag.png Italian Zona Misteriosa
South Korea Flag.png Korean 수수께끼의 장소 Mystery Zone
Spain Flag.png Spanish Lugar misterioso
Zona MisteriosaDP

See also


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