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Game of origin is a value in the Pokémon data structure that indicates the game a Pokémon was obtained in.

In Generation III, this value occupies 4 bits of a two-byte word. From Generation IV onward, it occupies a whole byte.

Assignment

Pokémon caught in the wild, obtained as a gift or in-game trade, met in Entree Forest, or received from a Wonder Card have the game they were obtained in as their game of origin. Eggs have their game of origin set to the game in which they were obtained, not the game they were hatched. Shedinja retains the Nincada's game of origin.

Pokémon obtained from My Pokémon Ranch, Pokémon Dream Radar, Pokémon Channel, and Pokémon Link use the game they were transferred to.

Pokémon from the Pokémon Colosseum Bonus Disc have Pokémon Ruby as their game of origin. The gift Ho-Oh from Mt. Battle has Pokémon Sapphire as its game of origin.

Possible values

#	Hex	Game	Icon	Bank location
0	00	unused		a distant land
1	01	Sapphire		the Hoenn region
2	02	Ruby		the Hoenn region
3	03	Emerald		the Hoenn region
4	04	FireRed		the Kanto region
5	05	LeafGreen		the Kanto region
6	06	unused		a distant land
7	07	HeartGold		the Johto region
8	08	SoulSilver		the Johto region
9	09	unused		a distant land
10	0A	Diamond		the Sinnoh region
11	0B	Pearl		the Sinnoh region
12	0C	Platinum		the Sinnoh region
13	0D	unused		a distant land
14	0E	unused		a distant land
15	0F	Colosseum or XD		a distant land
16	10	unused		a distant land
17	11	unused		a distant land
18	12	unused		a distant land
19	13	unused		a distant land
20	14	Black		the Unova region
21	15	White		the Unova region
22	16	Black 2		the Unova region
23	17	White 2		the Unova region
24	18	X	File:Blue pentagon.png	the Kalos region
25	19	Y	File:Blue pentagon.png	the Kalos region
26	1A	Omega Ruby	File:Blue pentagon.png	the Hoenn region
27	1B	Alpha Sapphire	File:Blue pentagon.png	the Hoenn region
28	1C	unused	File:Blue pentagon.png	the Kalos region
29	1D	unused	File:Blue pentagon.png	the Kalos region
30	1E	Sun		the Alola region
31	1F	Moon		the Alola region
32	20	unused		a distant land
33	21	unused		a distant land
34	22	Pokémon GO	File:GO icon.png	Pokémon GO
35	23	Virtual Console	File:GB icon.png	the Kanto region in the good old days
36	24	Virtual Console	File:GB icon.png	the Kanto region in the good old days
37	25	Virtual Console	File:GB icon.png	the Kanto region in the good old days
38	26	Virtual Console	File:GB icon.png	the Kanto region in the good old days
39	27	unused	File:GB icon.png	a distant land in the good old days
40	28	unused	File:GB icon.png	a distant land in the good old days
41	29	unused	File:GB icon.png	a distant land in the good old days