? (Generation III)
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Several Glitch Pokémon named with question marks exist in the Generation III Pokémon games.
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??????????
| 10-12 question marks | |
 Sprite from R/S/E/FR/LG | |
| National Dex | #000 |
| Johto Dex | #000 |
| Hoenn Dex | #000 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #000 |
| Type | Normal |
| Species | Unknown Pokémon |
| Height | 0'00" (0.0m) |
| Weight | 0.0lbs (0.0kg) |
| Ability | ------- |
| Egg group | ? |
| Effort yield | ? |
| Exp. yield | 0 base exp. |
| Lv100 at | 0 exp. |
| Gender | 100% ♂ |
| Catch rate | 0 |
??????????, informally known as Decamark, is a glitch Pokémon has an index number of zero, but is considered a Hoenn Pokémon to the game. Since the data for Pokémon starts at index 1, all of the information for this glitch Pokémon comes from one entry before any table of moves, base stats, or sprites there are. Typically this data is zeroed out, so unlike the other Generation III glitch Pokémon, this one is useless once it is obtained.
Pokédex entries
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
- This is a newly discovered Pokémon. It is currently under investigation.
- Pokémon Emerald
- This is a newly discovered Pokémon. It is currently under investigation. No detailed information is available at this time.
Obtaining ??????????
This glitch data is usually encountered in-game by using a Game Shark or Action Replay code for a Pokémon that doesn't exist.
Another way is to use a Game Shark code for quick leveling up in FireRed and LeafGreen's daycare. If any Pokémon is placed into the daycare before the code is activated, after a short while of walking around the Pokémon in the daycare will produce an egg all by itself. The egg will soon hatch into ?????????? at level 0, and cannot be leveled up without Rare Candies, as the experience points required to reach level 1 are infinite. If it is traded to Emerald, it can be left in the daycare and will instantly be leveled up to 100. At this point, it can learn any of the eight HM moves and will be safe for the game unless its summary is looked at. But if given rare candies, it will start rapidly learning Ice Punch, even if you refuse to teach it. This can be fixed by activating the "access fly map" gameshark code. Its National Dex number is 912, even though the National Dex won't go that far.
It can also be put in the daycare with a Ditto and receive an egg, at which point the game may freeze or slow down for a while. If the egg's summary is looked at, it will display "It's making sounds. It's about to hatch!". When it hatches (it will be female), it will ask if the player would like to nickname it. If the player does choose to do this, instead of saying "??????????'s nickname" as it does for other species, it will instead display "Kick's nickname". The reason for this is unknown.
Also, if a player of Ruby or Sapphire mixes records with an Emerald game who has a ?????????? in their party, and then battles the Emerald player at their secret base, the glitch Pokémon will transfer over and be able to be fought, but the enemy ?????????? will be level zero, and faint immediatly after being attacked.
Yet another way to obtain this Pokémon is to use an Action Replay code to teleport to an area where a wild Pokémon can be captured before getting a starter Pokémon from either Professor Birch or Professor Oak. If a wild Pokémon battle is initiated, the player will send out a ?????????? with 0/0 HP. If the Pokémon gets hit, the player will white out and be sent to a Pokémon Center where lots of Poké Balls will begin to randomly appear all over the screen. A very similar effect occurs when one performs a variation of a glitch involving the POMEG Berry.
After this Pokémon is captured, if one chooses to nickname ?????????? or look at it in the party screen, its sprite may appear as a gold-colored Bulbasaur. An item may be held by it, indicated as ????????, with a description in the bag of ????? and can only make a Pokémon that is holding it become hacked if migrated to either Pokémon Diamond or Pearl.
Another way is to use the walk through walls code, and go to the link cable area and battle.
Also there is a difference between the shiny and normal color, the white on the shiny appears to be darker.
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There is another type of ??????????. Its sprite is the same sprite for an unseen Pokémon on the Pokédex for R/S/E. It is obtained by incorrect/corrupted gameshark WPM codes. Its National Dex number is ?87
This is a very dangerous glitch: it can cause many problems to your game, such as no longer being able to see wild Pokémon. When encountered, the game will appear to freeze, but then the music for legendary Pokémon will play. It has no cry and is always female. It is also asleep when encountered, but when caught it is poisoned. The item it holds will be the first item you used during battle. When caught, it will have abnormal stats that cause the game to freeze when its summary is viewed, but when taken to a Pokémon Center, its summary will be safe to look at. It can only level up with Rare Candies. Its first type is blank, and the second type is Steel, but it is only Steel-type, and its ability is Overgrow.
If put in a box, and if you try to pick it up with the white hand, you will appear to pick a copy of it up, but is a bad egg, which freezes the game when summary is looked at. This will now happen to every Pokémon you try to pick up with the white hand. To fix this, just exit, and re-enter the PC box. To move it, use the yellow hand by pressing the 'Select' button of the GameBoyAdvance. Also if switched with another Pokémon when in hand, the game freezes.
Its stats are very strange. By the time it grows to level 100, its Special Defense will be about 445, Special Attack 93, and HP 137, which means its physical attacks are useless, and may immediatly faint if hit by a physical move, but can really stand up against special attacks.
If it is taken to the move tutor, it will have a long list of Ice Punches.
It cannot be traded, union room or trade room. If attempted to be traded to another game, the game will glitch such as, in the union room, the screen may blur, the union room turns black and the game crashes. In the link room, the game of the player that trades it will restart as if he/she just turned their Game Boy on (all the way to the Game Boy screen).
?
| ? ? ??? | |
 Number 253 | |
| National Dex | #390 - #540 |
| Johto Dex | #??? |
| Hoenn Dex | #390 - #540 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #??? |
| Type | Normal |
| Species | œUYË fYËÏpY Pokémon |
| Height | 0'01" (0.0m) |
| Weight | 498lbs (225.9kg) |
| Ability | ------- |
| Effort yield | 2 HP 2 Atk 2 Def 2 Speed 2 SpA 2 SpD |
| Exp. yield | 1 base exp. |
| Lv100 at | 1,000,000 exp. |
| Gender | - |
| Catch rate | 3 |
The ? glitch Pokémon is actually 25 different species, each exactly the same as the other. They are meant to just be a data filler for old Unown information between Celebi and Treecko, index numbers 252-276. It also has the same exact physical base stats as another Pokémon, Deoxys.
The cry of this "Pokémon" is that of Unown. Its only attack is Tackle and it is incapable of learning any others.
Its Pokédex entry is nothing more than glitches, including many characters that would not be encountered through the normal course of play. Its footprint is a generic pawprint with a question mark inside.
?'s sprite was coded originally to represent an unseen Pokémon in the Pokédex, in beta versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, however, developers later changed the sprite to that of ??????????, leaving ? in the data as a placeholder.
See also
h POKé | LM4 | MissingNo. | p T | PkMn | PokéWTrainer | pPkMnp | Q | Chiisai-u | X - x | Yellow MissingNo. | Z4
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