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This is a '''list of glitches''' that occur in the [[Generation II]] [[Pokémon games]].
This is a '''list of glitches in the [[Generation II]] [[Pokémon games]]'''. It applies to both the original [[Game Boy Color]] and the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] releases unless otherwise noted.


==Gold, Silver, and Crystal==
Some glitches are found on a separate page:
===Battle system===
* [[List of battle glitches (Generation II)]]
====Belly Drum effect====
When a Pokémon uses {{m|Belly Drum}}, its {{stat|HP}} is deducted by 50% and its {{stat|Attack}} stat raised by up to 12 stages, ensuring that even the {{stat|Attack}} stat of a Pokémon with an {{stat|Attack}} stage of -6 can be maximized. This is accomplished through executing the command used by {{m|Swords Dance}} by a maximum of 6 times; however, the command is erroneously called once before verifying that HP of the user can be deducted by 50%. This means that if the user doesn't have enough HP to use the move, the Attack stat will be incorrectly boosted by 2 stages. The game will state that the attack has failed.


{{YouTubeVid|zuCLMikWo4Y|Dukstless|Normal}}
==Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal==
===Celebi Egg glitch===
{{main|Celebi Egg glitch}}


====Catch rate====
===Day Care experience loss===
The [[status condition]]s of paralysis, burn, and poison increase the catch rate by 0 as opposed to by 5.
In this generation only, when a Pokémon is withdrawn from the {{pkmn|Day Care}}, its [[experience]] is rounded down to the minimum value for the current level. As a result, a Pokémon can lose experience in the Day Care.


The [[Love Ball]] only gains a [[catch rate]] of 8× on {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} of the same [[gender]] and species as the player's Pokémon, rather than on Pokémon of the opposite gender.
For instance, a level 99 {{p|Lugia}} or {{p|Ho-Oh}} has a value between 1,212,873 and 1,249,999 experience points; once it obtains a total of 1,250,000 experience points, it will reach level 100. If a Lugia or Ho-Oh is deposited in the Day Care when it has 1,249,999 experience points (needing just 1 more point to reach level 100), but the player immediately withdraws it without walking any steps, then this Pokémon will revert to exactly 1,212,873 experience points (the minimum amount for level 99), losing 37,126 experience points in the process.


The [[Moon Ball]] is supposed to multiply the [[catch rate]] by 4 on Pokémon that evolve with [[Moon Stone]] but instead does this on Pokémon that evolve with [[Burn Heal]], as the game uses the index number that Moon Stone has in Generation I, rather than Generation II. Consequently, Moon Ball does not have any additional effect and always acts like a [[Poké Ball]].
===Interregional Teleport quirk===
If the player travels to either [[Kanto]] or [[Johto]] in the [[S.S. Aqua]] and then {{m|teleport}}s, they will be taken to either the {{ci|Vermilion}} or {{ci|Olivine}} Pokémon Center as opposed to the last [[Pokémon Center]] they used in either [[region]]. This does not occur with the [[Magnet Train]]. If the player loses a {{pkmn|battle}} during their trip, they will be sent to their cabin instead.


The [[Fast Ball]] is supposed to quadruple the catch rate against all wild Pokémon that can [[Escape#Wild Pokémon|flee]] (a mechanic unique to Generation II), but only does this for three of them: {{p|Magnemite}}, {{p|Grimer}}, and {{p|Tangela}}.<ref name="The Cave of Dragonflies">https://www.dragonflycave.com/mechanics/gen-ii-capturing</ref>
{{YouTubeVid|Va3pzlujwE4|channel/UCjt3Dy3gFbW50L0Vl1gZWmA|name=SM|Johto|Kanto}}


====Dragon Fang effect====
===Legendary beast cry distortion===
The [[Dragon Scale]] boosts the power of {{type|Dragon}} moves rather than the [[Dragon Fang]].
When the player checks {{p|Entei}}'s [[Pokédex]] entry, plays its [[cry]], and then immediately switches to either {{p|Suicune}}'s or {{p|Raikou}}'s entries, their cry will be distorted.


In [[Pokémon Stadium 2]], the Dragon Fang boosts Dragon-type moves as intended, while the Dragon Scale has no in-battle effect.
When the Pokédex is sorted alphabetically, this glitch can also be applied to [[Espeon (Pokémon)|Espeon]]'s cry.


====Exp. Share formula====
===Pokémon cloning===
A {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with the same [[original Trainer]] as the player that is sent into {{pkmn|battle}} with an [[Exp. Share]] [[Held item|held]] will gain 50% of the [[experience]] twice, which, due to rounding, may not equal 100%.
{{main|List of cloning glitches#Storage system move method|List of cloning glitches → Storage system move method}}
{{main|List of cloning glitches#Trading method|List of cloning glitches → Trading method}}


====Experience amount====
===S.S. Aqua map glitch===
A {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} that gains an amount of experience consisting of five digits will not have the number displayed correctly. This is possible with an [[outsider Pokémon]] holding a [[Lucky Egg]] used at the [[Trainer House]]. The lowest opponent [[level]] required for achieving such feat is 82 for Pokémon with an experience yield of 255, and the lowest experience yield with which this is feasible is 208.
[[File:S.S. Aqua map.png|thumb|right|Initial state of the Pokégear map on the S.S. Aqua, erroneously showing the player's current place as New Bark Town]]
If the player uses the [[Pokégear]] map while travelling on [[S.S. Aqua]], the ship appears as a small sprite at the bottom-right corner. However, the map cursor erroneously selects [[New Bark Town]] by default as the player's current place.


{{YouTubeVid|o54VjpAEoO8|Dukstless|Glitch}}
It is not possible to select S.S. Aqua in the map. The feature to select S.S. Aqua in the map is technically programmed in the game, but not actually available to the player.
 
====Experience underflow====
{{main|Experience#Experience underflow glitch}}
[[Level]] 1 {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} using the "medium-slow" growth algorithm will jump from level 1 to level 100 after gaining a low amount of experience points (less than 54 if the total experience is 0).
 
{{YouTubeVid|SXH8u0plHrE|TTEchidna|Glitch}}
 
====HP bar animation====
A Pokémon with 49 {{stat|HP}} or more will deplete the HP bar at a slower rate than intended when taking damage. Due to an issue with the order of the code within the game, a value that would help to set a delay that was partially dependent on the maximum HP of the Pokémon, sets instead a constant delay that does not change with different HP values. This results in extra delays in the animation updating and prolongs the animation of the bar dropping.
 
A Pokémon with 48 HP or less is not affected as each HP is equal to one or more pixels of the HP bar, thus skipping any delay.
 
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====Leveling past 100====
If a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} is obtained at a [[level]] above 100 (101-254), it can be leveled up with [[Rare Candy|Rare Candies]] up to level 255. If a Rare Candy is fed to a level 255 Pokémon, its level will reset to 0. If a Pokémon above level 100 levels up due to [[experience]], its level will be reset to 100.
 
====Lock-On/Mind Reader oversight====
When {{m|Lock-On}} or {{m|Mind Reader}} are in effect, the moves {{m|Attract}}, {{m|Curse}}, {{m|Foresight}}, {{m|Mean Look}}, {{m|Mimic}}, {{m|Nightmare}}, {{m|Spider Web}} and {{m|Transform}} cannot hit targets in the semi-invulnerable turn of {{m|Fly}} or {{m|Dig}}, and moves cannot lower stats of targets in the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly or Dig ([[status move]]s such as {{m|String Shot}} will fail, and [[additional effect]]s of moves such as {{m|Bubble}} will not activate).
 
====Menu scrolling oversight====
A flag (bit 0 of memory address FFAC) in memory determines whether options can be scrolled through by holding a direction on the d-pad rather than simply pressing it, which is used by menus such as the bag. This flag is normally unset after closing the menu, and is not usually set in battle menus, meaning the player must tap through battle move menus instead of holding a direction.
 
Watching the staff credits after defeating [[Red]] keeps the bit set, allowing the battle options to be scrolled through. This effect is cleared however after resetting the game and reloading the save, which is probably a reason why the glitch does not work with credits triggered by entering the [[Hall of Fame]] (which resets the game afterwards).
 
{{YouTubeVid|Dhfslh9hyvM|ChicksaurusGL|Glitch}}
 
====Opponent Full Heal and Full Restore oversight====
If an opposing Trainer uses a [[Full Heal]] to cure their Pokémon, it will not be cured of {{m|Nightmare}} (even after waking up from {{status|sleep}}) or of {{status|confusion}}.
 
If an opposing Trainer uses a [[Full Restore]] to cure their Pokémon, it will not be cured of Nightmare (even after waking up from sleep). However, it will be cured of confusion.
 
The Full Heal and Full Restore properly cure a Pokémon of both Nightmare and confusion if used by the player.
 
{{YouTubeVid|1LpNnHq-iN8|ChickasaurusGL|medicine}}
 
====Park Ball graphics corruption====
If the [[Sport Ball|Park Ball]] is used from the Ball pocket of the {{player}}'s [[Bag]] on a [[wild Pokémon]], the game will not reload the graphics on the battle screen, causing a temporary glitch in which part of both the Bag and {{pkmn|battle}} screens mix up until the Pokémon catching animation is over, at which point the game will show the battle screen being reloaded.
{{YouTubeVid|v1ErZdLCIyU|UCE3dE_KKB7bHakm_GfrU74Q|name=SatoMew|Poké Balls}}
 
====Present damage====
{{main|Present (move)#Generation II}}
In {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, the [[move]] {{m|Present}} has a damage formula of its own. This causes the [[level]], {{stat|Attack}}, and {{stat|Defense}} variables of the regular damage formula to be replaced. Thus, the move deals unusually large or small amounts of damage, depending on the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. Additionally, Present calculates type-effectiveness twice, which causes Present to only inflict a quarter of the normal damage against Rock-type and Steel-type Pokémon.
 
In {{game|Crystal}}, both bugs were fixed for regular battles by having Present use the standard damage formula. The old formula from Gold and Silver is still used during link battles to preserve backwards compatibility. This was fixed entirely in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]].
 
{{YouTubeVid|XJaQoKtrEuw|ChickasaurusGL|Normal}}
 
====Pursuit-Revival glitch====
Using a Revive, Max Revive or Rare Candy on a Pokémon that fainted from {{m|Pursuit}} after a switch will revive the Pokémon with the non-volatile status it had before fainting. This applies both to healing inside and outside of battle.
 
{{YouTubeVid|tiRvw-Nb2ME|ChickasaurusGL|Dark|Medicine}}
 
====Sandstorm Spikes glitch====
{{GlitchResearch|Is there a party position/permutation of switches or anything that causes this not to work? Do Poké Dolls work? Does party count matter? What happens exactly when the fainted team's health is later restored? Why is it "rematching trainers in the grass" may not work?}}
This glitch occurs with a Pokémon in a {{weather|Sandstorm}} which faints, when there are active {{m|Spikes}} against the player's Pokémon. Sending out three more Pokémon in succession which will immediately faint from the Spikes, can result in the last Pokémon surviving but with 0 HP. The player can then proceed to escape the battle (i.e. with a successful catch), and every Pokémon will remain in the party with 0 HP. [[Black out|White outs]] may not occur.
 
This glitch leads to other derivative sub-glitches, such as the previously known 'instant victory' effect (also used by "any%" speedrunners in the past with [[arbitrary code execution]] or [[Celebi Egg glitch|bad cloning]]); in which entering any battle causes it to end (of the partial sort; the battle ends before the Pokémon is sent out rather than the start of the battle itself), effectively allowing the player to always win.
 
{{YouTubeVid|u7GHUpISEP8|ChickasaurusGL|Ground|Normal}}
 
====SRAM clear errors====
An internal function in the code for wiping the save file known unofficially as "ClearWRAM" does not function correctly.<ref>[https://github.com/pret/pokecrystal/blob/master/docs/bugs_and_glitches.md#clearwram-only-clears-wram-bank-1 List of glitches relevant to the engine]</ref> It may be worth noting, there are more specific glitches in the game, such as "Hall of Fame SRAM glitch" (box 2+ data becomes invalid, and allows the player to ultimately obtain [[glitch Pokémon]] and [[?????]] without bad cloning, if the player clears the save file and enters the Hall of Fame without saving in between). This glitch is loosely similar to Generation I SRAM glitches related to impartial clearing, such as the "ghost Bicycle" phenomenon, "save abuse" and string names leftover from the previous save file with [[- (move)]]. Another SRAM glitch is the Japanese Poké Communications Center SRAM glitch (mentioned at [[:#Pokémon Communication Center|the header Pokémon Communication Center]], though that one is related to exhausted or broken save batteries).
 
====Stat rollover glitch====
If a Pokémon's effective stat would exceed 1024, the Pokémon's stat is decreased by 1024 (for a minimum stat of 1) during [[damage]] calculation only. While most methods to increase stats cap at 999, the [[Thick Club]], [[Light Ball]], and [[Metal Powder]] do not.
 
While it is possible for this to occur for all of these items, this most readily occurs with Marowak (since {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Ditto}} require stat boosts to be received via {{m|Baton Pass}} for this to occur). If a {{p|Marowak}} with an {{stat|Attack}} stat of at least 256 uses {{m|Swords Dance}} while holding a [[Thick Club]], its Attack will be reduced by 1024 (minimum 1) during [[damage]] calculation only.
 
During damage calculation, if the attacker's (Special) Attack or the defender's (Special) Defense is higher than 255, both are temporarily divided by 4, then (regardless of whether the stats were quartered) both the attacker's (Special) Attack stat and the defender's (Special) Defense stat are taken {{wp|modulo}} 256. Thus, stats that are greater than or equal to 1024 (256×4) will be treated incorrectly.


In {{game|Crystal}}, this bug was fixed for regular battles but still occurs during link battles to preserve backwards compatibility. This was fixed entirely in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]].
===Strain 0 Pokérus===
{{main|Pokérus#Generation_II|Pokérus → Generation_II}}
[[Pokérus]] strain values of zero can be generated by the Pokérus generation algorithm with probability 15/255. The primary cause is an incorrectly-placed scratch register copy<ref>[https://github.com/pret/pokecrystal/blob/2fe0cbbb19df504723934f39473064033c64ef6f/engine/events/pokerus/pokerus.asm#L54 pret/pokegold: pokerus.asm line 54]</ref> which expresses when the high four bits are zero. In this case, a part of the logic is skipped, and because the bit test cleared the lower four bits and the higher bits are zero, a value of zero is copied to the scratch register, whose low bits become the strain. The day count of one is then derived from this zero as normal.


====Trainer Counter/Mirror Coat damage====
Strain zero in Generation II behaves almost as normal: it is visible in the status screen, it triggers the [[Nurse Joy]] and [[Professor Elm]] dialogues, it spreads as normal, it increases [[stat experience]] gain as normal, and it is cured over time as normal. The lone abnormality is that when strain zero is cured, it does not leave the Pokémon in a post-infection state, but in a state as if it had never been infected, like if traded to a Generation I game: it can catch Pokérus again, does not block Pokérus spread, and does not have increased stat experience gain.
In {{pkmn|Trainer}} {{pkmn|battle}}s only, if the player uses a healing item or a [[Poké Ball]] during the same turn as the opponent's {{m|Counter}} or {{m|Mirror Coat}}, their [[damage]] will be of at least 4 {{stat|HP}}, twice the minimum standard damage for neutral moves (2 HP).


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Additionally, if it is time for Pokérus to be cured (i.e. the time elapses to 12:00am after the final day), it is still required to close the [[Start menu]] and return to the overworld before the changes take their effects on the party.


====Transform glitches====
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{{main|Transform glitches}}
 
===Time Capsule===


===Time Capsule glitches===
====Time Capsule exploit====
====Time Capsule exploit====
{{main|Time Capsule exploit}}
{{main|Time Capsule exploit}}
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====Trade evolution learnset====
====Trade evolution learnset====
{{cat|Generation I Pokémon}} that {{DL|Methods of evolution|Evolution via trading|evolve by trading}} can be taught [[glitch move]]s. This can be achieved by [[Trade|trading]] such {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} from a Generation I game to a Generation II game at a [[level]] where its [[Evolution|evolved]] form will learn a [[move]] not present in Generation I. Trading the Pokémon back to the Generation I game will cause the move to become a glitch move.
{{cat|Generation I Pokémon}} that [[trade evolution|evolve by trading]] can be taught [[glitch move]]s. This can be achieved by [[Trade|trading]] such {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} from a Generation I game to a Generation II game at a [[level]] where its [[Evolution|evolved]] form will learn a [[move]] not present in Generation I. Trading the Pokémon back to the Generation I game will cause the move to become a glitch move.


For example, trading a level 34 {{p|Graveler}} from {{game3|Red and Blue|Pokémon Red|s}} to {{game3|Gold and Silver|Pokémon Gold|s}} will cause the Graveler to evolve into {{p|Golem}}. Since it is at level 34, it will learn {{m|Rollout}} in Gold. If it is then traded back to Red, it will still have the move but the game won't recognize it properly since it is a {{cat|Generation II moves|Generation II move}}, so it will become {{m|TM05}}.
For example, trading a level 34 {{p|Graveler}} from {{game3|Red and Blue|Pokémon Red|s}} to {{game3|Gold and Silver|Pokémon Gold|s}} will cause the Graveler to evolve into {{p|Golem}}. Since it is at level 34, it will learn {{m|Rollout}} in Gold. If it is then traded back to Red, it will still have the move but the game won't recognize it properly since it is a {{cat|Generation II moves|Generation II move}}, so it will become {{m|TM05}}.


===Other===
===Unown Egg hatching animation===
====Celebi Egg glitch====
{{incomplete|section|Double-check if Unown forms other than the "A" Unown can be seen in the hatching animation}}
{{main|Celebi Egg glitch}}


====Interregional Teleport quirk====
In this generation, when an {{p|Unown}} Egg hatches, the hatching animation displays the "A" Unown regardless of the actual Unown form.
If the player travels to either [[Kanto]] or [[Johto]] in the [[S.S. Aqua]] and then {{m|teleport}}s, they will be taken to either the {{ci|Vermilion}} or {{ci|Olivine}} Pokémon Center as opposed to the last [[Pokémon Center]] they used in either [[region]]. This does not occur with the [[Magnet Train]]. If the player loses a {{pkmn|battle}} during their trip, they will be sent to their cabin instead.


{{YouTubeVid|Va3pzlujwE4|channel/UCjt3Dy3gFbW50L0Vl1gZWmA|name=SM|Johto|Kanto}}
While it is not possible to obtain an Unown Egg in normal gameplay since this Pokémon is in the {{egg|No Eggs Discovered}} [[Egg Group]], an Unown Egg is obtainable nonetheless by means such as the [[Celebi Egg glitch]].


====S.S. Aqua map glitch====
==Pokémon Gold and Silver==
[[File:S.S. Aqua map.png|thumb|right|Initial state of the Pokégear map on the S.S. Aqua, erroneously showing the player's current place as New Bark Town]]
===All languages===
If the player uses the [[Pokégear]] map while travelling on [[S.S. Aqua]], the ship appears as a small sprite at the bottom-right corner. However, the map cursor erroneously selects [[New Bark Town]] by default as the player's current place.
====Cerulean Gym====
This bug was carried over from {{game2|Red|Green|Blue}}. In [[Cerulean Gym]], the [[water tile]]s have [[wild Pokémon]] data programmed in, which allows players to [[Fishing|fish]] {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. It was already corrected in {{game|Yellow}} and it was fixed again in {{game|Crystal}}. This likely happened because while Yellow came out after Red and Blue did, Red and Blue were already being used as the base of Gold and Silver due to Yellow not existing yet.


It is not possible to select S.S. Aqua in the map. The feature to select S.S. Aqua in the map is technically programmed in the game, but not actually available to the player.
====Trainer House====
{{main|Trainer House glitches}}


====Legendary beast cry distortion====
===English language===
When the player checks {{p|Entei}}'s [[Pokédex]] entry, plays its [[cry]], and then immediately switches to either {{p|Suicune}}'s or {{p|Raikou}}'s entries, their cry will be distorted.
====Coin Case glitches====
{{main|Coin Case glitches}}
The Coin Case glitches are a set of glitches which occur exclusively in the English versions of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. They allow the player to run arbitrary code by exploiting an oversight in the process used by the game to print the text box data for the [[Coin Case]].


====Pokémon cloning====
When the game is played on the [[Game Boy]] or [[Super Game Boy]] instead of the [[Game Boy Color]], the effects caused by the oversight are more limited.
{{main|Cloning glitches#Storage system method}}
{{main|Cloning glitches#Trading method}}


==Gold and Silver==
===Japanese language===
===Bug-Catching Contest===
====Bug-Catching Contest====
{{main|Bug-Catching Contest glitch}}
{{main|Bug-Catching Contest glitch}}
In the Japanese versions of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, if the player uses {{m|Fly}} or {{m|Teleport}} to leave the [[National Park]] during a [[Bug-Catching Contest]], the game will treat the contest as still ongoing.
In the Japanese versions of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, if the player uses {{m|Fly}} or {{m|Teleport}} to leave the [[National Park]] during a [[Bug-Catching Contest]], the game will treat the contest as still ongoing.
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===Cerulean Gym===
==Pokémon Crystal==
This bug was carried over from {{game2|Red|Green|Blue}}. In [[Cerulean Gym]], the [[water tile]]s have [[wild Pokémon]] data programmed in, which allows players to [[Fishing|fish]] {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. It was already corrected in {{game|Yellow}} and it was fixed again in {{game|Crystal}}.
===All languages===
====Clair gift glitch====
In Crystal, if the player [[black out|whites out]] due to {{status|poison}} damage while still inside the Dragon Shrine at [[Dragon's Den]] after receiving the {{badge|Rising}}, they can return to the [[Blackthorn Gym]] to receive the reward [[TM]] from [[Clair]]. However, due to an oversight, if the player then returns to Dragon's Den and stands on the tile directly in front of the Dragon Shrine's door, Clair will appear again and give the player another {{TM|24|DragonBreath}}, as if they hadn't already received it.
{{YouTubeVid|8BvBjqxmyOk|ChickasaurusGL|Crystal}}


===Coin Case===
====Pokémon meeting level glitch====
{{main|Coin Case glitches}}
In {{game|Crystal}}, the level and time of day when a Pokémon was originally caught, hatched, or received is stored in the game data and can be verified by visiting the [[Poké Seer]]. However, this only works correctly for Pokémon met up to level 63.
The Coin Case glitches are a set of glitches which occur exclusively in the English versions of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. They allow the player to run arbitrary code by exploiting an oversight in the process used by the game to print the text box data for the [[Coin Case]].


When the game is played on the [[Game Boy]] or [[Super Game Boy]] instead of the [[Game Boy Color]], the effects caused by the oversight are more limited.
This Pokémon meeting data is condensed into a single byte, the upper two bits represent the time it was met, and the lower six bits represent the level it was met. For example, a level 70 Pokémon met in the morning will be reported as a level 6 Pokémon met in the day by the Poké Seer.
 
===Encore-Disobedience===
{{GlitchResearch|1=Technical information such as the cause is wanted, spading (for example, does it only occur with transformed Pokémon?/can it disobey in every way) as well as confirmation on which versions it occurs in (as it was assumed to be Japan-only after disassembly research regarding the Japanese version).}}
This glitch involves the move {{m|Encore}} and an [[outsider Pokémon]]. If the outsider Pokémon is locked in to a move under Encore, it may still disobey the player. While under Encore, a [[game freeze]] or [[glitch dimension]] can occur after the Pokémon disobeys the player.
 
{{YouTubeVid|tgq0q9q68SA|ChickasaurusGL|Bug}}
 
===Present text overflow===
If {{m|Present}} is used by the {{player}}'s Pokémon on a Pokémon with 8 or more characters in its name, e.g. {{p|Venusaur}}, and the game tries to heal the foe, but fails due to them having full HP, the “n't” will appear between the first and second lines. Result:
{{sign|RBY|header}}
{{sign|RBY|Enemy VENUSAUR ca}}
{{sign|RBY|n't}}
{{sign|RBY|receive the gift!}}
{{sign|RBY|footer}}
 
===Trainer House===
{{main|Trainer House glitches}}


==Crystal==
This glitch does not usually affect the gameplay for these reasons:
===Battle Tower text glitch===
In v1.0 of English {{game|Crystal}} (and not v1.1), a glitch causes enemy Trainers in the {{gdis|Battle Tower|II}} to always use the texts of female Trainers. This is due to the game attempting to use the sixth character of the Trainer's name to determine the gender.<ref>[https://github.com/pret/pokecrystal/blob/700321a7fb2d6c852ffc91cc0b8867526cb76813/misc/battle_tower_47.asm Pokémon Crystal disassembly]</ref>


===Clair gift glitch===
* In Pokémon Crystal, there are no available Pokémon met over level 60 (other than Pokémon from [[in-game trade]]s). The [[List of wild Pokémon from in-game events#Generation II|in-game event]] {{p|Ho-Oh}} and {{p|Lugia}} are both found at this level, even though they had been available at level 40 or 70 in earlier games.
In Crystal, if the player [[black out|whites out]] due to {{status|poison}} damage while still inside the Dragon Shrine at [[Dragon's Den]] after receiving the {{badge|Rising}}, they can return to the [[Blackthorn Gym]] to receive the reward [[TM]] from [[Clair]]. However, due to an oversight, if the player then returns to Dragon's Den and stands on the tile directly in front of the Dragon Shrine's door, Clair will appear again and give the player another {{TM|24|DragonBreath}}, as if they hadn't already received it.
* Pokémon obtained from [[in-game trade]]s do not record any Pokémon meeting data. Those Pokémon are received with the same level as the player's traded Pokémon, but they are not affected by this glitch.
{{YouTubeVid|8BvBjqxmyOk|ChickasaurusGL|Crystal}}
* The [[Generation I]] games and {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} do not record the meeting data of any Pokémon, therefore the Pokémon caught in those games are not affected by this glitch even if they are transferred to Pokémon Crystal.


===Heavy Ball junk data glitch===
In Pokémon Crystal, any Pokémon obtained with a high enough level from [[event Pokémon|event distributions]] had their meeting data incorrectly recorded because of this glitch. In particular, this affected the level 70 {{DL|List of PCNY event Pokémon distributions (Generation II)|Shiny Mewtwo}} received from [[Pokémon Center New York]].
In Crystal, the [[Heavy Ball|Heavy Ball]]'s algorithm incorrectly retrieves the weights of {{p|Kadabra}}, {{p|Tauros}}, and {{p|Sunflora}}, causing them to become junk data that is interpreted as massive weight, giving these Pokémon +40 capture modifier.<ref name="The Cave of Dragonflies" />
{{YouTubeVid|kcCaESMRl5Y|ChickasaurusGL|Crystal}}


===Legendary beasts incomplete OT check===
===Languages other than Japanese===
====Legendary beasts incomplete OT check====
In Crystal, when the player talks to [[Eusine]] in the [[Celadon City]] Pokémon Center he will report a rumor that {{p|Ho-Oh|a rainbow colored Pokémon}} has appeared in [[Bell Tower|Tin Tower]] (Ho-Oh) and leave the building when {{p|Suicune}}, {{p|Raikou}} or {{p|Entei}} appear in the party and/or storage boxes with OT and ID data matching that of the player. Due to a glitch, the English version of Crystal will only check the first five characters of the player's name. For example, if the player's name was “CRYSTAL”, then having the [[legendary beasts]] with the OT name “CRYST” and a matching ID of the player will enable the event. This is due to the player names in the original Japanese version being a maximum of five characters long and the English version failing to account for the change.
In Crystal, when the player talks to [[Eusine]] in the [[Celadon City]] Pokémon Center he will report a rumor that {{p|Ho-Oh|a rainbow colored Pokémon}} has appeared in [[Bell Tower|Tin Tower]] (Ho-Oh) and leave the building when {{p|Suicune}}, {{p|Raikou}} or {{p|Entei}} appear in the party and/or storage boxes with OT and ID data matching that of the player. Due to a glitch, the English version of Crystal will only check the first five characters of the player's name. For example, if the player's name was “CRYSTAL”, then having the [[legendary beasts]] with the OT name “CRYST” and a matching ID of the player will enable the event. This is due to the player names in the original Japanese version being a maximum of five characters long and the English version failing to account for the change.
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===Pokémon Communication Center===
===Japanese language===
====Pokémon Communication Center====
In the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}}, address $A800 in SRAM triggers a script in the [[Pokémon Communication Center]] that may be arbitrarily set to values other than 0x00 when the game does not currently have a [[Save|save file]]; otherwise, its value is correctly set to 0x00. This causes all sort of bugs, like crashes, freezes, and other random behavior.
In the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}}, address $A800 in SRAM triggers a script in the [[Pokémon Communication Center]] that may be arbitrarily set to values other than 0x00 when the game does not currently have a [[Save|save file]]; otherwise, its value is correctly set to 0x00. This causes all sort of bugs, like crashes, freezes, and other random behavior.


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===Dude glitches===
===German language===
These two glitches can occur in normal playthrough only on {{g|Crystal}}, and due to the lack of a Pokémon that can poison the player on {{g|Gold}}; {{g|Silver}}. Effects vary based on the language/version of the game, with the effects in Silver being more minor (in the English version it is possible to briefly see a HUD with a Level 0 male [[?????]], but not freeze the game) except in Korean Silver which may cause a post-battle sprite misalignment glitch without a freeze. The dude money glitch is only to occur in the German version of {{g|Crystal}}.
====Dude freezing glitch====
On the Virtual Console release of German Crystal, if the player has full boxes while the dude wants to present how to catch Pokémon, the game will [[Game freeze|freeze]]. Other languages of Crystal freeze or reset the game with the 'Game Boy Color only' message in different ways.
 
====Dude money glitch====
====Dude money glitch====
On the German cartridge version of Crystal, the dude that presents how to catch Pokémon can be sometimes glitched for having a full [[PC]] Box (the party may also have to be filled). To do so, the player has to perform the following steps:
On the German cartridge version of Crystal, when doing the Dude glitch, trying to use the [[Poké Ball]] shows:
# Take the [[Mystery Egg]] as normal.
# Battle {{ga|Silver}}. It doesn't matter whether the player wins or loses.
# Set the [[Pokémon Center]] in [[Cherrygrove City]].
# Go to {{rt|30|Johto}} to fight a {{p|Weedle}}. The player's Pokémon must now be {{status|poison}}ed. On the first turn after becoming poisoned, run away.
# Go to {{prof|Elm}}'s lab and deliver the Mystery Egg as normal.
# Make sure that the poisoned Pokémon faints inside {{prof|Elm}}'s lab, not anywhere else. Additionally the player must [[black out|white out]] due to all fainted Pokémon.
# Catch Pokémon to fill a [[PC]] Box.
# Accept the tutorial.
Trying to use the [[Poké Ball]] shows:


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====Dude freezing glitch====
==Pokémon Stadium 2==
On the Virtual Console release of German Crystal, if the player has full boxes while the dude wants to present how to catch Pokémon, the game will [[Game freeze|freeze]]. Other languages of Crystal freeze or reset the game with the 'Game Boy Color only' message in different ways.
===All languages===
 
====Depositing a held Key Item====
==Stadium 2==
If a Pokémon is holding a Key Item in the Generation II (such as by using the [[Celebi Egg glitch]]), this item can be deposited normally in the Metal Case from the {{OBP|PC|Stadium}} in Pokémon Stadium 2 and then transferred to another Generation II game.
{{g|Stadium 2}} fixed the following bugs from {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}:


* [[#Dragon Fang effect|Dragon Fang effect]]
For instance, this can be used to transfer a [[Squirt Bottle]] between Generation II games for the purpose of [[sequence breaking]].
* [[#Present damage|Present damage]]
* [[#Stat rollover glitch|Stat rollover glitch]]


===Infinite continues===
====Infinite continues====
This occurs with any [[Stadium Cup]]. If there is a previously suspended game and the player is playing a Stadium Cup, suspending the game after a loss causes a warning message to pop up, telling the player that there is already a suspended game. If "Continue without Suspending" is selected, a rematch with the opponent who just defeated the player will be triggered, but no continue will be used.
This occurs with any [[Stadium Cup]]. If there is a previously suspended game and the player is playing a Stadium Cup, suspending the game after a loss causes a warning message to pop up, telling the player that there is already a suspended game. If "Continue without Suspending" is selected, a rematch with the opponent who just defeated the player will be triggered, but no continue will be used.


===Pokédex data localization===
===Languages other than Japanese===
====Pokédex data localization====
Due to a localization oversight, using the [[Transfer Pak]] with the English versions of {{g|Stadium 2}} and {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Blue}} and looking up the locations of [[wild Pokémon]] in the [[Pokédex]] will instead load the corresponding data for the [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Japanese version]].
Due to a localization oversight, using the [[Transfer Pak]] with the English versions of {{g|Stadium 2}} and {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Blue}} and looking up the locations of [[wild Pokémon]] in the [[Pokédex]] will instead load the corresponding data for the [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Japanese version]].


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[[Category:Glitches by game]]
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[[Category:Lists]]


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Latest revision as of 10:49, 24 April 2024

This is a list of glitches in the Generation II Pokémon games. It applies to both the original Game Boy Color and the 3DS Virtual Console releases unless otherwise noted.

Some glitches are found on a separate page:

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Celebi Egg glitch

Main article: Celebi Egg glitch

Day Care experience loss

In this generation only, when a Pokémon is withdrawn from the Day Care, its experience is rounded down to the minimum value for the current level. As a result, a Pokémon can lose experience in the Day Care.

For instance, a level 99 Lugia or Ho-Oh has a value between 1,212,873 and 1,249,999 experience points; once it obtains a total of 1,250,000 experience points, it will reach level 100. If a Lugia or Ho-Oh is deposited in the Day Care when it has 1,249,999 experience points (needing just 1 more point to reach level 100), but the player immediately withdraws it without walking any steps, then this Pokémon will revert to exactly 1,212,873 experience points (the minimum amount for level 99), losing 37,126 experience points in the process.

Interregional Teleport quirk

If the player travels to either Kanto or Johto in the S.S. Aqua and then teleports, they will be taken to either the Vermilion or Olivine Pokémon Center as opposed to the last Pokémon Center they used in either region. This does not occur with the Magnet Train. If the player loses a battle during their trip, they will be sent to their cabin instead.

By SM
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Legendary beast cry distortion

When the player checks Entei's Pokédex entry, plays its cry, and then immediately switches to either Suicune's or Raikou's entries, their cry will be distorted.

When the Pokédex is sorted alphabetically, this glitch can also be applied to Espeon's cry.

Pokémon cloning

Main article: List of cloning glitches → Storage system move method
Main article: List of cloning glitches → Trading method

S.S. Aqua map glitch

Initial state of the Pokégear map on the S.S. Aqua, erroneously showing the player's current place as New Bark Town

If the player uses the Pokégear map while travelling on S.S. Aqua, the ship appears as a small sprite at the bottom-right corner. However, the map cursor erroneously selects New Bark Town by default as the player's current place.

It is not possible to select S.S. Aqua in the map. The feature to select S.S. Aqua in the map is technically programmed in the game, but not actually available to the player.

Strain 0 Pokérus

Main article: Pokérus → Generation_II

Pokérus strain values of zero can be generated by the Pokérus generation algorithm with probability 15/255. The primary cause is an incorrectly-placed scratch register copy[1] which expresses when the high four bits are zero. In this case, a part of the logic is skipped, and because the bit test cleared the lower four bits and the higher bits are zero, a value of zero is copied to the scratch register, whose low bits become the strain. The day count of one is then derived from this zero as normal.

Strain zero in Generation II behaves almost as normal: it is visible in the status screen, it triggers the Nurse Joy and Professor Elm dialogues, it spreads as normal, it increases stat experience gain as normal, and it is cured over time as normal. The lone abnormality is that when strain zero is cured, it does not leave the Pokémon in a post-infection state, but in a state as if it had never been infected, like if traded to a Generation I game: it can catch Pokérus again, does not block Pokérus spread, and does not have increased stat experience gain.

Additionally, if it is time for Pokérus to be cured (i.e. the time elapses to 12:00am after the final day), it is still required to close the Start menu and return to the overworld before the changes take their effects on the party.


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Time Capsule glitches

Time Capsule exploit

Main article: Time Capsule exploit

The Time Capsule exploit works around the programming checks put in place on the Time Capsule to prevent players from trading Generation II Pokémon to Generation I games.

Trade evolution learnset

Generation I Pokémon that evolve by trading can be taught glitch moves. This can be achieved by trading such Pokémon from a Generation I game to a Generation II game at a level where its evolved form will learn a move not present in Generation I. Trading the Pokémon back to the Generation I game will cause the move to become a glitch move.

For example, trading a level 34 Graveler from Pokémon Red to Pokémon Gold will cause the Graveler to evolve into Golem. Since it is at level 34, it will learn Rollout in Gold. If it is then traded back to Red, it will still have the move but the game won't recognize it properly since it is a Generation II move, so it will become TM05.

Unown Egg hatching animation

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Reason: Double-check if Unown forms other than the "A" Unown can be seen in the hatching animation

In this generation, when an Unown Egg hatches, the hatching animation displays the "A" Unown regardless of the actual Unown form.

While it is not possible to obtain an Unown Egg in normal gameplay since this Pokémon is in the No Eggs Discovered Egg Group, an Unown Egg is obtainable nonetheless by means such as the Celebi Egg glitch.

Pokémon Gold and Silver

All languages

Cerulean Gym

This bug was carried over from Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue. In Cerulean Gym, the water tiles have wild Pokémon data programmed in, which allows players to fish Pokémon. It was already corrected in Pokémon Yellow and it was fixed again in Pokémon Crystal. This likely happened because while Yellow came out after Red and Blue did, Red and Blue were already being used as the base of Gold and Silver due to Yellow not existing yet.

Trainer House

Main article: Trainer House glitches

English language

Coin Case glitches

Main article: Coin Case glitches

The Coin Case glitches are a set of glitches which occur exclusively in the English versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver. They allow the player to run arbitrary code by exploiting an oversight in the process used by the game to print the text box data for the Coin Case.

When the game is played on the Game Boy or Super Game Boy instead of the Game Boy Color, the effects caused by the oversight are more limited.

Japanese language

Bug-Catching Contest

Main article: Bug-Catching Contest glitch

In the Japanese versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver, if the player uses Fly or Teleport to leave the National Park during a Bug-Catching Contest, the game will treat the contest as still ongoing.

This may also be used to create unstable Pokémon data.

By ChickasaurusGL
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Pokémon Crystal

All languages

Clair gift glitch

In Crystal, if the player whites out due to poison damage while still inside the Dragon Shrine at Dragon's Den after receiving the Rising Badge, they can return to the Blackthorn Gym to receive the reward TM from Clair. However, due to an oversight, if the player then returns to Dragon's Den and stands on the tile directly in front of the Dragon Shrine's door, Clair will appear again and give the player another TM24 (DragonBreath), as if they hadn't already received it.

By ChickasaurusGL
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Pokémon meeting level glitch

In Pokémon Crystal, the level and time of day when a Pokémon was originally caught, hatched, or received is stored in the game data and can be verified by visiting the Poké Seer. However, this only works correctly for Pokémon met up to level 63.

This Pokémon meeting data is condensed into a single byte, the upper two bits represent the time it was met, and the lower six bits represent the level it was met. For example, a level 70 Pokémon met in the morning will be reported as a level 6 Pokémon met in the day by the Poké Seer.

This glitch does not usually affect the gameplay for these reasons:

  • In Pokémon Crystal, there are no available Pokémon met over level 60 (other than Pokémon from in-game trades). The in-game event Ho-Oh and Lugia are both found at this level, even though they had been available at level 40 or 70 in earlier games.
  • Pokémon obtained from in-game trades do not record any Pokémon meeting data. Those Pokémon are received with the same level as the player's traded Pokémon, but they are not affected by this glitch.
  • The Generation I games and Pokémon Gold and Silver do not record the meeting data of any Pokémon, therefore the Pokémon caught in those games are not affected by this glitch even if they are transferred to Pokémon Crystal.

In Pokémon Crystal, any Pokémon obtained with a high enough level from event distributions had their meeting data incorrectly recorded because of this glitch. In particular, this affected the level 70 Shiny Mewtwo received from Pokémon Center New York.

By ChickasaurusGL
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Languages other than Japanese

Legendary beasts incomplete OT check

In Crystal, when the player talks to Eusine in the Celadon City Pokémon Center he will report a rumor that a rainbow colored Pokémon has appeared in Tin Tower (Ho-Oh) and leave the building when Suicune, Raikou or Entei appear in the party and/or storage boxes with OT and ID data matching that of the player. Due to a glitch, the English version of Crystal will only check the first five characters of the player's name. For example, if the player's name was “CRYSTAL”, then having the legendary beasts with the OT name “CRYST” and a matching ID of the player will enable the event. This is due to the player names in the original Japanese version being a maximum of five characters long and the English version failing to account for the change.

By ChickasaurusGL
This video is not available on Bulbapedia; instead, you can watch the video on YouTube here.


Japanese language

Pokémon Communication Center

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, address $A800 in SRAM triggers a script in the Pokémon Communication Center that may be arbitrarily set to values other than 0x00 when the game does not currently have a save file; otherwise, its value is correctly set to 0x00. This causes all sort of bugs, like crashes, freezes, and other random behavior.

While the purpose of this script is not known, it appears to be related to the Mobile System GB. In the localizations, although the related code is unused, this issue was fixed by adding a check that looks up the value of address $A800 and automatically resets it to 0x00.[2]

By ChickasaurusGL
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German language

Dude freezing glitch

On the Virtual Console release of German Crystal, if the player has full boxes while the dude wants to present how to catch Pokémon, the game will freeze. Other languages of Crystal freeze or reset the game with the 'Game Boy Color only' message in different ways.

Dude money glitch

On the German cartridge version of Crystal, when doing the Dude glitch, trying to use the Poké Ball shows:

Die POKéMON-BOX
ist voll. Das
kannst du jetzt
nicht benutzen.

This message also glitches the left side of the screen. Another message is shown:

KUMPEL hebt
$###### auf!

If the tutorial is accepted again, the player is left with $999999.

By ChickasaurusGL
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Pokémon Stadium 2

All languages

Depositing a held Key Item

If a Pokémon is holding a Key Item in the Generation II (such as by using the Celebi Egg glitch), this item can be deposited normally in the Metal Case from the PC in Pokémon Stadium 2 and then transferred to another Generation II game.

For instance, this can be used to transfer a Squirt Bottle between Generation II games for the purpose of sequence breaking.

Infinite continues

This occurs with any Stadium Cup. If there is a previously suspended game and the player is playing a Stadium Cup, suspending the game after a loss causes a warning message to pop up, telling the player that there is already a suspended game. If "Continue without Suspending" is selected, a rematch with the opponent who just defeated the player will be triggered, but no continue will be used.

Languages other than Japanese

Pokédex data localization

Due to a localization oversight, using the Transfer Pak with the English versions of Pokémon Stadium 2 and Pokémon Blue and looking up the locations of wild Pokémon in the Pokédex will instead load the corresponding data for the Japanese version.

By ChickasaurusGL
This video is not available on Bulbapedia; instead, you can watch the video on YouTube here.


References


Multiple
generations
Transform glitchesGlitch TrainersCloning glitchesError messagesArbitrary code execution
Generation I GlitchesBattle glitchesOverworld glitches
--0 ERRORBroken hidden itemsCable Club escape glitchDual-type damage misinformation
Experience underflow glitchFight Safari Zone Pokémon trickGlitch CityItem duplication glitchItem underflow
Mew glitchOld man glitchPewter Gym skip glitchPokémon merge glitchRhydon glitchRival twins glitch
Select glitches (dokokashira door glitch, second type glitch) • Super Glitch
Time Capsule exploitWalking through wallsZZAZZ glitch
Generation II GlitchesBattle glitches
Bug-Catching Contest glitchCelebi Egg glitchCoin Case glitchesExperience underflow glitch
Glitch dimensionGlitch EggTeru-samaTime Capsule exploitTrainer House glitchesGS Ball mail glitch
Generation III GlitchesBattle glitches
Berry glitchDive glitchPomeg glitchGlitzer Popping
Generation IV GlitchesBattle glitchesOverworld glitches
Acid rainGTS glitchesPomeg glitchRage glitch
Surf glitchTweakingPal Park Retire glitch
Generation V GlitchesBattle glitchesOverworld glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Frozen Zoroark glitchSky Drop glitch
Generation VI GlitchesBattle glitchesOverworld glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Lumiose City save glitchSymbiosis Eject Button glitchToxic sure-hit glitch
Generation VII GlitchesBattle glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Toxic sure-hit glitchRollout storage glitch
Generation VIII Glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Toxic sure-hit glitchRollout storage glitchParty item offset glitch
Generation IX Glitches
Glitch effects Game freezeGlitch battleGlitch song
Gen I only: Glitch screenTMTRAINER effectInverted sprite
Gen II only: Glitch dimension
Lists Glitches (GOMystery DungeonTCG GBSpin-off)
Glitch Pokémon (Gen IGen IIGen IIIGen IVGen VGen VIGen VIIGen VIII)
Glitch moves (Gen I) • Glitch types (Gen IGen II)


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