GLiTCH~ Questions/Discussion

[charizard_awesome]

ok. thnx, it worked

[Brainiac]

I have recently spent a significant amount of time experimenting with pokemon G\S\C, and I discovered a method that will allow you to acquire all of the starters from professor Elm on the same file, without trading! As far as my knowledge goes, it is safe and relatively risk free, however, you do use the cloning glitch and turn off the power while saving, so if you are worried about it, don't bother. This will work on all three versions, but it is slightly more difficult in crystal version.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ ALL THE STEPS BEFORE DOING ANYTHING. If you know everything that you are doing before hand, it will prevent most mistakes.

1. Start a new file, so that you can obtain the starters from elm. If this a problem, then you may attempt to find someone to trade with, however, if you can trade with someone, then you probably have no need for this in the first place.

2. Before you choose your starter, save the game. Pick a starting pokemon, but bear in mind that only the last starter that you choose will end up on your pokedex, unless you breed them later.

3. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP!!!!!!! DO NOT SAVE THE GAME UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE NUMBER OF STARTERS THAT YOU HAVE ACQUIRED!!!!!

4. Go to Mr. pokemon the first time that you perform this trick, and get the egg from him, take it to Elm, trash your rival along the way, get the pokeballs from Prof. Elm's aide, and travel to Cherrygrove city, because it is the closest place with a PC available.

5. Catch a party of pokemon, and buy pokeballs, give one to each pokemon in your party.

6. Go to the pokemon center and at the pc, deposit your starter and at least one other pokemon.

7. After depositing your party, go to the option "change box". Note: YOU WILL LOSE THE POKEMON YOU DID NOT DEPOSIT! change the box, and when it asks you to save the game, select yes, and it will say "Saving, do not turn off the power."

8. In GOLD AND SILVER versions, I have always turned the power off when the word "power" is being spelled, usually after the "p" and the "o".

9. In CRYSTAL version, the cloning process is much more difficult, and I recommend that you practice a few times until you are comfortable with the process before you actually proceed with this trick. in crystal, you MUST turn the power off ABOUT ONE HALF A SECOND AFTER THE WORD "POWER." HAS BEEN SPELLED COMPLETELY.

10. If done correctly, when you load up your file you will be standing in front of professor elm, preparing to choose your starter. remember that the final time you perform this process, your rival will choose his starter based on yours, just like always. after choosing your next starter, head back to cherrygrove, where your cloned party is waiting for you in the PC.

11. If you cloned a couple of others along with your starter, then you can simply restart here from step six, otherwise, you have to start from step five or even further back if you didn't clone the pokeballs along with your pokemon.

12. After you have all the starters, or as many as you want, save after getting your starter, and you will not be able to do this again.
P.S. I don't know if you will be able to clone more than five pokemon, I have not ever tried it. When someone finds out, they should PM me or post it here.



Credit: As far as I know I am the only person involved in the discovery of this trick, however, everyone involved in the cloning glitch deserves credit and recognition for their hard work as well. P.S. this is my first time ever posting anything that may or may not need credits, so if I did something incorrectly, please let me know.

Pokemonelite2000 is the only site that I will authorize to display this information at his moment in time, unless I am not allowed to authorize this at all, like I said, someone with more experience than me should tell me somehow, any help would be appreciated.

[Shadow Tyranitar]

When you do the pc duplication trick, it won't screw up your game or anything, will it? I know it has the potential to delete one of your pokemon, but if you don't have any you care about, will it be safe?

[Brainiac]

The duplication glitch in crystal works almost exactly the same in crystal as it does in gold and silver. you should check my post in the glitch discussion thread. It is the last one.

[Mitsuzo-kun]

I remember doing this trick... It made my Jolteon be named "Magikarp" and it only knew splash.

That's just because it was next to it in the box!

Djax94

[Brainiac]

There's usually risks when you try out glitches like this until you get the hang of them, but after a while you're pretty safe. Also, almost anything that goes wrong because of this glitch can be undone, I know, I've had my own share of problems. Last word, this should really be in the glitch discussion thread.

[Shadow Tyranitar]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

There's usually risks when you try out glitches like this until you get the hang of them, but after a while you're pretty safe. Also, almost anything that goes wrong because of this glitch can be undone, I know, I've had my own share of problems. Last word, this should really be in the glitch discussion thread.

So nothing will happen to the actual game cartridge? It won't mess with the save file?

[Brainiac]

Nothing that I have encountered has done any lasting damage to the save file, much less the game cartridge, however, I have heard stories about it happening, stories that were probably helped along by the expiration of the games internal batteries and incompetent people. Despite this, I can't completely rule out the possibility of damage to the game, since I have nothing to prove that it can't happen.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Originally Posted by Shadow Tyranitar

When you do the pc duplication trick, it won't screw up your game or anything, will it? I know it has the potential to delete one of your pokemon, but if you don't have any you care about, will it be safe?

It shouldn't mess up your game, but it can delete the Pokemon you're trying to clone/the other Pokemon in your box if you don't do it properly.

[Shadow Tyranitar]

I tried to do the trick, but it didn't work? Can you not do it in crystal?

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Originally Posted by Shadow Tyranitar

I tried to do the trick, but it didn't work? Can you not do it in crystal?

You can, but it's harder in Crystal because you have to get the timing exactly right.

[Shadow Tyranitar]

When is the right time?

[dark_mon09]

that's a weird glitch try giving it a rest

[Brainiac]

Originally Posted by Shadow Tyranitar

When is the right time?

See step 9 in the post about getting all the starters, that is the part about the duplication glitch in crystal.

[guy5]

Great glitch. I did it about two days ago on my Pokemon Gold and it worked. I got all three starters without having to trade from Pokemon Silver or Pokemon Crystal.