Mystery Gift Pokemon Become Pikachu

[jeshyree]

I was doing a playthrough of Pokemon Sword and I wanted to experiment with the mystery gift database in PKHEX. I put 3 pokemon into my box, but only one of them came out properly. The other two are just pikachus without a proper texture. Is there any fix on this? (I don't know much about pkhex or save editing in general I just play casually and sometimes edit things in and out)

[Kaphotics]

Pikachu is the "safe" species to display when a Pokemon does not exist in the game.

PKHeX already warns you that the data you're injecting is illegal.

[jeshyree]

I did a legal check before putting it in game and it said it was legal. I also checked to make sure that the pokemon I chose existed in Sword/Shield and they do. (Genesect and Zygarde) Is it just a mystery gift issue?

[theSLAYER]

2 hours ago, jeshyree said:

I did a legal check before putting it in game and it said it was legal. I also checked to make sure that the pokemon I chose existed in Sword/Shield and they do. (Genesect and Zygarde) Is it just a mystery gift issue?

Upload the save. I got a sneaking suspicion you're on version 1.0.0 of SWSH

[jeshyree]

29 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

Upload the save. I got a stinking suspicion you're on version 1.0.0 of SWSH

Just checked the properties of my game. Turns out I am on v1.0.0 like you said. Is that the reason for my missing pokemon?

[theSLAYER]

2 minutes ago, jeshyree said:

Just checked the properties of my game. Turns out I am on v1.0.0 like you said. Is that the reason for my missing pokemon?

Yes. Those species you mentioned weren't in 1.0.0.

They were only added in after patches. Update your game.

[jeshyree]

15 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

Yes. Those species you mentioned weren't in 1.0.0.

They were only added in after patches. Update your game.

tysm bro!