Language ID should be !=Japanese, not Japanese.

[Darby]

Hello, I hope I'm in the right place to ask that.

So just for testing, I tried to put a japanese Pokémon from a japanese version of Crystal in USUM, and I don't understand why I get that error message : "Invalid: Language ID should be !=Japanese, not Japanese.".

Is it just a bug and the Pokémon can go to Home or not, even with that message ? 

Thank you !

[Soul DS]

The Country, Sub Region and 3DS Region do not match with the Japanese language, since the console are region-locked and do not allow you to set an European location (France) on a Japanese console. Change the Country to Japan, and the 3DS Region to Japan, and it should be okay.

[Darby]

5 minutes ago, Soul DS said:

The Country, Sub Region and 3DS Region do not match with the Japanese language, since the console are region-locked and do not allow you to set an European location (France) on a Japanese console. Change the Country to Japan, and the 3DS Region to Japan, and it should be okay.

Thank you it works ! But I have another question, why a japanese Pokémon from japanese Emerald has not this issue (see my image).

[Soul DS]

When you transfer a Pokémon legitimately for those between gen 1 and gen 5, their Country, Sub Region and 3DS Region are determined upon transfer in the Poké Transporter app based on what you set in your 3DS. For Pokémon obtained in gen 3 to 5, since Pokémon can freely be traded with games from other languages and regions, any location is valid as long as it can be used in a 3DS with the Poké Transporter app (you can send a Pokémon from a Japanese game to a French game, then do the transfer on an European console, therefore having an European location on a Japanese Pokémon).

This is not exactly the case for gen 1 and gen 2, since specific languages could only be bought in specific regions and trades between regions are not possible (the Japanese versions can only be bought on Asian consoles, not European or American ones), meaning that an European console will never be able to transfer Pokémon from a gen 1 or gen 2 Japanese copy, therefore will never be able to label a gen 1 or 2 Japanese Pokémon as coming from an European Country, Sub Region or 3DS Region.

[Darby]

3 minutes ago, Soul DS said:

When you transfer a Pokémon legitimately for those between gen 1 and gen 5, their Country, Sub Region and 3DS Region are determined upon transfer in the Poké Transporter app based on what you set in your 3DS. For Pokémon obtained in gen 3 to 5, since Pokémon can freely be traded with games from other languages and regions, any location is valid as long as it can be used in a 3DS with the Poké Transporter app (you can send a Pokémon from a Japanese game to a French game, then do the transfer on an European console, therefore having an European location on a Japanese Pokémon).

This is not exactly the case for gen 1 and gen 2, since specific languages could only be bought in specific regions and trades between regions are not possible (the Japanese versions can only be bought on Asian consoles, not European or American ones), meaning that an European console will never be able to transfer Pokémon from a gen 1 or gen 2 Japanese copy, therefore will never be able to label a gen 1 or 2 Japanese Pokémon as coming from an European Country, Sub Region or 3DS Region.

So you're telling me it's impossible to transfer a japanese crystal pokémon to an European version of USUM or whatever EU version ... Even on the VC japanese Crystal game ??

[Soul DS]

If you were to transfer it legitimately, you would need to do: Japanese 3DS Crystal VC -> Japanese 3DS Poké Transporter -> Japanese 3DS Poké Bank -> Japanese copy of Pokémon SMUSUM on Japanese 3DS -> trade with an European 3DS playing an European copy of SMUSUM.

The part that are impossible are trades between regions while playing Crystal, as well as all the parts tied to the Poké Bank, requiring a Japanese console. Once your Pokémon is in a gen 7 game, the only limitation you end up having is games being region locked, but you can still do trades between them.

[Darby]

2 minutes ago, Soul DS said:

If you were to transfer it legitimately, you would need to do: Japanese 3DS Crystal VC -> Japanese 3DS Poké Transporter -> Japanese 3DS Poké Bank -> Japanese copy of Pokémon SMUSUM on Japanese 3DS -> trade with an European 3DS playing an European copy of SMUSUM.

The part that are impossible are trades between regions while playing Crystal, as well as all the parts tied to the Poké Bank, requiring a Japanese console. Once your Pokémon is in a gen 7 game, the only limitation you end up having is games being region locked, but you can still do trades between them.

Okkkk thank you so much I understand now. But can I bypass all these trades ? For example by just injecting japanese Pokémon from JAP Crystal directly in EU copy of USUM ? Of course PkHex will tell me it's not legit, but does my EU USUM will think the japanese Pokémon is from a trade between a jap console and an EU console so he will be legit when I launch the EU USUM game ?

[Soul DS]

Doing that will work without issues as long as you keep in mind setting the Country to Japan. PkHex will flag it as legit and the game will have no problem with it, but since it will not have gone through the Poké Bank servers it may not be considered as one ultimately, though that's a question for Nintendo's servers and checks. Transferring it to HOME may or may not be a problem depending on what they check.

[Darby]

14 minutes ago, Soul DS said:

Doing that will work without issues as long as you keep in mind setting the Country to Japan. PkHex will flag it as legit and the game will have no problem with it, but since it will not have gone through the Poké Bank servers it may not be considered as one ultimately, though that's a question for Nintendo's servers and checks. Transferring it to HOME may or may not be a problem depending on what they check.

What do you mean by "keep in mind setting the Country to Japan" please ? If I put a japanese crystal Pokémon in my EU USUM save on PKHex, I need to put the "Japan" thing in "Language --> JPN" on the Main tab or in the Trainer Information on the OT/Misc tab (country/sub region/3DS Region) ?

[Soul DS]

Just the Country/Sub Region/3DS Region part, as the language is already handled and changed to Japanese properly, from what I've seen.

[Darby]

4 minutes ago, Soul DS said:

Just the Country/Sub Region/3DS Region part, as the language is already handled and changed to Japanese properly, from what I've seen.

Bro thank you so muuuuuuuuch for your patience and your explaination, you are the goat !