Delta Blast Burn

How long is forever. When I dumped my AS it took 8-10 min iirc.

Releases are not backwards compatible unless otherwise stated (even then only with one or two directly before)

Unicode was not supported by the games until gen 5

You need to get the rom "somewhere" and patch it using this, since you're on mac the result should be a playable nds file

Pretty much. No problem

There's not enough information atm to give you an accurate answer. Although, atm it is possible to add hacked pokemon to bank, they still have to be legal. Iirc bank servers do have basic hack checks.

Iirc the max value for all trainer card "records"in FRLG is 65535 so try searching for a two byte lettle endian value instead of four.

Then you're outta luck.

You need to fill in the TID/SID when creating the pokemon in order for it to be shiny even with an egg

Sorry meant a027.

One of the sub files in a002 should contain all the trainer names if you open it with pptxt

Do you have access to a homebrew? (NDS Flashcart or 3DS CFW) NDS there is a homebrew app that runs via a flashcart to backup save data to its sd card (can even be used to backup GBA Saves on a DS lite/phat) 3DS use Checkpoint Both are free. (Just my two cents)

A .narc file is inside the rom. You can use nitroexplorer to extract it from the rom for editing.

Only if you have a flashcart

No, I don't know if mega-evolutions have different in-game Pokedex descriptions, i've kinda lost intrest since gen 5 and only played ORAS in gen 6, (where i rarely checked the pokedex, if at all). Edit: I don't think they do since absol-mega does not have this problem