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To cut your long story short, you want a Bashful Flawless HGSS Articuno right? The PIDIV combination doesn't exist. Make one of the IVs 30, and try searching again. If you can't make that shiny, reply me with the PID value

Okay, let's start over: Did you use the program to find a PID that matches all 31 IVs, or were you using an existing PID on an Articuno you already have?

Pokémon Bank's Dex doesn't affect XYORAS/SMUSUM's dex. You probably used PKHeX's "Complete Dex" function and forgot, or imported in an entire shiny collection and forgot or something. I've been using PKHeX for years now and I don't see random shiny entries in my dex (that I don't own), nor have there been user reports of such a phenomenon. So far I think you're the only one.

the shiny tutorial has nothing to do with the ball, there's no need for you to bring that up. The legality of the correct ball has nothing to do with the legality with the PID/IVs. I know you want a special shiny in nice ball, but it's not relevant in this scenario. before I go ahead and answer your other questions, you haven't answered this question Please answer this question Modifying PID is significantly hacking a Pokémon, and using significantly hacked Pokémon online is against our forum rules. You can get banned for doing that. and also https://projectpokemon.org/home/guidelines/ Those hacked mons should only be used for private collections, or with people/friends who know you're cheating

It appears as #??? because that is how the game chooses to display it. The data of the Pokémon or the dex itself isn't any different. It's merely graphical. That I don't understand as well. If you didn't see the shiny version, didn't drag in a shiny version, no reason why it'll be shiny in the dex... any Pokémon you add or modify won't be added into the dex. However, do note that when you use such a mon in battle, Gen 6 onwards would add them into the dex. (when you bring the Pokémon into battle, it'll be added to Seen and Owned, unlike older games.)

Right at the end of Chikorita Community Day (September 22nd, 2018), a never-before-seen Pokémon took over every spawn in Pokémon GO. Since it was a mystery Pokémon being teased, the natural thing would be to try to encounter it! However, it's name was not revealed to players, and upon capture, players find out that apparently it was a Ditto masquerading as the mystery Pokémon! During the Pokémon GO teaser event, it appears that the devs was lazy being innovative and temporarily used the then-unreleased Kecleon's slot to hold the data for Meltan. If players were using tracking apps, this phenomenon would be evident, as trackers would show that Kecleon is the one that is in the wild. I didn't take a screenshot of my tracker (I actually saw it first hand myself), however I found an image from a user who experienced the same thing. However due to this temporary 3D model switch, and some users not having their games updated, it caused those players to instead encounter Kecleon. (Which also transformed into Ditto; it was supposed to be Meltan's model transforming into Ditto after all) (source: reddit and imgur) Another quirk of this event, was that Meltan-Kecleon (Ditto) actually replaced all existing spawns (they didn't despawn and spawn new mons), so as a result, if there was a shiny Chikorita that players ignored, when the spawns changed, it would appear as a Shiny Meltan! (though, when captured, it'll transform into a regular Ditto) (source: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/9hyxt6/anyone_found_not_caught_ofc_a_shiny_nutto/) In any case, this is the news report relating to it's official reveal. And anyhow, here is a picture of the then-unreleased Meltan (Ditto) with my Beast Ball.

There's something fundamentally wrong with that statement. Let me explain: the save only stores the data as 1 dex, which has everything. Then, the game splits it to show regional and national dex. In reality there's only 1 dex on the save, but it just displayed it as 2. In the save, there is no "Initial Pokedex" and no "National Dex". There is just: everything. So, everything that your trainer has ever met, ever sent out, and anything you ever created (provided that option in the image below is ticked) is added to the 1 dex.

What PID were you using, to attempt to generate a TID/SID combination? Since you're looking for Articuno in HeartGold, it's a Stationary Encounter, so it should not be Grass/Surfing options etc. If you're using the guide I wrote up, it would be I think you're doing something very wrong. Too many words in your post. You should do things one step at a time, you're rushing too far ahead when you clearly have no idea what you're doing. If you have issues with a particular step, try to figure out what you're doing wrong, before going to a different step. Those steps are in that order cause they work (as I've shown in my examples) >< I'm assuming you're referring to the Apricorn balls? The Apricorn Balls data do not exist in DPPt. Those balls could not be traded over as held items.

Same, I’ve got some of them

Hmm, these boxes were supposed to be filled with the same mon, and the moment I view Box 2.. the slot is missing Gen 4 - HGSS Project 493.sav Gen 4 - Pt Project 493.sav

@Kaphotics I have the same issues with the boxes and egg PIDs (or claimed egg PIDs). 015 - BEEDRILL - B6004967DA02.pk4 028 - SANDSLASH - 524F94477F34.pk4

but there is no need to change the egg text. The issue exists on every copy of German XY, as far as I can tell. Shift the Pokemon to GER ORAS and check if it's there.

The "bug" is not stored on your Pokemon file, don't think so much about it. The bug is with the game. Even legit traded egg hatched in German XY would show that error. You don't need to change anything.

it's the game that displayed the date wrong. There's nothing wrong with either Pokémon The game itself has an issue with "Apparently hatched from an egg" message. (used when you hatch a traded egg)

@jojo12100 letting you know, the Montreal event doesn't have wild Nincada. The Nincada is Quest reward only

@Kaphotics is correct: The issue is specifically with the string "Apparently hatched from an egg" message. Images below: Same Pikachu as the one without the glitched date (shown previously), but had it's OT changed Same Noctowl as user uploaded with glitched date, except OT changed to match the save.

Sorry, I got other things to do. The guide is there, and it's as simplified as it can be. As I've seen you open a lot of threads about various topics, I think it's safe to say you're enthusiastic about Pokémon. I'll recommend you learn to do it, as it's an important skillset in regards to modifying Gen 3 and 4 Pokémon.

That's because you modified stuff beyond TID/SID/OT. If you kept the PID/IVs/Gender/Ability as it is, you wouldn't get that error. If you want to learn how to mod PID/IVs for Gen 3 captured/hatched mons:

I was referring to the Date/Clock system on your computer, not your games/3ds region. PKHeX shows the calendar based on computer's date/clock system. Look at how it's different from yours: In any case, I guess there's no point in us speculating. Let's wait for Kaphotic's analysis.

I'm wonder if it's related to how PKHeX handles your system's clock/date, as the hatched one I created in an earlier post came out fine.

that specific Noctowl indeed displayed the date in game as that: However it comes up fine on a English save.

I just created a hatched mon and it came out fine. To upload files, drag the file to here:

So the same as the International distribution then.

then recreate it. Surely you know which mon you were trying to make right? Balls can be passed down in later gens, Noctowl likely caught in HGSS with Fast ball, then bred in XYORAS. I probably should have been clearer: Caught Pokemon in Gen 6 cannot have Apricorn Balls. Hatched Pokemon can be in Apricorn Balls, provided that family tree can be caught in the wild in HGSS. Is it possible you were trying to change the ball of a mon hatched in Gen 3? Gen 3 mons can only be hatched into a Poké Ball.

No worries, in any case I fixed the first post