Invader TAK

Just did another test with the 10ANNIV ROM with an Emerald save that hasn't obtained the National Dex. I was able to send Charizard over with no issues.

NoA never let people send their games in for events. Not sure about NoJ, though.

So basically, we can just reconstruct the missing Mews using the Gen 4 PKMs as a reference then call it a day.

Actually, the 10ANNIV Pikachu is holding a Light Ball. And according to Bulbapedia, the US 10 ANIV Latias and Latios both hold Soul Dew.

Good to know! Now you got me wondering what other event multiboot ROMs are hiding out there.

My guess is a little of both.

I'm still curious if we could modify the recently released ROM to generate legal versions of other event Pokemon that have the same PID method. If that's possible, we wouldn't NEED any more GBA distro ROMs besides one of the Aurora Ticket ones for Mystery Gift.

Nope. I didn't either.

So I'm guessing the UK ones are identical to the North America Demo Disc ones.

Ok, fair point.

Is the UK Shiny Zigzagoon the same as the one from the North America Version 14 and 16 Demo Discs? If so, then no one's gonna be bugging you for that one.

I'd love to have that Aurora Ticket ROM.

Considering the Mew Tutor in XD, I don't see the lack of trash bytes being an issue in the long run. Plus casual event collectors won't even care to begin with.

This was the UK 10th Anniversary distro, but I'll check one of my Japanese carts. I'll edit in the result. EDIT: Nope. English-only.

You say that like that hasn't happened in the past.

Seems the best GBA flash cart out now is the Everdrive X5. I think it's like $100 so, yeah.

Now if the trash bytes all match the other 10th Anniversary distributions, then we could just modify this ROM and also use it to figure out the trash bytes of the missing MYSTRY Mews.

I managed to grab the ROM before the post got hidden. It's flashing to my GBA size EZ Flash 3-in-1 as I type this. I'm shaking because I never thought I'd see any of these ROMs release. EDIT: It flashed and I was able to send a Latias to my LeafGreen!

I always go with the Fire starter on my main game. Did restart Sun once to get one of the other starters and I'll be playing through it for its exclusives (as well as another Cosmog and Type: Null for my Living Pokedex) on the save I kept.

You'd need a Cyber Gadget Save Editor, but that only works with Japanese carts (and by extension, Japanese 3DSes).

And they likely have a DS Flash Cart to run the ROMs (and homebrew programs) themselves.

Plus where are all the bootleg Gen IV and V distro carts? I've seen sites that sell reproduction DS games so it is possible to do.

The only Gen III distro I'd be interested in modifying is the European Aurora Ticket cart. The 10ANNIV ones would be neat to modify as well, provided the trash bytes and PID methods are the same for ALL 10th Anniversary Pokemon, no matter if they're from the US or the UK. Same for ROCKS Metang. Regarding the whole trash bytes thing, that makes me glad I had the foresight to keep copies of my three 10 ANIV Celebi in Gen III (which are in the save I linked earlier). Emerald's cloning glitch would preserve those, right?

Another thing to consider, Gen III is the first generation where distribution devices were either flat out made available to the public (Ageto Celebi disc, WISHMKR Jirachi disc, PAL Pokemon Channel, Eon Ticket e-Reader card) or were stolen from their event locations (the Shiny Zigzagoon GameCube demo discs, European Aurora Ticket cart, the MYSTRY Mew carts, the various 10th Anniversary carts). The same can't be said about the Gen 1 or 2 distribution methods. And personally, I wouldn't worry about the Gen 1 and 2 events (besides Virtual Console Mew) because unless you use a PC program, those Mews and Celebis will be forever stuck in Gens I and II. For me, the fact that these Gen 3 events are able to be migrated to future generations is the reason to preserve not just the ones already collected, but the method to generate more. Especially considering some moves are still exclusive to these various events. So bottom line, it's not about the actual distro ROMs (even though those would be AMAZING to have), it's about the method they use to generate the Pokemon or wirelessly send Wonder Cards so we can put that into custom ROMs that you could tell apart from the real ones.

Good news, that's the part we care about. Well, that using the algorithm to make 100% custom GBA distro ROMs and injection programs for DS, GameCube and Wii.