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For Japanese DW Pokémon only, since localized versions of the DW have not been launched yet: DW Abilities override normal Abilities. When giving a Pokémon its DW Ability, always set the 0x42 value to 01, to make it look legit. There's a list on Serebii of which Pokémon can currently be acquired on the DW, and which have been distributed as DW events.

I think you'll find a code for switching ID/SID when checking a Pokémon in-game, in the Pokémon B/W AR Codes thread. You'll find it in the RAM section of ProjectPokemon's forums. To inject a Pokémon in your cartridge's save file, you need to generate the code for that Pokémon in PokéGen. Use Action Replay code generator found in the menus. Its interface is intuitive. Once you've generated the code, copy/paste it to your AR, and then use the same button you specified in the generation process to activate it.

1) Yes. 2) Yes. Check other PID-related threads on this forums, about the issues that can arise when matching PID/Nature. 3) No. The game would have to generate a different PID whenever the Pokémon is given a different Item or Nickname, which would be nonsensical.

There are already, like, four other threads on this forum's first page, answering these or similar questions...

Check this thread. What is Valid and Invalid on Random Wifi - Pokémon B/W

Braviary is Pokémon White-exclusive, yet you generated the Pokémon as if it has been caught in-game in Pokémon Black, which would be impossible. The standard 'Encounter' value, for every Pokémon obtained in this Generation, is 'Egg/Pal Park/Event/Honey Tree/Shaymin'; you put 'Tall Grass/Darkrai'.

Make the Pokémon's OT name, Trainer ID, SID and Trainer's gender match your own.

pchoi187: buying the latest version should work for you. Gowon: Japanese *.sav files can be used with localized versions of the game. The latest PokéGen beta fully supports their editing.

Yes, it seemed that way... It's good to have confirmation. pchoi187, if your problem is knowing whether PokéGen-generated AR codes will work for you or not, there's no definite answer, you should actually do some tests.

Having the software handle the whole operation or manually giving it the input is the exact same thing -- the software runs through the same processes. If the Pokémon appears as hacked, then you must've set incorrectly some other value. I'm sure it's not a PID-related issue.

The latest PokéGen beta fully supports Pokémon Black and White. If you mean, 'Do PokéGen-generated Action Replay codes work?', well: some issues have been reported on this forum, but they're thought to be hardware-related. They may work or not work depending on the physical device you use; the only way to answer your own question, would be for you to do some actual testing. If you don't have the means to access directly your save file (i.e. a flashcart), you can only use Action Replay codes (generated in PokéGen) to modify it; otherwise, the software wouldn't be useful to you. On the contrary, if you can access your save file, you don't need Action Replay codes at all, just edit the *.sav file and save the changes.

The use of the Relocator can be avoided. In PokéGen, just generate the code for the already-Relocated Johto Beasts and Celebi (you can find a copy of their *.pkm files in the Event Contribution Collection thread), and inject them via Action Replay in your Pokémon White retail cartridge.

Just leave the PID field blank, edit the Pokémon's Nature/Ability/etc., and save the *.pkm or *.sav file. PokéGen will automatically fill it with an appropriate PID. This is just my opinion, but you shouldn't spend too much efforts on PID generation. By Nintendo standards, it doesn't affect the legality of a Pokémon. And it's not, like, for example, giving a Pokémon a wrong moveset, which would make a Pokémon appear blatantly hacked. Since PokéGen doesn't support Generation V PID calculation methods, you wouldn't be able to make a generated Pokémon virtually equal to the same Pokémon obtained in-game, even if you tried. Just leave the field blank, let the software worry about it for you, and save yourself some time.

Write "01" in the box next to 0x42. The '=' just means that the value should be equal to 1.

Inject its WonderCard file in your *.sav file. You'll find it in the Event Contribution Collection thread. To find informations on how to inject Generation V WC files, check Grovyle91's Pokemon Mystery Gift Editor v1.4.3.

In this Generation, PID has a correlation only with a Pokémon's Nature. Plus, Nintendo doesn't check it. There isn't currently a Legality Checker for Generation V; but, since the number of values to be checked for legality reasons is quite small, you can easily do it by yourself, on PokéGen.

The Card Comment you see when you open the Card Album, is a standard message applied to every WonderCard. The Card Comment of a specific WonderCard can only be seen while receiving the gift. -- Italian Liberty Pass Card Title: Il Liberticket in regalo! Card Comment: (its specific comment, not the standard WC message) Usa questo biglietto speciale per viaggiare in nave da Austropoli all'Isola Libertà: potrai incontrare il Pokémon misterioso Victini! WonderCard ID: 2046 Gift Type: Key Item (pink background) Date received: March 5th, 2011 Liberty Pass ITA.zip

His reliability is beside the point, all I'm saying is that Pokémon legality is a far simpler matter than using "special expensive hardware". It should take you as little as five minutes to see it by yourself. Codr's PokéGen combines in one single software every feature (and more) PokéSav has spread in four different softwares. While PokéGen's quality is always consistent, COM has progressively put less and less effort in developing his software: this can be seen in his two latest works, PokéSav HG/SS and PokéSav B/W. PokéGen's interface is better organized, takes less space on the monitor, and is intuitive; PokéSav's interface is dispersive, full of sub-menus and, at the same time, not properly differentiated areas on the same screen. COM developes his softwares natively in Japanese, and it's up to the good will of international translators to make them available to the larger community; PokéGen default language is English, and supports five other languages, by simply checking a different option in the "Language" drop-down menu. PokéGen is backed by the ProjectPokémon community, and Codr himself is active in answering any question pertaining his software; you can't say the same for PokéSav. This isn't an exhaustive list, but I think these are more than enough reasons to prefer one software to the other.

While it's true that it's possible to generate legal Pokémon, you don't need "special expensive hardware" to check their legitimacy -- Just a few softwares (the latest version of Legal to run the test, and PokéGen, which I'd choose over PokéSav, to edit the *.pkm file), and basic knowledge of the matter (which you can easily obtain by reading some articles on this forums, and/or on ProjectPokémon Wiki). At no expense at all.

Dream World Pokémon share the same Encounter type as every other Generation V Pokémon (Egg/Event/Honey Tree/Shaymin), and can only be caught in High Link Forest (Entralink Forest in international versions). You can either set 'Dream Ball' as the Ball type they're caught in, or specify a common Ball type. Dream Balls can only be used to catch DW Pokémon in Entralink Forest, but their use is not mandatory. Be sure to set the 0x42 value to 01, since you'll be giving the Pokémon its Dream World ability (I'm not sure if PokéGen already sets it automatically, check it anyway).

I would consider it legal, but not legit: It wouldn't have been impossible for you to catch it in good faith (i.e. without knowing you were using a leaked rom). However, if you bought from a seller a copy of Pokémon Platinum before its release date (it actually happened to me with Pokémon Diamond, I bought it the day before its release), and then caught a shiny Starly, that Pokémon would be legit. Online, it'd be impossible to verify whether that Starly was legit or not, since we'd have only your words to base the judgement on. As it has been done with every event contribution before, given that there were no signs of the Pokémon being hacked, I'd believe in your good faith (if you said you bought a retail cart before its release date, of course), and mark the Pokémon as legit.

My bad -- Looks like Celebi I uploaded was obtained via the European Celebi distribution cartridge, leaked on February 14. I didn't know that the German WIN2011 Celebi is obtainable only through the Celebi Tour that started on February 18, so I thought the file I had stored was legit. I have now updated the archive attached to my other post with a different, properly obtained Celebi.

The GameStop Celebi issue is different from the Hall of Origin Arceus issue. It's true that Nintendo didn't intend to make both of them available; but while you can obtain a Hall of Origin Arceus only through game enhancement devices/tools (PokéSav, Action Replay, etc.), it's possible that someone, in good faith, went to GameStop, asked for the Celebi and got it on its cartridge, not knowing that he shouldn't had been able to obtain it. The difference is in the 'will' of who has obtained one of those Event Pokémon. To obtain a Hall of Origin Arceus, someone has to intentionally edit his save file, in some way, to make happen something that is not normally possible, thus altering the legitimacy of this whole process. On the other hand, someone who has no knowledge of game enhancement devices, or is against their use, could have gone to GameStop and obtained a GAMESTP Celebi; why shouldn't he believe in the legitimacy of the Pokémon he obtained? It's true that, to make him have that Pokémon, the date on the DS used for the distribution had to be changed, but it's plausible he wasn't aware of it (if he's in good faith, of course). I'm talking about a very rare case, but its rarity doesn't make it impossible.

It's a rare possibility, but I think we cannot exclude the fact that someone obtained the WonderCard from GameStop employees, even though it wasn't meant to be distributed. Of course, there's no way to prove whether a GAMESTP Celebi has been physically obtained or not (except for obvious hacks); but we cannot exclude a priori the good faith of who claims to have obtained one, only because we know there are very few legitimate ones out there.

*.pkm files extracted directly from WonderCards are never valid -- they just contain the base data the game uses to generate the actual *.pkm files. I also suggest using PokéGen and Grovyle91's Pokémon Mystery Gift Editor v1.4.2 (for Gen IV WC files; v1.4.3 for B/W WC files) instead of PokéSav. Anyway, I've attached to this post a *.zip archive containing the *.pkm files you're looking for. WIN2011 German PKM files.zip