Deoxyz

Thanks! I still have Cubic Ninja for when I need to access homebrew on my non-CFW 3DS. Last time I messed with custom themes was several years ago and it was annoying/confusing, so I never bothered again. One of those apps you mentioned should hopefully be straightforward enough for me. They weren't on those sites you linked, but I found the official GS theme dumps on "that 3DS site", for anyone who's looking.

@theSLAYER I suppose that's something I can test when we get the Marshadow codes here in the US in a couple weeks. So a single Celebi code will be usable with more than one game, or multiple Celebi codes can be used with a single game?

@theSLAYER Would it be only the case with static serial codes like these Pikachu, or even with unique serial codes from GameStop, etc?

I could've sworn I did this for a pokemon or two back during Gen 6. Maybe it wasn't for a serial code, could've been for McDonald's Hoopa, idk. Probably why it caught me off guard. I guess alternatively, the easiest way is have temporary separate copies of my savefile with different TIDs ready to use.

@theSLAYER Yeah, didn't see it, we responded at the same time. I had no idea they started recording your info on the server. That's surprising to be honest.

@BlueBraviary Of course. Backup save, upload Pikachu to PokeBank, restore save, take Pikachu from PokeBank. That's what I plan to do.

@theSLAYER Yes, you find the theme codes that way. When I purchased Gold on the eShop, the eShop receipt had the code for the Gold theme and a Celebi. After using the code from Amazon to download Silver, the eShop receipt only has a code the "Cast" theme. No Celebi, no Silver theme. As far as I can find, we weren't given a confirmation if the European box set contains anything other than a game code. And I think all Japan gets extra is the magnet, sticker sheet, and a poster. So I don't know where these sets stand when it comes to Celebi and the 3DS themes.

@theSLAYER I checked everywhere to see if I got the Silver theme as well, but no luck... I also forgot to mention the most important news, and I guess worst. No Celebi code either if it's non-eShop. I'm going to assume this applies to physical bundles, unless there's also a Celebi code inside the box. Can't really say for sure yet until people get their boxes.

This is what I just figured out, sort of, and it doesn't seem to be explained well anywhere (that I know of). All I can say is I was a bit confused in the process. The "Cast" theme with the Gym Leaders is only obtainable by purchasing a Gold or Silver download code on Amazon.com. I know Serebii mentioned this for Japan, but I had no idea until just now this seems to be the case for every region. Maybe that was supposed to be obvious and I'm just slow, but I never do downloads through Amazon. I had already downloaded Gold through the eShop, but just downloaded Silver through a code purchased on Amazon. I wasn't going to download Silver this soon, but oh well. Someone said you need to redeem the Gold/Silver code through your account on Nintendo's website to get the Cast theme, but I don't think that's necessary and I likely did it the hard way causing further confusion. I assume the code for the theme will be on your purchase history receipts on the eShop, regardless how the game code is redeemed, just as the other themes would be when you download the game directly through the eShop. Only downside I see is that you can't get all three. I got the Gold theme from downloading Gold on the eShop, but only the Cast theme by downloading Silver through Amazon. I wanted the Silver theme as well, but... this isn't even on my CFW 3DS, so I don't even know if I can obtain it the "hard" way.

I was thinking Assembly would be Rock/Ghost or Rock/Dark. Burst would be Fairy, Fairy/Fighting, or Fairy/something.

I don't care what anyone says about UBs, I love strange monster/alien things, so these new UBs made my day. This also breaks the "no new pokemon mid-generation" pattern! Interesting.

@theSLAYER The GBA gangwriters I've seen/heard of seem to all be refurbished DMG/GBC writers, like the one you pictured.

Weavile is an Ice-type too, so they may have been planned as version exclusives in Frost Cavern, before being scrapped to just an uncatchable Abomasnow.

This'll be the only public sample in the meantime, until this thing has been all paid off to PayPal Credit

@HaxAras I still find it somewhat odd that no JEREMY savefile/cart has leaked (that we know of) when Mystery Mew has had several, yet both were Toys R Us events distributed by direct trade from FR carts, spanning only about two years between each other. Perhaps that can be something I'll look into after the current two projects are said and done. Though since it is a normal cartridge, it would be theoretically possible for the everstone situation. I doubt an empoyee would've given someone the extra time to do so though.

Yeah, that's his other cart he mentioned to me. I think he reused the menu screen picture, because I doubt both are 39:29 on playtime, but the boxes are obviously different. Which is what he told me, his other cart had a completely different layout in the boxes. And yes, we have the cart. Legitimacy checked out fine.

Not sure why they make it so you can't somehow get more than one "form" if you wanted to obtain them all. Guess I'll be preparing 6 savefile copies.

@kyle72686 It's always interesting when people who ran old events come forward with information like this. I guess if they let you take it home, considering others were allowed to do so, I guess that could've theoretically allowed someone to dump an untouched savefile. Though I'm not quite sure if dumping was as easily accessible in 2006 as it is now. While several legitimate Mew carts have leaked, unfortunately the majority you'll see on eBay are just repros people made by coping public savefiles to any retail FireRed cart. Toys R Us in general though is known for being much tighter with making sure these carts weren't stolen, versus stores like GameStop. That's why the DS distro carts from TRU are so much rarer than those from GameStop, at least before the trash heap of thousands of damaged carts was found a couple years ago.

Not quite simply a non-colored version, the head and eyes are both noticeably more rounded. But still obviously an early version of the Gold sprite. Speaking of that, we know the most obvious internals of the Mew/Celebi machines is likely a Super Nintendo/Famicom(see controller, SGB border), with a Super Game Boy 2(see border, and apparent link cable use), which contains the actual distribution cart. Which all apparently connects to a GameBoy on the end you'd stick your personal cart, as in one photo you can see what looks to be a GBP/GBC. What I don't understand is how carts were inserted and removed without the GameBoy needing to be shut on and off each time, since there's no multiboot function. I know it's impossible to say for sure, but I was always interested in theorizing exactly how these worked.

My farfetch'd (illogical) hope in the past was when occasionally buying Japanese carts on eBay, that I may one day find an original event pokemon. I still guess it's possible, but not too likely. Especially the rarer events. At least Gen I carts often still save. I wouldn't bother with Gen II since the RTC drained those batteries like nothing, so the chances of finding a cart still possessing an original savefile containing an event is basically zero.

I appreciate you attempting to collect all known information for this thread. It's always been very hard to find information on Japanese Gen 1 and Gen 2 events. Bulbapedia has very bare and incomplete info, but understandably so.

We actually don't have pictures of Boxes 6, 9, 13, and 14. From what the seller told me, there were a few traded pokemon in one of those boxes, but he didn't tell me how many. So it's not 100% untouched as a whole(such a cart may not even exist), but the Boxes we needed the remaining lost Mews from(1, 2, and 3) are untouched. However he said there's over 400 Mews on it(out of 420), so there's probably only a few traded pokemon.

If anyone is still unsure needs clarification, these Mystery Mews were distributed by direct trade from a special savefile that Nintendo injected on standard FireRed cartridges, for use at the Toys R Us event in 2006. The reason this particular cart differs from our other Mystery Mew savefiles, is that it still contains all the remaining Mystery Mews we haven't yet been able to obtain and archive. The legitimacy was verified with the seller by comparing a row of Natures with our partially reconstructed data. For this reason, and perhaps a one time opportunity, it was worth the massive expense, which the majority of the burden currently lies on me and @HaxAras Any donations are appreciated to help us cover the expense, as the end result is something that will benefit our community as a whole in regards to event preservation and legality. To clarify, donations are to be sent through PayPal, to "deoxys04@gmail.com". Any donations will go immediately towards paying off PayPal Credit.

These are awesome! Glad to see it won't be a Japan-exclusive thing. Looks like it's time to replace my long-time classic Mega Man theme.

Google "racist Gengar distribution"