I'd guess the game still stores that info, just not visible to the player. There's a lot of hidden values in these games, so I wouldn't put it past them.
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Hacked Pokemon Question
- Thread starter qwerty777
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What a coincidence because that would be the most common hack when I think of hacking a pokemon game but I alway wondered does that get pass the shark test despite the obivous fact that they know the friggin odds of getting 31 IVs across the boards is slim?
I alway wondered about that but I think they can.
Personally, I don't see the big deal in hacking a legit pokemon. Max IVs are game-legit and are accessible to everyone. Hacking them because you're lazy or because it's easy does not make the Pokemon illegitimate.
I guess that kinda works, although if the hacker is smart, they'll just bust out the infinite rare candy stick and beat the pokes until they get to the desired level (make the bird trio 50+, Mewtwo 70+, etc).
You're assuming the game delete the data but how can you be sure about it, it's not like you're a programmer of something.
Because the game sets all pal parked pokemon's locations to (Pal Park), and the locations of the previous games aren't programmed in the game?
I don't know...I certainly haven't read through the game code, but I would bet that the locations from other games are still there, the pal park thing is most likely a flag that gets set to "TRUE" when a pokemon is transferred via those means.
I cloned a shiny Zangoose this same way, a connection error popped up.
Sucks though, because a Shiny Gligar was lost.
As much as it saddens me, when imported from Pal Park all original catch data is lost forever. I've looked into the Pokemon data and there is no data for any of the old Hoenn/Kanto town. Dissapointing but definitely true.
Also, while max IVs are legit, I don't believe hacking them is. People spend time IV breeding to get good eggs, how is it fair that you can in a fraction of the time get a perfect egg.
There is an ingame metagame and having perfect IVs breaks it. When EVing pokes with non-perfect IVs you'll be assuming that 101HP subs aren't going to be as common and that pokemon are not going to have 70 power Hidden Powers.
Also, while max IVs are legit, I don't believe hacking them is. People spend time IV breeding to get good eggs, how is it fair that you can in a fraction of the time get a perfect egg.
There is an ingame metagame and having perfect IVs breaks it. When EVing pokes with non-perfect IVs you'll be assuming that 101HP subs aren't going to be as common and that pokemon are not going to have 70 power Hidden Powers.
Haha, yeah, I remember that, kinda sucked since I already had infinite copies of the Zangoose :X
and while hacking may be "game-legit," it's simply laziness because if it is game-legit, that means you can get it in the game with enough hard work :X
The probability on that happening - max IVs across the board - even with breeding is like winning the lottery. If I caught a legend that had max IVs, notably a Lati@s, I would most likely die of shock on the spot.
The only real hacking I did was to get Kanto and Johto pokes several months before FR/LG were released. And to get GC exclusives without owning a GC. Then I did AR a Deoxys....and my friend traded me an obviously illegit Spiritomb, Arceus, and Darkrai. Other then that, I've been a (relatively) good boy.
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