Pocket Mon Slot Machine. Give Pokemon Go a miss for a change and get to know this cast of cute characters instead while you spin the reels in a bid to win instant cash. But will you return with a pocket of virtual monsters or cash? Here's a review of Pocket Mon by Spadegaming with everything you need to know. Inspired by a Well Known Brand.
The Game Corner has been a staple of every Pokemon game up to Generation IV. Here you can buy coins, test your luck, and win fabulous prizes, including new Pokemon and TMs you won't get anywhere else.
The Basics
You'll need a Coin Case, to be found in the restauraunt from the guy with the glasses along the main strip of buildings below where the Rocket Game Corner is. At the main desk in Game Corner (in the top left corner) you can buy 50 coins for 1000P. Unlike more recent titles, there is no 500 coins for 10000P option: you're stuck mashing the A-button unless you decide to play a few games. Make sure you look around everywhere on the ground in the Game Corner: there are plenty of free coins other people have dropped, to be found as you would with any other hidden item. Your Itemfinder won't pick them up, though.
Slots and Games
The only game in the casino is a slot machine-style game. Insert however many coins you want (1, 2 or 3, which add more rows on the slots where you can win prizes) and try and line up the same picture. A triple 7 yields 300 coins, three BAR yield 100 coins, three Meowth, Koffing, or Arbok win 15 coins, and three cherries earn 8 coins. Go hog wild.
Prizes
TMs
TM23 Dragon Rage: 3300 Coins
A decent move and the only Dragon-type one in the game. Will always deal 40HP damage to anything regardless of type, stats, or weakness. Can be learned by the Dragons and dragonesque Pokemon including Charizard and Aerodactyl. You can probably figure out better options for these Pokemon later in the game but if you have some money to blow after the fourth badge it can be helpful to have a set damage attack.
TM15 Hyper Beam: 5500 Coins
A very powerful Normal-type move. 150 Base Power, but forces you to recharge after using if you don't faint the enemy. Attach it to a strong and fast Pokemon with great Attack power (like Gyarados) and go nuts.
TM50 Substitute: 7700 Coins
A support move which creates a miniature doll of your Pokemon using a bit of its health to absorb stat-drops, conditions, and damage until its threshold is reached and it breaks. Not as useful as in later generations but can still be used for a good strategy or two.
Pokemon#037 Vulpix: 1000 Coins
Vulpix the Fire-type fox is exclusive to the Game Corner in the Yellow version of Pokemon. Ninetales, his evolutionary form, can only be obtained with a Fire Stone purchased at Celadon Dept. Store. An expensive though balanced fox.
#040 Wigglytuff: 2680 Coins
Wigglytuff are available on demand here for just 2680 coins. If you don't want to use a Moon Stone on Jigglypuff, this is your only alternative other than to trade one in.
#063 Abra: 230 Coins
Makes catching this little Psychic-type a heck of a lot easier now that he can't escape with Teleport. Evolves into a Pokemon with one of the best Special stats in the game (albeit reaching his last form via trade).
#123 Scyther: 6500 Coins
A formidable Bug/Flying-type Pokemon with great Speed and Attack. Scyther can only be found here and in the Safari Zone, and he's much easier to get with slots than randomly tossing balls at him hoping for the best.
#127 Pinsir: 6500 Coins
Another Bug-type Pokemon with a killer stat set that is only otherwise found in the Safari Zone.
#139 Porygon: 9999 Coins
Exclusive to the slots, Porygon is very expensive. If you're looking for a strong battler, it's not going to be Porygon, though it has a fun novelty to it you could try and make work with its strong movepool. Normal-type.
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Pokémon HeartGold Version and SoulSilver Version |
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Also known as: Pocket Monsters HeartGold and SoulSilver (JP/KR), literally “Pokémon Gold Version HeartGold and Silver Version SoulSilver” in all other languages This game has unused areas. |
This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes. |
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions are remakes of the original Pokémon Gold and Silver.
- 3Leftover Content
- 5Unused Items
- 11Unobtainable Shiny Pokémon
- 17Regional Differences
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Unused Maps Slot Machines were too good for international players. |
Unused Graphics More leftovers than a Snorlax. |
Moves 468-470
When taught to a Pokémon, data about unused attacks 468, 469 and 470 does not necessarily freeze the game. Such attacks are special, have a power and accuracy of 100 and a PP of 10. Other invalid attacks do not give this data and simply freeze the game as soon as they are recalled, perhaps suggesting that the move database was once intended to end at 470 as a nice round figure rather than 467 (Shadow Force).
Leftover Content
To do: The sprites of the heroes from Platinum still exist in the game, since cheat codes allow them to appear. This whole section should be revised to accurately specify what Platinum content is really missing. In addition, the /pbr/ directory has a lot of Diamond/Pearl/Platinum data. There may be more files of interest in there. |
Files originally found in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl have found their way into HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Item Bag
The sprites for the Diamond/Pearl male hero's item pocket selection's upper screen remain. Missing are the female hero's purse and Platinum's white bags.
Overworld Sprites
Several overworld sprites were not reintroduced in HeartGold and SoulSilver but still exist within the game, such as the associated data for the playable male and female characters (as they appeared in Diamond and Pearl) including their 'berry planting' poses and Gym Leaders (with the exception of Maylene and Crasher Wake, who appear in Celadon and Johto Route 47, respectively).
Slot Machines
Most graphics from the Diamond/Pearl slots game remain, including the Clefairy bonus mode. The slots had a design overhaul in Japan, but were replaced by a Voltorb Flip minigame for everyone else.
The Underground
There are quite a few files related to the huge underground complex found in the three earlier Pokémon DS games. Most (if not all) of the 2D graphics remain, including the traps, radar pinging, and the mining mini-game. It's a possibility that it was going to be remade, being that the walking sprites for both the Diamond/Pearl heroes exist with the other underground files; Platinum's heroes are missing. There is also an entire map header dedicated to the Underground, however, the map matrix responsible for it just reloads the entire Johto and Kanto overworlds.
Audio Data
The sound file (sound_data.sdat) from Diamond/Pearl is still in the game's files, completely unused.
Pokétch Graphics
Pokétch graphics used in Platinum are all still in the game's files, including the two unused graphics from Diamond and Pearl.
Lost Debug Mode
Nearly 2,000 text strings can be found talking about changing values for unknown debugging features. However, the debug menu code is probably lost. This debug mode is apparently based on the one in Platinum, containing references to events such as the Distortion World; it seems more of it survives than in that game.
To see the debug mode strings, please look at the Notes page.
Unused Items
Photo Album
'A nice photo album for storing all the photos taken along your adventure.'
In the final version, photos are stored on your PC instead.
Slowpoke Tail
'A very tasty tail of something. It sells for a high price.'
Existed in the original Gold/Silver, it has been upgraded to a key item but ends up unused.
Lock Capsule
To do: What is the “correct” configuration? |
'A sturdy Capsule that can only be opened with a special key.'
This unreleased event item, intended to be transferred to Black and White to unlock an event there, can be added to the Bag through hacking. Since its only intended purpose is to be transferred to another game, it does absolutely nothing in HeartGold and SoulSilver. However, if the Lock Capsule is obtained by a correctly configured Mystery Gift, then an option to view the Lock Capsule's status will be added to the Mystery Gift menu.
The Lock Capsule can't be found by the Relocator unless this option is unlocked, either – presumably an anti-cheating measure.
Blank Item Data
Blank item data occupying 21 identifiers exists between identifiers 0x0070 (Griseous Orb) and 0x0087 (Adamant Orb). These are perfectly formatted items which do not crash the game, unlike invalid items. They use the error handler '???' as a name and a ? symbol as the picture, suggesting that they may have once been items from Diamond/Pearl when they were still in development.
Unused hex values
To do: Find out more items and list them and their properties |
There are many hex values that go unused and have the same data as the Blank Item Data. It appears that some glitch items above 0x0F00 have similar sprites of already existing items but have a different colour palette. They don't seem to be usable but may possibly connected to other data like map data. In earlier generations, performing an item underflow glitch and swapping some of the items under the cancel button seem to change up the game concluding that the items are connected to other data of the game. It is currently unknown if glitch items in gen 4 connect with other game data.
Unused Wild Held Item Data
Some Pokémon when found in the wild has a chance of holding an item. But several Pokémon can only obtained via evolution or other means, so catching a Pokémon with these items is impossible.
# | Pokémon | Held Items | Note |
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026 | Raichu | (5%) Oran Berry | |
036 | Clefable | (5%) Moon Stone (50%) Leppa Berry | |
037 | Vulpix | (50%) Rawst Berry | Available in Soul Silver |
038 | Ninetales | (50%) Rawst Berry | |
052 | Meowth | (5%) Quick Claw | Available in Soul Silver |
053 | Persian | (5%) Quick Claw | Available in Soul Silver |
056 | Mankey | (5%) Payapa Berry | Available in Heart Gold |
057 | Primeape | (5%) Payapa Berry | Available in Heart Gold |
058 | Growlithe | (100%) Rawst Berry | Available in Heart Gold |
059 | Arcanine | (100%) Rawst Berry | |
062 | Poliwrath | (5%) King's Rock | |
065 | Alakazam | (5%) TwistedSpoon | |
075 | Golem | (5%) Everstone Stone | |
091 | Cloyster | (5%) Big Pearl (50%) Pearl | |
110 | Weezing | (5%) Smoke Ball | |
121 | Starmie | (5%) Star Piece (50%) Stardust | |
149 | Dragonite | (5%) Dragon Scale | |
151 | Mew | (100%) Lum Berry | |
172 | Pichu | (5%) Oran Berry | |
173 | Clefa | (5%) Moon Stone (50%) Leppa Berry | |
186 | Politoed | (5%) King's Rock | |
199 | Slowking | (5%) King's Rock | |
230 | Kingdra | (5%) Dragon Scale | |
231 | Phanpy | (5%) Passho Berry | Available in Heart Gold |
232 | Donphan | (5%) Passho Berry | Available in Heart Gold |
242 | Blissey | (5%) Lucky Egg (50%) Oval Stone | |
251 | Celebi | (100%) Lum Berry | |
262 | Mightyena | (5%) Pecha Berry | |
277 | Swellow | (5%) Charti Berry | |
286 | Breloom | (5%) Kebia Berry | |
294 | Loudred | (5%) Chesto Berry | |
295 | Exploud | (5%) Chesto Berry | |
297 | Hariyama | (5%) King's Rock | |
300 | Skitty | (5%) Leppa Berry | |
301 | Delcatty | (5%) Leppa Berry | |
303 | Mawile | (5%) Hard Rock | Available in Soul Silver |
306 | Aggron | (5%) Hard Rock | |
315 | Roselia | (5%) Poison Barb | |
316 | Gulpin | (5%) Big Pearl | Available in Soul Silver |
317 | Swalot | (5%) Big Pearl | |
318 | Carvanha | (5%) Deep Sea Tooth | |
319 | Sharpedo | (5%) Deep Sea Tooth | |
323 | Camerupt | (100%) Rawst Berry | |
326 | Grumpig | (5%) Tenga Berry | |
332 | Cacturne | (5%) Sticky Barb | |
345 | Lileep | (5%) Big Root | |
346 | Cradily | (5%) Big Root | |
351 | Castform | (100%) Mystical Water | |
352 | Kecleon | (5%) Persim Berry | |
362 | Glalie | (5%) Babiri Berry | |
367 | Huntail | (5%) DeepSeaTooth | |
368 | Gorebyss | (5%) DeepSeaScale | |
372 | Shelgon | (5%) Dragon Fang | |
373 | Salamence | (5%) Dragon Fang | |
374 | Beldum | (5%) Metal Coat | |
375 | Metang | (5%) Metal Coat | |
376 | Metagross | (5%) Metal Coat | |
385 | Jirachi | (100%) Star Piece | |
397 | Staravia | (5%) Yache Berry | |
398 | Staraptor | (5%) Yache Berry | |
400 | Bibarel | (5%) Sitrus Berry (50%) Oran Berry | |
407 | Roserade | (5%) Poison Barb | |
413 | Wormadam | (5%) Silver Powder | |
414 | Mothim | (5%) Silver Powder | |
416 | Vespiquen | (5%) Poison Barb | |
419 | Floatzel | (5%) Wacan Berry | |
421 | Cherrim | (5%) Miracle Seed | |
428 | Lopunny | (5%) Chople Berry | |
431 | Glameow | (5%) Cheri Berry | |
432 | Purugly | (5%) Cheri Berry | |
433 | Stunky | (5%) Pecha Berry | |
434 | Skuntank | (5%) Pecha Berry | |
437 | Bronzong | (5%) Metal Coat | |
439 | Mime Jr. | (5%) Leppa Berry | |
440 | Happiny | (5%) Lucky Punch (50%) Oval Stone | |
444 | Gabite | (5%) Haban Berry | |
445 | Garchomp | (5%) Haban Berry | |
446 | Munchlax | (100%) Leftovers | |
452 | Drapion | (5%) Poison Barb | |
454 | Toxicroak | (5%) Black Sludge | |
456 | Finneon | (5%) Rindo Berry | |
457 | Lumineon | (5%) Rindo Berry | |
459 | Snover | (5%) Never-Melt Ice | |
460 | Abomasnow | (5%) Never-Melt Ice | |
461 | Weavile | (5%) Quick Claw (50%) Grip Claw | |
462 | Magnezone | (5%) Metal Coat | |
463 | Lickilicky | (5%) Lagging Tail | |
466 | Electivire | (5%) Electirizer | |
467 | Magmortar | (5%) Magmarizer | |
469 | Yanmega | (5%) Wide Lens | |
476 | Probopass | (5%) Hard Stone | |
477 | Dusknoir | (5%) Kasib Berry | |
478 | Froslass | (5%) Babiri Berry | |
492 | Shaymin | (100%) Lum Berry |
Route 23
Route 23, the huge route on which Victory Road is situated in Pokémon Red/Blue, Yellow, and FireRed/LeafGreen right after the Pokémon League Front Gate on Route 22, is unceremoniously replaced by the Pokémon League Reception Gate in both the original Pokémon Gold/Silver, Crystal, and HeartGold/SoulSilver. However, a small stretch leading from the northern exit of Victory Road to the Indigo Plateau's front door is still identified within Gold/Silver/Crystal as 'Route 23'; in HeartGold and SoulSilver, this stretch is identified as Indigo Plateau.
Nonetheless, the location header for Route 23 is present in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Unused Text
To do: Find more and put them here. |
There are unused text strings related to the unused Photo Album key item.
Sinjoh Ruins Return Trip
As is well known, the Arceus distributed at Japanese movie theatres and at Toys 'R' Us can enable the player to enter an area called the Sinjoh Ruins and choose between a Level 1 Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina, all holding their signature items.
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What is less well known is that the unused Hall of Origin event Arceus within Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum can, if obtained through a hacked Azure Flute or a warp to the Hall, enable a second trip to the Sinjoh Ruins, where the Hiker in the cabin has some different dialog and it is possible to choose one of the dragons that you did not choose the first time (complete with the really creepy cutscene). There is no way to obtain the last dragon whatsoever.
The Hiker in the cabin's special return-trip dialogue:
Arceus ???-Type
Arceus' ???-type form from previous games makes its final appearance here, as Black/White would take out the ???-type entirely.
Unobtainable Shiny Pokémon
For the sake of consistency, every Pokémon in every Pokémon game is given a Shiny variant. Most Shiny Pokémon have been obtainable through random chance encounters or event distributions, including most Legendary Pokémon. However, a few Pokémon cannot be obtained in this form without hacking, and as a consequence, normal players would never be able to see their Shiny coloration.
Arceus
Arceus has a Shiny palette for each of its 18 forms, including the unused ???-type (see above). However, because the only way to obtain it legitimately was through distributions, the Shiny version of Arceus was left unobtainable through normal means. Shiny Arceus was later made available as a distribution via serial code in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire with the purchase of tickets to the 18th Pokémon movie.
Spiky-eared Pichu
The Spiky-eared Pichu from the special Ilex Forest event (unlocked via the Shiny Pichu distribution) has a Shiny palette as well. However, it cannot be obtained as Shiny from the event.
Head Smash Nosepass
Nosepass gained the ability to learn Head Smash as an egg move in these games. Normally, that wouldn't be notable, because everyone and their mother gained the ability to learn Head Smash as an egg move in these games.
Except Nosepass can't breed with anything that learns Head Smash, making the move unobtainable. Oops!
The egg move was removed in Pokémon Black and White and remains unavailable as of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, despite that an Aegislash or Sudowoodo would be able to pass down the move.
Anti-Piracy
If the game detects it is being played on a flash card or emulator, it will freeze at the start of a battle with the player's Poké Balls constantly spinning. Most emulators are able to avoid triggering this.
Unused Textures
To do: There are models, as mentioned below, that use the unused gym texture. I need to get them appearing in-game and get screenshots. |
There is an unused texture within the 41st tileset in the game, which simply spells 'YoBi'. When translated, it simply means 'preliminary'.
A texture with the word 'gym' on it. It's a placeholder graphic for a placeholder model.
Unused 3D Models
There are unused 3D models for both Dialga and Palkia from the title screen of Diamond & Pearl.
Obsolete References to Gold/Silver/Crystal Features
To do: There are likely more obsolete references in the game; hunting them all down may be quite a task. |
There are several references in the game's dialog to features that were present in the original Gold/Silver/Crystal, but are either no longer present or have been altered in such a way that the references are no longer relevant.
- Kurt in Azalea Town still refers to 'Poké Ball' in the singular form in most of his dialogue. In Gold/Silver, he would only turn one Apricorn at a time into a Poké Ball for the player, whereas in Crystal and HeartGold/SoulSilver the player can give him multiple Apricorns at a time and receive multiple Poké Balls, making his speech slightly awkward. This is probably just a typo.
- In the English versions, the poster on the first floor of the Goldenrod Radio Tower advertising the 'Lucky Channel' remains. This was the radio show in Gold/Silver/Crystal that would broadcast lottery numbers which, if they matched the Trainer ID of any of the player's Pokémon, would allow them to win prizes. The show is no longer broadcasted in HeartGold/SoulSilver, having been replaced by Felicity the lottery attendant behind the counter at the Radio Tower, who tells the player the daily lotto number when spoken to. In the Japanese versions, it refers to the show as だいこうひょうポケモンくじ (The Super-Popular Pokémon Lottery) instead of ラッキーチャンネル as in the originals, indicating that this could have been a new yet scrapped show instead.
Regional Differences
Game Corners
To do: Maybe Voltorb Flip exists in the Japanese ROM too? And check the map IDs to clear up any doubts. |
In all non-Japanese versions of the game, the traditional slot machines were replaced with a Minesweeper/Sudoku hybrid called Voltorb Flip. This was due to then-recent European legislation which automatically prescribes a 12+ rating to any game featuring interactive gambling content. While this same law previously affected Platinum as well, it was only in the European versions of the game. Although the original Game Corner maps from the Japanese version of HeartGold and SoulSilver are no longer accessible in regular gameplay, they still remain within the internal data: the Goldenrod one has a hexadecimal identifier of 0x00B7 and the Celadon one is 0x017D. Read more here.
In the Japanese version, the modified Game Corner maps also exist without events or warps. Their identifiers are 0x0218 (Goldenrod) and 0x0219 (Celadon).
Sage
In the Korean versions, the sprite for Sages was seemingly altered for religious reasons: the prayer beads were removed, the robes were slightly recolored, and a red robe was added on their left shoulder. Their title was also changed to 수행자 (Ascetic); in Gold and Silver, it was 중 (Monk).
GTS Notifications
Japanese Slot Machine Parts
To do: What about the Korean version? |
Japanese Slot Machines Old
In the Japanese version, players could receive e-mail messages stating when a trade on the GTS was complete. In the North American and European versions, players could only receive notifications through Wii Messaging. This change also applies to Pokémon Platinum.
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The Pokémon series | |
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Generation I | Red, Green, & Blue • Yellow Hey You, Pikachu! • Trading Card Game • Pinball • Picross Snap (Demo) • Stadium (Japan) • Stadium (International) • Puzzle League • PokéROM |
Generation II | Gold & Silver (Prototypes) • Crystal (Prototypes) Card GB2 • Puzzle Challenge • Pinball Mini • Stadium 2 (International) Suuji o Tsukamaeyou! |
Generation III | Ruby & Sapphire (German Ruby Debug Version) • FireRed & LeafGreen (Prototype) • Emerald (Prototype) Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire • Channel • Colosseum • XD • Trozei! • Ranger • Dash Masters Arena • Team Turbo • Poké Ball Launcher |
Generation IV | Diamond & Pearl (Prototypes) • Platinum • HeartGold & SoulSilver • Battle Revolution • My Pokémon Ranch Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness & Time • Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky • Ranger: Shadows of Almia • Ranger: Guardian Signs PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure • Rumble |
Generation V | Black & White • Black 2 & White 2 Trading Card Game Online • Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure • Conquest • Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Pokédex 3D • Rumble U |
Generation VI | X & Y • Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Bank & Transporter • Shuffle • Super Mystery Dungeon Pokkén Tournament (Wii U) • GO |
Generation VII | Sun & Moon • Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon • Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! Detective Pikachu • Magikarp Jump |
Generation VIII | Sword & Shield (Prototypes) HOME (iOS/Android) • Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Prototype) |