Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon Ruby Version and Sapphire Version
Also known as: Pokémon Version Rubis et Version Saphir (FR), Pokémon Rubin-Edition und Saphir-Edition (DE), Pokémon Edición Rubí y Edición Zafiro (ES), Pokémon Versione Rubino e Versione Zaffiro (IT), Pocket Monsters Ruby & Sapphire (JP/KR) Developer: Game Freak Publishers: The Pokémon Company (JP), Nintendo (INT) Platform: Game Boy Advance Released in JP: November 21, 2002 Released in US: March 19, 2003 Released in EU: July 25, 2003 Released in AU: April 3, 2003 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a development article This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a bugs page This game has a Data Crystal page

To do: Add more finds from the Pokémon Ruby disassembly project, such as unused graphics found here. Check the text dump. Note transparency palette colors. May help determine who did which sprite. Green potentially is Sugimori's. FRLG changed these. Add an article related to the Enigma Berry and how it gets overwritten by related e-Cards. Everything about the base Enigma Berry in Gen 3 goes unseen unless you hack it into your bag. Find the hex locations of text strings that don't currently have it listed. Pokemon sprites lacking black outlines oddity? Check if the typing move message bug for the electric and fighting types occur in the English version solely due to being the only types made of 8 characters, and if this occurs on other versions sharing types with a similar length as such.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire are the main third-generation Pokémon games, featuring a new batch of Pokémon, abilities, new stat mechanics, and a LOT of water.

Sub-Pages

Development Info

Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Bugs

Resources

Internal Index Order Not as messy as Kanto, but still interesting.

Unused Text "This is sample message 1."

Debug Menus A sound test, a handy Pokéblock calculator, and who knows what else?

Pokémon Festa 2002 Demo Leftovers Unused content related to the demo that was playable at the Pokémon Festa 2002 event in Japan.

Version Differences Various glitches in the games were fixed from the Japanese versions or patched in non-English European versions.

Unused Abilities

ID	Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish	Screenshot
0	ーーーーーーー	-------	-------	-------	-------	(?)
	とくせいなし	No special ability.	Pas de capacité spéciale.	Nessuna abilità speciale.	Keine Spezial-Fähigkeit.	Ninguna en particular.
76	そうおん	CACOPHONY	CACOPHONIE	CACOFONIA	KAKOPHONY	CACOFONÍA
	おとの　わざを　うけない	Avoids sound-based moves.	Evite les attaques sonores.	Evita mosse sonore.	Immun gg. Lärm-Attacken.	Evita ataques de sonido.

• Ability 0 (“-------”) is never used in normal gameplay because all Pokémon were given abilities.
• Ability 76 (“CACOPHONY”) is not assigned to any Pokémon in the final game. It has the same description as the SOUNDPROOF ability. It was presumably meant to be the ability of Whismur, Loudred, and Exploud. Being redundant, it was removed from the data structure in later generations.

Palette Oddities

Rather interestingly, Venomoth has unused shades of yellow in its palette, despite its design lacking this color entirely. This is, however, explained by the fact that its Generation I artwork depicts it with yellow spots on the back of its wings, a design revision which was even originally planned to appear in Generation II. The presence of these two shades of yellow then makes more sense, especially given how a handful of Kanto Pokémon from Ruby and Sapphire were visibly designed after old Generation I artwork, as seen by Machamp lacking its belt, or by Nidoqueen having fangs. This then means that the devs originally planned for the spots to make a return, only to end up deciding against it, all the while forgetting to update Venomoth's palette data.

Dusclops has a single yellow color in its palette that isn't used anywhere, right beside its eye's palette, and it's both on the normal and the shiny palette, suggesting this color was used late into development before being scrapped.

Unused Map Data

Mossdeep City Gym Tileset

Early	Final

Lilycove Dock Storage Room

An empty map with only one warp, leading to Lilycove Harbor.

Lilycove City Poké Mart

A Poké Mart with only two warps and no NPC event data. The warps lead the player to outside Lilycove City's Department Store.

Slateport & Lilycove Harbors

• There are two unused warps in the Slateport Harbor that lead to an unused warp in Slateport City, itself leading to one of these warps.
• There are also two unused warps in the Lilycove Harbor that lead to an unused warp in Lilycove City, which was removed in Pokémon Emerald.

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  Slateport City unused warp

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  Slateport Harbor unused warps

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  Lilycove Harbor unused warps

Other Unused Maps

CL-Value	Name	Note
83	Unnamed	Contest tileset
84	Unnamed	Contest tileset
171-184	Unnamed	Cave tileset
227-232	Unnamed	Contest Room without Dimension
243	Unnamed	No Pointer + Event Data

There are unused duplicates of the landmark names for Meteor Falls, Fiery Path, and Jagged Pass.

Unused Trainer Data

Unused Trainer Sprites

Trainer sprite 0x45 shows an early version of the male Aqua Grunt sprite.

Unused Trainer Classes

There is a "BOARDER"/"ボーダー" (0x2D) Trainer class that goes unused, presumably leftover from the previous generation (the localized names are consistent with the ones from the Generation 2 games). No sprite exists for the Boarder class, so trainers assigned it default to appearing as Youngsters.

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
ボーダー	BOARDER	SURFER	SNOWBOARDER	SNOWBOARDER	SNOW-BOARDER

Unused Trainers

Ruby and Sapphire contain unused data for several Trainers, some of which are for Trainer classes that don't exist in these games. Most of them have no names; the Boarders have no picture, and appear as Youngsters.

ID	Trainer Class	Name (JP)	Name (EN)	Name (FR)	Name (IT)	Name (DE)	Name (ES)	Money	Pokémon 1	Pokémon 2	Pokémon 3	Pokémon 4	Notes
1	AQUA LEADER	アオギリ	ARCHIE	ARTHUR	IVAN	ADRIAN	AQUILES	1360	Huntail Lv. 17	Sharpedo Lv. 17			Has two Super Potions.
01D	AQUA ADMIN	かんぶ						1200	Wailmer Lv. 30	Pelipper Lv. 30
73	LADY							8400	Swablu Lv. 18
89	RICH BOY							8400	Numel Lv. 18
0A8	SWIMMER[m]							336	Sharpedo Lv. 38
144	YOUNGSTER							672	Nincada Lv. 9	Nincada Lv. 9
177	TRIATHLETE							1440	Staryu Lv. 36
179	TRIATHLETE							1440	Staryu Lv. 36
17F	TRIATHLETE							1360	Wingull Lv. 26	Staryu Lv. 34	Wingull Lv. 26
181	TRIATHLETE							1440	Staryu Lv. 36
192	BIRD KEEPER							928	Wingull Lv. 29	Taillow Lv. 29	Swablu Lv. 29	Taillow Lv. 29
1F5	BOARDER							580	Roselia Lv. 22	Roselia Lv. 22
1F6	BOARDER							580	Roselia Lv. 21	Roselia Lv. 21	Roselia Lv. 21
1F7	BOARDER							580	Roselia Lv. 23
1F8	BOARDER	ケイジ	SONNY	EMMANUEL	ATTILIO	WENZEL	SANTI	700	Spheal Lv. 35
1F9	BOARDER	シン	DONOVAN	ROMEO	DIEGO	STANISLAUS	DESI	680	Spheal Lv. 34	Spheal Lv. 34
1FA	BOARDER	タクロウ	GERALD	GERALD	GERALD	GERALD	GERARDO	660	Spheal Lv. 33	Spheal Lv. 33	Spheal Lv. 33
1FB	BOARDER	ナオヤ	KELVIN	PATRICE	ALESSIO	AARON	COQUE	680	Spheal Lv. 34	Spheal Lv. 34
1FC	BOARDER	ユキオ	KODY	JORDY	LORENZO	ALBERT	CÁNDIDO	660	Spheal Lv. 33	Spheal Lv. 33	Spheal Lv. 33
1FD	BOARDER	コウスケ	TEVIN	YVES	ROMEO	ANDRE	TADEO	700	Spheal Lv. 35
1FE	BOARDER	ノブヒコ	DAMON	YANN	DAMON	AMON	DENÍS	680	Spheal Lv. 34	Spheal Lv. 34
1FF	BOARDER	ヤスヒロ	PABLO	PABLO	DINO	PABLO	PABLO	700	Spheal Lv. 35
236	MAGMA LEADER	マツブサ	MAXIE	MAX	MAX	MARC	MAGNO	1360	Torkoal Lv. 17	Camerupt Lv. 17			Has two Super Potions.
252	MAGMA ADMIN	かんぶ						1280	Carvanha Lv. 30	Mightyena Lv. 30			Uses "Beauty" sprite.
253	MAGMA ADMIN	かんぶ						1280	Poochyena Lv. 30	Swellow Lv. 30
256	MAGMA ADMIN	かんぶ						1280	Carvanha Lv. 21	Sharpedo Lv. 21

• The unused Aqua/Magma Admins are named かんぶ (Admin) in Japanese. This is likely a remnant from earlier data, where admins used the same naming format as grunts: アクアダン/マグマダン (Team Aqua/Team Magma) as the trainer class and "Admin" as the name.

Unused Weather

The names for the unused weather come from the TAYA menu in the German Ruby debug ROM.

• Weather ID 04, snow. It depicts four snowflakes falling.

• Weather ID 09, fog 2. It depicts diagonally moving fog and uses a unique texture.

• Weather ID 0A, underwater 1. It is the same as underwater 2, except it does not have bubbles.

Downpour

In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, whenever Rain Dance is used in battle, the game refers to the rain as downpour (Japanese: おおあめ heavy rain).

The exact message still exists in Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver to be used when the battle weather type is set to downpour, which never occurs; it was removed in Black and White.

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
おおあめに　なった！	A downpour started!	Une pluie torrentielle commence!	Inizia un acquazzone!	Ein Wolkenbruch!	¡Comenzó a caer un chaparrón!

Ruby and Sapphire added a related message meant to be displayed on each turn while downpour is in effect. It too was removed in Black and White.

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
おおあめが　ふりつづいている	The downpour continues.	La pluie torrentielle continue.	L'acquazzone continua.	Der Wolkenbruch hält an.	El chaparrón continúa...

The remakes of Ruby and Sapphire, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, introduced the similarly named battle weather mechanic of heavy rain (Japanese: 強つよい雨あめ strong rain), triggered by Primal Kyogre's Primordial Sea Ability.

Unobtainable Items

ID	Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
5	サファリボール	SAFARI BALL	SAFARI BALL	SAFARI BALL	SAFARIBALL	SAFARI BALL
	サファリゾーンで　のみ つかうことが　できる とくしゅな　ボール	A special BALL that is used only in the SAFARI ZONE.	Une BALL spéciale uniquement utilisée au PARC SAFARI.	BALL speciale, usata soltanto nella ZONA SAFARI.	Ein BALL, der nur in der SAFARI-ZONE eingesetzt wird.	Tiene una función especial. Se usa en la ZONA SAFARI.
44	きのみジュース	BERRY JUICE	JUS DE BAIE	SUCCODIBACCA	BEERENSAFT	ZUMO DE BAYA
	きのみ　１００パーセント ポケモンの　たいりょくを ２０　かいふくする	A 100% pure juice that restores HP by 20 points.	Une boisson 100% pur jus qui restaure 20 PV.	Puro succo di frutta che restituisce 20 PS.	Reiner Fruchtsaft, der die KP um 20 Punkte auffüllt.	Zumo 100% natural que restaura 20 PS.
175	ナゾのみ	ENIGMA BERRY	BAIE ENIGMA	BACCAENIGMA	ENIGMABEERE	BAYA ENIGMA
	しょうたい　ふめいの　きのみ。 ほしの　ちからを　もっている　らしい。	A completely enigmatic BERRY. Appears to have the power of stars.	Une BAIE très énigmatique qui détiendrait le pouvoir des étoiles.	BACCA altamente enigmatica. Pare possedere la forza delle stelle.	Eine enigmatische BEERE. Sie scheint die Macht der Sterne zu besitzen.	Es enigmática. Dicen que encierra la fuerza de las estrellas.

• While Safari Balls can be used in the Safari Zone, they do not appear in the player's Bag there and cannot be obtained elsewhere, rendering their description text unused.
• The only source of Berry Juice in any of the Generation III games would've been as a held item on wild Shuckle in FireRed and LeafGreen, but the event needed to make Shuckle appear in the wild was never released, so the item is effectively unused.
• The ENIGMA BERRY is a placeholder for special berries received via e-Reader cards. It's never seen in normal gameplay, since its data is overriden with the information from the e-Reader card.

Unused Held Items

Some Pokémon, when found in the wild, have a chance of holding an item. This held item data also exists for some Pokémon which cannot be caught in the wild in the final games. Given how the held item data was carried over, some of these sets are actually used in later series entries. Some of these item rosters were removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.

Unless specified otherwise, all members of a given line share the same held item roster.

#	Pokémon	Held Items	Notes
012	Butterfree	(5%) Silver Powder	Has held item data, while the rest of its line doesn't. Butterfree held a Silver Powder in Gen II, and later in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
015	Beedrill	(5%) Poison Barb	Has held item data, while the rest of its line doesn't. Beedrill held a Poison Barb in Gen II, and later in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
022	Fearow	(5%) Sharp Beak	Has held item data, while Spearow doesn't. Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
027	Sandslash	(5%) Quick Claw	Changed to a Soft Sand in FireRed and LeafGreen (used).
035	Clefairy	(50%) Leppa Berry (5%) Moon Stone	Changed to only a Moon Stone in FireRed and LeafGreen (used).
036	Clefable	(50%) Leppa Berry (5%) Moon Stone	Changed to only a Moon Stone in FireRed and LeafGreen (unobtainable). Later used in the Gen V games, and the Moon Stone-only set in Sword and Shield.
038	Ninetales	(50%) Rawst Berry	Later used in the Gen V games.
046	Paras	(50%) Tiny Mushroom (5%) Big Mushroom	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
047	Parasect	(50%) Tiny Mushroom (5%) Big Mushroom	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
058	Growlithe	(100%) Rawst Berry	Changed to only 50% in FireRed and LeafGreen (used).
059	Arcanine	(100%) Rawst Berry	Changed to only 50% in FireRed and LeafGreen (unobtainable).
061	Poliwhirl	(5%) King's Rock	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen. Later used in the Gen IV games onward.
062	Poliwrath	(5%) King's Rock	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen. Later used in the Gen V games onward.
064	Kadabra	(5%) TwistedSpoon	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
065	Alakazam	(5%) TwistedSpoon	Later used in Sword and Shield.
075	Golem	(5%) Everstone	Changed to a Hard Stone in FireRed and LeafGreen (unobtainable).
079	Slowpoke	(5%) King's Rock	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
080	Slowbro	(5%) King's Rock	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
083	Farfetch'd	(5%) Stick	Later used in the Gen IV games onward.
090	Shellder	(50%) Pearl (5%) Big Pearl	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
091	Cloyster	(50%) Pearl (5%) Big Pearl	Later used in the Gen V games onward.
104	Cubone	(5%) Thick Club	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
105	Marowak	(5%) Thick Club	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
110	Weezing	(5%) Smoke Ball	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
113	Chansey	(5%) Lucky Egg	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
117	Seadra	(5%) Dragon Scale	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
121	Starmie	(50%) Stardust (5%) Star Piece	Later used in the Gen V games onward.
122	Mr. Mime	(5%) Leppa Berry	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
124	Jynx	(100%) Aspear Berry	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
126	Magmar	(100%) Rawst Berry	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
132	Ditto	(5%) Metal Powder	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen and Emerald.
143	Snorlax	(100%) Leftovers	Changed to a Chesto Berry in FireRed and LeafGreen. Snorlax held Leftovers in Gen II, and later in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
147	Dratini	(5%) Dragon Scale	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen..
148	Dragonair	(5%) Dragon Scale	Changed to a Dragon Fang in FireRed and LeafGreen (used). Dragonair held a Dragon Scale in Gen II, and later in the Gen IV games onward.
149	Dragonite	(5%) Dragon Scale	Changed to a Dragon Fang in FireRed and LeafGreen (uobtainable). Later used in the Gen V games onward.
151	Mew	(100%) Lum Berry	Used in Emerald as part of the Faraway Island event.
161	Sentret	(5%) Oran Berry	Used in FireRed and LeafGreen.
162	Furret	(50%) Oran Berry (5%) Sitrus Berry	Later used in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
171	Lanturn	(5%) Yellow Shard	Holds a Deep Sea Scale in all other games where it can be found in the wild.
173	Cleffa	(50%) Leppa Berry (5%) Moon Stone	Changed to only a Moon Stone in FireRed and LeafGreen (unobtainable).
186	Politoed	(5%) King's Rock	Later used in the Gen V games onward.
199	Slowking	(5%) King's Rock	Later used in Black and White and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
200	Misdreavus	(5%) Spell Tag	Used in LeafGreen.
208	Steelix	(5%) Metal Coat	Later used in the Gen IV games.
213	Shuckle	(100%) Oran Berry	Used in Emerald. Changed to a Berry Juice in FireRed and LeafGreen (unobtainable).
215	Sneasel	(5%) Quick Claw	Used in LeafGreen.
230	Kingdra	(5%) Dragon Scale	Later used in Black and White and Sword and Shield.
238	Smoochum	(100%) Aspear Berry	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
240	Magby	(100%) Rawst Berry	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
241	Miltank	(100%) Moomoo Milk	Used in Emerald.
242	Blissey	(5%) Lucky Egg	Later used in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and Sword and Shield.
250	Ho-Oh	(100%) Sacred Ash	Removed in FireRed and LeafGreen, but used in Emerald Navel Rock event.
251	Celebi	(100%) Lum Berry	Has the same held item data as Mew. Was never obtainable holding this item.
262	Mightyena	(5%) Pecha Berry	Used in Emerald.
267	Beautifly	(5%) Silver Powder	Has held item data, while the rest of its line doesn't. Holds a Shed Skin in all other games where it can be found in the wild.
269	Dustox	(5%) Silver Powder	Has held item data, while the rest of its line doesn't. Holds a Shed Skin in all other games where it can be found in the wild.
284	Masquerain	(5%) Silver Powder	Has held item data, while Surskit doesn't. Later used from Platinum onward.
295	Exploud	(5%) Chesto Berry	Was never obtainable holding this item.
301	Delcatty	(5%) Leppa Berry	Only found in White 2, where it instead has a 50% chance of holding a Pecha Berry.
306	Aggron	(5%) Hard Stone	Later used in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and Sword and Shield.
317	Swalot	(5%) Big Pearl	Later used in Black 2 and White 2.
323	Camerupt	(100%) Rawst Berry	Later used in the Gen IV games.
332	Cacturne	(5%) Poison Barb	Holds a Sticky Barb in all other games where it can be found in the wild.
362	Glalie	(5%) NeverMeltIce	Has held item data, while Snorunt doesn't.
372	Shelgon	(5%) Dragon Scale	Holds a Dragon Fang in all other games where it can be found in the wild.
373	Salamence	(5%) Dragon Scale	Holds a Dragon Fang in all other games where it can be found in the wild.
374	Beldum	(5%) Metal Coat	Later used in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
375	Metang	(5%) Metal Coat	Later used in the Gen IV games onward.
376	Metagross	(5%) Metal Coat	Later used in the Gen V games.
385	Jirachi	(100%) Star Piece	Was never obtainable holding this item.

(Source: Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Disassembly - base_stats.h)

Unused and Region-Exclusive Decorations

Regi Dolls

Regirock, Regice, and Registeel Dolls exist within the games' coding, but they are more or less unobtainable outside Japan, because they were only distributed via a Japan-exclusive "Regi-Dolls Decoration set" e-Reader card. It is possible to obtain them in the non-Japanese versions with the following method:

1. Scan the appropriate Decoration set card for the Japanese Ruby/Sapphire, which gives a Regi Doll to the Decoration Trader at Mauville City's Pokemon Center.
2. Exchange records with Japanese Emerald.
3. Exchange records between Japanese Emerald and non-Japanese Emerald.
4. Exchange records between the non-Japanese Emerald and non-Japanese R/S of the same language.

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  Regirock doll

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  Regice doll

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  Registeel doll

Unused Dolls

In the table that holds pointers to graphical data pertaining to object events, there are 6 unused listings for dolls that go unused. The uncompressed graphics start from location 354E28 to 355127 in Ruby and from 354DB8 to 3550B7 in Sapphire.

Index	Pokémon	Image
76	Natu
77	Magnemite
78	Squirtle
79	Wooper
80	Pikachu
81	Porygon2

The final game opts for a different, smaller sprite for the Pikachu doll:

Unused	Used

Unused Graphics

Unused Overworld Sprites

An unused character (albeit in a stretched format), present in both games. Specifically, they're based on プランプ/Plump (The Wrestler) from an unreleased Super Famicom remake of Game Freak's first game, Quinty, which wouldn't be released until a source code leak on October 12, 2024.

Quinty (Famicom)	Quinty (Super Famicom)	Pokémon RSE	Unstretched
	File:Mendel Palace SNES sprite.png

These sprites of the Acro Bike go unused because there is no way to get on the front wheel by bunny hopping:

Unused Tiles

Log bridge tiles located in ID 2. Comes in vertical and horizontal flavors. These may have been used as placeholders before the unique bridge seen in the final was implemented, as they can be seen on Route 104 in early gameplay footage.

Vertical bridge tiles located in ID 8. Obviously intended for use in Fortree City, which only uses the horizontal variant.

A door and alternate poster design located in ID 15. The door was possibly intended to be used in a Poké Mart, while the poster goes unused as every map using this tileset uses the poster with horizontal yellow and blue stripes instead.

Early Interface Graphics

What appear to be interface graphics from an early stage of development can be found compressed deeply embedded in the ROM in location 0xD08000C to 0xD085D3, containing graphics for an HP bar and some Pokémon info text. Additionally, five Pokémon icons can be seen. From left to right and top to bottom, these are: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Blastoise and Butterfree.

Blastoise's icon only has some minor differences from its icon in the final game, but the icons for the other Pokémon are vastly different; in the case of Butterfree, it's shown in an entirely different pose. The Japanese text, after placing the dakuten in the correct places, reads "Fushigidane", which is the Japanese name of Bulbasaur.

Another set of interface graphics, this time depicting Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur again and Charizard compressed in location 0xD07BF4 to 0xD07F57. Interestingly, the Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur designs are not identical to the ones above as they have thinner outlines, Ivysaur is thinner and Venusaur's bud is larger. Charizard has a radically different design too, with a thinner head.

Both sets of graphics use the same palette located at 0xD07FB4 to 0xD0800B.

Shiny Celebi

For the sake of consistency, every Pokémon in every Pokémon game is given a Shiny variant, and Celebi is no exception. However, because the only way to obtain Celebi legitimately was through distributions, which used checks that prevented it from being Shiny, its Shiny version was left unobtainable through normal means. This sprite may still be seen (in a lighter hue) if a Shiny Pokémon Transforms into a Celebi.

Pokédex Pokémon Sprite Placeholder

In the hex slots between Celebi and Treecko (252-276), there exists placeholder data. When one of these slots is forced to appear as a wild Pokémon encounter by the use of a GameShark or similar device, it will use a sprite that looks like a pair of pixelated floating white question marks, and will be named simply "?".

This very placeholder sprite is seen in some early magazine screenshots of Ruby and Sapphire, and was originally used to represent a Pokémon the player hadn't seen yet in the Pokédex. It was eventually replaced by the question-mark-in-a-circle sprite used in the final. This newer version is used for some placeholder Pokémon slots as well, specifically those found in slots 0x00 and everything after 0x19B (the Egg's data).

Unused	Used

Unused Berry Sprite

There exists an unused sprite for a berry almost identical to the used Cheri Berry, uncompressed at locations 3C17AC to 3C1C2B in Ruby and 3C1804 to 3C1C83 in Sapphire, with the palette (also uncompressed) coming right after in locations 3C1C2C to 3C1C4B in Ruby and 3C1C84 to 3C1CA3 in Sapphire.

Unused	Used

The main difference is in the shading of the berry's shine. Conversely, this graphic is actually used in the debug ROM's Set Ram berry menu.

Unused Timer Ball Frame

When the player throws a Poké Ball, there are 3 frames used, one for the ball closed, partially open and fully open. Each Ball has unique sprites for the first two, however the Dive Ball, Luxury Ball, Premier Ball and Timer Ball are the only ones with unique sprites for the fully open frame, the rest leave that space blank. A generic fully open sprite is used and fills the empty space for the rest of the Poké Balls however due to an oversight, this also overwrites the unique Timer Ball fully open sprite. This is because the function only checks for Poké Ball IDs 6, 10 and 11 corresponding to Dive, Luxury and Premier, but not ID 9 for the Timer Ball.

Unused	Used

Unused Battle Transition Sprites

Two unused battle transition sprites exist for both Brendan and the Lass Trainer Class. These sprites could be seen in action in a pre-release trailer for the game. Only the Elite Four ever uses the Mugshot screen when the battle begins. It's possible these two sprites were only meant for this trailer or they were planning for every trainer to use it but wouldn't in the end.

(Source: pokeruby)

Unused Music

Ruby and Sapphire has some unused music, mostly from the previous generation (Gold, Silver, and Crystal). Since they occupy the first slots before new music, they were probably used during testing before new music was made. However, there are exceptions. The Littleroot Town Test Theme with the weird loop is located at $015E, before any other music in the game. $01D3, the Team Rocket theme, is located after all other music.

Bizarrely, the GB Sounds version of the Suicune battle theme in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is closer to the unused Ruby and Sapphire version than the one originally heard in Crystal.

Source	Unused
$015E - Littleroot Town Test Theme (Weird Loop)
$015F - Route 38/39 (G/S/C)
$0164 - Pokémon Communication Center JP (Crystal)
$0165 - Saffron City (G/S/C)
$0166 - Suicune, Raikou, Entei Battle (Crystal)
$01D3 - Team Rocket Invades Goldenrod's Radio Tower (G/S/C)

Unused Pokémon Cries

ID	Cry
266
269

Two unused cries. While the first one is unknown, it is possible that the second one is for Evolotto, who was scrapped late in development. It is positioned before Spinda's cry, which is reflected in leftover data.

Unused Scripts

Unused Decoration Shop

Next to the script for the Secret Power Club salesman in Slateport City is an unused NPC script. If the player has not yet joined the Secret Power Club, this NPC would say the same text as the used version ("Do you know the TM SECRET POWER?…"), but once the player has joined, they would instead sell the following inventory of decorations: Mud Ball, Slide, Fence Length, Fence Width, Tire, Breakable Door, Solid Board, Stand, TV, Round TV, and Cute TV. All of these decorations, plus a few others, are only available during the Lilycove Department Store's rooftop sales in the final game.

Test Messages

At offset 0x1C6BF9 (English Ruby 1.0), there are three unused scripts which display untranslated Japanese text strings:

Text	Translation
テストよう　メッセージです！ ポケモンの　せかいへ　ようこそ！	This is a test message! Welcome to the world of Pokémon!
テストよう　メッセージです！ かんばん　です	This is a test message! This is a signboard.
テストよう　メッセージです！ ざひょう　チェックの　イベントです	This is a test message! This is a coordinate check event.

There are two more unused scripts next to those. One brings up the screen used to set the clock in the player's bedroom; the other displays the braille text ⠛⠕⠀⠥⠏⠀⠓⠑⠗⠑⠲ ("go up here."), which is used in the game via a different script.

Unused Code

Placeholder Move Texts and Unused Function

Message for using a Normal-type move with an ID greater than 0x162.

When a move with an index number greater than 0x162 (Psycho Boost) is used, the game is programmed not to display the name of the move after "used", but rather a message based on the selected move's type, such as "a NORMAL move" or "an ICE move". This may be an unused debugging leftover. All moves with index numbers greater than 0x162 are invalid in the final game.

If the move's type is invalid, the game may display an invalid string or glitch out.

One of these messages ("a DRAGON move") can be seen with the VBA code 02024BE6:0163, which forces the game to think that the move used was the invalid Dragon-type 0x163 move. Using a hex editor, one can edit the type of this glitch move by changing the byte at offset 0x1FC1D2 in the English Ruby 1.0 or offset 0x1FC162 in the English Sapphire 1.0, to access other messages with the above code.

The equivalent code in Japanese Ruby is 02024946:0163, and the equivalent offset in Japanese Sapphire is 0x1CDF86.

For unknown reasons, in the English versions, there seems to be a bug where if the move's type was Fighting or Electric, the "What should (PKMN) do" and 'Fight/Bag/Pokémon/Run' boxes are temporarily shifted up when the move is used, and black space is left in the area where these boxes are supposed to be. It isn't a side effect of changing an invalid move, because the bug can be seen without changing any glitch move by using the No$GBA debugger to change register r1 to above 0162.

This bug does not appear in the Japanese Ruby when using 02024946:0163 and modifying the relevant offset, so using a Fighting-type or Electric-type move above 0162 displays かくとうわざ or でんきわざ as expected.

The messages are as follows. To see them in action, see this video.

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
ノーマルわざ	a NORMAL move	une capacité NORMAL	una mossa NORMALE	eine NORMALE Att.	un mov. NORMAL
かくとうわざ	a FIGHTING move	une capacité COMBAT	una mossa LOTTA	eine KAMPF-Att.	un mov. LUCHA
ひこうわざ	a FLYING move	une capacité VOL	una mossa VOLANTE	eine FLUG-Att.	un mov. VOLADOR
どくわざ	a POISON move	une capacité POISON	una mossa VELENO	eine GIFT-Att.	un mov. VENENO
じめんわざ	a GROUND move	une capacité SOL	una mossa TERRA	eine BODEN-Att.	un mov. TIERRA
いわわざ	a ROCK move	une capacité ROCHE	una mossa ROCCIA	eine GESTEINS-Att.	un mov. ROCA
むしわざ	a BUG move	une capacité INSECTE	una mossa COLEOTTERO	eine KÄFER-Att.	un mov. BICHO
ゴーストわざ	a GHOST move	une capacité SPECTRE	una mossa SPETTRO	eine GEIST-Att.	un mov. FANTASMA
はがねわざ	a STEEL move	une capacité ACIER	una mossa ACCIAIO	eine STAHL-Att.	un mov. ACERO
はてなわざ	a ??? move	une capacité ???	una mossa ???	eine ???-Attacke	un mov. (?)
ほのおわざ	a FIRE move	une capacité FEU	una mossa FUOCO	eine FEUER-Att.	un mov. FUEGO
みずわざ	a WATER move	une capacité EAU	una mossa ACQUA	eine WASSER-Att.	un mov. AGUA
くさわざ	a GRASS move	une capacité PLANTE	una mossa ERBA	eine PFLANZEN-Att.	un mov. PLANTA
でんきわざ	an ELECTRIC move	une capacité ELECTRIK	una mossa ELETTRO	eine ELEKTRO-Att.	un mov. ELÉCTRICO
エスパーわざ	a PSYCHIC move	une capacité PSY	una mossa PSICO	eine PSYCHO-Att.	un mov. PSÍQUICO
こおりわざ	an ICE move	une capacité GLACE	una mossa GHIACCIO	eine EIS-Att.	un mov. HIELO
ドラゴンわざ	a DRAGON move	une capacité DRAGON	una mossa DRAGO	eine DRACHEN-Att.	un mov. DRAGÓN
あくわざ	a DARK move	une capacité TENEBRES	una mossa BUIO	eine UNLICHT-Att.	un mov. SINIESTRO

In the Japanese versions, the messages are in the form "(TYPE)わざ" and the types are referred to as they normally are except for the "???" type, which is referred to as a "question" (Japanese: はてな, hatena) move.

(Source: Wack0 and Torchickens (analysis and experimentation))

Unused Move-Combining Code

Hidden in the code is a dummied-out function that allows the player to combine multiple moves into a single, different move during double battles. The function only contains information for the move Gust and Ember, which would combine into Heat Wave.

A text string seemingly corresponding to this combination still exists as well:

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
かぜは　ねっぷうに　なった！	The wind turned into a HEAT WAVE!	Le vent se transforme en CANICULE!	Il vento si è trasformato in ONDACALDA!	Der Wind wurde zu einer HITZEWELLE!	¡El viento se convirtió en una ONDA ÍGNEA!

(Source: Pret Pokeruby Disassembly)

Unseen Struggle Contest Stats

Normally, there is no possible way to use Struggle in a contest, since it is only used when you run out of PP for all moves during a battle. However, it still has full data for contest use coded in, which functions normally in-game if the move is hacked onto a Pokémon's moveset:

Type	Appeal	Jam	Flavor Text (EN)	Flavor Text (JP)
Cool	♥♥♥♥	(none)	A highly appealing move.	たくさん　アピール　できる

(Source: ChickasaurusGL)

Encounters in Abandoned Ship

The floor in Abandoned Ship uses a wild encounter behavior type, which implies that the developers might've meant for encounters to happen outside water at one point in the game's development.

Unused Mystery Events

The Mystery Events system is designed to add various types of content to the game, primarily by means of the e-Reader. Since Mystery Events are language-locked, and the e-Reader was never released in Europe, the system was entirely useless in the French, German, Italian, and Spanish versions, except for certain Nintendo event distributions. That aside, it includes several features which went unused in all versions of the game.

Special Ribbons

An event of type 08 gives a particular ribbon to all Pokémon in the party, displaying the following message:

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
てもちのポケモンに とくべつなリボンが　あたえられた！	A special RIBBON was awarded to your party POKéMON.	Un RUBAN spécial a été remis au POKéMON de ton équipe.	I POKéMON della tua squadra hanno ricevuto in premio un FIOCCO speciale!	Ein besonderes BAND wurde deinem POKéMON im Team verliehen.	Tus POKéMON han conseguido una CINTA especial.

The ribbons can use one of seven different sprites and one of the 64 descriptions listed below. Many of these seem to be ribbons that were intended to be awarded at tournaments, but it is not known if they were all actually given out. Four of them refer to towers, such as Darkness Tower, which have not existed in any Pokémon game. There may have been 11 kinds of gift ribbons intended as this event's function "GiveGiftRibbonToParty" (pret naming) allows any index up to 10 to be written to the game's save block, however the last 4 gift ribbon types are unused elsewhere and removed in Gen 4.

(Source: pret pokeruby)

(Source: pret pokeemerald)

Index	Name (EN)	Name (JP)	Icon	Big Icon
0	Marine Ribbon	マリンリボン
1	Land Ribbon	ランドリボン
2	Sky Ribbon	スカイリボン
3	Country Ribbon	カントリーリボン
4	National Ribbon	ナショナルリボン
5	Earth Ribbon	アースリボン
6	World Ribbon	ワールドリボン

Pokémon Colosseum uses the "RIBBON awarded for clearing all difficulties" (with the National Ribbon sprite) and "100-straight Win Commemorative RIBBON" (with the Earth Ribbon sprite), but it awards them by a mechanism other than Mystery Events. The Generation IV games retain compatibility with these ribbons, adding names for each sprite design and slightly altering the descriptions, though they remain unused except for the two from Colosseum.

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
２００３ねん　ちほう　たいかい ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2003 REGIONAL TOURNEY CHAMPION RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2003 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO REGIONALE 2003 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	REGIONALTURNIER 2003 BAND des CHAMPS	TORNEO REGIONAL 2003 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００３ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2003 NATIONAL TOURNEY CHAMPION RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2003 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2003 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	NATIONALTURNIER 2003 BAND des CHAMPS	TORNEO NACIONAL 2003 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００３ねん　ワールドカップ ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2003 GLOBAL CUP CHAMPION RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2003 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO MONDIALE 2003 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	WELTPOKAL 2003 BAND des CHAMPS	COPA DEL MUNDO 2003 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００３ねん　ちほう　たいかい じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2003 REGIONAL TOURNEY Runner-up RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2003 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO REGIONALE 2003 FIOCCO Finalista.	REGIONALTURNIER 2003 BAND für Platzierungen	TORNEO REGIONAL 2003 CINTA subcampeón
２００３ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2003 NATIONAL TOURNEY Runner-up RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2003 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2003 FIOCCO Finalista.	NATIONALTURNIER 2003 BAND für Platzierungen	TORNEO NACIONAL 2003 CINTA subcampeón
２００３ねん　ワールドカップ じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2003 GLOBAL CUP Runner-up RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2003 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO MONDIALE 2003 FIOCCO Finalista.	WELTPOKAL 2003 BAND für Platzierungen	COPA DEL MUNDO 2003 CINTA subcampeón
２００３ねん　ちほう　たいかい ベスト４　きねんリボン	2003 REGIONAL TOURNEY Semifinalist RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2003 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO REGIONALE 2003 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	REGIONALTURNIER 2003 BAND für Halbfinalisten	TORNEO REGIONAL 2003 CINTA semifinalista
２００３ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい ベスト４　きねんリボン	2003 NATIONAL TOURNEY Semifinalist RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2003 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2003 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	NATIONALTURNIER 2003 BAND für Halbfinalisten	TORNEO NACIONAL 2003 CINTA semifinalista
２００３ねん　ワールドカップ ベスト４　きねんリボン	2003 GLOBAL CUP Semifinalist RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2003 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO MONDIALE 2003 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	WELTPOKAL 2003 BAND für Halbfinalisten	COPA DEL MUNDO 2003 CINTA semifinalista
２００４ねん　ちほう　たいかい ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2004 REGIONAL TOURNEY CHAMPION RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2004 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO REGIONALE 2004 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	REGIONALTURNIER 2004 BAND des CHAMPS	TORNEO REGIONAL 2004 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００４ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2004 NATIONAL TOURNEY CHAMPION RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2004 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2004 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	NATIONALTURNIER 2004 BAND des CHAMPS	TORNEO NACIONAL 2004 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００４ねん　ワールドカップ ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2004 GLOBAL CUP CHAMPION RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2004 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO MONDIALE 2004 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	WELTPOKAL 2004 BAND des CHAMPS	COPA DEL MUNDO 2004 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００４ねん　ちほう　たいかい じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2004 REGIONAL TOURNEY Runner-up RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2004 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO REGIONALE 2004 FIOCCO Finalista.	REGIONALTURNIER 2004 BAND für Platzierungen	TORNEO REGIONAL 2004 CINTA subcampeón
２００４ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2004 NATIONAL TOURNEY Runner-up RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2004 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2004 FIOCCO Finalista.	NATIONALTURNIER 2004 BAND für Platzierungen	TORNEO NACIONAL 2004 CINTA subcampeón
２００４ねん　ワールドカップ じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2004 GLOBAL CUP Runner-up RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2004 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO MONDIALE 2004 FIOCCO Finalista.	WELTPOKAL 2004 BAND für Platzierungen	COPA DEL MUNDO 2004 CINTA subcampeón
２００４ねん　ちほう　たいかい ベスト４　きねんリボン	2004 REGIONAL TOURNEY Semifinalist RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2004 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO REGIONALE 2004 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	REGIONALTURNIER 2004 BAND für Halbfinalisten	TORNEO REGIONAL 2004 CINTA semifinalista
２００４ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい ベスト４　きねんリボン	2004 NATIONAL TOURNEY Semifinalist RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2004 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2004 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	NATIONALTURNIER 2004 BAND für Halbfinalisten	TORNEO NACIONAL 2004 CINTA semifinalista
２００４ねん　ワールドカップ ベスト４　きねんリボン	2004 GLOBAL CUP Semifinalist RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2004 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO MONDIALE 2004 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	WELTPOKAL 2004 BAND für Halbfinalisten	COPA DEL MUNDO 2004 CINTA semifinalista
２００５ねん　ちほう　たいかい ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2005 REGIONAL TOURNEY CHAMPION RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2005 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO REGIONALE 2005 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	REGIONALTURNIER 2005 BAND des CHAMPS	TORNEO REGIONAL 2005 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００５ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2005 NATIONAL TOURNEY CHAMPION RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2005 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2005 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	NATIONALTURNIER 2005 BAND des CHAMPS	TORNEO NACIONAL 2005 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００５ねん　ワールドカップ ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2005 GLOBAL CUP CHAMPION RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2005 RUBAN MAITRE	TORNEO MONDIALE 2005 FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	WELTPOKAL 2005 BAND des CHAMPS	COPA DEL MUNDO 2005 CINTA CAMPEÓN
２００５ねん　ちほう　たいかい じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2005 REGIONAL TOURNEY Runner-up RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2005 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO REGIONALE 2005 FIOCCO Finalista.	REGIONALTURNIER 2005 BAND für Platzierungen	TORNEO REGIONAL 2005 CINTA subcampeón
２００５ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2005 NATIONAL TOURNEY Runner-up RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2005 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2005 FIOCCO Finalista.	NATIONALTURNIER 2005 BAND für Platzierungen	TORNEO NACIONAL 2005 CINTA subcampeón
２００５ねん　ワールドカップ じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	2005 GLOBAL CUP Runner-up RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2005 RUBAN 2ᵉ place	TORNEO MONDIALE 2005 FIOCCO Finalista.	WELTPOKAL 2005 BAND für Platzierungen	COPA DEL MUNDO 2005 CINTA subcampeón
２００５ねん　ちほう　たいかい ベスト４　きねんリボン	2005 REGIONAL TOURNEY Semifinalist RIBBON	TOURNOI REGIONAL 2005 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO REGIONALE 2005 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	REGIONALTURNIER 2005 BAND für Halbfinalisten	TORNEO REGIONAL 2005 CINTA semifinalista
２００５ねん　ぜんこく　たいかい ベスト４　きねんリボン	2005 NATIONAL TOURNEY Semifinalist RIBBON	TOURNOI NATIONAL 2005 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO NAZIONALE 2005 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	NATIONALTURNIER 2005 BAND für Halbfinalisten	TORNEO NACIONAL 2005 CINTA semifinalista
２００５ねん　ワールドカップ ベスト４　きねんリボン	2005 GLOBAL CUP Semifinalist RIBBON	COUPE GLOBALE 2005 RUBAN demi-finaliste	TORNEO MONDIALE 2005 FIOCCO Semifinalista.	WELTPOKAL 2005 BAND für Halbfinalisten	COPA DEL MUNDO 2005 CINTA semifinalista
ポケモン　バトル　カップ ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	POKéMON BATTLE CUP CHAMPION RIBBON	COUPE COMBAT POKéMON RUBAN MAITRE	COPPA LOTTE POKéMON FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	POKéMON-KAMPF-POKAL BAND des CHAMPS	COPA BATALLA POKéMON CINTA CAMPEÓN
ポケモン　バトル　カップ じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	POKéMON BATTLE CUP Runner-up RIBBON	COUPE COMBAT POKéMON RUBAN 2ᵉ place	COPPA LOTTE POKéMON FIOCCO Finalista.	POKéMON-KAMPF-POKAL BAND für Platzierungen	COPA BATALLA POKéMON CINTA subcampeón
ポケモン　バトル　カップ ベスト４　きねんリボン	POKéMON BATTLE CUP Semifinalist RIBBON	COUPE COMBAT POKéMON RUBAN demi-finaliste	COPPA LOTTE POKéMON FIOCCO Semifinalista.	POKéMON-KAMPF-POKAL BAND für Halbfinalisten	COPA BATALLA POKéMON CINTA semifinalista
ポケモン　バトル　カップ さんか　きねんリボン	POKéMON BATTLE CUP Participation RIBBON	COUPE COMBAT POKéMON RUBAN de participation	COPPA LOTTE POKéMON FIOCCO partecipazione	POKéMON-KAMPF-POKAL Teilnehmer-BAND	COPA BATALLA POKéMON CINTA de participación
ポケモン　リーグ ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	POKéMON LEAGUE CHAMPION RIBBON	LIGUE POKéMON RUBAN MAITRE	LEGA POKéMON FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	POKéMON LIGA BAND des CHAMPS	LIGA POKéMON CINTA CAMPEÓN
ポケモン　リーグ じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	POKéMON LEAGUE Runner-up RIBBON	LIGUE POKéMON RUBAN 2ᵉ place	LEGA POKéMON FIOCCO Finalista.	POKéMON LIGA BAND für Platzierungen	LIGA POKéMON CINTA subcampeón
ポケモン　リーグ ベスト４　きねんリボン	POKéMON LEAGUE Semifinalist RIBBON	LIGUE POKéMON RUBAN demi-finaliste	LEGA POKéMON FIOCCO Semifinalista.	POKéMON LIGA BAND für Halbfinalisten	LIGA POKéMON CINTA semifinalista
ポケモン　リーグ さんか　きねんリボン	POKéMON LEAGUE Participation RIBBON	LIGUE POKéMON RUBAN de participation	LEGA POKéMON FIOCCO partecipazione	POKéMON LIGA Teilnehmer-BAND	LIGA POKéMON CINTA de participación
アドバンス　カップ ゆうしょう　きねんリボン	ADVANCE CUP CHAMPION RIBBON	COUPE ADVANCE RUBAN MAITRE	COPPA ADVANCE FIOCCO CAMPIONE.	TALENTPOKAL BAND des CHAMPS	COPA AVANZADA CINTA CAMPEÓN
アドバンス　カップ じゅんゆうしょう　きねんリボン	ADVANCE CUP Runner-up RIBBON	COUPE ADVANCE RUBAN 2ᵉ place	COPPA ADVANCE FIOCCO Finalista.	TALENTPOKAL BAND für Platzierungen	COPA AVANZADA CINTA subcampeón
アドバンス　カップ ベスト４　きねんリボン	ADVANCE CUP Semifinalist RIBBON	COUPE ADVANCE RUBAN demi-finaliste	COPPA ADVANCE FIOCCO Semifinalista.	TALENTPOKAL BAND für Halbfinalisten	COPA AVANZADA CINTA semifinalista
アドバンス　カップ さんか　きねんリボン	ADVANCE CUP Participation RIBBON	COUPE ADVANCE RUBAN de participation	COPPA ADVANCE FIOCCO partecipazione	TALENTPOKAL Teilnehmer-BAND	COPA AVANZADA CINTA de participación
ポケモンの　たいかいに さんか　きねんリボン	POKéMON Tournament Participation RIBBON	Tournoi POKéMON RUBAN de participation	Torneo POKéMON FIOCCO partecipazione	POKéMON-Turnier Teilnehmer-BAND	Certamen POKéMON CINTA de participación
ポケモンの　イベントに さんか　きねんリボン	POKéMON Event Participation RIBBON	Evènement POKéMON RUBAN de participation	Evento POKéMON FIOCCO partecipazione	POKéMON-Wettkampf Teilnehmer-BAND	Encuentro POKéMON CINTA de participación
ポケモンの　おまつりに さんか　きねんリボン	POKéMON Festival Participation RIBBON	Festival POKéMON RUBAN de participation	Festival POKéMON FIOCCO partecipazione	POKéMON-Festival Teilnehmer-BAND	Festival POKéMON CINTA de participación
こんなんに　うちかった きねんリボン	Difficulty-clearing Commemorative RIBBON	RUBAN commémoratif pour avoir tout réussi.	Tutto facile FIOCCO celebrativo	Schw.-Grad-Abschl. Gedenk-BAND	Superación obstáculos CINTA conmemorativa
すべての　こんなんを のりこえた　きねんリボン	RIBBON awarded for clearing all difficulties.	RUBAN pour le triomphe face aux difficultés	FIOCCO per aver superato le difficoltà.	BAND für erf. Abschluss aller Schwierigk.-Grade.	CINTA ganada por superar los obstáculos.
１００にんぬき　たっせい きねんリボン	100-straight Win Commemorative RIBBON	100 victoires à la suite avoir tout réussi.	100 vittorie di seguito FIOCCO celebrativo	100. Sieg in Folge Gedenk-BAND	100 victorias seguidas CINTA conmemorativa
くらやみのとう　クリア きねんリボン	DARKNESS TOWER Clear Commemorative RIBBON	Succès TOUR OBSCURE avoir tout réussi.	Completata TORRE SCURA. FIOCCO celebrativo	APOKELIPSE-TURM fertig Gedenk-BAND	TORRE OSCURA superada. CINTA conmemorativa
くれないのとう　クリア きねんリボン	RED TOWER Clear Commemorative RIBBON	Succès TOUR ROUGE avoir tout réussi.	Completata TORRE ROSSA. FIOCCO celebrativo	ROTER TURM fertig Gedenk-BAND	TORRE ROJA superada. CINTA conmemorativa
くろがねのとう　クリア きねんリボン	BLACKIRON TOWER Clear Commemorative RIBBON	Succès TOUR FER NOIR avoir tout réussi.	Completata TORRE FERRO FIOCCO celebrativo	EISERNER TURM fertig Gedenk-BAND	TORRE FÉRREA superada. CINTA conmemorativa
さいごのとう　クリア きねんリボン	FINAL TOWER Clear Commemorative RIBBON	Succès TOUR FINALE avoir tout réussi.	Complet. TORRE FINALE FIOCCO celebrativo	FINAL-TURM-Abschluss Gedenk-BAND	TORRE FINAL superada. CINTA conmemorativa
でんせつを　つくった きねんリボン	Legend-making Commemorative RIBBON	A contribué à la légende avoir tout réussi.	Leggenda FIOCCO celebrativo	Legendäres Gedenk-BAND	Legendario CINTA conmemorativa
ポケモンセンタートウキョー きねんリボン	POKéMON CENTER TOKYO Commemorative RIBBON	CENTRE POKéMON TOKYO avoir tout réussi.	POKéMON CENTER TOKYO FIOCCO celebrativo	POKéMON-CENTER TOKIO Gedenk-BAND	CENTRO POKéMON TOKIO CINTA conmemorativa
ポケモンセンターオーサカ きねんリボン	POKéMON CENTER OSAKA Commemorative RIBBON	CENTRE POKéMON OSAKA avoir tout réussi.	POKéMON CENTER OSAKA FIOCCO celebrativo	POKéMON-CENTER OSAKA Gedenk-BAND	CENTRO POKéMON OSAKA CINTA conmemorativa
ポケモンセンターナゴヤ きねんリボン	POKéMON CENTER NAGOYA Commemorative RIBBON	CENTRE POKéMON NAGOYA avoir tout réussi.	POKéMON CENTER NAGOYA FIOCCO celebrativo	POKéMON-CENTER NAGOYA Gedenk-BAND	CENTRO POKéMON NAGOYA CINTA conmemorativa
ポケモンセンターニューヨーク きねんリボン	POKéMON CENTER NY Commemorative RIBBON	CENTRE POKéMON NY avoir tout réussi.	POKéMON CENTER NY FIOCCO celebrativo	POKéMON-CENTER N. Y. Gedenk-BAND	CENTRO POKéMON NY CINTA conmemorativa
なつやすみ　きねんリボン	Summer Holidays RIBBON	RUBAN vacances d'été	FIOCCO vacanze estive.	Sommerferien-BAND	CINTA vacac. verano
ふゆやすみ　きねんリボン	Winter Holidays RIBBON	RUBAN vacances d'hiver	FIOCCO ferie invernali.	Weihnachtsferien-BAND	CINTA vacac. invierno
はるやすみ　きねんリボン	Spring Holidays RIBBON	RUBAN vac. de printemps	FIOCCO ferie primaverili.	Osterferien-BAND	CINTA vacac. primavera
クリスマス　きねんリボン	Evergreen RIBBON	RUBAN feuilles persist.	FIOCCO sempreverde.	Evergreen-BAND	CINTA hoja perenne
きねんび　きねんリボン	Special Holiday RIBBON	RUBAN vac. spéciales	FIOCCO vacanze speciali.	Sonderurlaubs-BAND	CINTA vacac. especiales
がんばった　きねんの　リボン	Hard Worker RIBBON	RUBAN travailleur	FIOCCO lavoro duro.	Fleiß-BAND	CINTA esfuerzo
ともだち　いっぱい　きねんリボン	Lots of Friends RIBBON	RUBAN amitié	FIOCCO amicizia.	Beliebtheits-BAND	CINTA amistad
げんき　いっぱい　きねんリボン	Full of Energy RIBBON	RUBAN énergie	FIOCCO energia.	Energie-BAND	CINTA energía
だいすきな　ポケモンに つけてあげる　きねんリボン	A commemorative RIBBON for a loved POKéMON.	RUBAN souvenir pour un POKéMON bien-aimé.	FIOCCO celebrativo per un caro POKéMON.	Ein Gedenk-BAND für ein beliebtes POKéMON.	CINTA conmemorativa para un POKéMON querido.
ポケモンが　だいすきな　ことを しょうめいする　リボン	RIBBON that shows love for POKéMON.	RUBAN qui montre l'amour porté à un POKéMON.	FIOCCO che dimostra amore per i POKéMON.	Ein BAND für POKéMON- Freunde.	CINTA símbolo de amor hacia los POKéMON.

National Pokédex Upgrade

An event of type 09 displays the following message:

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
ずかんに　ぜんこくモードが ついか　された！	The POKéDEX has been upgraded with the NATIONAL MODE.	Tu peux maintenant accéder au MODE NATIONAL dans ton POKéDEX.	È stato aggiunto il DEX NAZIONALE al POKéDEX.	Der POKéDEX wurde mit dem NATIONALEN MODUS ausgerüstet.	La POKéDEX contiene ahora datos sobre el MODO NACIONAL.

Add a Rare Word

An event of type 0A event adds a specified word from the Trendy Saying category to the game's phrase input system. Upon doing so, it displays the following message:

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
めずらしい　ことばを　ついかしました	A rare word has been added.	Un mot rare a été ajouté.	È stata aggiunta una parola rara.	Ein seltenes Wort wurde hinzugefügt.	Se ha añadido una palabra extraña.

In-Game Clock Adjustment

An event of type 0E displays the following message:

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
ゲームない　じかんの　しゅうせい　システムが つかえる　ように　なりました！	The in-game clock adjustment system is now useable.	Vous pouvez maintenant régler l'heure.	È possibile usare ora il sistema di regolazione dell'orologio interno.	Das spielinterne Zeiteingabe- System ist jetzt verfügbar.	Ahora puedes utilizar el sistema de reajuste del reloj del juego.

After this event is received, pressing Left + Select + B on the title screen after Groudon or Kyogre's silhouette appears will lead to a screen which will prompt the user to reset the clock.

Pressing A brings up a second screen on which the in-game time and number of days elapsed can be changed. Despite what the message says, this only changes the timestamps stored in the save file, and not the RTC itself. After the time is adjusted, this function will be disabled, and can only be accessed by receiving the event again.

Other e-Reader Events

Since the e-Reader was not released in Europe, the previous messages and the following ones (about e-Reader berries, Pokémon and trainers) were also completely unused in the European games:

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
[STR_VAR_2]のみを　てに　いれた！ トウカジムの　パパから　うけとろう！	Obtained a [STR_VAR_2] BERRY! Dad has it at PETALBURG GYM.	Tu as obtenu une BAIE [STR_VAR_2]! Papa en a une à l'ARENE de CLEMENTI.	Trovata una BACCA[STR_VAR_2]! Il papà ne ha una alla PALESTRA di PETALIPOLI.	Eine [STR_VAR_2]BEERE! Vater in der ARENA von BLÜTENBURG CITY besitzt auch eine.	¡Obtuvo una BAYA [STR_VAR_2]! PAPÁ la tiene en el GIMNASIO de PETALIA.
[STR_VAR_1]のみは [STR_VAR_2]のみに　へんかした！	The [STR_VAR_1] BERRY transformed into one [STR_VAR_2] BERRY.	La BAIE [STR_VAR_1] s'est transformée en une BAIE [STR_VAR_2].	La BACCA[STR_VAR_1] è stata trasformata in BACCA[STR_VAR_2].	Die [STR_VAR_1]BEERE verwandelte sich in eine [STR_VAR_2]BEERE!	La BAYA [STR_VAR_1] se ha transformado en una BAYA [STR_VAR_2].
[STR_VAR_1]のみは　すでに はいっていた	The [STR_VAR_1] BERRY has already been obtained.	Tu avais déjà obtenu la BAIE [STR_VAR_1].	Hai già BACCA[STR_VAR_1].	Du hast schon eine [STR_VAR_1]BEERE.	Ya tienes la BAYA [STR_VAR_1].
[STR_VAR_1]が　おくられてきた！	[STR_VAR_1] was sent over!	[STR_VAR_1] a été envoyé!	[STR_VAR_1] è stato inviato!	[STR_VAR_1] wurde gesendet!	¡Se ha enviado [STR_VAR_1]!
てもちが　いっぱいなので [STR_VAR_1]は　もらえなかった‥	Your party is full. [STR_VAR_1] could not be sent over.	Ton équipe est complète. [STR_VAR_1] ne peut pas être envoyé.	La tua squadra è già al completo. Non puoi aggiungere [STR_VAR_1]!	Dein Team ist bereits vollständig. [STR_VAR_1] kann nicht gesendet werden.	Tu equipo está completo. No se puede enviar [STR_VAR_1].
あらたな　トレーナーが ホウエンに　やってきた	A new TRAINER has arrived in HOENN.	Un nouveau DRESSEUR est arrivé dans la région de HOENN.	È arrivato un nuovo ALLENATORE ad HOENN.	Ein neuer TRAINER ist in HOENN angekommen.	Ha llegado un nuevo ENTRENADOR a HOENN.
バトルタワーに　あらたな たいせんしゃが　あらわれた！	A new adversary has arrived in the BATTLE TOWER.	Un nouvel adversaire est arrivé dans la TOUR DE COMBAT.	È arrivato un nuovo avversario nella TORRE LOTTA.	Ein neuer Widersacher ist im DUELLTURM eingetroffen.	Ha llegado un nuevo adversario a la TORRE BATALLA.
パパ『やあ　[PLAYER]！ めずらしい　きのみを　てに　いれたから プレゼント　するよ！	DAD: Hi, [PLAYER]! I just received a very rare BERRY. I'd like you to have it.	PAPA: Bonjour, [PLAYER]! Je viens de recevoir une BAIE très rare. J'aimerais te la donner.	PAPÀ: Ciao, [PLAYER]! Ho appena ricevuto una BACCA molto rara. Vorrei che la prendessi tu!	VATER: Hallo, [PLAYER]! Ich habe gerade eine sehr seltene BEERE erhalten. Die schenke ich dir.	PAPÁ: ¡Hola, [PLAYER]! Acabo de recibir esta BAYA rara. Venga, es para ti.

Unused Messages

The following message is displayed when a received event is marked as being incompatible with that version of the game (Ruby or Sapphire):

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
このデータは　このバージョンでは しよう　できません	This data cannot be used in this version.	Ces données ne peuvent être utilisées dans cette version.	Questi dati non possono essere utilizzati in questa versione.	Die Daten können in dieser Edition nicht eingesetzt werden.	No se pueden usar estos datos en esta versión.

Because all released Mystery Events are compatible with both games, this message cannot normally be seen in these games. It can, however, be seen in the Japanese Pokémon Emerald when scanning an e-Reader card intended for Ruby and Sapphire.

The following is a default message used when there is no specific message for the type of event being loaded:

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish
できごとの　よみこみが せいじょうに　しゅうりょう　しました	The event was safely loaded.	Chargement de l'évènement achevé.	Evento caricato correttamente.	Geschehen ist erfolgreich geladen.	El evento se ha cargado.

Scripted events, such as the Eon Ticket and Regi doll events, include custom success and failure messages which override the default message, so it is never seen.

Right next to this message, there's another in Japanese (which was not localized) indicating a device connection error:

Japanese	English (translation)
せつぞく　できない　ききの　ようです ただしい　ききと　やりなおしてください	It seems the device cannot connect. Please try again with the correct device.

(Source: Háčky, Bulbapedia (ribbon list))

Build Dates

version	Ruby location	Sapphire location	ASCII string
Japanese	0x1B32B8	0x1B3248	2002 10 13 16:31
English v1.0	0x1E2810	0x1E27A0	2002 10 15 20:34
English v1.1/1.2	0x1E2828	0x1E27B8
German v1.0/1.1	0x1EF77C	0x1EF710	$Name: debug-Euro-2003-05-09-A $
French v1.0/1.1	0x1EAC08	0x1EAB98
Spanish v1.0/1.1	0x1E7520	0x1E74B0	$Name: debug-Euro-2003-05-19-A $
Italian v1.0/1.1	0x1E449C	0x1E442C