09-24-2016, 08:25 PM
...Not sure if people will find this as interesting as I do, but I thought since I'm screwing around and finding interesting stuff I would just keep it all in one place.
First off, why Pokemon Yellow? Because Red/Blue will only play in black and white or that ugly green color if press certain things. I first played Pokemon on a Gameboy Color and wanted as close to the experience I had as a kid. Plus, all glitches are retained, and being able to get all three starters is pretty great. In other words, Pikachu is gonna get boxed.
Here's my story so far...
Things started off normally enough until I reached Viridian Forest where I intentionally didn't fight one trainer. This is the glitch I intended to perform:
However, my memory is terrible and I am rusty, so I initially executed it wrong. I don't know why it has to be this way, but you MUST beat all the trainers in the Forest except for the one specific Bug Catcher before losing to the trainer in Brock's gym. Otherwise the Teleport glitch will result in the message "Sssh! You'll scare the bugs away!" upon entering the Forest before being thrown into a fight with a Bug Catcher and the game then becoming unplayable because button presses only result in noises playing, or a Lickitung will appear if you beat him.
Normally that Gengar is hard AF to catch, but it only took me one try... If you don't count my first successful attempt at spawning him, where he fainted Pikachu thanks to confusing AND paralyzing him.
You can absolutely destroy Brock because the game doesn't expect you to have a Ghost Pokemon so early. None of the attacks affect Gengar and all he can do is use Potions and Full Heals. Some trainers are the same way and it's weird to see an Ekans use Wrap, the game saying its attack is continuing when you hit "Fight", but no damage being done since it doesn't affect Gengar.
Another thing I've discovered is that it doesn't seem like the Virtual Console version of Yellow can handle Missingno. The first time I encountered him the game was stuck on a black screen for a very long time and froze almost immediately when it finally did appear with a toning noise continuing to play. The second time was even worse with yellow bars filling the screen and the game sounded like it was screaming.
Next is a little something I'll just copy and paste from the Free Gaming thread:
I discovered something neat in Pokemon Yellow; not sure if you'll get exactly the same result in Red/Blue.
You know that trick where you take a step and Teleport away just as an exclamation point goes up above a trainer's head, you then get into a battle, and then you walk until you trigger a random encounter in a location where one shouldn't occur? There's a person in the entrance to the tunnel that leads to Vermilion City. If you talk to them after doing the Teleport and battle, then walk up Nugget Bridge, you will always fight a level 80 Starmie instead. I tried this a few times and it continued to happen.
I think the Cubone that person wants to trade has something to do with Starmie appearing, but I have no idea what makes it be level 80.
Notable Pokemon I have caught/seen so far using the glitch, up to Viridian City, are as follows:
Gengar
Mew
Nidoqueen
Rhyhorn
Chansey (nearly 10 Pokeballs to catch)
Mr. Mime
Lickitung
Magmar (also VERY hard to catch)
Pinsir
I remember the Teleport glitch causing some other crazy stuff to happen in Red, so hopefully I'll have more to post about later!
First off, why Pokemon Yellow? Because Red/Blue will only play in black and white or that ugly green color if press certain things. I first played Pokemon on a Gameboy Color and wanted as close to the experience I had as a kid. Plus, all glitches are retained, and being able to get all three starters is pretty great. In other words, Pikachu is gonna get boxed.
Here's my story so far...
Things started off normally enough until I reached Viridian Forest where I intentionally didn't fight one trainer. This is the glitch I intended to perform:
However, my memory is terrible and I am rusty, so I initially executed it wrong. I don't know why it has to be this way, but you MUST beat all the trainers in the Forest except for the one specific Bug Catcher before losing to the trainer in Brock's gym. Otherwise the Teleport glitch will result in the message "Sssh! You'll scare the bugs away!" upon entering the Forest before being thrown into a fight with a Bug Catcher and the game then becoming unplayable because button presses only result in noises playing, or a Lickitung will appear if you beat him.
Normally that Gengar is hard AF to catch, but it only took me one try... If you don't count my first successful attempt at spawning him, where he fainted Pikachu thanks to confusing AND paralyzing him.
You can absolutely destroy Brock because the game doesn't expect you to have a Ghost Pokemon so early. None of the attacks affect Gengar and all he can do is use Potions and Full Heals. Some trainers are the same way and it's weird to see an Ekans use Wrap, the game saying its attack is continuing when you hit "Fight", but no damage being done since it doesn't affect Gengar.
Another thing I've discovered is that it doesn't seem like the Virtual Console version of Yellow can handle Missingno. The first time I encountered him the game was stuck on a black screen for a very long time and froze almost immediately when it finally did appear with a toning noise continuing to play. The second time was even worse with yellow bars filling the screen and the game sounded like it was screaming.
Next is a little something I'll just copy and paste from the Free Gaming thread:
I discovered something neat in Pokemon Yellow; not sure if you'll get exactly the same result in Red/Blue.
You know that trick where you take a step and Teleport away just as an exclamation point goes up above a trainer's head, you then get into a battle, and then you walk until you trigger a random encounter in a location where one shouldn't occur? There's a person in the entrance to the tunnel that leads to Vermilion City. If you talk to them after doing the Teleport and battle, then walk up Nugget Bridge, you will always fight a level 80 Starmie instead. I tried this a few times and it continued to happen.
I think the Cubone that person wants to trade has something to do with Starmie appearing, but I have no idea what makes it be level 80.
Notable Pokemon I have caught/seen so far using the glitch, up to Viridian City, are as follows:
Gengar
Mew
Nidoqueen
Rhyhorn
Chansey (nearly 10 Pokeballs to catch)
Mr. Mime
Lickitung
Magmar (also VERY hard to catch)
Pinsir
I remember the Teleport glitch causing some other crazy stuff to happen in Red, so hopefully I'll have more to post about later!