Hack-Check Thread

[pacack825]

To the discussion of the "weird" TID on the roamer, it is very common to have a TID most would consider "weird" on roamers because RNGing the ID makes RNGing the roamer much easier. Usually if someone is going to RNG their ID for roamer abuse, they also go ahead and pick a cool ID number while they are at it. This was even more common in gen 4 where ID abuse was essential for RNGing wild and stationary pokemon. As an example, I RNGed my TID to be 444 on platinum because it produced a certain shiny spread. That fact in and of itself means nothing. The english font on a Japanese pokemon however, means it is hacked.

Just saying ...

I got that now. Just thought that they changed it or something with 5th gen lol

[Woba Fett]

I have a couple of Japanese Dream World Starters with english OTs, Dom and Ray. The font is different, it's that blocky romaji font, is it possible to have an english OT in the japanese games?

[Kevin24]

I have a couple of Japanese Dream World Starters with english OTs, Dom and Ray. The font is different, it's that blocky romaji font, is it possible to have an english OT in the japanese games?

Are the ots like this? Ｄｏｍ and Dom's chimchar is adamant not jolly. if the ots are like that and chimchar is adamant then they are fine

[Woba Fett]

yeah Dom and Ray are both in romaji font
Chimchar is jolly
Charmander is timid

[Kevin24]

Your chimchar is hacked. in this post Dom confirms his chimchar is adamant

[Woba Fett]

thanks for the info, but it's still possible to have romaji OT correct?

[soundxfury]

Just got what are supposed to be YotD events but I'm unsure about them.
Pokemon Species: Horsea
Nickname: N/A
OT: Mystry
OT Gender: blue
IDno: 07265
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: (if known)
Nature: Serious
Characteristic: Alert to sounds
Ability: Sniper
Moves: Bubble
Level Caught at: 1
Current Level: 1
Stats: 6/6/6/5/6
Location Caught: Pokemon Center, egg apparently hatched at Castelia City.
Egg?: Yes
Pokeball Caught In: Pokeball
Any other notes?: Fateful encounter. But what has me worried is the OT, it's in normal font not the blocky font for japanese letters

Pokemon Species: Bagon
Nickname: N/A
OT: other language
OT Gender: red
IDno: 01241
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: 31 speed
Nature: Hasty
Characteristic: Alert to sounds
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Rage
Level Caught at: 1
Current Level: 1
Stats: 6/5/6/5/6
Location Caught: Pokemon Center, egg apparently hatched at Skyarrow Bridge
Egg?: Yes
Pokeball Caught In: Pokeball
Any other notes?: When I upload it to my comp as a .pkm file the name shows up in english as Bagon, but with any other japanese Pokemon I've done that to (and other YotD Pokemon) it shows up as numbers and I have to rename it. It's also the same OT I had this happen with for a different YotD Horsea.

[iWhistlez]

I know this might be a bit obvious but is this VGC Milotic legit?

http://s1066.photobucket.com/albums/...eckmilotic.png

I just wanna make sure if its hacked or not.

D:
Thanks Kevin24

[Kevin24]

I know this might be a bit obvious but is this VGC Milotic legit?

http://s1066.photobucket.com/albums/...eckmilotic.png

I just wanna make sure if its hacked or not.

it's hacked since pid doesn't match nature.

[Shine]

Just got what are supposed to be YotD events but I'm unsure about them.
Pokemon Species: Horsea
Nickname: N/A
OT: Mystry
OT Gender: blue
IDno: 07265
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: (if known)
Nature: Serious
Characteristic: Alert to sounds
Ability: Sniper
Moves: Bubble
Level Caught at: 1
Current Level: 1
Stats: 6/6/6/5/6
Location Caught: Pokemon Center, egg apparently hatched at Castelia City.
Egg?: Yes
Pokeball Caught In: Pokeball
Any other notes?: Fateful encounter. But what has me worried is the OT, it's in normal font not the blocky font for japanese letters

Obviously hacked.

[soundxfury]

Obviously hacked.

That's what I thought.
Can anybody help me out on the Bagon?

[Rayce]

Just got what are supposed to be YotD events but I'm unsure about them.
Pokemon Species: Horsea
Nickname: N/A
OT: Mystry
OT Gender: blue
IDno: 07265
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: (if known)
Nature: Serious
Characteristic: Alert to sounds
Ability: Sniper
Moves: Bubble
Level Caught at: 1
Current Level: 1
Stats: 6/6/6/5/6
Location Caught: Pokemon Center, egg apparently hatched at Castelia City.
Egg?: Yes
Pokeball Caught In: Pokeball
Any other notes?: Fateful encounter. But what has me worried is the OT, it's in normal font not the blocky font for japanese letters

Pokemon Species: Bagon
Nickname: N/A
OT: other language
OT Gender: red
IDno: 01241
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: 31 speed
Nature: Hasty
Characteristic: Alert to sounds
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Rage
Level Caught at: 1
Current Level: 1
Stats: 6/5/6/5/6
Location Caught: Pokemon Center, egg apparently hatched at Skyarrow Bridge
Egg?: Yes
Pokeball Caught In: Pokeball
Any other notes?: When I upload it to my comp as a .pkm file the name shows up in english as Bagon, but with any other japanese Pokemon I've done that to (and other YotD Pokemon) it shows up as numbers and I have to rename it. It's also the same OT I had this happen with for a different YotD Horsea.

The top one is possibly legal. It is possible to RNG a Shiny YOTD Egg ID/SID to get it Shiny on an English Game. I'd say its got a .01% chance of legal, because it is a lot of work to do, and most don't accept English YOTD Eggs. I'd consider it a hacked event, but legal Pokemon from the information given.

EDIT: If the Pokemon's name is in Japanese, then yes its a hacked Pokemon overall.

The Second one is interesting. To me, its a hacked set because the OT looks like Mandarin, when a Mandarin Pokemon game has yet to be released. Also, it doesn't pass the GTS check, so it gets changed to Kuro*, which further tells me its a hack. I'm a little on the fence on the 01241 YOTD Set, so i'd say look elsewhere for 100% Legit YOTD's.

[soundxfury]

The top one is possibly legal. It is possible to RNG a Shiny YOTD Egg ID/SID to get it Shiny on an English Game. I'd say its got a .01% chance of legal, because it is a lot of work to do, and most don't accept English YOTD Eggs. I'd consider it a hacked event, but legal Pokemon from the information given.

EDIT: If the Pokemon's name is in Japanese, then yes its a hacked Pokemon overall.

The Second one is interesting. To me, its a hacked set because the OT looks like Mandarin, when a Mandarin Pokemon game has yet to be released. Also, it doesn't pass the GTS check, so it gets changed to Kuro*, which further tells me its a hack. I'm a little on the fence on the 01241 YOTD Set, so i'd say look elsewhere for 100% Legit YOTD's.

Yeah the Horsea is in Japanese but with an english OT. I had a feeling the Bagon was a hack too, thanks for the 2nd opinion

[Wishing Star]

The Second one is interesting. To me, its a hacked set because the OT looks like Mandarin, when a Mandarin Pokemon game has yet to be released. Also, it doesn't pass the GTS check, so it gets changed to Kuro*, which further tells me its a hack. I'm a little on the fence on the 01241 YOTD Set, so i'd say look elsewhere for 100% Legit YOTD's.

The OT is actually Japanese kanji mixed in with a hiragana "no". Even if it were entirely Chinese characters, there's no way you can have both hiragana and those Chinese characters in the same OT (let alone kanji in the OT in the first place). Therefore, you can assume it's hacked.

(By the way, that OT says Sushi Monster.)

[Candy Coated Gengar]

I came across a thread out on the net and a note here on the event trading thread that I'd like clarified if it's still true or not:

Are Koren copies of the game still unable to interact with other language/region versions of the game and thus any Pokemon from them are hacked or was this only true of Gen IV and previous games?

I ask because I hadn't heard of this before a few days ago, when I first went into the Event trading thread and then found a thread from 2009 through Google when trying to find more information. I see Korean Pokemon pop up on the GTS from time to time and I enjoy collecting foreign Pokemon (even if they're of no real value), but I wouldn't want to end up with "hacked" Pokemon just while pursuing that fancy of mine. So, if they're still considered "hacks" and can't interact with the rest of the global community, how do Pokemon from South Korea (as the OT's location) end up on the GTS?

[[ACE] Zero]

I came across a thread out on the net and a note here on the event trading thread that I'd like clarified if it's still true or not:

Are Koren copies of the game still unable to interact with other language/region versions of the game and thus any Pokemon from them are hacked or was this only true of Gen IV and previous games?

I ask because I hadn't heard of this before a few days ago, when I first went into the Event trading thread and then found a thread from 2009 through Google when trying to find more information. I see Korean Pokemon pop up on the GTS from time to time and I enjoy collecting foreign Pokemon (even if they're of no real value), but I wouldn't want to end up with "hacked" Pokemon just while pursuing that fancy of mine. So, if they're still considered "hacks" and can't interact with the rest of the global community, how do Pokemon from South Korea (as the OT's location) end up on the GTS?

Korean Pokemon are legit (but hacks do exist) Also, Korean Pokemons became tradable to other regions in Gen 5. In Gen 4 and below, Korean pokemons are not tradable to any other regions of the world, that's why they're deemed as hacked if you have them in previous generations, Now that Korean pokemons can trade with other regions, Korean pokemons can now be legitly obtained in other region of the world via trade as well.

[Thunderstrike18]

Pokemon species-Zoroark
OT-N
OT gender-blue
IDno-00002
Shiny?-no
EVs(if known)-don't know them
IVs(if known)-dont know them
Nature-hasty
Characteristics-proud of its power
Ability-illusion
Moves-foul play,punishment,embargo,cut
Level cought at-apparently met at level 25
Current level-50
Stats-HP 135,atk 126,def 72,sp.atk 141,sp.def 80,spe 138
Location cought at-driftveil city
Egg?-no
Pokeball cought in-normal Pokeball
Any other notes-no

[[ACE] Zero]

Pokemon species-Zoroark
OT-N
OT gender-blue
IDno-00002
Shiny?-no
EVs(if known)-don't know them
IVs(if known)-dont know them
Nature-hasty
Characteristics-proud of its power
Ability-illusion
Moves-foul play,punishment,embargo,cut
Level cought at-apparently met at level 25
Current level-50
Stats-HP 135,atk 126,def 72,sp.atk 141,sp.def 80,spe 138
Location cought at-driftveil city
Egg?-no
Pokeball cought in-normal Pokeball
Any other notes-no

Seems like the gift Pokemon of BW2, what makes you think its a hck?

[QuoteMaster]

Pokemon species-Zoroark
OT-N
OT gender-blue
IDno-00002
Shiny?-no
EVs(if known)-don't know them
IVs(if known)-dont know them
Nature-hasty
Characteristics-proud of its power
Ability-illusion
Moves-foul play,punishment,embargo,cut
Level cought at-apparently met at level 25
Current level-50
Stats-HP 135,atk 126,def 72,sp.atk 141,sp.def 80,spe 138
Location cought at-driftveil city
Egg?-no
Pokeball cought in-normal Pokeball
Any other notes-no

This is just the in-game B2W2 N's Zorua that evolved it's perfectly fine.

[Thunderstrike18]

Ok thanks I play Pokemon white 1 and don't know much about BW2.