Most of its characteristics are derived from zeroed values in these arrays, including the pointer to its glitched base stats. is partially derived from blank entries in the various Pokémon data arrays. Shigeki Morimoto confirmed that there were once 190 Pokémon planned for development in Pokémon Red and Green.with identifiers in between real Pokémon, which would add up to 190 Pokémon. Glitch Pokémon Main article: List of glitch Pokémon Trivia Also, unlike the Generation I glitch Pokémon, which could be fought and captured using simple glitches, later Generation glitch Pokémon can generally only be seen by cheating. The exception to this rule is the Bad Egg, which was added to the game to deter cheaters. Specific glitches (like the Super Glitch move or the ZZAZZ glitch) may cause the saved file to be corrupted or erased.Ĭonversely, in later generations, Glitch Pokémon are usually not hazardous, and generally only exist to fill empty space. To avoid this, the player must have activated a specific flag, if this is a hybrid glitch Pokémon, the flag is activated by either seeing a specific Pokémon or owning a specific Pokémon. Additionally, catching certain obtainable glitch Pokémon in Generation I may cause endless garbage Pokédex data to appear. These glitch Pokémon cannot be obtained via a wild battle, and must be obtained using a different glitch from the Ditto glitch or old man glitch, such as evolution from another glitch Pokémon, trading an equivalent index number glitch Pokémon to another version, or by executing the Time Capsule exploit. Note that glitch Pokémon with index numbers greater than 199 will usually bring up glitch Trainers if encountered directly in the wild. In Generation I, a few glitch Pokémon are hazardous to the game, some glitch Pokémon may freeze the game if sent out on the opponent's side, and a few may even corrupt save data, depending on their Pokédex number and the version used. Another example of this is the learn-set data for a Generation IV Egg, where it learns Splash as a starting move, likely to prevent the game from crashing due to an invalid move being used. Some glitch Pokémon have partially defined characteristics, such as " MissingNo." or " ?". A glitch Pokémon is a collection of data that, due to programming oversights, a Pokémon game handles as if it were a Pokémon species.