Bug-Catching Contest data copy glitch: Difference between revisions

The Bug-Catching Contest data copy glitch allows you to make anya [[Unstable hybrid Pokémon|hybrid]] between the second party Pokémon and the sixth party Pokémon. So it is possible to merge a Pokémon to have the same DVs, gender, moveset and stats ofas another (similar to the [[Pokémon merge glitch]] also found in Generation I). This is useful for creating new Shinies between the Red Gyarados and another Pokémon, if the new hybrid Pokémon can be stabilised through evolution.

It is a rare example of a glitch which only exists within the Japanese versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver. It was later fixed in other localizations of Pokémon Gold and Silver and it does not exist at all in {{C}}.

This glitch exploits the Bug Catching Contest in a similar way to the Glitch City glitch, but it requires the player to wait until a day when the next Bug Catching competition is on (Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday) first and then to wait another two days (or modifycorrupt the time via password,a glitch dimensionsuch as one that causes a [[Glitch Dimension]] to bring up the clock reset menu on start-up) to finish the glitch. Unfortunately, it seems any button sequences to manually reset the clock were introduced in the localisations, rather than the original Japanese games.

*A Pokémon with Fly (or Teleport? (Abra with Teleport can be caught on Route 34; 10% encounter chance all day)