Custom text boxes

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Custom text in a custom map from TheZZAZZGlitch's creepypasta save file

Using text pointers sourced in RAM, the player can use arbitrary code execution to write and show custom text boxes.

In Generation I

There are many means of displaying custom text boxes in the game, including:

• Text pointer manipulation
• Glitch sign manipulation (the basis of Pikachu off-screen glitch arbitrary code execution)
• Text box ID matching (e.g. Sea Route 21 0x44 text box glitch (English Yellow))
• Custom Pokédex entries

Specific details on how to bring up the text box pointer are detailed in the articles above. The formatting section below concerns how to define them.

Formatting

Main article: List of text control codes#Text_commands