Fake Tower Tycoon glitch
Exclusive to Diamond and Pearl:
Battle Barry every day |
Broken escalator glitch (Japanese only) |
Choice Banded Pursuit glitch (Japanese only) |
Choice Banded U-Turn glitch (Japanese only) |
Dress up Hiker glitch |
Egg determination glitch |
Fake Tower Tycoon glitch |
Honey/Sweet Scent shop glitch |
Mute Route 214 glitch | Mute Sendoff Spring glitch |
Protect oversight
Exclusive to Platinum:
Ace Trainer battle loop (Japanese only) |
Giratina Origin Forme glitch |
Trapping Ability flee glitch
Exclusive to HeartGold and SoulSilver:
Boulder push glitch |
Water stream glitch |
Floating walking Pokémon glitch (poison variation, menu variation) |
Sequence breaking
In various or all entries:
Acid Rain glitch (Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver) |
Grass glitch (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) |
Global Trade System glitches |
Incorrect sprite for the Defog HM (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) |
Pal Park daily limit oversight |
Pal Park nickname glitch |
Route 224 tile oversight (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) |
VS Recorder audio glitch
The Tower Tycoon event skip is a miscellaneous glitch which only exists within Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The glitch will happen when the player reaches the Tower Tycoon but instead of choosing the option 'KEEP GOING' immediately, he or she selects 'REST' first, but selects 'NO' to procede to the next trainer.
When activated, the next trainer which appears will appear on the map as an ordinary trainer but will display the dialogue "Now come! Show me, the Tower Tycoon what you're really made of!" This alone is notable because this string of dialogue is normally never used within the game and may have been intended as the original message Palmer gives to the player, however the game instead normally sets the value of another byte to 01, making Palmer appear and walk up to the player and inform him or her that he is Barry (or the name of the player's rival)'s father, so this message normally never appears.
When the player battles this trainer however, he or she will appear as the normal Tower Tycoon but if he is defeated, the player will recieve the default amount of battle points, rather than the usual 20 (or more) battle points. This glitch no longer exists in Pokémon Platinum because if the player selected 'NO' he or she would be sent back to the initial menu.
Explanation
When the player selects the option 'KEEP GOING' the game will set the value of an additional byte to 01, so that the Tower Tycoon walks slowly up to the player, instead of another trainer who would walk up to the player at a normal speed. This also changes the dialogue of the Tower Tycoon, so that he welcomes the player and informs the player who he is. If the player does not choose this option however, the byte will still remain at 00 and the game will treat the next trainer as one who is part of the usual streak. Palmer will instead give his default speech for such an event "Show me, the Tower Tycoon what you're really made of!" and since the game will treat him as a normal trainer, the player will only recieve 3 or more Battle Points.
Method
- Reach the 21st Streak of the Battle Tower (i.e. clear it three times consecutively)
- Select the option 'REST'
- Select the option 'NO'
- The game should treat the Tower Tycoon as an ordinary trainer.
External links
- [1] - A video of the Tower Tycoon event skip.