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[[File:Gen II glitch mail 1.png|frame|right|A glitched Mail Box caused by the hex:88 [[Glitch Unown]].]] |
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Glitch mail is mail inside your inbox on your PC in Pokémon G/S/C that has [[glitch text]] and may cause a [[Glitch Dimension]] to occur. Later glitch mail near the number 25 have a tendancy to do this. It is usually received from battling a [[glitch trainer]] in the Viridian Trainer House. This trainer is usually made by turning off the power while the game is saving, doing glitched link activities, or corrupting Mystery Gift by having ifrared interference during the "gift exchange." Sadly however, this glitch is still difficult to activate and a sure fire 100% way to activate this glitch is still unknown at this time. |
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'''Glitch mail''' refers to glitchy mail sometimes generated inside the player's mail box in [[bp:Generation II|Generation II]] after corruption. |
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==Notable Side Effects of the Glitch Trainer== |
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Many side effects have been reported for this glitch. However, the main side effect is that the player's mailbox becomes full of glitch mail. Another common side effect is that the player will have all the Mystery Gift room ornaments after this glitch is activated. The glitch trainer that appears varies. Most of the glitch trainers will have a variation of [[?????]] that looks like the last pokemon sent out but it will lock up the game sometimes displaying the link battle "WAITING.." message. It is also known to have level 0 Pokémon that freeze the game when they're displayed. |
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Glitch mail may be of an invalid type (meaning that it has an index number which is not used for a valid mail item such as Flower Mail), and may display [[glitch dialog|glitch text]], either in the contents or message itself, or both. Glitch mail may be signed from 'GREEN', which is from the control character hex:39, and will appear in "00 39" corruption patterns. |
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A glitch mail will become an item when it is put into the bag, depending on the mail item's index number. As mentioned above, a mail item in the mailbox may not be of a valid kind (this is the case with most index numbers), so it is possible to obtain items such as "?" (hex:00), which will not bring up a screen to attach a message to it when the item is held by a Pokémon. |
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==Excessive mail glitch== |
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''Main article: [[Excessive mail glitch]].'' |
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When there is an excessive amount of mail (the maximum is meant to be 10), glitches will occur when the mail box is opened. |
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Effects in Pokémon Gold and Silver include: |
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*Corruption of the overworld. |
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*The player walking with no animation and disappearing momentarily every step. |
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*Corruption of the start menu options. |
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*A corrupted wild Pokémon, and a forced 'link battle'. |
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==Obtaining glitch mail== |
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{{researchneeded|Check validity of other methods.}} |
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This effect is not too uncommon and can occur after cheating, but there is a way to get it without cheating. |
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Glitch mail in the player's box, and others effects such as a glitch Trainer House Trainer can be obtained with the [[Unown SRAM corruption glitch]], which can be pulled off by viewing a certain [[glitch Unown]] in Unown Mode of the Pokédex. |
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Glitch Unown can be obtained with the [[withdraw over 6 Pokémon glitch]], and a working value that creates glitch mail is the hex:24 (5th Pokémon's Defense is 36 modulo 256) type. |
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==Invalid glitch mail types== |
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Many and possibly all but one invalid glitch mail types look like the Flower Mail but with the wrong colors. The color changes are different between Pokémon Gold/Silver and Pokémon Crystal. |
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{| border="1" |
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!Type |
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!Background color |
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!Five-petal flower and border color |
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!Four-petal flower and name field color |
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!Oddish color |
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|Flower Mail |
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|Light green |
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|Orange |
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|Red |
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|Red |
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|General glitch mail type (Gold/Silver) |
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|Purple |
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|Green |
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|White |
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|Black |
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|General glitch mail type (Crystal) |
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|Light blue |
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|Blue |
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|Pink |
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|Red |
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|} |
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<gallery position="center" widths="160" heights="144"> |
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File:GS glitch mail type.png|The general glitch mail type in Gold/Silver. |
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File:Glitch mail type Crystal Unown 2B.png|The general glitch mail type in Crystal. |
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</gallery> |
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In Pokémon Gold and Silver, the hex:FF invalid glitch mail type simply loads a purple screen, but the game does not freeze and the player can return to the mail box. |
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[[File:GS Mail FF.png]] |
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In Pokémon Crystal, the hex:FF invalid glitch mail type causes a completely different effect. It forces an unexpected reset (but not a [[Glitch Dimension]]) and many values are corrupted from CFBB-E0A4 (corruption of values to hex:07 has only been reported as of yet). Many of these values are unchanged when the player selects 'continue' and bad effects on the game are noticeable from there, but no apparent corruption effects are noticeable when the player selects 'new game' |
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See [http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,6969.0.html this thread] for more information. |
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[[Category:Terminology]] |
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[[Category:Generation II glitches]] |
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Revision as of 13:24, 14 June 2014
Glitch mail refers to glitchy mail sometimes generated inside the player's mail box in Generation II after corruption.
Glitch mail may be of an invalid type (meaning that it has an index number which is not used for a valid mail item such as Flower Mail), and may display glitch text, either in the contents or message itself, or both. Glitch mail may be signed from 'GREEN', which is from the control character hex:39, and will appear in "00 39" corruption patterns.
A glitch mail will become an item when it is put into the bag, depending on the mail item's index number. As mentioned above, a mail item in the mailbox may not be of a valid kind (this is the case with most index numbers), so it is possible to obtain items such as "?" (hex:00), which will not bring up a screen to attach a message to it when the item is held by a Pokémon.
Excessive mail glitch
Main article: Excessive mail glitch. When there is an excessive amount of mail (the maximum is meant to be 10), glitches will occur when the mail box is opened.
Effects in Pokémon Gold and Silver include:
- Corruption of the overworld.
- The player walking with no animation and disappearing momentarily every step.
- Corruption of the start menu options.
- A corrupted wild Pokémon, and a forced 'link battle'.
Obtaining glitch mail
More research is needed for this article.
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Reason given: Check validity of other methods. |
This effect is not too uncommon and can occur after cheating, but there is a way to get it without cheating.
Glitch mail in the player's box, and others effects such as a glitch Trainer House Trainer can be obtained with the Unown SRAM corruption glitch, which can be pulled off by viewing a certain glitch Unown in Unown Mode of the Pokédex.
Glitch Unown can be obtained with the withdraw over 6 Pokémon glitch, and a working value that creates glitch mail is the hex:24 (5th Pokémon's Defense is 36 modulo 256) type.
Invalid glitch mail types
Many and possibly all but one invalid glitch mail types look like the Flower Mail but with the wrong colors. The color changes are different between Pokémon Gold/Silver and Pokémon Crystal.
| Type | Background color | Five-petal flower and border color | Four-petal flower and name field color | Oddish color |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Mail | Light green | Orange | Red | Red |
| General glitch mail type (Gold/Silver) | Purple | Green | White | Black |
| General glitch mail type (Crystal) | Light blue | Blue | Pink | Red |
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The general glitch mail type in Gold/Silver.
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The general glitch mail type in Crystal.
In Pokémon Gold and Silver, the hex:FF invalid glitch mail type simply loads a purple screen, but the game does not freeze and the player can return to the mail box.
In Pokémon Crystal, the hex:FF invalid glitch mail type causes a completely different effect. It forces an unexpected reset (but not a Glitch Dimension) and many values are corrupted from CFBB-E0A4 (corruption of values to hex:07 has only been reported as of yet). Many of these values are unchanged when the player selects 'continue' and bad effects on the game are noticeable from there, but no apparent corruption effects are noticeable when the player selects 'new game'
See this thread for more information.