Midnight exploit

Miscellaneous glitches of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon Platinum, and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

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

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The midnight exploit in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum allows certain daily events to change that wouldn't normally change simply by changing the date on the Nintendo DS.

The Seal Market goods in Sunyshore City (at least in Pokémon Platinum) is an exception, as they will change simply when the date is changed on the Nintendo DS firmware.

The midnight exploit involves changing the clock on the Nintendo DS firmware to a time near midnight, playing the game and waiting for the time to become midnight in the game. The in game time can be checked by having the Pokétch set to the Digital Clock application.

Some, if not all of the 'midnight exploitable' events will not change by waiting for the clock to turn midnight on the Nintendo DS firmware. The player may have to actually be in game.

Procedure

1. Set the Nintendo DS clock back to a time such as 1 minute before midnight.
2. Save the clock data and shut the Nintendo DS off.
3. Start the game, wait until midnight (this can be checked with the Digital Watch Pokétch app).

Events that can be changed

For more information about these events, see the relevant Serebii pages (Diamond and Pearl, Platinum)

• Random Pokémon Center battles (Pokémon Platinum)
• Swarm Pokémon (viewable in the opposite gender rival's house in Sandgem Town)
• Lottery (Jubilife City)
• Floaroma Town Berry gift
• Route 208 Berry gift
• Pokémon Reporter (Solaceon Town)
• Massage woman (Veilstone City)
• Game Corner hidden coins (EU Platinum)
• Pastoria City Berry gift
• Great Marsh shard gift (Pastoria City)
• Pokémon Mansion owner's cute Pokémon experience. Finding out what Pokémon it is requires leaving the room and re-entering if the butler is not present (Route 212).
• Pokémon Mansion 5-Maid Knockout Exact-Turn Attack Challenge (requires leaving and re-entering the room to try again)
• Celestic Town Pokémon Center Great Ball man (requires a Pokémon with high happiness to receive the Great Ball).
• Snowpoint Town trendy saying.
• Seal Market goods (Sunyshore City, also changeable by changing the Nintendo DS date).
• Julia's Ribbons.
• Belt man (Route 221).
• Ribbon Syndicate spa (only tested in Platinum, requires at least 10 Ribbons spread among current Pokémon party to enter the Ribbon Syndicate. Requires leaving and returning to the room if the staff are close together).
• Top Trainer Café (requires leaving and entering again).
• Underground goods that traders have.