Pal Park name encoding glitch

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Conversion of Mimi the Mr. Mime's original trainer name from "RÚTEO" to "RつTEO".

The Pal Park name encoding glitch is a glitch that exists in Generation IV Pokémon games causing specific OT names or nicknames of Pokémon originating from foreign (non-English European) versions of Generation III games to become corrupted when they are transferred to Pal Park.

This glitch only occurs if the nicknames or OTs have certain characters not primarily used in the English language, such as Á (which would transform into い (hiragana "i")).

Obtaining a relevant character in a name

In Generation III characters with grave, acute and circumflex accents, as well as those with a diaeresis or tilde cannot be chosen when naming the player or nicknaming a Pokémon even within game localizations where they are commonly used. Instead, the player can only choose the characters that they would have been able to in the previous generations, with the addition of numbers 1-9 and a few symbols.

Despite this, in non-English European versions of the Generation III main-series Pokémon games, there are a few default trainer names that have non-English characters, and there are some in-game trainers that trade with the player who have either OT names or nicknames with foreign characters. The programmers apparently forgot about this possibility when programming Pal Park.

Effect

When any Pokémon with certain foreign characters in their nickname or OT name have foreign characters and are transferred to a Generation IV game via Pal Park, they will not be converted properly and will corrupt, changing to certain Japanese kana.

List of problematic default trainer names

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Spanish

FireRed/LeafGreen

Character	Name	Glitched Pal Park name
Red	ÁLVARO	いLVARO
	LLAMÍN	LLAMコN
Leaf	MARÍA	MARコA

List of problematic in-game trainers

Spanish

FireRed/LeafGreen

[TODO: Look for FireRed-exclusive Pokémon.]

Location	Pokémon	Trainer	Nickname	Glitched name in Pal Park	Notes
Route 2	Mr. Mime	RÚTEO	MIMI	RつTEO	(None)
Route 5	Nidoran♂	QUICA	NIDRÁN	NIDRいN	Only in LeafGreen
Cinnabar Island	Seel	GOYO	SEELÍN	SEELコN	(None)

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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