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[[File:Special (location).png|frame|right|SPECIAL on the Pokégear map in Crystal]] |
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'''SPECIAL''' is placeholder text in {{GSC}} that appears as a Pokégear map name for when the player is in the second floor of a Pokémon Center but the last map in memory (to be loaded when the player goes down the stairs) is the second floor of the Pokémon Center itself. <!--Does this apply to the Pokémon Center trade and battle rooms as well?--> |
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The index number of "SPECIAL" is 00 in the Pokégear map. According to the Pokégear map, "SPECIAL" is set in Johto, and its coordinates are off the map. |
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The second floor of a Pokémon Center is in actuality a single map<!--Although individual 2F maps apparently exist! http://hax.iimarck.us/topic/176/-->, and the Pokégear map takes the name for this map from the last place that the player visited, such as "CHERRYGROVE CITY" for Cherrygrove City's Pokémon Center 1F as the last location, "GOLDENROD CITY" for Goldenrod City's Pokémon Center 1F and so on. |
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The term 'SPECIAL' appears for locations with an [[identifier]] of 0 on the Pokégear's Town Map section in Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver and Pokémon Crystal. In normal gameplay, although unnoticeable, it is used internally by the game as a special case for areas such as the second floor of a Pokémon Center (as this area actually exists as only one map location); the game will use this identifier to refer to the last location the player visited, and thus use that location as a basis for the new Pokégear map area that the player is in. |
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"SPECIAL" also appears as the last entry in a location list dumped in a [http://iimarck.us/dumps/dcrystal.txt Pokémon Crystal text dump] with two entries that may be unused, [[N/A]] and "POKéMON MANSION". |
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Another term, "[[Special Area]]" exists on Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald and perhaps shares the same purpose, although since it is placed in between real locations with an identifier of C4 (196), it may instead, exist for a similar purpose to the many variations of [[Mystery Zone]]s within the [[bp:fourth generation|fourth generation]] handheld Pokémon games. |
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Curiously, SPECIAL shares its name with the Special stat from {{RBY}}; games that {{GSC}} were built on. |
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The term is also likely to have been left behind from Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Yellow as Pokémon Gold and Silver originally used the same engine, as was the case with the messages such as "[[Unused dialogue|You missed the Pokémon]]". |
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==Seeing the string== |
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===Method 1=== |
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*The code 0100D7C5 (Gold and Silver) or 0100D7C6 (Crystal) will bring up the word "SPECIAL" when the Pokégear map is opened. |
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===Method 2=== |
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Gold and Silver:<br> |
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Enter a Pokémon Center with the codes 010143D0, 011444D0, 010145D0 activated, then go up the stairs and back down again. The Pokégear map will tell the player they are in SPECIAL. |
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Crystal:<br> |
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Enter a Pokémon Center and activate the codes 0114B5DC, 0101B6DC. Go up to the second floor, and the Pokégear map will tell the player they are in SPECIAL. |
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==Similar string== |
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Another term, "[[Special Area]]" exists in {{Emerald}}. It has an index number of 196 (hex:C4). |
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 11 May 2017
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This article is about the location name "SPECIAL". For other uses such as the Special stat please see Bulbapedia's disambiguation page.
SPECIAL is placeholder text in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal that appears as a Pokégear map name for when the player is in the second floor of a Pokémon Center but the last map in memory (to be loaded when the player goes down the stairs) is the second floor of the Pokémon Center itself.
The index number of "SPECIAL" is 00 in the Pokégear map. According to the Pokégear map, "SPECIAL" is set in Johto, and its coordinates are off the map.
The second floor of a Pokémon Center is in actuality a single map, and the Pokégear map takes the name for this map from the last place that the player visited, such as "CHERRYGROVE CITY" for Cherrygrove City's Pokémon Center 1F as the last location, "GOLDENROD CITY" for Goldenrod City's Pokémon Center 1F and so on.
"SPECIAL" also appears as the last entry in a location list dumped in a Pokémon Crystal text dump with two entries that may be unused, N/A and "POKéMON MANSION".
Curiously, SPECIAL shares its name with the Special stat from Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow; games that Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal were built on.
Seeing the string
Method 1
- The code 0100D7C5 (Gold and Silver) or 0100D7C6 (Crystal) will bring up the word "SPECIAL" when the Pokégear map is opened.
Method 2
Gold and Silver:
Enter a Pokémon Center with the codes 010143D0, 011444D0, 010145D0 activated, then go up the stairs and back down again. The Pokégear map will tell the player they are in SPECIAL.
Crystal:
Enter a Pokémon Center and activate the codes 0114B5DC, 0101B6DC. Go up to the second floor, and the Pokégear map will tell the player they are in SPECIAL.
Similar string
Another term, "Special Area" exists in Pokémon Emerald. It has an index number of 196 (hex:C4).