How We Recreated All GEN3 Pokémon Distributions 

Also I can't help but notice: You mentioned that you guys recreated all these distribution roms from the MEW distribution. It's funny because just as Mew being the progenitor of all pokémon, it's distribution rom became the progenitor of all the other distribution roms. Amazing!

I actually attended the Toys'r'us Trade and Battle Day. The employees had no idea how to run the event so they gave me the cartridge and let me distribute the Pokemon to everybody. The save file had some odd things about it like having the acro bike from ruby and Sapphire. Unfortunately I didn't trade all of the events to myself because at the time I didn't think much of them. That being said I do have one of the Jeremy shellder that I've transferred all the way through and to Pokemon HOME.

Oh man, that 10th anniversary event was the only special event I was ever able to go to as a kid, that was such a magical feeling. I would love to relive those memories

What you're doing for the pokemon community can be described as nothing less than a miracle. Both of you have clearly gone above and beyond to make things like this happen and you should be given high praises for such feats. Sincerely, thank you.

As a massive pokémon fan who wasn't able to attend these events as a kid, I thank you all. This is something I never thought I would ever get to experience. Congratulations on your success.

This is simply wonderful! A great way to relive a cherished childhood memory. When I went to the Pokémon 10th anniversary event, coincidentally there wasn’t a line for the celebi distribution. And the lady running the booth gave me extra celibis. I still have all of them. I’m sure it wasn’t particularly meaningful to her, but it was so exciting for me as a child.

WORKS LIKE A CHARM. I loaded up all the rims on my Analogue Pocket and linked it up to my GBA SP running Ruby. Thank you guys so much for your hard work. This is awesome!

This is really cool, I love how Gens 3-5 have a good majority of their events archived in some shape or form. I might have to try some of these out on emulator, the video isn't out yet but I hope the Pal Region events can be archived just like NTSC. I await to see the day that Gens 6 & 7 have this luxury, we already have an alternative host for the Nintendo Network called Pretendo Network, but we still need the Pokemon event distribution figured out so those events can be enjoyed in the future. Fun fact, Magearna's QR Code in Gen 7 never expired, so that's one.

You could not have dropped this video at a better time. I'm currently working on a Gen 3 Livingdex and I've had a hard time finding a few Mythicals. Your hard work and the work of the community are appreciated by me and so many others, thank you so much!

Absolutely incredible. I can't even imagine how many people have been waiting for something like this. Thank you to the team for this incredible work!!!

Seriously the people who've worked so hard to bring back these old events, not just for the gen 3 games, but also the DNS trick for gen 4 and 5, are truly doing the lords work. Massive respect

If anyone's curious about why you need to use a specific side of the cable, and why GameFreak wouldn't just make it so that it can just go either way, the answer is because of how the GBA's serial port works, the GBA's BIOS, and a macro in the GBA SDK. The GBA's serial port has 5 different modes: Normal mode, multi-player mode, JOYBUS mode, UART mode, and GPIO mode. Normal mode allows 2 GBA consoles to communicate, and does not require any particular configuration for player 1 and player 2. Multi-player mode allows up to 4 GBAs to communicate, and requires the purple plug to be for player 1 and the grey plugs to be used for everyone else. JOYBUS mode allows the GBA to communicate with a GameCube (or N64) (or Wii). UART mode and GPIO mode are specialty modes for communicating with external devices that aren't GBAs (not that they can't be used to communicate with other GBAs, it's just not how they're usually used). Multiboot works in normal, multi-player, and JOYBUS modes, however the GBA can't act as a host in JOYBUS mode, so for distribution cartridges, only normal and multi-player modes are relevant. The GBA BIOS provides some functionality to programmers to allow sending multiboot code, and it has 3 transfer modes: A moderately fast mode that uses the serial port's normal mode, a slow one that uses multiplayer mode, and a really fast one that uses normal mode, but is unreliable under ordinary circumstances. The multiplayer one allows you to send the multiboot to up to 3 GBAs, so naturally, it's the one that GameFreak would choose to use for events, as it would let more people get the event Pokémon at the same time. Even if that wasn't the case, they would still probably have used it though, as Nintendo put a macro in the GBA SDK that handles multiboot operations, and it always defaults to using multiplayer mode. So the only way to use the other modes is to use assembly, and I'm pretty sure the gen 3 pokemon games and distribution programs were all written in C or something, so they probably wouldn't have bothered.

Thank you so much for putting this together! This is an invaluable contribution to the Pokémon community, keep up the good work!

This is like a wish come true. On behalf of my inner child, who always wanted to have attended one of those events and never could, sincerely, thank you.

I don’t usually comment on videos but your work is really impressive. Within my collection of GBA games from Japan I happen to have a Hadō Regirock. I’m fairly sure it’s legitimate but can’t prove it beyond any reasonable doubt. I can give you more info about it if you want

Such an incredible achievement and gift to the Pokemon community! a massive thank you to you both. It's almost exactly 20 years since the 5th Anniversary Eggs were distributed in Japan too, so really nice this event and all the others are now widely available to old and new players alike for the first time ever.

This is game preservation at it's absolute finest. Thank you for all the work you guys put into this. Not all heros where capes.

This man is a gem, an absolute angel, a gift to all pokefans--

i was able to get a mystery mew as a kid. it was one of my coolest memories, lining up in a toys r us for the original rarest pokemon. i treasured my mew like a holy grail, still have it

Your dedication is outstanding, I hope you find the remaining samples you're looking for!

it's so cool to see that so many other people care about preserving these things, but you're even cooler for actually doing the work. i have no idea of coding, but you always make your videos so understandable and interesting for people like me! i love your videos.

Insanely good work on both the implementations and the video. Can't wait for more of your explanations!

This is incredible! I grew up playing the gba gen 3 games and didn’t find out about mystery gifts until well after they were over. Now 20 years later we can experience them again. Thank you!

My dude going all in with the danganronpa music 🔥that aside, this was a very cool thing to do

Ive fell in love with this channel. Im a pretty new person in pokemon and only started in 2018. But since then i bought pokemon diamond pokemon x and ultra moon. One thing i hate is how i missed old events but this video gives me hope potentially for even every pokemon ds game

This is honestly a really incredible moment for me. I remember being a kid in the early days of Gen 4, unable to get people to believe that my cool Machamp and Cradily were real event Pokemon because there was no documentation of them online. Then in the early 2010s, there was finally enough information uncovered to prove they were real events, and I felt vindicated. Then a couple years later I was contacted by event preservationists about my PCNY events, and of course I was happy to help them. And now we're here. The event community has come together to not only preserve those event Pokemon still in existence, but make faithful recreations so everyone else can enjoy them too. Aside from being a Pokemon fan, I'm incredibly passionate about media preservation to the point that I once wanted to become an archivist professionally. So being able to see this happen is just really special.

Gen 3 brings back so many special memories for me. Being my first proper generation I had as a kid. Seeing this and the previous event video it brings a tear to my eye. 😢 Keep up the good work with whatever it is you decide to work on next.

This is all so beautiful and impressive. From the great explanation, to the revolutionary historical work, to the background music. Love it all and thank you for this!

always excited to see a new video from you! :) so happy that these events are once again obtainable, a lot of good work from you and undeadxreality!!

Thank you so much for your hard work! You provide an invaluable service ensuring these events live on.

Holding onto all of my childhood Pokemon GBA games has definitely paid off; I finally got to try this out last night since I still own all of the hardware. Everything worked like a charm-thanks for all of your hard work! ❤

Thank you so much for doing this! I can finally fulfil my childhood dreams and recreate these events I missed out on

This videos are always so great, love how the community keeps unveiling and preserving pokemons

The best 3 languages: - English - Japanese - Gamecube

this is incredible!! amazing work you two this is gonna mean so much to so many people

Dude. This is Exactly what I was looking for. I have an EZflash as well and have the 4 distributions. I was literally looking for just this. Thank you 🙏 🔥

The fact that you check every single comment on your video is truly incredible feat itself! Congrats on the amazing work you guys!

The choice of background music as you explain binary structures and ISN differences and applications is very tasteful ;). Loving it! Really enjoy those videos! Edit: I have a friend who is an avid Pokemon player. Guess i'll grab my flashcart, GBASP and link cable and roll up there and send him a blast from the past. ^^

Thank you so much for your efforts towards preserving these!!

Amazing, amazing, amazing. Kudos to you all. I could never have the determination to do anything like this and just amazed.

Seeing old Pokémon events revived (Specially gen 3) fills me with inmense joy. Well done!

It's heartbreaking that this breakthrough comes right at the end of the 3DS era, with Pokémon Bank and the Poké Transporter officially closed. At the very least, you can bring these lost events all the way up to BW/2, which is still a miracle!

This is nothing short of incredible, the amount of things that had to go and did go right for this happen; from the recovery of these physical roms to the skillset threshold and successful organization of this team to pull this off, you guys are legends, i can only imagine telling my past self that in the future he would have access to all of these without game sharks. Thank you so much for this.

This, as well as the recreation of the BW Wi-Fi distributions, is absolutely incredible. It brings me great joy to see it! I saw a spike in Aura Mew being traded and transferred after this was released, as a sidenote. It seems people have been taking full advantage of their access to it!

This is incredible what you accomplished, now it will be saved forever. Especially the gen 3 ones. They're so old and it's not as easy to get informations on them, so they were the most important ones to save.

Excited, already used all of the other roms with my GB Operator. Pretty awesome going to Birth Island on real hardware!

Thank you for making this available for generations of users to come! I am returning to Pokémon after many years (I’m 41) and this is helpful!

Man, you guys are the best! Keep up the good work! Can’t wait for the next one

Seeing your work makes me realize I'm really, really far away from where I probably should be in terms of coding skills. I'm graduating this semester and am only comfortable with full-stack web development. It makes me a bit happy though because I realize there's so much more to learn out there! Sorry for the self-reflection no one asked for, but good work on the distribution roms; I hope to see more of your content.

Incredible video! I love the fact that you are taking all of this time to preserve something that is so close to a lot of our hearts! Quick question though, would you be able to make a tutorial video on how to get all these wonderful mons on our saves? That would be super super helpful! And again, thank you so much!

Amazing work as always, also it was cool to see Blissy and Lappy in the special thanks, I know them from the RNG community.

Really amazing work! Can't wait to see what you can do with the event item distributions as well!

Whoa! I can finally get a 10th anniversary Celebi! I went to the event and stood in line, and the kid in front of me got a Celebi and then they said they were closing for the day.

very fitting that mew, the ancestor of all pokémon, was the base of your programming HAHA

Wow, just WOW. The amount of effort you put into this is Amazing. Keep up the Great work because this is just so cool. It's so nice that even after all these years these Pokémon are still remembered, being saved and Researched. 🙂

Absolutely amazing work! I love that you've made these special event pokemon available again. I remember getting the special Mew from Toys 'r' Us back in the day, to help fill out my collection. And it's great to see that new players can... kinda at least... be able to do the same.

Living Dexers are eating well tonight! I said this before in the mystery gift video, but you guys are amazing. The work you've put into the preservation of these games' events is incredible. Thank you so much!

this is incredible, younger me could only DREAM this was possible

Commenting to boost up in the algorithm. Thank you for all your work!

I've been anticipating this work. Well done and thank you!

Incredible work finalle is GEN 3 distribution complete and finished! Now! We need to get a distribution method for gen 6!

I knew it! Danganronpa in the background 🥰

Absolutely amazing work! Not just for the Pokemon community, but for Game Preservation as a whole! I know that I've been working on 100%ing Emerald for a while now and I feel much better knowing that Celebi and Deyoxys won't have to be skipped in my Pokedex.

You are amazing!! Looking forward to the next video as usual

Just a friendly P.S.A. You are able to transfer then event Pokémon through to Pokémon Bank. It at least worked with the lv70 Deoxys. Have yet to try others. Update: I have gotten every Pokémon in the main folder. Including all from the JAA & POTD. As well at at least one from each PCNY multi boot and they all made it to Pokemon Bank with no issues. Amazing work bois and thank you for this.

This has me excited from a completionist standpoint. You guys are awesome. If you ever find time I'd love to see you archive and turn the eReader stuff into a normal rom that can distribute stuff like the regi dolls and eReader berries, and play the lost pokemon mini games.

thank you for all that you do this is so amazing i cant put it into words

Unbelievable!! Thank you so much for your efforts homie

I never donate money, but you deserve this, and I hope others join in, because I can't wait for your gen 2 to gen 3 device to come

I would love to see you tackle the e-reader battle cards and Berry cards, I think you would be able to do it easly after this

18:00 I'd gladly listen to a longer version too! Great work!

hey, just coming back to this to say thank you. gen3 was a huge part of my childhood which I regularly revisit.

I am so hyped. Have you seen the project someone else did for transferring gen 2 pokemon to gen 3 by using a homebrewed setup for the gbasp? That was super interesting. If so, what were your thoughts about this?

Any plans to make repro carts of this? Would love to get a full Pokedex on ANY Gen 3 Pokemon game!

Bro my face lit up when I saw this video in my feed! THANKS SO MUCH THIS IS SO COOL!

This is awesome! I'd like to help contribute with the JEREMY Pokémon. I have all 15 (Yes, there were only 12 different Pokémon, but Tauros, Machoke, & Haunter had both IDNo). I am however still working on getting them migrated to HOME. Please let me know how I can help.

i love this i hope he dose the eon ticket,old sea map,mystic ticket and aurora ticket for the japanese versions unless someone know where i can get them?

You are now one of my heroes in the software world, absolutely amazing work. You should be very very proud of this achievement 👏

Wow that's cool! Congratulations on all this magnificent work, you were incredible. I would really like to be able to create distribution ROMs with my own events and Pokémon, but I don't know anything about programming, but it would be fun. Once again, congratulations on the video

I still have hope with the gen 2 to gen 3 device, it's still in the making right?

danganronpa music

Amazing Work 🎉 Thank you so much !!

i hate that you don't appear in my algorithm nor do my bell notifications work so every once in a while i go "i wonder what the pokemon wizard is up to" and have to search for an older video title just to find you again. Great video as always, crazy stuff

Y’all are genuinely legends for this

I was at a hackathon yesterday, so I missed the premier. Glad to finally watch the video today.

as someone who's always loved the older games, and who wants to eventually create a collection of old GBA games for myself, I sincerely, deeply thank you for recreating these events, some of which are older than I am. дякую мій друг

Really interesting stuff! Channel Jirachi is odd. Fun retail RNG to get a shiny, though I think even common saves of Pokémon often include shiny channel Jirachi that look real via method, but the seeds aren't possible if I recall correctly. So much great work ye have done!

I love this. I was going to make a save file with every event Pokémon from gen 3 but this is so much better. I'm gonna play third gen with friends to complete the Pokédex, but I wanted as weel to get as many events as possible to make true my childhood dreams. If you need help for similar projects in the future I will do whatever is in my power. I do have some experience in coding so this is so entertaining. At the moment I'm completing my journey in first gen and pretty soon I will start with crystal and stadium 2.

I enjoy the use of the danganropa music. Great video man

This is so amazing! Never had a chance to get one of these events due to my location and my age back then But this really makes me consider ordering an english copy of one of these games (have all five games only in german). Really impressive work!

Thanks for this video! I'm going back into my old catriages and seeing if some of my pokemon from NA distribution events are still around. lol

Thank you for preserving these!

This was so cool, well done!

Awesome work you have done!

Wow, this is an incredible job 👏👏!

Thank you very much for your work!

What you've done here is a noble thing, and I thank you for it.

You guys are amazing. A miracle to the pokemon community!

you guys are absolutely amazing !

Amazing job all! So happy to have been able to help out with the translations for this! ^_^ Really excited for what's to come next (after a well deserved rest for you guys of course😜)