Game Cartridge numbers

[AlecksLove`<3]

On my Ruby and Saphire carts. I have these numbers imprinted on them.

R-#12
S-#00

what do you guys/girls have.
anyone know what they mean?

 

[The Organizer]

I never took the time to look *looks on cart* i cant find any numbers, what are you talking about?

 

[AlecksLove`<3]

its on the lable
its imprinted so its hard see, but on my carts they are the the right side of the front(lable side)

 

[Ho-oh Master]

eh

all I can find is on the back of mine it says e=8 , but its on the back :/

on the sticker all I can find is a little 11 but thats with the sticker.

 

[Cataclysmic]

I think I know what you're talking about lol
S-11
R-2
No clue what that means though.

Edit: You do mean the little numbers on the sticker, right?

 

[Ho-oh Master]

can't see my R and S :/

 

[AlecksLove`<3]

I think I know what you're talking about lol
S-11
R-2
No clue what that means though.

Edit: You do mean the little numbers on the sticker, right?

yep the number on the sticker

 

[DarkSpectrum]

On my Ruby and Saphire carts. I have these numbers imprinted on them.

R-#12
S-#00

what do you guys/girls have.
anyone know what they mean?

It's very faint on the front sticker, it's an impression on the sticker with a number
if this were the front sticker: x would be the location of the number
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|...................|
|...............x...|
|...................|
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My cartridges
Ruby=19
Emerald=00 e3
fire red=11

usually that's just manufacturers numbers that have no concern to anything except the assembly line

 

[Antero]

My Ruby cartridge has 12 imprinted on it.

 

[Xtra]

My Emerald has the number 11

 

[amulekbird]

Maybe these numbers determine the odds someone will "really" find shineys? Who knows. I'll check mine when I get home from work.

 

[Cataclysmic]

Maybe these numbers determine the odds someone will "really" find shineys? Who knows. I'll check mine when I get home from work.

Ya know, there could be some truth in that. I've encountered Shinies on Ruby (#2 on the sticker) but never in Sapphire (#11 on the sticker).

Oh yeah, I have an 11 on my Emerald .-.

 

[Kal-El]

11 on Sapph and 12 on LG. I have a 34 on Crystal.

It might be a regional system or release system. Not sure.

 

[Antero]

Ya know, there could be some truth in that. I've encountered Shinies on Ruby (#2 on the sticker) but never in Sapphire (#11 on the sticker).

Oh yeah, I have an 11 on my Emerald .-.

Continuing that trend, I have a 12 on my Ruby cartridge and have never come across a Shiney.

 

[Kal-El]

Continuing that trend, I have a 12 on my Ruby cartridge and have never come across a Shiney.

Not that the number has anything to do with it. If you think it does try carving a "2" on it.

 

[Antero]

Not that the number has anything to do with it. If you think it does try carving a "2" on it.

Indeed! If things carry on as they are, in the near future I'll be approaching such degrees of desperation!

 

[Cataclysmic]

Not that the number has anything to do with it. If you think it does try carving a "2" on it.

I do have a 2 on mine (and I didn't carve it o_0) lol

 

[rebirth_flame]

Hmmm. It's on other GBA games too, not just pokemon. For example, my harvest moon has a 22 imprinted.

 

[Manene]

Lets see...

Emerald-19
Ruby-00
Sapphire-07
FireRed-22
LeafGreen-19

Maybe these numbers determine the odds someone will "really" find shineys? Who knows. I'll check mine when I get home from work.

That may be right! The only shiny I've ever seen (not caught) was on my Ruby, and look at the numbers.

 

[MetalMario]

The RNG's entirely software-based, so your 'shiny theory''s most definitely wrong.

Sapphire: Can't see a thing. It might've "flattened out" from age.. I dunno.
Fire Red: 11
Emerald: 11

They might identify manufacturing location.