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Hack-Check Thread (Read the OP for simple hack-checking)

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Ryuken

Steel User
Got this today, seems "legit" so far, but I would like someone checking it over for anything I missed:
Species: Hoopa
Nickname: フーパ
OT: えいがかん
ID no. 07185
Shiny: No
Evs: 0
IVs: 31/6
Nature: Naive
Alert to sounds
Magician
Moves:
Psychic
Knock of
Gunk shot
Fire punch
Level obtained: 50
Location: Movie 15, fateful encounter.
Cherish ball.

I doubt the this thing is legal, since it carries 6IVs on day one, but a second opinion would be appreciated.
 
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FILIP22

Original Member since 2007
Got this today, seems "legit" so far, but I would like someone checking it over for anything I missed:
Species: Hoopa
Nickname: フーパ
OT: えいがかん
ID no. 07185
Shiny: No
Evs: 0
IVs: 31/6
Nature: Naive
Alert to sounds
Magician
Moves:
Psychic
Knock of
Gunk shot
Fire punch
Level obtained: 50
Location: Movie 15, fateful encounter.
Premier ball.

I doubt the this thing is legal, since it carries 6IVs on day one, but a second opinion would be appreciated.

It's supposed to come in a Cherish Ball, 3 of those moves are from move tutors from ORAS, idk why they would delete its signature move for that but the pokeball is wrong
 

Ryuken

Steel User
It's supposed to come in a Cherish Ball, 3 of those moves are from move tutors from ORAS, idk why they would delete its signature move for that but the pokeball is wrong

Apologies, meant to say cherish ball, (The shiny fully red one). I get those 2 confused every now and then.
 

LLR

Vivillon Trader
Got this today, seems "legit" so far, but I would like someone checking it over for anything I missed:
Species: Hoopa
Nickname: フーパ
OT: えいがかん
ID no. 07185
Shiny: No
Evs: 0
IVs: 31/6
Nature: Naive
Alert to sounds
Magician
Moves:
Psychic
Knock of
Gunk shot
Fire punch
Level obtained: 50
Location: Movie 15, fateful encounter.
Cherish ball.

I doubt the this thing is legal, since it carries 6IVs on day one, but a second opinion would be appreciated.

If it came from GTS or Wonder Trade it's a hack. It should have a ribbon.
Serebii sent out a reminder tweet earlier today.
 

Reisuke

Apparently i died
Got this today, seems "legit" so far, but I would like someone checking it over for anything I missed:
Species: Hoopa
Nickname: フーパ
OT: えいがかん
ID no. 07185
Shiny: No
Evs: 0
IVs: 31/6
Nature: Naive
Alert to sounds
Magician
Moves:
Psychic
Knock of
Gunk shot
Fire punch
Level obtained: 50
Location: Movie 15, fateful encounter.
Cherish ball.

I doubt the this thing is legal, since it carries 6IVs on day one, but a second opinion would be appreciated.

I'm gonna be rash, think for yourself. 6IV and received on day one? Definite hack
 

Sum_Dude

New Member
Pokemon Species: German Minun
Nickname: Minun
OT: Béla
OT Gender: Female
IDno:19820
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: (if known)
Nature: Gentle
Characteristic: Hates to lose
Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Discharge,Volt Switch, Thunderbolt, Spark
Level Caught at: 11
Current Level: 11
Stats: 36 Hp, 14 Atk, 16 Def, 22 Sp.Atk, 28 Sp.Def, 26 Speed
Location Caught: Route 110
Pokeball Caught In: Premier Ball
Any other notes?: It seems odd to give away a shiny pokemon after teaching it Tm moves in my opinion
 

Requiem Aeternam

Dance like an eggplant!
Pokemon Species: German Minun
Nickname: Minun
OT: Béla
OT Gender: Female
IDno:19820
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: (if known)
Nature: Gentle
Characteristic: Hates to lose
Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Discharge,Volt Switch, Thunderbolt, Spark
Level Caught at: 11
Current Level: 11
Stats: 36 Hp, 14 Atk, 16 Def, 22 Sp.Atk, 28 Sp.Def, 26 Speed
Location Caught: Route 110
Pokeball Caught In: Premier Ball
Any other notes?: It seems odd to give away a shiny pokemon after teaching it Tm moves in my opinion

I don't see anything wrong with it. Looks like a random shiny someone found. For the TMs the person probably wanted to use the Minun and taught it those moves but then decided they didn't want it.
 

Reisuke

Apparently i died
Pokemon Species: German Minun
Nickname: Minun
OT: Béla
OT Gender: Female
IDno:19820
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known)
IV's: (if known)
Nature: Gentle
Characteristic: Hates to lose
Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Discharge,Volt Switch, Thunderbolt, Spark
Level Caught at: 11
Current Level: 11
Stats: 36 Hp, 14 Atk, 16 Def, 22 Sp.Atk, 28 Sp.Def, 26 Speed
Location Caught: Route 110
Pokeball Caught In: Premier Ball
Any other notes?: It seems odd to give away a shiny pokemon after teaching it Tm moves in my opinion

Just a random shiny. People do those TMs often. Most of time for if the receiver may want to use it but doesn't have acertain tm
 

WillDaSnail

Soon™?
Need a quick check on a Buneary I picked up via Wonder Trade. Normally I would have not given a crap but I saw it came in a Safari Ball (a quick check indicated that this Poke Ball was last used in Gen IV....)

Pokemon Species: Buneary
Nickname: Cotten Tail
OT: Jan-Jan
IDno: 58111
Shiny?: no
EV's: 0/0/0/0/0/0
IV's: 0-2/31/22-24/29-30/31/23-24
Nature: Serious
Characteristic: Mischievous
Ability: Limber (Hidden Ability)
Moves: Sky Uppercut, Baton Pass, Agility, Dizzy Punch
Level Caught at: N/A
Current Level: 40
Stats: 94/70/49/52/62/82
Location Caught: Wonder Traded from Japan (but did not originate from a foreign language game)
Pokeball Caught In: Safari Ball
Any other notes?: Came with egg move Sky Uppercut
 

SpiredMoth

HA Merchant
Need a quick check on a Buneary I picked up via Wonder Trade. Normally I would have not given a crap but I saw it came in a Safari Ball (a quick check indicated that this Poke Ball was last used in Gen IV....)

Pokemon Species: Buneary
Nickname: Cotten Tail
OT: Jan-Jan
IDno: 58111
Shiny?: no
EV's: 0/0/0/0/0/0
IV's: 0-2/31/22-24/29-30/31/23-24
Nature: Serious
Characteristic: Mischievous
Ability: Limber (Hidden Ability)
Moves: Sky Uppercut, Baton Pass, Agility, Dizzy Punch
Level Caught at: N/A
Current Level: 40
Stats: 94/70/49/52/62/82
Location Caught: Wonder Traded from Japan (but did not originate from a foreign language game)
Pokeball Caught In: Safari Ball
Any other notes?: Came with egg move Sky Uppercut

Buneary was never available in any Safari Zone. If it was hatched from an egg then whether it should be considered hacked or not comes down to how you view illegal ball passing.
 

WillDaSnail

Soon™?
Buneary was never available in any Safari Zone. If it was hatched from an egg then whether it should be considered hacked or not comes down to how you view illegal ball passing.

I checked the Sinnoh Safari Zone and had the same thought. Could you elaborate on your latter statement (in bolded)?
 

SpiredMoth

HA Merchant
I checked the Sinnoh Safari Zone and had the same thought. Could you elaborate on your latter statement (in bolded)?

Here's an article on what I mean.

Basically it's a question of "do you consider the entire line of legally bred Pokémon with a normally illegal ball to be hacked because of a hacked/edited mother that was used somewhere in their lineage."
 

WillDaSnail

Soon™?
Here's an article on what I mean.

Basically it's a question of "do you consider the entire line of legally bred Pokémon with a normally illegal ball to be hacked because of a hacked/edited mother that was used somewhere in their lineage."

Hmm okay, that explains everything. Gonna be a tough call, but after looking into this further (cross checking egg moves, Safari Zone Pokemon that's out there, etc), my opinion is leaning towards the Buneary being a potential no-no because of the circumstances involved.

Thanks for the insight!
 

DaMoonWolf

Event collector
So a while ago I decided to collect shiny mews since I love mew & I like its shiny form even more. I'm just looking for someone who can tell me if those mews are legitimate or not, how they know and if they know more about them :p


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: E P P I E
IDno: 25162
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) 31/xx/31/xx/xx/31
Nature: adamant
Characteristic: takes plenty of siestas
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pound, transform, mega punch, metronome
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 109/81/74/60/74/74
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: dive ball
Any other notes?: i changed the moves on it to the original ones// I think this is the most common shiny mew, I read somewhere it was caught on an emulator by that eppie person, idk if that's true though so if anyone knows more about it it'd be great to know


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: G i o
OT Gender: (red=female, blue=male)
IDno: 18270
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) 31/31/31/31/31/31
Nature: timid
Characteristic: takes plenty of siestas
Ability: synchronize
Moves: taunt, will-O-wisp, soft-boiled, seismic toss
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 109/66/74/74/74/81
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: nope
Pokeball Caught In: normal pokeball
Any other notes?: I got this one from someone on neoseeker who told me she got it here lol, I googled it and I read it was hacked somewhere but without further explanation on how that person knew it


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: *japanese name*
IDno: 30043
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) they were 100 in every stat, but I used a reset bag
IV's: (if known) 27,28,29/27,28,29/7,8,9/1,2,3/31
Nature: quiet
Characteristic: alert to sounds
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pound, transform, mega punch, metronome
Level Caught at: 30
Current Level: 30
Stats: 108/73/67/71/68/66
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: normal pokeball
Any other notes?: I got someone to edit it so it was level 30 instead of 100 and I changed the moveset back to the original one. I didn't get any results when I googled it


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: *japanese name*
IDno: 26342
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) 14,15,16/31/27,28,29/20,21,22,23/4,5,6/17,18,19
Nature: bold
Characteristic: likes to thrash about
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pound, transform, mega punch & metronome
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 104/66/80/71/66/70
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: master ball
Any other notes?: once again, no results when I googled it


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: *japanese name*
IDno: 57342
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) 24,25,26/17,18,19,20,21,22,23/4,5,6/27/1,2,3/10,11,12,13
Nature: modest
Characteristic: thorougly cunning
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pounf, transform, mega punch, metronome
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 107/63/68/80/65/68
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: master ball
Any other notes?: I saw this one a lot as well, yet I haven't seen anyone confirm it's legitimate

Hope someone can help me out^^
 
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Golden_Latias

#SlayQueenSlay
I just got this off WT. I'm 99% sure it's legit, but I want to make sure, just in case.

Pokemon Species: Phione
Nickname: Phione
OT: Oblivian
ID No.: 59874
Shiny?: No
EV's (if known): None
IV's (if known): Outstanding potential overall, greatest in HP, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def
Nature: Adamant
Characteristic: Mischievous
Ability: Hydration
Moves: Bubble, Water Sport
Level Caught At: 1 (Hatched)
Current Level: 1
Stats: 12/6/6/5/6/6
Location Caught: Hatched at the Battle Resort
Egg?: Yes
Pokeball Caught In: Regular Pokeball
Other Notes: Egg received and apparently hatched at 6/28/15. Also, no event ribbon. Not sure if that matters. Sorry if it seems like useless info. I'm not very savvy with these events heh.
 
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DX 2401PT

Monitor
So a while ago I decided to collect shiny mews since I love mew & I like its shiny form even more. I'm just looking for someone who can tell me if those mews are legitimate or not, how they know and if they know more about them :p


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: E P P I E
IDno: 25162
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) 31/xx/31/xx/xx/31
Nature: adamant
Characteristic: takes plenty of siestas
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pound, transform, mega punch, metronome
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 109/81/74/60/74/74
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: dive ball
Any other notes?: i changed the moves on it to the original ones// I think this is the most common shiny mew, I read somewhere it was caught on an emulator by that eppie person, idk if that's true though so if anyone knows more about it it'd be great to know


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: G i o
OT Gender: (red=female, blue=male)
IDno: 18270
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) 31/31/31/31/31/31
Nature: timid
Characteristic: takes plenty of siestas
Ability: synchronize
Moves: taunt, will-O-wisp, soft-boiled, seismic toss
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 109/66/74/74/74/81
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: nope
Pokeball Caught In: normal pokeball
Any other notes?: I got this one from someone on neoseeker who told me she got it here lol, I googled it and I read it was hacked somewhere but without further explanation on how that person knew it


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: *japanese name*
IDno: 30043
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) they were 100 in every stat, but I used a reset bag
IV's: (if known) above average potential, only speed is perfect
Nature: quiet
Characteristic: alert to sounds
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pound, transform, mega punch, metronome
Level Caught at: 30
Current Level: 30
Stats: 108/73/67/71/68/66
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: normal pokeball
Any other notes?: I got someone to edit it so it was level 30 instead of 100 and I changed the moveset back to the original one. I didn't get any results when I googled it


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: *japanese name*
IDno: 26342
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) above average potential, perfect attack
Nature: bold
Characteristic: likes to thrash about
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pound, transform, mega punch & metronome
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 104/66/80/71/66/70
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: master ball
Any other notes?: once again, no results when I googled it


Pokemon Species: mew
Nickname: mew in japanese
OT: *japanese name*
IDno: 57342
Shiny?: yes
EV's: (if known) none
IV's: (if known) above average potential, fantastic special attack
Nature: modest
Characteristic: thorougly cunning
Ability: synchronize
Moves: pounf, transform, mega punch, metronome
Level Caught at: unknown (but 30)
Current Level: 30
Stats: 107/63/68/80/65/68
Location Caught: hoenn
Egg?: no
Pokeball Caught In: master ball
Any other notes?: I saw this one a lot as well, yet I haven't seen anyone confirm it's legitimate

Hope someone can help me out^^

I hear that Eppie's Mew is the "only legit" shiny Mew.

As for Timid shiny IV 31 all Mew, that's apparently "legal". I say it's up to you to decide. Because this is how you would get a Timid IV 31 all shiny Mew in Emerald (the only place to get it):
1: RNG the ID/SID so that the Timid IV 31 all frame turns shiny
2: Get to Faraway Island using the Old Sea Map that was only given away in Japanese games
3: Save in front of Mew after playing hide-and-seek
4: Soft reset and wait approximately 5.6 years with the game running, and then press A within the correct 1/60th second, + 1/30th second ish if you have Synchronize.

That shiny Timid IV 31 all Mew is most likely the result of an emulator RNG, as an emulator allows you to enter a cheat code allowing you to get to Mew in the first place, and then manually advance the frames (60 frames advance per second). And then use some sort of editing software or something to transfer the Mew from the emulator to the real games. So, is that "legit"? It apparently depends on your definition of "legit".

For the other Mews, I wouldn't know for sure. It depends on the exact IVs.


I just got this off WT. I'm 99% sure it's legit, but I want to make sure, just in case.

Pokemon Species: Phione
Nickname: Phione
OT: Oblivian
ID No.: 59874
Shiny?: No
EV's (if known): None
IV's (if known): Outstanding potential overall, greatest in HP, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def
Nature: Adamant
Characteristic: Mischievous
Ability: Hydration
Moves: Bubble, Water Sport
Level Caught At: 1 (Hatched)
Current Level: 1
Stats: 12/6/6/5/6/6
Location Caught: Hatched at the Battle Resort
Egg?: Yes
Pokeball Caught In: Regular Pokeball
Other Notes: Egg received and apparently hatched at 6/28/15. Also, no event ribbon. Not sure if that matters. Sorry if it seems like useless info. I'm not very savvy with these events heh.

It's just a Phione. All you need is a Manaphy and a 6IV Ditto to breed out 3~6 IV Phione endlessly. And it's not shiny either, so it's most likely just a randomly bred Phione.
 

neptune_021

New Member
Got this today, seems "legit" so far, but I would like someone checking it over for anything I missed:
Species: Hoopa
Nickname: フーパ
OT: えいがかん
ID no. 07185
Shiny: No
Evs: 0
IVs: 31/6
Nature: Naive
Alert to sounds
Magician
Moves:
Psychic
Knock of
Gunk shot
Fire punch
Level obtained: 50
Location: Movie 15, fateful encounter.
Cherish ball.

I doubt the this thing is legal, since it carries 6IVs on day one, but a second opinion would be appreciated.
I got one like this except the only differences are mine is modest and it had all the moves it was supposed to have. I don't know if mine is hacked or not but if I had to guess I'd say it is because the OT doesn't match the event serebii posted.
 

Archangel Azazel

Fallen Angel
Pokemon Species: Darkrai
Nickname: Japanese name
OT: japanese OT
OT Gender: N/A
IDno: 10843
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known) N/A
IV's: (if known) N/A
Nature: Quiet
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ability: Bad Dreams
Moves: Hypnosis, Thunderbolt, Nightmare, and Dark Void
Level Caught at: "Seems to have traveled across both space and time in order to reach the Kalos Region from the Sinnoh Region
Current Level: 66
Stats: HP.202, Att.158, Def.158, Sp.Att.238, Sp.Def.158, Speed 183
Location Caught: Sinnoh Region
Egg?: No.
Pokeball Caught In: Poke Ball
Any other notes?: Has the Sinnoh Champion ribbon and Contest Memory Ribbon. I have had this Darkrai since fifth gen but I do not remember how I got it. I think it was GTS but I am not sure.
 

DaMoonWolf

Event collector
Thank you for the help, I will update the mews with more info on the IVs
 

Arbalest

Collector
So a while ago I decided to collect shiny mews since I love mew & I like its shiny form even more. I'm just looking for someone who can tell me if those mews are legitimate or not, how they know and if they know more about them :p

-snip-
The Eppie Mew is from an emulator and warp code, but is otherwise perfectly fine as long as this one hasn't been edited in some other way.

The Gio Mew is hacked, the hidden data doesn't match what should actually happen.

The other 3 Mew appear to be hacked, there's no way to obtain any of them through SRing/lazy RNGing, and the IVs are all too terrible for any RNGer to put actual effort into obtaining them (there's also the fact you just admitted one of them was edited...)


Pokemon Species: Darkrai
Nickname: Japanese name
OT: japanese OT
OT Gender: N/A
IDno: 10843
Shiny?: Yes
EV's: (if known) N/A
IV's: (if known) N/A
Nature: Quiet
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ability: Bad Dreams
Moves: Hypnosis, Thunderbolt, Nightmare, and Dark Void
Level Caught at: "Seems to have traveled across both space and time in order to reach the Kalos Region from the Sinnoh Region
Current Level: 66
Stats: HP.202, Att.158, Def.158, Sp.Att.238, Sp.Def.158, Speed 183
Location Caught: Sinnoh Region
Egg?: No.
Pokeball Caught In: Poke Ball
Any other notes?: Has the Sinnoh Champion ribbon and Contest Memory Ribbon. I have had this Darkrai since fifth gen but I do not remember how I got it. I think it was GTS but I am not sure.
Terrible hack, if you check the IVs and the first post in this thread you should know why.
 
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