He was a data miner by hobby. So he dumped his cartridge, decrypted the ROM, and began comparing it to known clean dumps. The differences were subtle at first. A single byte changed in the weather table. Then an altered text string in the Seafloor Cavern. Then he found it .
Modders can use tools like or Kuriimu to open these files, compare them to the base v1.0 files, and see exactly what Nintendo changed. This is invaluable for creating: Pokemon Alpha Sapphire- Update 1.4 -Decrypted- ...
Fixed minor text errors and data inconsistencies within the Hoenn region. Understanding the "Decrypted" Status Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Update 1
In the party menu, the lead Pokémon was no longer a starter. It was a glitch-frame entity named "ARCHIVE_00" Some rare audio/music edge-case bugs were patched
One move——made his Swampert's level drop from 82 to 50. Another— Corrupted Wish —replaced his active Pokemon's moves with random glitch moves like "????????" and "End of Stream" .
: You must have Version 1.4 installed to access the Global Trade Station (GTS), Wonder Trade, Mystery Gift, and the Player Search System (PSS).