How I Made the Impossible Trade Between GEN2 and GEN3

The project I've been working on for a long time. Making a trade between GEN2 and GEN3. I will be making future videos where I'm going more into detail about the reverse engineering process for both generations.

In case you're wondering, it is possible to send over the GEN2 Pokémon to GEN4 using Pal Park!

00:00 Introduction
01:30 GEN 2 Analysis
05:35 GEN 3 Analysis
08:23 Solving the Differences
13:30 Making the Impossible Trade

[jacobbunea]

Need a revamped “Longest journey a Pokemon can take” video. This is simply amazing, you actually bridged the gap

[unpayedovertime]

Finally no one should suffer the nightmares of losing your hard earn Gen2 Pokemon in the transition to Gen3... I wish this existed way back in the olden days . This brings me tears of joy...

[SebastianGMSFB]

The Transfer Chain from 1998 to 2022 (Gen 1-9) is finally known how to be possible!

(1996-2022 in Japan)

[AbsolBlogsPokemon]

This is one of the best things I've seen in So cool to see this happening on real hardware with a real trade rather than the simple porting of Pokemon data through save editing I've seen in previous "solutions" to this. Very impressive to see all the meticulous work you put into this, including all of the consideration you put into every aspect of the data structure of the Pokemon. Fantastic job

[xINVISIGOTHx]

I get sad every time I think about my gen 1 and gen 2 cartridges and that their batteries are probably dead. I had 2 event Mews from Nintendo, with matching paper certificates

[juanpablorojasalvarez]

Bro, is so insane that someone cared enough to make a way to legitemately trade Pokémon between gens where the written pen rule was that it wasn't possible. This shows how much love ppl have for old Pokémon games. Props to you dude, a true legend.

[stardust]

It's crazy how trading between foreign games (ex: Japanese and PAL games) can corrupt the game, but this works. Absolutely incredible.

[Ducksen]

This was something I always fantasized about as a kid. I knew it must've been possible with some programming magic. Amazing job!

[Brewski]

This means hypothetically you could bring MissingNo. On the trip of a lifetime, I’m sure he gets changed into another Pokémon as an error handler but it’s the thought that counts!

[Laotraregion]

May your event Celebi rest in peace knowing that no more gen 2 mon will need to endure his fate.
Seriously, I loved the step by step explanation. This was such a cool project!

[weegee]

As others have said, I’d totally be in the market for one of these transfer tools. Impressive work!

[Exponaut_R-]

It’s a glorious thought imagining your very first starter in Red/Blue being transferrable to the latest games now.

[numberoneappgames]

I would totally buy a completed transfer tool from you. 💜

[tekayo]

I'd love to see this bringing up a Gen 1 'mon to Gen 8. It won't have the GB mark in Gen 8 of course, but it'll be a lot more impressive than the VC method.

[EvilMike]

I'm definitely not as into Pokemon as I was back in Gen 3, but this is an incredible milestone that I never imagined could be reached. Out here making history, my dude!

[alexkuhn]

Congratulations! You've made it into several news articles and Facebook is recommending you as one of the top gaming news articles at the moment!

[FarawayBrawlHacks]

You've made my 16-year-old-self dream come true! Gen 2 had a special place in my heart and I was absolutely heartbroken when I got my Gen 3 game and realized I couldn't trade my Pokémon... Good job!

[GILLIGFAN]

Wow dude…
There’s a time you and your invention woulda been the heroes
we needed and deserved.


Cheers to you mate!

[reasonablewalk]

Seeing that red Gyarados in gen 3 literally made me tear up 🥲 count me as in line for your device!!!! This is brilliant!

[Marmersfarket]

This is absolutely incredible and a huge game changer for Pokémon as a whole.

I'm sure this must have taken lots of trial and error to get to work properly and probably felt amazing once it did work. Great work! I hope to see a more finalized product in the future whenever you'd be confident enough to share and sell to the public.