Emerald Cloning Glitch

A new glitch was recently discovered that allows players who posses a copy of the Emerald version to clone both Pokemon and items to their heart’s content. It can be done after having defeated the elite four, as you must have access to the battle frontier to perform it. Below are step-by-step instructions and an animation courtesy of roan-wolf on gamefaqs:

1. Go to the PC in the battle tower.
2. Deposit the Pokemon you want to clone in any box in Lanette’s PC. Furthermore, if you wish to clone items, give the item(s) you’d like to clone to any Pokemon in the PC via the Move Items option.
3. Exit the PC and save the game.
4. Withdraw the Pokemon or item(s) from the PC that you initially stored in step two.
5. Talk to the lady behind the counter closest to the PC (The one furthest to the right).
6. She will ask if you want to make a challenge. Select yes and choose any two eligible Pokemon from your party.
7. She will tell you that you must save the game before making a challenge and ask you if that is OK. Select yes.
8. The game will freeze for approximately 2 seconds.
9. After, but not during, the freeze, turn off the game. It is not necessary to save again. Turning the game off during the pause may result in a permanent loss of game data.
10. Once you’ve turned the game back on, the cloned Pokemon and/or item(s) will be both in your party and in the PC.

The implications of this glitch are quite astounding. By trading cloned items to Diamond and Pearl, the rarity/value of shiny Pokemon as well as certain items will be significantly lower, which could be seen as either a bad or good thing, depending on how this glitch affects you. I for one am having a swell time duplicating masterballs, rare candies, and PP ups, as well as constructing armies of Shiny Groudon and Rayquaza. Enjoy… or don’t…