Game of origin

The game of origin is a value in the Pokémon data structure that indicates the game a Pokémon was obtained in. This value determines the origin mark of the Pokémon.

The subject of this article has no official name.
The name currently in use is a fan designator; see below for more information.

Assignment

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Pokémon caught in the wild, obtained as a gift or in-game trade, met in Entree Forest, or received as a Mystery Gift have the game they were obtained in as their game of origin. Eggs have their game of origin set to the game in which they were obtained, not the game they were hatched. Shedinja retains the Nincada's game of origin.

Pokémon obtained from My Pokémon Ranch, Pokémon Dream Radar, Pokémon Channel, and Pokémon Link use the game they were transferred to.

Pokémon from the Pokémon Colosseum Bonus Disc have Pokémon Ruby as their game of origin. The gift Ho-Oh from Mt. Battle in Pokémon Colosseum has Pokémon Sapphire as its game of origin. Pokémon obtained as gifts in Pokémon HOME have Pokémon Sword as their game of origin, though this is displayed in Pokémon HOME as being met in "Pokémon HOME" rather than in "the Galar region".

Technical implementation

In Generation III, this value occupies 4 bits of a two-byte word in the Pokémon data structure. From Generation IV onward, it occupies a whole byte.

Possible values

# Hex Game Mark Bank/HOME location
000unuseda distant land
101Sapphirethe Hoenn region
202Rubythe Hoenn region
303Emeraldthe Hoenn region
404FireRedthe Kanto region
505LeafGreenthe Kanto region
606unuseda distant land
707HeartGoldthe Johto region
808SoulSilverthe Johto region
909unuseda distant land
100ADiamondthe Sinnoh region
110BPearlthe Sinnoh region
120CPlatinumthe Sinnoh region
130Dunuseda distant land
140Eunuseda distant land
150FColosseum or XDa distant land
1610unuseda distant land
1711unuseda distant land
1812unuseda distant land
1913unuseda distant land
2014Whitethe Unova region
2115Blackthe Unova region
2216White 2the Unova region
2317Black 2the Unova region
2418X
Blue pentagon
the Kalos region
2519Y
Blue pentagon
the Kalos region
261AAlpha Sapphire
Blue pentagon
the Hoenn region
271BOmega Ruby
Blue pentagon
the Hoenn region
281Cunused
Blue pentagon
the Kalos region
291Dunused
Blue pentagon
the Kalos region
301ESun
Black clover
the Alola region
311FMoon
Black clover
the Alola region
3220Ultra Sun
Black clover
the Alola region
3321Ultra Moon
Black clover
the Alola region
3422Pokémon GO
GO icon
Pokémon GO
3523Red
Game Boy icon
the Kanto region in the good old days
3624Blue or Green
Game Boy icon
the Kanto region in the good old days
3725Blue (Japanese)
Game Boy icon
the Kanto region in the good old days
3826Yellow
Game Boy icon
the Kanto region in the good old days
3927Gold
Game Boy icon
the Johto region in the good old days
4028Silver
Game Boy icon
the Johto region in the good old days
4129Crystal
Game Boy icon
the Johto region in the good old days
422ALet's Go, Pikachu!
Let's Go icon
the Kanto region
432BLet's Go, Eevee!
Let's Go icon
the Kanto region
442CSword
Galar symbol
the Galar region
452DShield
Galar symbol
the Galar region
462Eunused
472Funused
4830Brilliant Diamond
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl icon
N/A
4931Shining Pearl
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl icon
N/A


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