One of the most popular reasons to use these cheats is to obtain —special creatures that were only distributed at real-world events, with unique moves, abilities, or Poké Balls.

The magic of emulation lies in the cheat database, typically a file named usrcheat.dat . This file contains thousands of cheat codes for hundreds of games, all organized and easily accessible.

Many YouTube videos or forum posts claiming “Pokémon Platinum QR code work 100%” are misleading. The QR code itself be scanned by an original DS or DS Lite. To make it “work,” you need:

So when someone says a QR code for Pokémon Platinum “works,” they usually mean one of three things: