X/Y Text File Notes

Authors: Kaphotics, Magical, Zhorken

Text files
0   General met locations (for Memories)
1   Pokémon weights
2   Pokémon genera
4   Pokémon heights
5   Pokémon form names
6   Pokémon flavor text (Y)
7   Pokémon flavor text (X)
9   Environment effect names
13  Move names
14  Move names again
15  Move flavor text
17  Type names
18  Television
20  Trainer classes
21  Trainer names
22  Trainer greetings & defeat messages
23  Super Training bag names
24  O-Power descriptions (Japanese?)
25  Trainer Info & Badge strings
27  Pokémon summary screen strings
30  GTS strings
31  Fly Location descriptions
33  Ability flavor text
34  Ability names
35  Continue Game menu strings
38  Credits
44  Dex complete certificate
47  Nature names
51  Ribbon names and text
55  Player trivia (favorites)
56  Default Trainer Sayings
65  Remembered memory strings
66  Party view menu strings
67  Poké Puff names
68  [30000] Location names (Link Trade / Regions)
69  [60000] Location names (Daycare / treasure hunter)
70  [40000] Location names (Events)
71  Lumiose City Sublocations
72  [00000] Location names (In-game)
76  Battle related option strings (Unused?)
77  Berry names
80  Pokémon names
92  Wallpaper names
95  Item names (with plural/singular formatting codes)
96  Item names (singular)
97  Item names (plural)
98  Item names (singular again)
99  Item flavor text
100 New Game Introduction text
104 GTS strings
108 Wonder card menu text
112 Default Rival Names
113 In-game trade Nicknames and Trainer Names
122 Capture tutorial strings
124 Battle supportive strings (effects/fading)
125 Battle secondary strings (stat boosts)
126 Battle primary strings (used move)
127 Battle UI strings (PP, ‘switch to’)
128 Default Box Names (BOX 1..31)
129 Box Interactions & Wallpaper Names
130 Super Maison trainer names
131 Normal Maison trainer names
139 Item pocket strings
141 O-Power strings
144 Accessory names (wrapped)
145 Accessory names
146 Accessory names
149 Pokémon Link

Formatting codes

Text is more or less UCS-2. Formatting codes start with \x10, followed by a length, followed by that many 16-bit chars. For example, \x0010\x0002\x0102\x0000 is a formatting code of length two. It says to print the nickname of the Pokémon given by argument 0.

Known codes:
0x0100,n: Trainer name
0x0101,n: Pokemon name
0x0102,n: Pokemon nickname
0x0103,n: Pokemon type
0x0105,n: Location name
0x0107,n: Move name
0x0108,n: Item name
0x010A,n: Training Bag name
0x010B,n: Box name
0x010D,n: EV Stat name
0x0110,n: O-Power name
0x0112,n: Bag Pocket name
0x0134,n: Mii name
0x013E,n: Weather name
0x018B,n: Shout Out
0x018E,n: Berry name
0x018F,n: Pokemon remember feeling
0x0190,n: Pokemon remembers quality
0x0193,n: Battle Test name
0x0195,n: General Location name
0x01A1,n: Game Sync ID Code
0x0200-8,n: Number (to places var#+1)
0xbdff,n: No Text (text line) - to help debug/error checking ingame.
0xbe00: Wait for button, scroll text
0xbe01: Wait for button, clear text
0xbe02,n: Wait n seconds(?)
0x1100,00ff,PPSS: gender branch, "h\x10\x03\x1100\x00ff\x0202iser"
0x1100,0000,nn: same
0x1101,00fe,PPSS: plural branch,
include PP starting from end if plural
include SS starting from start if singular

Private Use Area characters

U+E07F => U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
U+E08D => U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
U+E08E => U+2642 MALE SIGN
U+E08F => U+2640 FEMALE SIGN

note: U+2640 and U+2642 are used for fullwidth female and male signs within the games’ text.

1.2 Update:
35,48,53,85 from text were changed.
35: Appended new line: “Ver. 1.2”
48: Error in one of the blank lines is fixed (bug fixed -> gen GARC)
53: “”
85: Appended new line “Ver. 1.2”