Pokemon Sapphire Any% FAQ

Pokemon Sapphire Any% FAQ

Q: What do you play this game on?
A: I play on both a Gameboy Player for the Gamecube, as well as an original Nintendo DS.

Q: What are you trying to do?
A: Beat Pokemon Sapphire as fast as possible.

Q: Are there any glitches used in this category?
A: There are no glitches used in the run.

Q: Why do you keep resetting?
A: Probably because I didn't hit the proper frame to get the Mudkip I needed to complete the run. I am aiming for a frame that produces a male Mudkip with a Naughty nature and IVs of 24/27/10/31/31/30.

Q: Does the starter manipulation work in the same way as FireRed?
A: Yes and No. We still have to hit a certain time frame to get a good Mudkip, but we don't find our starter Pokemon from our trainer ID. The engine for Sapphire is a bit different than FireFiree can actually get the same exact Mudkips each and every time. For a list of every Mudkip check here! https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6dib2g4x1rjwza/sapphire_mudkips.txt The one I run is on #148.

Q: How do you know the stats you will get on your Mudkip without checking?
A: Since the Mudkip is the same everytime, the best way I can tell is when it's a male with 21 HP and the Poocheyena is a Female. This is usually an indicator that it's either the Mudkip I'm looking for, or a Hasty nature that is 1 frame off.

Q: Why don't you run Treecko or Torchic?
A: Treecko and Torchic just don't have the stats needed to clear the run as fast as possible. Mudkip has the right amount of bulk, stats, and amazing typing to to clear this game in as short a time as possible.

Q: Does gender affect anything like in Gen 2?
A: If it's a girl Mudkip, it's not the Mudkip we are looking for. Picking the male trainer gives you different rival fights than the one you get when picking the female trainer.

Q: What Pokemon do you use during this run?
A: We generally use Mudkip for most of the game as our main. He is eventually replaced by Kyogre and used as a Surf/Strength/Waterfall/Dive slave. We catch a flier that's usually either Swablu, Taillow, or Wingull. Grab Castform in the weather center. Then we finish off the final gym and the Elite 4 with Kyogre.

Q: You're at red health, why don't you heal?
A: Mudkip has an ability called torrent. Torrent boost your water moves power by 1.5× if I have less than or equal to ⅓ of its maximum HP remaining. This ability can save quite a bit of time in many different sections of the game, so you'll often see me go into fights with very low health.

Q: What are the beeps I hear right before you grab your Mudkip split?
A: I use a program called Eon timer. I plug the time frame I want into the program. Then, once that exact time frame is about to come up, it will produce an audio queue in order to help me hit the time frame I am looking for to get the proper Mudkip.

Q: Why Sapphire instead of Ruby?
A: Kyogre is pretty much faster than Groudon.

Q: What game will you be doing after Sapphire?
A: I'm leaning towards a Gen 4 or Gen 6 game.