It's crazy how rare they made this event for it to give you basically nothing if you encountered it

When I was younger I did not realize how lucky I was when I just so happened to stumble onto this island during my original play through. Looking back on it now it is crazy!

I remember going to mirage island randomly when I was playing these games as a kid. Never knew how to visit the island on purpose haha

Man it's absurd to think how long this could take if you didn't know the exact mechanics behind it

I passed by on this island twice, when my pokemon sapphire ran out of battery and when I did a 3rd replay after I fixed the battery problem. For many years I thought it was just dream that I landed on this Island, but when I last checked my save file and went to my secret base near fortree city where you had to use your bike, I saw a fully grown Berry tree there and when I picked it up it was a liechi Berry. Confirming that my 12 year old self did land on that island.

Cool, since liechi berry is so rare, better plant it right back there on the spot to get more on your next visit!

Still makes more sense than Feebas patterns being determined by the trendy phrase in Dewford Town.

I never realized how difficult it was to get to Mirage Island. When I was a kid I ran the battery dry just from usage and I must have been lucky enough to have the correct apperance value and PID on one of my main pokemon because I remember being able to the island whenever I want. It's crazy to think just how lucky I was

I tried for months as a kid to make it, thinking it would hold some amazing treasure

I did this exact thing a few years ago, just for fun. Also, it was the best way to legally get a liechi berry... I RNGed a Kecleon that triggers Mirage Island, because it just seemed fitting that a pokemon which can disappear and reappear should trigger it. I really enjoyed your concise description of the process!

Wow! I didn’t know this was so rare! As a kid, I just randomly stumbled onto it, and always wondered if I had ever went there. I remember all the wynaut. As a kid I thought it was stupid lol.

It's crazy that I found it within the first 5 tries when I was 13. I remember reading about in the strategy guide, then checking daily. At the time, I didn't even know it was a rare occurrence. I thought it was something you could do weekly. I never checked again because I didn't see the point of going back to get more wynaut's since you already got one from the egg in lavaridge town.

I sank so many hours of playtime into Ruby as a kid and always wondered if mirage island was ever actually reachable, it’s amazing to know it was! So cool to see it after so many years ☺️

I remember trying so hard to get to that island. All these years later, and it forever remained a mirage…

I remember swimming through that route before and seeing the island. At first I thought that I somehow missed it because I could of sworn that I never seen the island the many times I swam through there but wasn't for sure.

It’s crazy how much of us stumbled across Mirage Island by accident as kids, seeing now how difficult it is to do. Truly a magical mirage experience. Cool times

One thing I loved about some of the older generations was the mysterious puzzles and random stuff you would find :) it made it so eery but cool lol

Wow this is insane to watch after all these years! I was told as a kid it was through trainer ID numbers in your party Pokémon so I always went back with a party full of trades, that's crazy

I remember watching my older brother stumble into this when we were kids and now seeing this makes me cherish that memory even more.

I love how people are still making Gen 3 videos nearly 2 decades later. It is amazing!

Your channel is severely underrated! After watching two of your videos I was surprised to see you at 428 subscribers, this is high quality content!

I am glad I found this channel. I love how you pick apart the questions we all asked when we were younger. Thank you!

Amazing to see you explain how this feature is calculated by the game. Very heart-warming to hear you mention visiting the island many years later.

Fun and fascinating video! You’ve revived a childhood memory of mine. I wish Pokémon games still had cool things like this!

ive never bin to mirage island and i hope someday i will but watching this video and seeing you make it there, it gives me hope. Im so glad you were able to make it to where most of us haven't. I can hear it now climbing those stairs and reaching the top screaming "I FINALLY MADE IT TO MIRAGE ISLAND HAHA"

I played Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald years ago. Never got to Mirage island ever. Never did I go to the moon either

This was well researched and well written! Thank you for your dedication to this subject!

This is such a well done video! I hope you grow in your channel, you really deserve it.

Ahhhhh, memories. I remember it like it was yesterday, but it was actually a year and a half ago now. I was looking for a near perfect ditto in emerald by using the same tools as you. That and a perfect latios. It was REALLY tedious but I ended up getting a 4 perfect IV ditto and a modest 3 perfect IV latios, so I'd say it was worth it! It made the battle frontier wayyyyyy easier. No way I'm ever going to try that ever again...

I've never been lucky enough to make it to Mirage Island. Nice to see someone finally make it there.

Awesome video. I remember talking to the guy looking out the window so many times as a kid hoping one day the island would appear ... what a throwback this video was

This information makes me reevaluate my luck, I got 2 mirage island appearances back to back as a kid, but I also won the radiostation lottery in several games (small prizes, I think the vitamins)

I dig these types of videos. You should make more

You sir, just gave me after 26 years of playing pokemon, really heartwarming feels. You sir, are my hero :) It was really satisfying - thanks a lot

your videos are incredible man, lots of work put in, you deserve all the success you're having, and i hope you experience much more!

It seems like your channel and most particularly this video just blew up, and for good reason! Make more stuff, love your style!

I really miss these types of mysteries in the pokemon games. Sapphire will always be my favourite. From trying to figure out Mirage Island to learning braille as a kid was funny AF. Thanks for this video 🔥🔥🔥

The Hoenn games were always my favorite. First Pokémon game I ever beat by myself. So many great memories. I hope Pokémon will return to it’s former glory one day.

Incredibly interesting, I never tought I'd be curious to know how to reach mirage island... well now I found out! Pokémon never stops to amaze players. Thank you.

these type of vids are the best, cant wait to see what other videos you put out in the future

Wow! I’m so glad to have reach mirage island on my Ruby. That has unfortunately been lost in the sands of time. Thank you for this video!

it's amazing to me this is so rare, i honestly never knew... I've been there twice, in two different playthroughs, and never thought anything of it. i wonder what happens if you save on it and reload once it's disappeared?

wow your videos are amazing. they must take a lot of time to make so respect to that. keep up the good work man!!

This is a really sick video. I've seen stuff about mirage island but its usually just an explanation of the rarity and then gameshark to trigger it.

Hitting the RNG manipulation in 4 attempts is pretty neat. I remember spending days doing it for a Latios, since you also had to find it afterwards. Anyways, great video!

Great video! This was one of my first RNG manips a few years ago. Used my original Emerald save from back in the day (dead battery) after backing up the save with a cart dumper and reading the HEX lines. Amazing feeling to finally see the island!

Awesome content, glad this popped up for me! I know this video must have taken a lot of behind the scenes work. Subscribed to you and hope your channel continues to grow!

This was my one lingering regret from when I was younger. You've comforted me. Thanks for your hard work

I remember checking everyday as a kid with the same full party, thinking one day it may show up, I didn't realize then how lucky I was after seeing what it takes to get there in this video. I remember thining it was a randomly picked day and eventually it would show up, I was so happy when it finally did show up! I raced to it before it could vanish again, when I got there I caught a bunch of wynauts and got the berry. Tbh I was a little disappointed because it was the only pokemon there, still I was so happy to finally get to the island. I remember saving on the island, playing the island next day, saving on the island, and not leaving for a couple days lol, very cool to still see it there lol, I mean if I save on the island it can't vanish with me on it right? Eventually I did leave and was never able to get back, but getting there was all I wanted so it's okay

This video made my day! So awesome! Actually spent months trying to get to this shitty island without a clue about how fucking unlikely it was :/

I never saw this island, so thanks a bunch for uploading it and showing the rest of us!

Amazing video! Great visuals and explanations, not to mention a really interesting subject

For many years I thought that the mirage was just the island with the tower were you find Rayquaza. Some said that it was a different island but then I thought it was the island were you find Deoxys when you trigger the event but I've never been sure of which was the real mirage island. Thank you for finally clearing my doubts :)

I remember going to mirage island randomly as a kid, and then getting confused as to why I could not reach it again! Never knew how lucky I was

If only, if only this information was available to me as a kid. I could have visited this location and checked this off my to-do list. Thank you Goppier for uploading this.

4:49 Listening to this music reminded me how much time I spent playing gen 3 pokemon. It was my favorite and I was old enough to know what to do, so my first i ever beat/invested time into all the secrets, especially emerald version. Such nostalgia hit me, reminding me of my childhood.

Edit: I did it: I got it to work! Thanks so much for the vid, it helped a lot! I'm going to write some extra info about it in a reply to this for anyone also attempting to do this on Emerald. As you explained your set up more and more, I realized that I have a cartridge with the correct situation already! It has a save file started in 2018 with a long-dead battery, and I have the Anorith fossil in my inventory. I might set up the eon timer and give this a shot!

I reached the island randomly around a decade ago, I was there for maybe 3 minutes thought it was a boring place and left it. I never actually knew how hard it is to get there or what the place was..

I subscribed because of the effort that you put in to this attempt, great job

This is incredible and the explanation is fantastic!

This is why Gen 3 is cut above the rest in terms of adventure and exploration. Mirage Island is one of a kind event mechanic I actually hoped to be passed down on new generations. What's more my cousin also studied braille in order to decode Regi trio puzzle, pre-internet era makes this game mysterious and even with an internet now, its still mind blogging to see the odds to trigger it even if we're aware of that possibility. However now, we only get generic new maps on mainline games with no hidden easter eggs on it.... such a shame.

I found it in my Ruby, I thought the island appeared if the lottery number matches the player ID. I used to ope my game every single day to go and check for the island and one day, after years it just happened ❤ I also went to check the lottery and it was not my ID, so I was very confused 😂 I saved my game on the island and never moved from there. Also took a lot of photos to remember the moment ❤ I still have it, those were awesome times.

Why on earth did I not discover you sooner.. Thank you for these fantastic vids!

I did manage to reach Mirage Island precisely once, in my old Sapphire game. I knew it was a rare thing but I can appreciate how rare it is now thanks to this video

I came across it twice, once in ruby and once in emerald. I was old enough to know that it had to be for something, not just wynauts lol. But it’s cool to learn the story behind it

I never know how rare all this stuff was. I got to the island and had a pokerus outbreak all just assuming it was normal growing up.

I respect your determination and this, was the most beautiful thing I have seen today. I miss the good old days.

For some reason, this is so entertaining to watch!

Man, my sister and her friend played this and would check every day to see if they could go in the island, but never saw it. It's almost more of a myth than Mew. Thanks for some resolution on this!

Ah I did this trick with the Kecleon outside Fortree on Emerald. You do have to calibrate for the appearing cutscene but I'm pretty sure I used the exact same frame haha

Great video, I've been a massive fan of this game since I played it on release day almost 20 years ago, and I have of course never seen the island. Makes you wonder how many people actually found this completely by chance

I remember thinking this island was just a joke by the devs- a legend, a rumor. Not real. Even with Ruby and Sapphire being my first- and favorite OG Pokemon game... It wasn't until Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire that I learned Mirage Island DID exist. ...And by god it's beautiful to finally see it. I know it's a bit random to thank a random video on the internet; but thank you for making this video.

I had no idea it was that rare. I visited this island many, many times during my playthroughs of the gen 3 games. Like, it was so common for me to go to that I genuinely thought it was based somehow on the days of the week like drifloon in gen 4

All your videos are awesome. Keep it up!

Legend handed down from generation to generation in my family brought me here. Been searching for decades but the weather hadn't been right until today.

Dio gained the ability to stop time just so he can get infinite liechi berries.

This is sick! I wanted to ask, did you hit the frame when you recieved the anorith, or when you started the dialogue with the scientist?

I need you to make more of these.

This video was awesome, very well done and well scripted.

So am I right in thinking that you can now go back to that island whenever you want if you take that Anorith? That’s awesome. I remember using RNG manipulation to shiny hunt on my copy of Emerald, but it never occurred to me that I could get a Mirage Island pokemon too. Oh well

I had no idea about the mechanics of the island, I always thought it was for the Deoxys event only. I played this game non-stop as a kid and never stumbled on it This was a great watch my man, your channel is a treasure!

This is wild. What a cool video. I'm an "old timer" and basically played the og Red and stopped (until Let's Go/ Arceus) anyway I've subscribed bc this is crazy interesting. Keep it up dude! 😊 Thank you!

nice video! also, great music (i loved that u used the soundtrack from TWEWY!)

I’ve gone to Mirage Island without realizing how rare it is… 🤣 I was just playing emerald one day and saw that you could go in so I was able to go.

I got on the island by mere accident actually, back then I didn't knew that it was a rare thing. I got a couple of wynauts from there and took the berry with me. I realized how rare it was when I couldn't go there again...no matter what I did, nothing happened and thought I was going crazy since I had legit proof that I went there but couldn't find the darn island. then I went to the internet and I found out the truth, in a way I was satisfied, I got some rare pokemon that only live on a island that can disappear for who knows how long.

Congrats man. Thank you for sharing.

Incredible video. Nice work!

Maybe I imagined it but I could've sworn I ended up on this island once, or at least saw one of my friends in 3rd grade reach it. They all beat the Elite 4 before me, but honestly I think that was because that was the goal for them: beat. the. game. Me, I think I was just getting lost in a little wonderful world. What a great game this was. What I did have that my friends didn't was a blue shiny numel I met on Fiery Path! Very cool video btw! You'd definitely win all the smart poke contests if you were a pokemon.

Only managed to visit mirage island once in my sapphire playthrough on GBA. Had over 250h play time too😅

This is a good and kind-of-doable video. Nice. :)

I just noticed this channel is the Pokémon's equivalent to decino Nice work

Very cool video! I didn’t know you could guarantee getting to mirage island this way. Though there’s a cruel irony in needing to use a dead battery because you won’t be able to grow more liechi berries (without using another cartridge).

Given that rarity, I guess it's forgivable that I thought mirage island was something new for the remakes.

Having found it by chance, I feel honored.

I understand hardly any of that yet but I'm glad it worked!

I went there playing ruby as a kid, talked to the old man only a couple times having no idea how anything worked, and he told me saw the island. I went there, and thought it was neat. Over 15 years later now it freaks me out finding out how rare it is, and that until now, did not realize any significance. I literally thought it was a normal option to check out in a play throughs this whole time.. blows my mind! 🤷 holy crap

Where Misty released her Togepi :(

How do you not have more subs yet? You are basicly fulfilling our thoughts when we where kids. Super interesting to watch :) You got a sub ma man, keep em comeing :D!

Good lord I just wanted to see Mew This video was amazingly well made

Technically the odds are far lower. Pokemon can have overlapping personality values. It's absolutely going to be more difficult with a full box.