Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Annyeong~
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In this video I investigate an undocumented difference among Pokemon Platinum releases, relating to the Battle Factory Thorton battle being bugged. It turns out that this is a language-specific difference, and I figured out exactly which language releases were bugged, and which weren't.
Research Website: sinjohruins.com
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Thumbnail sprite edits by twitter.com/yogcavey
altissimo1's Website: altissimo1.github.io/Main-Series/DPPt/battle-factory.html
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0:00 Intro
0:53 How Does the Battle Factory Work?
2:11 Thorton Platinum vs HeartGold/SoulSilver
3:25 Investigation
5:09 Findings - Which Releases are Bugged/Fixed?
6:14 Summary
Annyeong~
Follow me on Twitch! twitch.tv/etchy
In this video I investigate an undocumented difference among Pokemon Platinum releases, relating to the Battle Factory Thorton battle being bugged. It turns out that this is a language-specific difference, and I figured out exactly which language releases were bugged, and which weren't.
Research Website: sinjohruins.com
Patreon: patreon.com/etchy
Discord: discord.gg/dTUdr4Q
Twitter: twitter.com/etchyok
Bluesky: https://etchy.bsky.social
VOD Channel: youtube.com/@EtchyVOD
Thumbnail sprite edits by twitter.com/yogcavey
altissimo1's Website: altissimo1.github.io/Main-Series/DPPt/battle-factory.html
Script Supervisor: twitch.tv/a_variety_pack
0:00 Intro
0:53 How Does the Battle Factory Work?
2:11 Thorton Platinum vs HeartGold/SoulSilver
3:25 Investigation
5:09 Findings - Which Releases are Bugged/Fixed?
6:14 Summary
