Hey Guys, I was wondering if there is a Aurora-ticket Distribution Rom for the EU versions of the GBA games?
Yeah, since the US cartridge only distributes to FireRed and LeafGreen versions, it'd be nice if there was one actually. Also, I started a Japanese Emerald save file last week and I've been looking for the Japanese Distro ROM for it as well. I'm not really sure about how the distribution of the AuroraTicket was held back in 2004 tho, so there may not be a distribution cart for this event at all...?
An European version of the Aurora Ticket distribution that will distribute to all games (except the Japanese version) exists, however we don't have that. However the wondercards from the distributions have been preserved and can be injected in to your game, giving the same end result. See this post here for more info: Pokemon GEN 3 Mystery Gift Tool Download - Inject Nintendo Events, Wondercards & More
The cart definitely exists in general, but it's debatable if it has actually leaked from Nintendo and exists with collectors. A contact of mine once claimed to have it, but I haven't heard a mention from him about this rom in particular ever again. It is on my list of planned future interests though. If it exists with collectors, there's always a chance. I'm currently looking into something else, but I can't promise anything to fruition from either at this point. In the meantime, the US rom actually works with ALL European languages of FRLG, the wondercard will just always be in English. The European rom has all 5 language wondercards and works with Emerald, the latter being why it'd be the superior version to have. As for Japanese, no luck. Japanese distribution carts/roms are known to have never leaked from Nintendo, supposedly due to Japanese morals and such. Especially roms for GBA games that had so few copies made, I wouldn't particularly get my hopes up to see these surfacing. However, it doesn't rule out the possibility certain Japanese carts/roms may exist with collectors out there
Thanks for the answer I just want to mention, that i really appreciate the work you put in making this distributions public. I´ve played Pokemon since the first edition, but was to young to getting my hands on any offline events so it´s a real pleaasure to have many of them now for free!!!