First documented way back in December 2009 in French, but not documented in English until 2 days ago.
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So what this glitch actually does is outside of battle, allows Giratina to change Forme without changing its stats. So it's possible to switch Giratina-O's Griseous Orb with another item (changing them back to Giratina-A) while having them keep Giratina-O's stats, and it's possible to give the Griseous Orb to Giratina-A (changing them to Giratina-O) while having them keep Giratina-A's stats. Abilities remain normal, so Giratina-O will still always have Levitate and Giratina-A will still always have Pressure.
Most notably, these altered stats persist during link battles, across a save & reset, and even across trades (Giratina-A only).
If we were to replicate the effect of this glitch closely in Gen IV Ubers, we'd get this:
(As an aside, it might be worth mentioning the two instances in-game where it's possible for Giratina-O to hold a different item or no item. The first is naturally in Platinum's Distortion World; Trick the wild Giratina an item or even trade another Giratina over beforehand and have them battle Cyrus. The second is in a DLC tournament in B2W2's PWT, where Fantina has a Giratina-O holding a Ghost Gem.)
Original video
English video
So what this glitch actually does is outside of battle, allows Giratina to change Forme without changing its stats. So it's possible to switch Giratina-O's Griseous Orb with another item (changing them back to Giratina-A) while having them keep Giratina-O's stats, and it's possible to give the Griseous Orb to Giratina-A (changing them to Giratina-O) while having them keep Giratina-A's stats. Abilities remain normal, so Giratina-O will still always have Levitate and Giratina-A will still always have Pressure.
Most notably, these altered stats persist during link battles, across a save & reset, and even across trades (Giratina-A only).
If we were to replicate the effect of this glitch closely in Gen IV Ubers, we'd get this:
- If "Giratina-O" holds a Griseous Orb, it shows up as Giratina-O's sprite and has Levitate. If "Giratina-O" holds any other item (or no item), it keeps Giratina-O's stats, but shows up as Giratina-A's sprite and has Pressure.
- If "Giratina-A" holds no item or a non-Griseous Orb item, it shows up as Giratina-A's sprite and has Pressure. If "Giratina-A" holds a Griseous Orb, it keeps Giratina-A's stats (plus the boosts from the Griseous Orb), but shows up as Giratina-O's sprite and has Levitate.
- Giratina-A's sprite always has Pressure and always holds no item or a non-Griseous Orb item. But its base stats can be either Giratina-A's base stats or Giratina-O's base stats.
- Giratina-O's sprite always has Levitate and always holds a Griseous Orb. But its base stats can be either Giratina-O's base stats or Giratina-A's base stats.
(As an aside, it might be worth mentioning the two instances in-game where it's possible for Giratina-O to hold a different item or no item. The first is naturally in Platinum's Distortion World; Trick the wild Giratina an item or even trade another Giratina over beforehand and have them battle Cyrus. The second is in a DLC tournament in B2W2's PWT, where Fantina has a Giratina-O holding a Ghost Gem.)
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