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so legend says wack0 got all these files from a digital nintendo server archive, but does this really apply for the japanese pokemon diamond debug build that got leaked last year? i noticed that in the rom from 0x1000 to 0x3FFF it's all zeroes. this is a protected rom area which can't be read from by homebrew tools. by specification this data must be present in all roms with a game code other than "NTRJ" and this one is "ADAJ". this can also be verified with the wii u virtual console roms and dsiware roms.
when using the official sdk you can either use the "NTRJ" template or a nintendo-provided one for your game code. given the header doesn't say "NTRJ" it doesn't make any sense the protected area is just zeroes and it's strong evidence that it was dumped using homebrew tools from a physical cart, not copied from the digital archive.
so i wonder where did it come from?
