In FireRed 1.0 (the initial Japanese/English cartridge pressings), dataminers found placeholder data for : SQUIRREL (index 3F) and RACCOON (index 40). They were holdovers from Ruby/Sapphire ’s beta – not actual squirrels, but early designs for what became Zigzagoon and Linoone . However, in v1.0 FireRed , the internal name strings weren’t scrubbed properly, so debug menus and certain RAM viewers show SQUIRREL in the Kanto Pokédex slot #???.
If you have ever downloaded a Game Boy Advance (GBA) file from the internet to play on an emulator or a flashcart, you have likely encountered this specific filename. But what exactly is the "Squirrels" version? Is it a hack? A mod? Or is it something else entirely?
