Nope, it was present in the Japanese version of Crystal, when you used the mobile adapter thingy. It was translated in the English version, but it wasn't usable because the mobile adapter was never used here. To put it short, they translated it but left it out of the game
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3X2zTiRUO8Q
Anyhow, I don't usually ask but I'm pretty excited, any clue when the first beta will be out? Since you figured out how to get Articuno to work (save running away), the rest of them should be done similarly right?
Also, for the above post, I think putting a flag of having to have all 16 badges would work well, or beaten Ash/Red or something