Pokerus Question

[Elder Trainer]

Last week while playing Sapphire, my party contracted the Pokerus! Astounded at my luck, I traded them over to Pokemon XD for safekeeping ( I known I could have just stored them in the PC, but I tend to take my Gen 3 games with me everywhere and I didn't want to risk dropping it and losing it while out of the house). I tried to pass it on to other Pokemon, but it wouldn't spread. After reading the Pokerus article on Bulbapedia, I found that it will only spread if the infected Pokemon are in R/S/E, with these games being the only ones with a clock feature that enables it to wear off after a certain period of time.

The question is, I have a copy of Emerald with a dead battery. Since the the death of the battery causes time based events to stop functioning, does this include the Pokerus, or is it an exception and will it still wear off despite the clock no longer functioning?

 

[Sydian]

Um, I thought I locked this? I think that they will still keep it since the clock doesn't work, but don't quote me on that. Ask again in the adv gen Q&A if you're looking for a more accurate answer.

Locked.