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 # Bugs and Glitches
 
+These are known bugs and glitches in the original Pokémon Crystal game: code that clearly does not work as intended, or that only works in limited circumstances but has the possibility to fail or crash.
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 ## Contents
 
diff --git a/docs/design_flaws.md b/docs/design_flaws.md
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 # Design Flaws
 
+These are parts of the code that do not work *incorrectly*, like [bugs and glitches](/docs/bugs_and_glitches.md), but that clearly exist just to work around a problem. In other words, with a slightly different design, the code would not need to exist at all. Design flaws may be exceptions to a usual rule, such as "tables of pointers in different banks use `dba`" ([one exception](#pic-banks-are-offset-by-pics_fix), [and another](#pokédex-entry-banks-are-derived-from-their-species-ids)) or "graphics used as a unit as stored and loaded contiguously" ([a notable exception](#footprints-are-split-into-top-and-bottom-halves)).
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