Is the egg I got through Omega Ruby link trade a bad egg?

Question

I had been wonder trading and was asked to link trade and was traded an egg. I didn't think much at first until I noticed the Pokerus, and that the name displayed Japanese characters instead of being called 'egg'. The summary also says "It looks as though this egg will take a long time to hatch." Bad egg or not? Afraid my game may end up breaking if it happens to be one.

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I can read Japanese; post a picture and I can tell you what it says

Pokerus can transfer to eggs

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The egg is illegitimate at best as all Pokemon that can trigger that message are in the Undiscovered Egg Group.

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I'm playing Omega Ruby.
I'll edit the answer to show a photo.

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I just realised, mb.

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actually nvm im on mobile and have no idea how to show a photo

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If you have something like discord, you can send it to yourself and copy the link to the image.

There’s also sites you can upload the image to and get the link from, I think imgur is one?

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Can you view this? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/980937328149291040/1030469275296739338/16657534077074174467367284122122.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/980937328149291040/1030469274957004840/16657533683631275887241921671204.jpg

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I can see those, thanks.

It just says “Egg” in Japanese, rather than bad egg

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So it's most likely legit?
Also thank you both.

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I think it’s probably fine, and here’s my reasonings why:

1. It says “What Pokémon will hatch from this Egg? It doesn't seem close to hatching.” Which is normal for Pokémon eggs
2. Normal egg name
3. Pokerus can transfer to eggs in gen six, as per https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/2pek0h/oras_psa_pokerus_can_be_spread_to_eggs/
 4) the games filter didn’t stop the egg from going through with the trade. Usually if there’s an obviously hacked Pokémon, the trade won’t go through
5) your game didn’t crash yet

Tl;dr it’s probably safe to hatch

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If the egg ever had the description that it will take a "long time" to hatch, then it simply must be hacked. I doubt it will cause problems if it hatches, though.

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@fizz look at the screenshots; it says what I quoted

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Yes. If you walk enough steps then the description will change to what is in the picture.

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@Fizz there are two notable exceptions to "it simply must be hacked": the Wynaut and Togepi Eggs in, conveniently enough, ORAS. It's very possible that someone offloaded one of these and the Egg is perfectly legitimate.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Egg_cycle#Trivia

Answer 1

Even if this were a Bad Egg, it's unlikely your game would be permanently misconfigured. However, this Egg is likely legitimate: the Wynaut and Togepi Eggs from ORAS display this message and are the only Eggs that can legally do so.

Egg cycle (Bulbapedia)