diff --git a/src/import/RomExtractorGen3.lua b/src/import/RomExtractorGen3.lua
index 6e558291..f742150c 100644
--- a/src/import/RomExtractorGen3.lua
+++ b/src/import/RomExtractorGen3.lua
@@ -46049,6 +46049,9 @@ RomExtractorGen3.FRLG_NAMING = {
   GFX = 0xE980E4, BG_MAP = 0xE982BC,
   KB_MAPS = { upper = 0xE98398, lower = 0xE98458, symbols = 0xE98518 },
   MENU_PAL = 0xE98024, KB_PAL = 0xE97FE4,
+  -- text.c gKeypadIconTiles is a 128x32 4bpp sheet (64 tiles).  Naming's
+  -- WIN_BANNER loads GetTextWindowPalette(2), the third 16-colour row here.
+  KEYPAD_GFX = 0x1EA700, TEXT_WINDOW_PALS = 0x471DEC,
   -- naming_screen.c's private rival sheet is a second exact copy of
   -- gObjectEventPic_Blue (0x38A428) in the retail ROM.  Its dedicated palette
   -- sits between gNamingScreenKeyboard_Pal and gNamingScreenMenu_Pal in
@@ -46119,6 +46122,39 @@ function RomExtractorGen3:extractFireRedNaming()
   end
   pcall(layer, "bg", N.BG_MAP, true)
   for key, at in pairs(N.KB_MAPS) do pcall(layer, "kb_" .. key, at, false) end
+
+  -- PrintControls does not draw button-shaped boxes.  The {DPAD_ANY},
+  -- {A_BUTTON} and {B_BUTTON} control codes call DrawKeypadIcon, which blits
+  -- these exact pixels from gKeypadIconTiles with colour 0 keyed out.  Pull
+  -- those three icons so the runtime can compose gText_MoveOkBack with the
+  -- cartridge's own small-font glyphs and keypad art.
+  pcall(function()
+    local raw = rom:bytes(N.KEYPAD_GFX, 64 * 32)
+    local px = RomGba.tiles4bpp(raw, 16, 4)
+    local palRaw = rom:bytes(N.TEXT_WINDOW_PALS + 2 * 32, 32)
+    local bannerPal = {}
+    for i = 0, 15 do
+      bannerPal[i] = { RomGba.bgr555(palRaw[i * 2 + 1] + palRaw[i * 2 + 2] * 256) }
+    end
+    local function keypad(key, tile, w, h)
+      local sx, sy = (tile % 16) * 8, math.floor(tile / 16) * 8
+      local img = ImageWriter.blank(w, h)
+      for y = 0, h - 1 do
+        for x = 0, w - 1 do
+          local v = px[sy + y + 1][sx + x + 1]
+          local col = v ~= 0 and bannerPal[v]
+          if col then
+            img:setPixel(x, y, col[1] / 255, col[2] / 255, col[3] / 255, 1)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      save(key, img)
+    end
+    keypad("help_a", 0x00, 8, 12)
+    keypad("help_b", 0x01, 8, 12)
+    keypad("help_dpad", 0x22, 8, 12) -- CHAR_DPAD_NONE / {DPAD_ANY}
+  end)
+
   for key, spec in pairs(N.SPRITES) do
     pcall(function()
       local at, w, h, bank = spec[1], spec[2], spec[3], spec[4]
@@ -46126,14 +46162,21 @@ function RomExtractorGen3:extractFireRedNaming()
       local raw = rom:bytes(at, cols * rws * 32)
       local px = RomGba.tiles4bpp(raw, cols, rws)
       local img = ImageWriter.blank(w, h)
+      -- SpriteCB_Cursor changes ONLY OBJ palette entry 1 while the keyboard
+      -- cursor idles.  Keep those pixels in a separate white mask so the
+      -- runtime can replace that one colour every frame without tinting the
+      -- rest of the cartridge-ripped cursor art.
+      local pulse = key == "cursor" and ImageWriter.blank(w, h) or nil
       for y = 1, h do
         for x = 1, w do
           local v = px[y][x]
           local col = v ~= 0 and pal[bank * 16 + v]
           if col then img:setPixel(x - 1, y - 1, col[1] / 255, col[2] / 255, col[3] / 255, 1) end
+          if pulse and v == 1 then pulse:setPixel(x - 1, y - 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) end
         end
       end
       save(key, img)
+      if pulse then save("cursor_pulse", pulse) end
     end)
   end
   -- RIVAL's naming icon is not the ordinary object-event sprite at runtime:
@@ -46177,9 +46220,15 @@ function RomExtractorGen3:extractFireRedNaming()
   end)
   local function c(i) local t = pal[i] return { t[1], t[2], t[3] } end
   local constants = self._constants or {}
+  local cursorWord = rom:u16(N.MENU_PAL + 5 * 32 + 2) -- palette 5, entry 1
   constants.gen3FRLGNaming = {
     images = images,
     rivalIcon = rivalIcon,
+    cursorPulseBase = {
+      cursorWord % 32,
+      math.floor(cursorWord / 32) % 32,
+      math.floor(cursorWord / 1024) % 32,
+    },
     colors = {
       fill = { upper = c(10 * 16 + 13), lower = c(10 * 16 + 14), symbols = c(10 * 16 + 15) },
       key = { c(10 * 16 + 1), c(10 * 16 + 2) },
diff --git a/src/import/RomImporter.lua b/src/import/RomImporter.lua
index 8296bf5d..151866cc 100644
--- a/src/import/RomImporter.lua
+++ b/src/import/RomImporter.lua
@@ -1222,7 +1222,12 @@ end
 --       the one gate that forces a re-import, and main's change alters what a
 --       FireRed cache CONTAINS -- so keeping v359 would let a FireRed cache
 --       built before the tutor fix pass as current. v360 invalidates both.
-local CACHE_FORMAT = "rom-cache-v360:"
+-- v361: FireRed naming fidelity now extracts the cartridge's keypad icons and
+--       the cursor-pulse mask/base colour.  An older cache has none of those
+--       files/fields, so without a format bump an updated runtime would keep
+--       drawing the pre-fix handmade help icons and static selection cursor
+--       until the user happened to force a ROM re-import manually.
+local CACHE_FORMAT = "rom-cache-v361:"
 -- The completion marker is written under each version's cache prefix
 -- (rom-cache.complete for Red, blue/rom-cache.complete for Blue).
 local MARKER_PATH = "rom-cache.complete"
diff --git a/src/render/Font.lua b/src/render/Font.lua
index 4145dc77..a27c4f25 100644
--- a/src/render/Font.lua
+++ b/src/render/Font.lua
@@ -799,11 +799,20 @@ local function frameIndex(def)
   return want
 end
 
-local function sheetFrame(tx, ty, tw, th)
+local function sheetFrame(tx, ty, tw, th, frameOverride)
   local def = state and state.def or {}
   local quads, image = frameQuads(def)
   if not quads then return false end
-  local set = quads[frameIndex(def)]
+  local want = tonumber(frameOverride)
+  if want then
+    want = math.floor(want)
+    local count = (def.frames and def.frames.count) or 1
+    if want < 1 then want = 1 end
+    if want > count then want = count end
+  else
+    want = frameIndex(def)
+  end
+  local set = quads[want]
   if not set then return false end
   local tile = (def.frames.tile) or 8
   local x, y = tx * 8, ty * 8
@@ -844,11 +853,11 @@ local function drawnFrame(tx, ty, tw, th, style)
 end
 
 -- Draw a Game Boy style bordered box in tile coordinates.
-function Font.drawBox(tx, ty, tw, th)
+function Font.drawBox(tx, ty, tw, th, frameOverride)
   if not FALLBACK.enabled and state and state.def then
     -- the cartridge's own nine-slice first; the drawn rectangle is what a
     -- dataset without one falls back to
-    if state.def.frames and sheetFrame(tx, ty, tw, th) then return end
+    if state.def.frames and sheetFrame(tx, ty, tw, th, frameOverride) then return end
     if state.def.frame == "drawn" or state.def.frame == "sheet" then
       return drawnFrame(tx, ty, tw, th, activeStyle)
     end
diff --git a/src/ui/Gen3OakSpeechFRLG.lua b/src/ui/Gen3OakSpeechFRLG.lua
index b67c201a..f32084ce 100644
--- a/src/ui/Gen3OakSpeechFRLG.lua
+++ b/src/ui/Gen3OakSpeechFRLG.lua
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ function Speech.new(game, onDone)
   self.black = 1          -- whole-screen fade to black
   self.picAlpha = 0       -- trainer pic + platform
   self.picTarget = 0
-  self.picOffset = 0      -- slide left while the name list is up
+  -- Visual offset of BG2 trainer art + the platform OBJ sprites.  Oak speech's
+  -- task variable counts DOWN to -60, but BG2 HOFS=-60 displays the bitmap
+  -- sixty pixels to the RIGHT, while gSpriteCoordOffsetX is explicitly +60.
+  -- Store the screen-space result here so draw() does not invert it again.
+  self.picOffset = 0
   self.picScale = 1
   self.picWhite = 0
   self.nidoAlpha, self.nidoScale, self.nidoWhite = 0, 0, 0
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ end
 function Speech:menu(labels, opts)
   local Menu = require("src.ui.Menu")
   local choice
+  opts = opts or {}
   local items = {}
   for i, label in ipairs(labels) do
     items[i] = { label = label, onSelect = function()
@@ -207,6 +212,15 @@ function Speech:menu(labels, opts)
       self.waitFrames = 1
     end }
   end
+  -- oak_speech.c passes WindowTemplate CONTENT coordinates to these menus.
+  -- Their frame is one tile outside the template on every side and every row
+  -- starts at y=1 with a 16-pixel pitch.  A fresh FireRed save has Frame Type
+  -- 1 (optionsWindowFrameType=0), so keep the professor intro on that frame
+  -- even though this port deliberately persists desktop options across New
+  -- Game.
+  opts.gbaWindow = true
+  opts.th = opts.th or (#labels * 2)
+  opts.frameIndex = 1
   opts.cancelable = opts.onCancelIndex ~= nil
   if opts.onCancelIndex then
     opts.onCancel = function() choice = opts.onCancelIndex; self.waitFrames = 1 end
@@ -366,7 +380,7 @@ function Speech:run()
   while true do
     box = self:ask(question)
     question = "rivalNameAgain"
-    if self.picOffset > -60 then self:tween("picOffset", -60, 2) end
+    if self.picOffset < 60 then self:tween("picOffset", 60, 2) end
     local labels = { clean(self.text.newName) or Strings("NEW NAME") }
     for i = 1, 4 do labels[#labels + 1] = rivals[i] end
     local pick = self:menu(labels, { tx = 2, ty = 2, tw = 12 })
diff --git a/src/ui/Menu.lua b/src/ui/Menu.lua
index 36111815..e9fc095c 100644
--- a/src/ui/Menu.lua
+++ b/src/ui/Menu.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ function Menu.new(game, items, opts)
   self.tx = opts.tx or 10
   self.ty = opts.ty or 0
   self.tw = opts.tw or 10
+  -- Gen 3 WindowTemplate coordinates describe the CONTENT rectangle.  Its
+  -- standard frame is drawn one tile outside on every side.  Most of this
+  -- engine's menus use the older convention where tx/ty/tw/th already name
+  -- the OUTER framed rectangle, so keep that as the default and opt the few
+  -- cartridge-window callers into the GBA convention explicitly.
+  self.gbaWindow = opts.gbaWindow or false
+  self.frameIndex = opts.frameIndex
   -- grow the box to the widest label so longer (e.g. localized) labels don't
   -- overflow the frame; nudge tx left to keep the box on-screen (20 tiles).
   do
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ function Menu.new(game, items, opts)
       end
     end
     local needed = widest + 3
-    if needed > self.tw then self.tw = needed end
+    if not self.gbaWindow and needed > self.tw then self.tw = needed end
     -- ...ON THE SCREEN THAT IS ACTUALLY THERE.  Twenty tiles is the Game Boy's
     -- width and was written in here as a constant; Hoenn's screen is thirty,
     -- so a box the cartridge places near the right-hand side was shoved left
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ function Menu.new(game, items, opts)
     -- for, and it returns the Game Boy's own 160 for Gen 1 and Gen 2, so
     -- nothing there moves.
     local cols = math.floor(select(1, Theme.uiSize()) / 8)
-    if self.tx + self.tw > cols then
+    if not self.gbaWindow and self.tx + self.tw > cols then
       self.tx = math.max(0, cols - self.tw)
     end
   end
@@ -157,11 +164,16 @@ function Menu:draw()
   -- edge (the START menu asks for "topright").  Only menus that ask for it
   -- move; every other menu is placed exactly as before.
   local r = self.anchor and self.game and self.game.renderer
+  local frameTx, frameTy, frameTw, frameTh = self.tx, self.ty, self.tw, self.th
+  if self.gbaWindow then
+    frameTx, frameTy = self.tx - 1, self.ty - 1
+    frameTw, frameTh = self.tw + 2, self.th + 2
+  end
   if r and r.setUIAnchor then
-    r:setUIAnchor(self.tx * 8, self.ty * 8,
-                  self.tw * 8, self.th * 8, self.anchor)
+    r:setUIAnchor(frameTx * 8, frameTy * 8,
+                  frameTw * 8, frameTh * 8, self.anchor)
   end
-  Font.drawBox(self.tx, self.ty, self.tw, self.th)
+  Font.drawBox(frameTx, frameTy, frameTw, frameTh, self.frameIndex)
   love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
   local visible = (self.maxVisible and math.min(self.maxVisible, #self.items))
     or #self.items
@@ -186,6 +198,24 @@ function Menu:draw()
   -- overhang, which is nothing at all for an 8-pixel font: every Game Boy
   -- menu in this engine draws where it always did, and a taller face lands
   -- with its last descender flush on the inner edge.
+  if self.gbaWindow then
+    -- FireRed Menu_InitCursor + AddTextPrinterParameterized3: the selector is
+    -- at x=0 in the window, labels at x=8, both start one pixel down, and rows
+    -- are sixteen pixels apart in the Oak intro menus.
+    for row = 1, visible do
+      local item = self.items[self.scroll + row]
+      if not item then break end
+      local y = self.ty * 8 + 1 + (row - 1) * self.rowStep * 8
+      Font.draw(item.label, self.tx * 8 + 8, y)
+    end
+    local cursorRow = self.index - self.scroll
+    Font.drawCode(Theme.cursor, self.tx * 8,
+      self.ty * 8 + 1 + (cursorRow - 1) * self.rowStep * 8)
+    self:drawDescription()
+    love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
+    return
+  end
+
   local lastY = (self.ty + self.th - 2) * 8
   local lift = math.max(0, (lastY + Font.glyphHeight())
                            - (self.ty + self.th - 1) * 8)
diff --git a/src/ui/NamingScreen.lua b/src/ui/NamingScreen.lua
index c848b32d..a58113f6 100644
--- a/src/ui/NamingScreen.lua
+++ b/src/ui/NamingScreen.lua
@@ -767,25 +767,30 @@ function NamingScreen:drawFireRed(rec)
   local bg = self:frlgImage("bg")
   if bg then g.draw(bg, 0, 0) end
 
-  -- the banner: window (0,0) 30x2, "{DPAD}MOVE {A}OK {B}BACK" right-aligned
+  -- the banner: PrintControls renders the exact
+  -- "{DPAD_ANY}MOVE {A_BUTTON}OK {B_BUTTON}BACK" string in FONT_SMALL and
+  -- right-aligns it four pixels from the edge.  The control codes are bitmap
+  -- keypad icons, not outlined button boxes.
   g.setColor(0, 123 / 255, 197 / 255, 1)
   g.rectangle("fill", 0, 0, 240, 16)
   local white, darkGray = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, { 98 / 255, 98 / 255, 98 / 255, 1 }
-  local hints = { { "+", Strings("MOVE") }, { "A", Strings("OK") }, { "B", Strings("BACK") } }
+  local help = {
+    { self:frlgImage("help_dpad"), Strings("MOVE") .. " " },
+    { self:frlgImage("help_a"), Strings("OK") .. " " },
+    { self:frlgImage("help_b"), Strings("BACK") },
+  }
   local faced = Font.hasFace and Font.hasFace("small") and Font.pushFace("small")
   local width = 0
-  for _, h in ipairs(hints) do width = width + 12 + Font.width(h[2]) + 4 end
-  if faced then Font.popFace() end
-  local hx = 240 - 4 - width + 4
-  for _, h in ipairs(hints) do
-    g.setColor(white)
-    g.rectangle("line", hx + 0.5, 2.5, 10, 9, 3, 3)
-    text(h[1], hx + 2, 0, white, darkGray, true)
-    text(h[2], hx + 12, 0, white, darkGray, true)
-    local f2 = Font.hasFace and Font.hasFace("small") and Font.pushFace("small")
-    hx = hx + 12 + Font.width(h[2]) + 4
-    if f2 then Font.popFace() end
+  for _, h in ipairs(help) do width = width + 8 + Font.width(h[2]) end
+  local hx = 240 - 4 - width
+  for _, h in ipairs(help) do
+    g.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
+    if h[1] then g.draw(h[1], hx, 0) end
+    hx = hx + 8
+    text(h[2], hx, 0, white, darkGray, false)
+    hx = hx + Font.width(h[2])
   end
+  if faced then Font.popFace() end
 
   -- the question and the typed name, on the plate BG3 already draws
   local entryInk = cc.entry and rgb(cc.entry[2]) or darkGray
@@ -799,9 +804,13 @@ function NamingScreen:drawFireRed(rec)
     if glyph then text(Strings(glyph), x, 48 + 1, entryInk, entryShadow) end
     if underscore then g.draw(underscore, x + 3 - 4, 60 - 4) end
   end
-  local at = math.min(#self.glyphs + 1, self.maxLen)
-  if arrow and math.floor((self.blink or 0) / 30) % 2 == 0 then
-    g.draw(arrow, base + (at - 1) * 8 - 4, 56 - 4)
+  if arrow then
+    -- CreateTextEntrySprites puts this sprite at centre (base-5, 56), and it
+    -- stays there regardless of how many letters are already typed.  Its
+    -- callback cycles x2={0,-4,-2,-1} every eight frames; it does not blink.
+    local wobble = { 0, -4, -2, -1 }
+    local wi = math.floor((self.blink or 0) / 8) % #wobble + 1
+    g.draw(arrow, base - 9 + wobble[wi], 56 - 4)
   end
 
   -- the page: BG1's frame, the window's fill, the keys
@@ -856,7 +865,25 @@ function NamingScreen:drawFireRed(rec)
   -- the cursor, on a key
   local cursor = self:frlgImage("cursor")
   if cursor and self.row <= m.keyRows then
-    g.draw(cursor, 30 + (cols[self.col] or 0), 80 + (self.row - 1) * 16)
+    local x, y = 30 + (cols[self.col] or 0), 80 + (self.row - 1) * 16
+    g.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
+    g.draw(cursor, x, y)
+    local pulse = self:frlgImage("cursor_pulse")
+    local base5 = rec.cursorPulseBase
+    if pulse and type(base5) == "table" then
+      -- SpriteCB_Cursor advances 2/4/.../16/14/.../0, each value lasting
+      -- two frames.  MultiplyInvertedPaletteRGBComponents moves green/blue
+      -- toward white by that amount and red by half as much.
+      local k = math.floor((self.blink or 0) / 2) % 16
+      local n = (k < 8) and ((k + 1) * 2) or ((15 - k) * 2)
+      local function brighten(v, amount)
+        v = tonumber(v) or 0
+        return (v + math.floor((31 - v) * amount / 16)) / 31
+      end
+      g.setColor(brighten(base5[1], math.floor(n / 2)),
+                 brighten(base5[2], n), brighten(base5[3], n), 1)
+      g.draw(pulse, x, y)
+    end
   end
   g.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
 end