Pokémon Model Ripping Project

[Zero-Chan]

I've seen these on every pokemon model, file type ending with _nor so presumably normal maps, but they don't seem to function the same way at all. are these something slightly different? 

Have you tried using it as a world space normal? That's what it looks like at a glance. The only other thing I can think of is it is a packed texture, so RG XY and B is something else.
On another note, anyone know the file locations for the pokemon gym stadiums?

Yes these are world spaced normal maps

And the Sw/Sh stadiums are located in "\romfs\bin\field\model\a_TOWNUMBER_gNUMBER"
For exapmle the Turffield Stadium is "a_t0401_g0101" (Entrance) "a_t0401_g0102" (Challange Room) and "a_t0401_g0110" (Stadium)
The textures are saved in "romfs\bin\archive\field\area\texture"