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>>58656726
It finally hit me, during the start of the game, I can give the player the option to ask for ALL the Pokemon (excluding the exotic pokemon) from the start.

I've added that choice so they will be given all 500ish usable Pokemon before they take their first step, or if they don't want to flood the box, 1 shiny Klefki as I originally intended. Also, with the shiny odds being 1 in 200, this gives the player a good shot at having 2 shinies from the start. This is really coming together now.

Idea: An evil team that HATES Pokemon and refuses to use them, so you have to defeat them in roundabout ways

>>58659450
porn links: https://rentry.co/aprhegames
Plus Anthro-Emerald Men with tits edition: https://files.catbox.moe/z7sg6q.zip

>>58659480
Anon, if you want that, just go to /d/ or /trash/.

>>58659477
You just fight the bad guys directly. They all have technology to mimic Pokemon moves, and robots to help fill in the gaps in the later stages of their plan, but they're still just human, and very squishy.

>>58659487
That shit stabilized last thread.

>>58659477
It's an idea that could work for a fan fiction, but I can't see how it would make for a fun game. A villain like that would have nothing to do with the team you built, so any victory wouldn't feel rewarding. It's like finding out the final boos of Dark Souls was just a black jack minigame that you could have beat when you were at level 1.

At the most, it should be a side quest that might net you a rare team member, but not the driving force of the story.

>>58659450
>not pokemon clover 2.0 in OP
one job

>>58659606
they're supposed to announce something by the end of the month so maybe next thread or the one after. I just grabbed an image from the last thread. if you want it done a certain way, make the next thread yourself, the last one was at bump limit for ages.

>>58659477
It sounds great and makes sense for a team to do that, but would be hard to do well. At best it could be a few encounters to spice up the puzzles and story.

>>58659450
Lazarus was fun, though knowing now that it’s music is bad because the composer wasn’t done with it and that the postgame is unfinished kinda bogs it down, if it ever gets a “2.0” release then I’d call it a good 9/10

Odyssey was kinda boring, I love Etrian odyssey but I had to stop at the third stratum due to how much I didn’t care. It probably gets better but I already lost my save and really don’t want to play it.

Dreamstone mysteries is great! I’m kinda sad they didn’t make Fenniken one of the starters but I didn’t care that much, I wasn’t able to finish it due to losing my save around august, but I’ll happy play it again when I’m up to it, I was at the fifth gym so by that point it was a 9/10

Didn’t play heart and soul, I don’t really like johto.

Mariomon is cool but waluigi’s gambling shit can fuck right off. 8/10

>>58659480
based

>>58659754
>Dreamstone mysteries is great!
Dreamstone was one of the most unpleasant games I've ever played. The removal of EVs and handling of IVs had a noticeably negative impact on gameplay, and the one way routes without warning were the worst idea I've ever seen implemented in a game.

Fuck man, Dreamstone is proof that QoL is not the same as a good game. Snakewood is unironically a better game.

>>58659450
What an awful year for romhacks.

>>58659777
Trips of truth.

>>58659450
This graphic is missing Tourmaline, big blunder.

Bump

>Hack includes nu-Pokemon features nobody likes (raid battles, etc.)

>>58660234
They were fun in Unbound

>>58660270
I guess our definitions of fun vary

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Repostan in case anyone playing the game missed it.

Pokemon Heart & Soul got updated to version 1.2.0
New addition highlights. For the full list of changes, see the patchnotes:

- Challenge Menu:
Implemented Nuzlocke settings page
Implemented Randomzier settings page
Implemented Special Challenges page
Added a Challenge Menu Viewer to the PC so that you can see your selected challenges after game start

-Learnset changes:
Buffed the learnsets of over 100 pokemon to elevate under-performers and fill in some of the notorious gaps in the gen 3 learnests. See the full patch notes for more info.

-Gameplay:
Added the Emerald Battle frontier, including all the improvements from Modern Emerald
Added Trainer Hill and Battle Tents to route 40 in place of the old battle tower
Added Contest Hall to Viridian City
Added Kanto wild, trainer, and gym leader battle music from HGSS
Added Jirachi
Name your rival (new saves only)
Redesigned Whirl Islands to make Lugia's home as special and unique as Ho-oh's. This includes new encounters
Added overworld glow effects to many objects like street lamps
New original overworld sprites for Gold and Kris
Addressed every single bug report
And much more.

-Options Menu:
Added 'Gen 4 Battle UI' option
Added 'Gen 1 Recharge Move' option

-What else has changed since 1.0?
The following are some highlights from v1.1. You can also find these patch notes in the same places as the other ones:
Documentation is now 100% online and has WAY more useful information, including an FAQ, tips on shiny hunting, and more
Over 100 more learnset buffs to underperforming pokemon
Added Ability changer NPC to Saffron Dojo
Updated late-game gym leader teams to offer even more variety
Changed a few evolution methods to make them easier to trigger
Addressed every single bug report

https://github.com/PokemonHnS-Development/pokemonHnS/releases

>>58659477
Idea, the evil team are trannies

>>58660373
two opposing teams like Aqua and Magma but it's trannies vs chuds and the protag is just a normal guy who wants them both to shut the fuck up

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>>58660407

>>58659450
>ignores Pisces because muh docs
Lol

>>58660442
Muh docs? Did the devs piss of their playerbase with a patch or somethin?

>>58659450
Since you have a booru hosted on booru.org, please read:
>>>/trash/79443633

>>58660479
damn thanks anon. truthfully I'm not sure if there is anyone left around here willing to migrate it, I don't think the booru has been updated in a few years, or even used. it is a decent little collection of assets though.

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Didn’t expect the Elite 4 to be as easy as it was in comparison to how obnoxious the late game field effects were.

>>58660564
W. You and the other anon playing Insane Mode Unbound are based.

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>>58659450
I was thinking what should be the hidden ability(normal one will be Swarm) for the cured Paras and then it hit me: Sap Sipper. A cicada drinks sap and Paras is based on a cicada. It's sort of poetic as well. After getting rid of the mushroom, the Paras becomes immune to grass moves.

>>58660706
wonder what a Parasect without mushroom would look like.
better not be "it just got bigger"

>>58660706
Sap sipper shedinja

>>58659450
>Heart and Soul
I want to play in Jotoh, but dont want to play the originals or even the official remakes, when still missing QoL like Move split, or most Jotoh mons being locked to post game.
Should I play this romhack, or is there any other options?

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>>58660787
>better not be "it just got bigger"
I-It has a mouth though, since it needs one now that it's not basically a mushroom.

>>58660870
Oh god, I never even noticed that Parasect doesn't have a mouth. I can't tell what's more cursed, the fact it lost a mouth, or the concept of Parasect having a mouth.

>>58660879
Well, I'm not completely sure if it has a mouth but it doesn't have a mandible at the very least. But the way I interpret the sprite and art it seems to not have a mouth.

Parasect has a mouth in modern days though. It used to not have one in gen 1 but they made one of its segment into a mouth in gen 3+

>>58660903
This is what Parasect used to look like, but look at the newer tcg cards and artworks, it has a stupid smiling mouth now

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>>58660906
Yeah, it seems so. I will add mandibles at the very least, as I think it would fit a cured Parasect. I thought about adding wings but I think that is more for a Paras that never got infect, those mushrooms must have damaged its ability to grow wings, I think. I'm still not sure what color to make the evo, cicadas change color to black when they are fully grown and they also seem to have Pinsir-like mandibles, but I'm not sure if that fits a cured Parasect.

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>>58660918
Nymph for comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJQr_pIWbw

I feel like Paras has feel some aftermath even if it's cure. Getting a huge mushroom parasite is not something you just make a complete recovery from.

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>>58660879
It has a mouth since Yellow.

>>58660947
This is very stupid, and I am very stupid. Thanks anon.
Can't wait for the flood to come and wipe my ass for this shit.

>>58660462
Pisces devs didnt release documentation about trainers and so on with their hack. This upset a bunch of people because they had to figure things out.

>>58660856
I finished Heart & Soul a couple of days ago, and it's really good. It's now my go-to for Johto alongside Polished Crystal.
>dont want to play the originals or even the official remakes
Then play Heart & Soul, it's redone in Gen 3 for a totally fresh experience.
The new version dropped yesterday btw >>58660337

>>58660564
Nice. Now do the lavender town tower and the islands cancer.

>>58660931
>I feel like Paras has feel some aftermath even if it's cure
You could give it tumors from fungal toxins. It could swell and even grow duplicate body parts in the next stage.

>>58660906
Nah that stupid smile appeared sometimes in early art too including season 1 of the anime.

>>58660966
Tbf a lot of shit in Pisces is somewhat obscure, doesn't help that the mid-late game was empty of NPCs

i think snakewood is an unironic great game that was too avant garde for the plebs of the time

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>>58661126
Yeah

>>58661035
You learn a lot of the stuff from talking to NPCs or reading the dex entries. However, everything after Mauville being empty on release sucked.

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Rate the team I used to beat Reborn (lin route)

>>58659631
Oh sooner than I thought. Just started playing it (well finished gym 2). Doubt saves will transfer over. Wonder if 2.0 will be big enough of a change that I shpuld play both 1.3 and 2.0

>>58661372
Gen 7 OU/10

>>58661545
I spent two thirds of the game stuck with mediocrity and shitmons, you can bet that after unlocking the good stuff I'm going to use it. (I was using the no items password too, so it was a real victory. Gonna tackle the postgame next year as I'm a little burned out on Pokemon now)

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>>58660985
Maybe that could work, but part of me also thinks that might be too much of an aftermath. But thanks for the suggestion.
By the way, this whole idea was sort of jumpstarted by pic. Thought I would share it.

>>58661693
>primal parasect
Fuck, I wish it were real bros...

>>58661698
Well supposedly(according to the dex entries) Paras isn't born with the mushrooms, it is doused with mushroom spores after being born. So if you could prevent that from happening who knows what it would become.

>>58661574
Listen man I’m not criticizing. That’s what the Pokèmon are in the game for after all. It just reminded me of one of my older teams from back then.

i want to build my lazarus team
so far, i have chosen pachirisu, breloom, ninetales
i think i'll also use dewgong and hisuian braviary, but i don't know if seel can be acquired early or if rufflet can even evolve into h-braviary
what ground types are in this game?

>>58661761
Usually I’m all for building my team before starting a game but I think something like this would be better to just build as you go.

>>58661761
>Rufflet can even evolve into H-Braviary
It can.
>what ground types are in this game?
Many. Mudsdale, Marowak, Krookodile, Sandslash, Gogoat is Grass/Ground, Clodsire, Grass Ground Tentacruel, Steelix, Camerupt, Mamoswine
>Seel
3rd gym city, I think you can caught one with Old Rod

>>58661913
is excadrill in the game?
also, i think i'll go for swoobat if h-braviary is too late into the game
are there any changes to pachirisu, breloom, ninetales, dewgong, swoobat and excadrill (if it's in the game)?

>>58661761
hey try going in blind for once anon
maybe be surprised by what you run into and what random catch ends up being your mvp
you know, try not planning the fun out of a game for once

>>58661930
i'm very autistic about having electric, grass, fire, water, flying and ground types in my team
i must plan

>>58661935
so many pokemon per route in lazarus though, you'll find them even without planning
but as long as you have fun

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>>58661126
I'd play Snakewood if it looked like picrel.

>>58661372
6/6, bonus points for Shiny Gren and ny nigga Big Clef.

>>58661761
Have you seen the Mega graphic?

>>58661930
Some of us just like playing that way.

>>58661964
what's a mega graphic?

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>>58661987
Might give you some team member ideas

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>>58661964
>ny nigga Big Clef
Not my worst typo

>>58662005
fire/flying toucannon is cool, but parental bond is just way too fucking busted
it's no fun to use
mega tink is just as dumb

>>58661964
That's the remake, right? Stygian Snakewood iirc? Looks pretty good imo

>>58662065
>>58661964
Never mind im blind AND retarded

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Pokemon Emerald Isle is out.

Journey to Emerald Isle and stay at the Wynaut Stay Hotel and Resort. Go gambling over at the Legendary Luxe Casino to make the perfect team, buy items and TMs next door at the resort's Pokemon Shop.

Take on a brand new campaign with new gym leaders and league and discover the other side of the island. Take a break and go participate in the pokemon contests or go try one of the multiple battle tents and their custom rules.

Features plenty of qol like infinite TMs, IV checking, and all gen 3 Pokemon available.This hack was made with the intentions of being a small and quick campaign to get to the battle frontier with a unique way of team building and enjoying the original gen3 format.

>>58661928
>Excadrill
No.
>Differences
Swoobat (77/67/55/87/60/114) - Better HP, SpAtk, SpDf, Unaware and Harvest for Abilities
Breloom (60/130/80/55/66/79) - Better SpDf and Spd.
Dewgong (115/75/80/75/90/65) - Better HP, Atk and SpAtk, Lost Spd and SpDf, Thick Layer (Thick Fat) and Ice Scales for Abilities
Pachirisu (60/45/70/75/110/95) - Better SpAtk and Spd, Fur Coat and Pickup for Abilities
Ninetales - (73/76/75/101/96/100) - Better SpAtk, Fire/Fairy.
A-Ninetales - (83/67/75/96/100/114) - Better HP, SpAtk and Spd,

>>58662005
I really hate it when people try and copy GSC's style without understanding any of the GBC's limitations.

>>58662005
are base noctowl and base toucannon ghost/flying and fire/flying as well?
are there more mega forms, or this is it?

>>58662228
Base Noctowl is Ghost/Flying, Toucannon is just Normal/Flying.

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>>58662183
Fuck the rules

>>58662156
>>58662236
thanks
so i guess i'll go with pachirisu, breloom, ninetales, dewgong, donphan and noctowl

>>58662228
>are there more mega forms, or this is it?
Raichu, Copperajah, Centiskorch, Grimmsnarl and Lapras are missing. Some ZA Megas are present too

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>>58659450

>>58659581
>A villain like that would have nothing to do with the team you built, so any victory wouldn't feel rewarding
It'd also completely ignore literally every mechanic in the game outside of those few fights

>>58661574
>I spent two thirds of the game stuck with mediocrity and shitmons
this should never happen unless you completely refuse to explore at all

>>58662362
I did all the side quests, including getting Naganadel after badge 16. I've just played reborn a bunch so I'm kinda bored of using stuff like Arcanine and the Eeveelutions etc. The game does drip feed you solid mons most of the way through but prior to beating ciel there's just not that much variety if you want to do OU shit

>>58662065
picrel is some twitter game thing that we know nothing of. stygian snakewood is the one made in pokemon essentials with a whatever demo

>>58660479
Yeah, that thing's been abandoned for at least 4 years. I can't even remember the password to the admin account anymore.

Do you prefer when hacks use ALL CAPS or decapitalized names?

>>58663425
Decapitalized. I don't SCREAM my pokemon's name sometimes.

>>58662298
Poorfag hands typed this post.

>>58663477
negated

>>58663425
I don't care as long as it's consistent.

As faggotty as this thread often is, I have to say I appreciate the relative on-topicness of the discussion lately.

There have been a lot of good points raised on both sides about balancing difficulty with time investment and fun, and it's given me serious food for thought on what direction I should take my game in.

>>58663425
Everything must be decapitalized. Pokémon names, NPC, Professor, Rivals, Places, Enemies, Elite Four, Abilities, Items, Moves.

>>58661964
Wait is that a new japanese rom hack?
Those are kind of rare

Anyone know if there is a tool to make gen 5 style sprite animation, with the rigging and stuff?

>>58663697
IIRC, it's just using a gif instead of a png

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>>58659477
everyone is just this guy?

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>>58662397
>sticks to OU mons like a metaslave
>why is there not enough variety

>>58663785
Moron, if the game was balanced better using solely OU Pokemon from a completely different metagame would be a detriment not a cheatcode.

Most romhackers never played competitive Pokemon and can't be bothered to google who actually needs meaningful thoughtful buffs.

Nah man just give a PU Pokemon 10 more attack and the Dragon or Dark type that'll fucking solve Everything.

>>58664066
ad hominem, ESL babble, reddit spacing, and whining about stuff unrelated to the subject because you have no actually pertinent points to make

>>58664180
NTA, but your first sentence in >>58664066 is EXTREMELY scuffed. It genuinely does look like an ESL put that together struggling to remember the weird grammatical intricacies of English.

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>>58662183
What a shit fucking take.
The Pokemon games have recycled content since gen II, should they all be developed for GBC then?

having mostly shitmons for half of Reborn was my experience too
but I played blind and many of the quests are very obtuse
I remember being carried by Noivern, Mamoswine, Ampharos, a traded Bruxish, and my starter obviously

>>58664224
Recycling Gen 2 content and attempting to do the Gen 2 aesthetic explicitly are very different tasks.

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>>58659450
feasibly how far can a single person go with a Gen 3 Decomp and stubborness

>>58664299
Pretty far actually, this is a decomp we’re talking about so if you watch tutorials and be dedicated you’ll be good

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>>58664224
That's an obtuse takeaway. The whole point of emulating that style in the first place is the retro feel. Why bother if you're going to ignore the core principles that the style was based on?

Kinda unrelated, but found this video the other day and think its neat.

>58664180
Uh oh, /pol/hard melty!

>>58662065
>>58662069
>>58662664
>>58663679
Sorry to get sond of your hopes up, these are just old mock-ups by the guy who re-sprites some Unbound/Gaia characters, among others.
https://x.com/trietnio/status/1387350502170451972?lang=en

>>58663425
Indifferent.

>>58662183
What stands out to you about it? I can see Archeops uses 3 different colors.

>>58663771
Honestly surprised we haven’t gotten a Copen-Like Rival on some Reborn-like fan game afaik

>>58664345
>these are just old mock-ups by the guy who re-sprites some Unbound/Gaia characters, among others.
Ah fuck...

>>58659480
Why is there only 1 girls hunter link when there are 4 games?

>>58664305
As cool as this looks, I can't see it ever getting completed and playable somehow. I'd be very surprised if this is more than just a proof of concept.

>>58664305
What is this from?

The game has made Bright Powder available to me. Should I consider it beaten, or do I pretend there's a No Guard focused battle up ahead built to counter my strategy of theoretically resetting until I can sweep while dodging every move?

How woke is Lazarus?
How challenging is it?

>>58664680
normal mode is babby tier
hard mode is not too hard

>>58664680
oh and it is full woke. you have to join the discord, confirm your gender(s) and donate to Ukraine to get past the intro.

>>58664742
Instructions unclear, paid a random russian to crack it for me.

>>58660787
>Parasect without mushroom would look like.
It would look like an adult cicada so ninjask

>>58664305
>mp4 embeds
since when

>>58664864
like...a year ago?

>>58664864
For over a year now.

>>58660337
Looks like a nice Johto experience.
How much tranny/gay agenda does it have?

>>58664930
Zero

>>58664930
It's pretty much just Gold/Silver. You can evolve your Ursaring into Ursaluna at least, and Primeape can become Analrape, so it stands to reason all the cross generation evolutions for gen 1-3 mons are in.

>>58660337
Is it possible to battle against friends with custom ROMs like this? I've never played gold/silver and figured I could convince my friend to play heartgold/soulsilver with me and eventually battle each other, but if this is an option then that would be cool.

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>>58664955
>Ursaluna
There are two different Ursalunas. I'm not really up to date with the newer pokemon gens, so I'm not sure what that means.

>>58665042
Ursaluna is a physical bruiser, Bloodmoon Ursaluna is a special attack demon.

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Jirachi :D
This update is awesome. I love the new animations, sprites and the glowing effects at night.
>>58665047
Oh, sounds cool. I'm definitely gonna grab a nature mint for it and train it up.

Really liking heart & soul. Probably should have just played thos for the gold/silver experience rather than Crystal Legacy

>>58665114
Crystal Legacy is ass. I dropped it halfway through and ended up playing Polished Crystal instead.
Polished Crystal and Heart & Soul are definitely the best Johto romhacks.

I like how you can see the wild pokemon sprites roaming around the map. It lets you know which ones you'll find in the area

>>58664680
>How challenging is it?
Any romhack not made with the specific intention of being difficult is easy as fuck. The difficulty curve in Pokemon is pretty much

>Easy as FUCK
>Drayano
>Kaizo (Run n Bun, Emerald Imperium, etc.)

>>58665125
How is polished crystal better? Ah not doubting but there seemed to be like 3/4 qol/balance focused hacks so I just went with legacy

>>58665179
Legacy makes changes to the story and insert dev trainers to gatekeep legendaries. Aside from that, it's not a bad Vanilla+ hack.

>>58665114
Also all the game options are really nice. Level Cap to strongest next gymleader's pokemon, 2x xp, set battle style. Feels good

>>58665201
Oh and 5x berry drops and a fake time passing system where 1 hour = 1 day.

>>58665179
Much more qol/options, much more content, improved pokedex with tons of details/info, better use of HM, it's prettier, etc.

>>58665179
I rarely go back to OG Johto for hacks but Polished Crystal is a good mix of new and old. It feels fresh without being too much. Would put it in my top 5 and I only just beat Jasmine. Potentially the best Johto hack besides maybe Fool’s Gold

>>58664978
Normally Multiplayer features like trading or battlinf is out of the question unless the hack explicitly tells you that it's possible like some vanilla+ hacks like Recharged or Quetzal

>>58660337
>Surfing doesn't change the music.
Ruined.

>>58665334
imo the Gen 5 through 7 approach was the best: Surf Theme doesn't play only in important/endgame locations (e.g.: Victory Road)

>>58665334
This is a good thing for me. I hate when the OST gets interrupted.

Where's the fucking galarian Corsola in Lazarus holy shit

Almost finishing the fucking dex. Already got the bloody Cursola, the other Sinnoh fossilmon, Eeveelutions, the starters, finished the fucking zoo, evolve the fighting Pikaclone.

>>58665392
You check the location docs slime?
Alternatively, you could try the momo-tye codes, but that didn't work for Cyclizar (though Corsola-G is definitely in the Wishing Well pool)
Shootouts to Lazarus for making it Ghost/Rock

>>58665665
Based.
>>58665669
Nvm

>>58665669
The docs aren't helping with shit desu. I've looked forever for Corsola and I had to resort to the wishing well, probably I'll have to do the same to get a Shellder

Just missing Dusknoir and the Johto Beasts and their paradox forms now

>>58663518
the only negated is your payment processing, porfag.

>>58660337
pre-patched it for myself and figured I'd share it because why not?https://files.catbox.moe/uxckrn.zip

this game is set in a distant, unique region...
so let's make a temple worshiping these specific legendaries from johto

Romhack where you have to evolve Pokemon.
Like you can only ever capture Solosis and must follow branching evolutions till you get what you want.

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finished it and completed the dex. pretty comfy romhack

>>58666154
Clean team, and good shit.

>>58666162
Bless. Not the team I wanted originally but they ended up being better than what I planned

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>>58660337
looks cool, I'll probably play that after I finish Prism. though I did play through all of Crystal Legacy not too long ago

Remind me again is H-Typho in Heart and Soul?

>>58666573
Why is Lucario there?

>>58666596
Good anal sex on the go

>>58666596
that screenshot is from Prism. I just got Weavile too

>>58666605
That's kinda gay.

>>58666093
Sure but before they were reborn

>>58666656
What if the Lucario was female?

I was looking for a QOL romhack of Emerald and found ten billion of them. I just want something vanilla-friendly without the cancer mechanics/changes of later gens or the hacker's fanfiction, something in the style of Shin Pokered. What's the recommendation?

>>58666888
>>58665125

>>58666888
Modern Emerald is my favorite vanilla+ Emerald romhack.

>>58666918
>Emerald
Anon, can you read?

>>58666921
>changed Cut to grass type
That doesn't sound very vanilla.

>>58666888
>I just want something vanilla-friendly without the cancer mechanics/changes of later gens or the hacker's fanfiction
Pokémon Emerald Version by Nintendo.

>>58666888
>QOL romhack of Emerald
>without the cancer mechanics/changes of later gens
Are you retarded?

>>58665269
Even with other people using the same custom ROM?

>>58666958
>>58666968
You know, like fixed trade evolutions? Re-purchasable TMs? An extra move slot for HMs? QOL, not rebalance shit like changing move types or adding the physical/special split.

>>58666922
No.
>>58667016
I think all non-difficulty emerald hacks also do rebalancing. Buffing poorly performing pokemon statlines also no good?

>>58667016
Literally just do it yourself.

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>>58667016
Anon, Modern Emerald lets you customize your playthrough right from the start.
Just choose Classic mode.

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>>58667041
>Buffing poorly performing pokemon statlines also no good?
No. I want a vanilla experience with less annoyances. Like how Shin Red did it for gen 1.

>>58667048
Does classic mode disable the move type changes? The readme doesn't say it's optional.

>>58666888
Cosmic Emerald is somewhat close to what you describe.

>>58667016
Get pokeemerald and do it yourself. You'll never find what you're looking for.

>>58667130
Considering the sheer amount of emerald hacks out there, I'm almost certain this already exists.

>>58667056
No. Just checked, Physical Special split is also in Classic Mode.
>>58667137
I highly doubt that. Modern Emerald is the closest of what you want and still has QoL that you won't like.

>>58666888
Emerald 386 and Emerald Mini might be the only ones I remember right now.

>>58666888
>>58667016
https://mryakobo.github.io/poke-emerald-legacy-docs/

>>58666888
Is this up your alley?
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pok%C3%A9mon-revelation-v231014-a-vanilla-improvement-hack-for-hoenn.477191/

>>58666888
emerald cross

>>58666977
You could try, i played unbound with a friend although it was a bit buggy...

>Naljo Ruins
what a slog... ugh, I have a headache

I concluded gen 3 sucks ass. Back to playing gen 1.

>>58666888
I prefer Recharged Emerald

Snakewood update, remake, enhancement, whatever.

Coming 2026.
First announced here.
None of that RPG Maker crap or modern hack malaise. It's back to basics.
Mark your calendars...

(Also I'll take some Q&A since that's what Cutlerine did...
If you believe I'm actually giving Snakewood an upgrade,
of course...)

>>58668083
Would it fix the lack of consistency towards the end?

>>58668085
I would say so.
The hack's story is mostly unchanged for the first bits, though with the degree of separation between the plot before and after Meteor Falls, I took some leeway to link things together neatly.

>>58668066
>I concluded gen 3 sucks ass.
what makes you say that?

>>58668121
Art direction is worse. Controls are more sluggish. Natures suck. The way abilities are implmented sucks. The early catchable pokemon suck. Doubled down on bullshit like punishing evolution (Breloom).

Mostly it's the art. It looks like absolute shit. Shin Red recently got GBC colorization, which IMO looks beautiful. I use a custom hack of Shin Red + Gen 2 battle sprites and learnsets. It's my favorite way to play any Pokemon game.

To elaborate, I think almost every new mechanic introduced after gen 1 was a mistake. Day/night having different encounter pools suck ass. Egg moves being a thing sucks ass. Happiness sucks ass. The appeal of Pokemon is simplicity. It's one of the most simple yet elegant games to ever exist, but they can't resist adding bullshit to it each gen.

Wow, it felt like forever since the last time I saw a genwunner

>>58660337
>only gen 1 - 3 pokemon
holy slop, skip

>>58668242
It's so weird.
>Johto remake
>Arbitrarily include Gen 3 Pokemon

Also, reminder that a carefully curated dex featuring Pokemon from 5 or more generations totaling roughly 250-350 available Pokemon is superior to full nat dex, and superior to being lazy and trying to nostalgia bait by just going "gens 1-3 only"

What are some good HGSS romhacks?

>>58666154
,>tranny flags everywhere
>Comfy

>>58668083
Show images or gtfo

>>58668232
Disagree, those mechanics are fine, but they're implemented in the most annoying way possible. Day/Night cycles should not be realtime for example. Havine just 1 hour real time equate to 24 hours in-game time would fix that problem entirely for example. Immersive mechanics are only immersive when they're done right and elevate the experience. Game Freak only thought of these ideas and how to make the game have longevity of playtime (ridiculous timesinks) despite the fact they were making a new game every year.

>>58668242
The only good gens desu

>>58668393
>aaiiiieeeeeee the heckin flagerinos
stop being a sissy its either tranny flags or the same retard emerald/fire red but qol 1000+ pokémon difficulty increased slop released every single month

I’m going to start doing patches for rom hacks that remove faggot garbage. I’ll call them SFW versions for maximum seethe and make sure they are the main versions on all those shitty Pokemon hack websites where you download the full rom.

>>58668852
Based beyond fucking belief.

>>58668852
YOU CANT DO THAT * insert Staraptor cries here*
please be our Hero

>>58668852
I've only just started getting into custom ROM, is that sort of shit really that pervasive?

>>58669060
Not at all. There's hundreds of romhacks and fangames out there, and it's like, sub 10%, more likely sub 5% of them. People just spent two weeks complaining about the flags in Lazarus so it just looks like it's in way more. (they're right, it shouldn't be in the game, but spending two weeks whining on 4chan just isn't the way)

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Done

>>58668852
Maybe then your parents will finally tell you that they're proud of you.

>>58669112
They will :]

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>This game proudly features:
>6 clowns to find

Friendship value should lead to more interesting mechanics. There should be a reason to have a low one. I want to breed fucking smashed feral pits

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Was playing Lazarus, just got to the zoo. I've been finding it kinda boring honestly. Even after modding out the flags I don't know if I want to keep playing

>>58669666
Fair enough, Satan.
Imo it's a "style over substance" hack. Sure it might have some neat features but the visual aspect is the only thing it does different from other hacks (which i personally don't care about)

>>58668083
let us date alicia

>>58669100
>type overlap
ID'd

>>58668083
everybody says they want to remake snakewood and nobody does. stygian snakewood might be dogshit but at least she tried

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>>58669666
note to dev: if you're gonna ape gsc's artstyle at least fully commit to it. geez

>>58669934
A detail that bothers me is that the palettes use different hues of black. The dev didn't create the assets himself and then couldn't be bothered to make it fit well together.

Lazarus update announced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3O1PRFkI4

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>>58670144
Why even bother having stats at this point?

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>>58670144
Y’know what? Hell yeah!
Super glad the devs are listening to feedback and are actively fixing the game…now I have to get ready to shiny hunt fenniken…

>>58669840
Damn. Literally how tho? Would love to see how it played out

>>58670267
Leveraging 100% form for free healing.

>>58670144
>mental illness flags still not removed

>>58670144
After I finished it? Goddamn it. Someone tell the tranny to add the megas to Seaglass.

>>58670275
Ah yeah that makes sense

>>58670312
Not with that attitude.

why would you want to play Seaglass when the screen flashes white every turn in battle

>>58670144
Shit music still?

Fuck cooldowns and fuck recordkeeper.

Does anyone know how to add Gen 2 Gold/Silver sprites to gen 1 Red/Blue? The only existing hacks I can find which retrofit gen 2 sprites exclusively use Crystal's. I tried taking the Silver sprites and using greyscale in photoshop, but the tone comes out different.

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Hacks with evil characters?

If Davi* finishes his demo…

>>58671171
nobody will care

>>58671130
/!\ NO LIE DETECTED /!\

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>>58670963

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Hell yeah

So I'm trying to follow the porytiles tutorial for compiling a tileset. What I'm struggling to understand is adding content to the top, middle, and bottom .png's. The pngs themselves are small, while the tilesets are big. Am I meant to simply divide the full tileset into three sections and throw them onto the layer pngs?

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>>58659450
Lazarus UPDATE!

>>58671869
Okay, I found the answer to my problem. For some reason my brain kept skipping over the 4 words in the tutorial that explained literally everything I needed to know

>>58671522
Name?

>>58671989
Vega, and judging by the Fire mon is maybe Vega EX fairy edition
(Also pretty similar team to the one i used lol)

>>58659469
After some testing, it seems that there are STILL some crashes in the Battle Factory that I'm not seeing in the battle tower.

I honestly don't know what to do about this.

i like to design fakemon but i hate doing stats/figuring out moves for them

>>58671522
Fuck yeah, I was gonna use 3 of those in my Vega playthrough as well, nice team anon.

>>58672266
That means you are designing in a vacuum with little consideration for gameplay.

>>58672354
Not like GameFreak has a penchant for sensible movesets and stats for Pokemon that match their design/theme/lore

>>58672266
can you show off some of your designs?
Do you draw or do spritework?

>>58672379
True, but you can see the intent here and there as they were making intentional decisions somewhere before throwing it all into trash like some demented elderly. Anyway rather than arbitrarily assigning stats and moves it needs some sort of reference like enemies it counters, at which point you catch it or fight against it, and level progression in the game.

>>58672266
It might be nice to look at lists of custom/rare moves to figure out what might give them some identity and thematically fits. You could also go the route of creating some custom moves if that's something you feel comfortable doing.
Some thematically appropriate moves of their type and coverage moves would be ideal. It does sound tedious, tho. If you post designs in here maybe we could spitball some ideas.

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>>58672266
Show us. I'm in the opposite boat, I love theorycrafting ideas, typings, dex entries, and statblocks, but am not so great at the actual design part

>>58659450
what hm qol do emerald seaglass and lazarus have? i want to use pelipper in seaglass, can i teach it surf, fly, waterfall and dive?
>>58670144
>>58671919
someone tell the developers to make portablepc and justcatch cheats available in seaglass

>>58672558
>hm qol
as long as you have a pokemon that could learn the HM, you can use it in the overworld
you don't need to teach any pokemon the move

>>58672576
for both games? and can pelipper learn all those water hms needed for traversal?

>>58672608
yes to your first question
idk to your second

Better be fakemon I want to fuck

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>>58672608
Can't learn Dive

>>58659450
>Notable Games:
>>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mZrRXlkq0ZmBr7Zzglb1Zer_JuJoTUWckrtRP0ROWCU/
I think Gen 2 section lacks some notable hacks like Battle Arena and Gold&Silver 97 Reforged.
Also no fan games? There's a couple of gems there too (not edgy tranny ones), like Pokemon Wilds or Super Eevee Edition.

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>>58659450
Who wants to playtest my Pokemon Emerald hack? https://litter.catbox.moe/8zu14f2s8qdpmpuy.gba

Everything's a double battle and I rebalanced Pokemon. Also, VoltTurn.

>>58673246
>rebalanced pokemon

Nobody likes your headcanon metagame unless you are a slop poke-tuber with a cultist fanbase

>>58673246
Virus don’t click

>>58673246
I'll bite, but first: what's the big twist here? What did you change and WHY did you changed it? Just curious what was your reasoning for those changes

>>58673246
Give me a female riolu starter

If only Polished Crystal had following pokemon

>>58673246
nice dolphin porn

>>58672834
Also I'd like nigger clear out, there's absolutely no reason to advertise that piece of shit

>>58674093
are you guys really that excited about following pokemon?

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This is my first time messing around with sprites and still trying to figure out romhacking so sorry if they don't look right or if there's something I don't get. I made some white alt sprites for Lazarus male MC I hope to inject into the game/make a patch, I don't mind if someone else wants to do it.

I only had luck extracting the sprites with unLZ-GBA, I couldn't find the back sprites and the overworld sprites with the program. Can anyone lead me in the right direction, I feel like I can get a more direct answer here than hitting my head against a wall. I tried Hex Maniac Advance but it was just a big wall of text I couldn't understand. When I tried it with a rom of emerald everything was more structed and understandable, I guess it has something to do with it being a romhack instead of the vanilla game.

>>58670365
Neither with your argument

>>58673350
I literally only plat hacks with stat/move/type rebalancing

Headcanon is better than official most of the time

>>58661372
>Lin route
What did she do wrong aside from being written by multiple people and cass?

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>>58674862
Undertale is the worst $10 I've ever spent plus she's a jerk

>>58659477
I played a monster collector like this, where the evil team just beat the shit out of the MC

>>58670144
Lazarus isn't nearly hard enough to justify needing a stat editor, holy shit

>>58675126
>Didn't get it for $1
)lol

>>58675263
QoL brainrot, even for shit that doesn't need it

>>58675770
It's a baffling inclusion either way. If you can edit stats freely, why bother including the IV system?

>>58675773
Yeah it's clear they didn’t put a lot of thought into this decision but whatever

>>58675797
I mean in general, not only for Lazarus. The feature only makes sense if you're going full Showdown clone.

>>58675869
Eh some games like Elite Redux know they are showdown but GBA so there's that. Imo adding stat editors is a not a good idea for a regular Pokémon experience

Why is romhacking more popular than PKSD/RPGMX?

>>58676139
Authenticity.
You can play on original hardware.

Sure you can't expand the PC boxes without breaking shit but it's still superior.

Btw here's the patch for my Pokemon Emerald hack It's a patch for the "Pokemon Emerald U Trashman". https://mega.nz/file/aB82iYDR#D_XspNX7VaHN7dMmazTH7X8Ww6OCVeL4UlKBoxUSd1M

>>58676139
Because you can still play romhacks on ancient PC's, and there's a non-insignificant number of people who play on official Nintendo hardware like GBA/DS/3DS/Switch for mobile gaming, which is something you can't do with an essentials project. Basically, it just has a wider audience. Which is also why making a romhack is more popular than making one via PKSD/Essentials despite the latter being much easier to work with, and is capable of doing cooler shit.

>>58675965
>>58675869
>>58675797
>>58675773
>>58675770
>>58675263
Stop samefagging (agreeing with yourself while pretending to be someone else) you worthless niggerfaggot.

QOL is based because it makes your fag ass SEETHE.

You see us getting rewards we haven't "earned" because you tell yourself grinding makes you a good boy, or you tell yourself not caring makes you a good boy.

If you really don't care, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

>>58676139
grotesquely deformed, obese, mentally ill tendiegroids

>>58673514
I'm glad you asked!

Faster start: you begin with Running Shoes, Mach Bike, two Eevees, ten Pokeballs, and choose Charmander, Totodile, or Snivy after rescuing Birch. May no longer drags you back to Littleroot.

Attacking moves now auto-switch you out like Volt Switch/U-Turn, pushing prediction and team synergy over raw stat spam.

All wild encounters are Double Battles, and you must carry at least three Pokémon.

Every Pokémon’s non-HP stats are boosted up to 1.5× and adjusted to stay below 600 BST, with rounding and a 255 cap. Many Pokémon get further buffs/nerfs, new Abilities, and type changes for balance.

Evasion-based abilities now raise Defense/Sp.Def in their conditions. Ghosts ignore Sand/Hail chip.

The type chart is FULLY REWORKED for mathematically ELO-verified balance; Ground is removed and replaced by Rock for all moves, mons, items, and effects.

Max Text Speed prints instantly; message pauses shortened.

No random crits or misses.

All moves with ≤15 PP have reduced PP; PP Up/Max are disabled for everyone.

Pokeballs and Safari Balls always succeed.

Level, EVs, IVs, and Nature no longer affect stats or damage.

Debug Menu: hold R + Start.

Bike Gear Shift: press R to swap between Mach/Acro behavior without changing bikes.

Assist’s blacklist expanded to prevent cheese.

>>58676139
RPG Maker games just don't feel the same.

>>58676139
Familiarity, less space to make retarded design decisions, playable at 1000%+ speed, save states, portability and safe from potential malware.

>>58676174
Anon's having a meltdown for some reason. Wow.
Also wtf is talking about grinding? We are talking about how Lazarus and similar games don't need stat editors, they go against what a regular Pokémon game is

Guess now isn't a good time to mention that the fangame I've been working on is almost ready for a demo release

>>58676181
>Attacking moves now auto-switch you out like Volt Switch/U-Turn, pushing prediction and team synergy over raw stat spam.
That's... a choice. Now im curious how that plays out
>Every Pokémon’s non-HP stats are boosted up to 1.5× and adjusted to stay below 600 BST, with rounding and a 255 cap. Many Pokémon get further buffs/nerfs, new Abilities, and type changes for balance.
Hmmm... doesn't that would make already broken mons even more broken OR nerf good mons into basically mid-tier mons?
>The type chart is FULLY REWORKED for mathematically ELO-verified balance; Ground is removed and replaced by Rock for all moves, mons, items, and effects.
Mind explaining this? What was the exact criteria?
>No random crits or misses.
>Level, EVs, IVs, and Nature no longer affect stats or damage.
>Evasion-based abilities now raise Defense/Sp.Def in their conditions. Ghosts ignore Sand/Hail chip.
Well that's a lot more changes than i expected... i suck at doubles but i consider myself decent playing Singles/"hard" romhacks/fangames.
I'll give it a try

>>58676285
Oh which one?

>>58676284
These people don't play Pokemon, they play Google Spreadsheets

>>58676181
>>58673246
Alright i played up until Roxanne and i think you overdid it a bit man... level 16-20 Roxanne and my team was barely level 10-12. It's not impossible to win BUT it feels a bit overtuned imo (or maybe it's my fault for speedruning up until that point)
I can see potential here, imo it might work better as an original region hack rather than yet another Emerald Hack. I would really recommend you to implement in-game speed up like how Emerald Rogue did and some way to speed up the constant switching.
Kudos to you anon, i can tell there's effort behind this

Fangames don't have a big audience like romhacks have but it's a sacrifice i'm willing to make. I'll still have people playing my game

Anyone played Emerald Extended yet?

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>>58672834
>Battle Arena
God of Arena*
The only known hack featuring gacha mechanics

>>58676181
Attacking moves now auto-switch you out like Volt Switch/U-Turn, pushing prediction and team synergy over raw stat spam.
This is unbelievably retarded

>>58675773
>>58675797
>>58675869
>>58675965
There was originally pretty much no way to edit a pokemon's IVs in Lazarus, and any EV training was tedious and/or grindy, since there was no vitamin shop. A lot of people complained about this, so the dev just put this in instead, not the best way to go about it imo but at the end of the day all it really does is save time

If your romhack doesn't have IV and EV editor, nature changer, infinite rare candies, unrestricted moveset editor, full base stats editor, gender change, sprite customization with built in image editor, and Spinda spot changer, I'm not going to play it.

>>58677061
>Not demanding a text editor to rewrite dialogue you find cringe
NGMI

>>58676970
I guess so

>>58677227
new bread

Anti-tranny patch for the new Lazarus update when?