

Combo Platter Powers: Every Pokémon is buffed up to have a much more varied and higher-quality moveset, which means you have Pokémon being able to learn moves that they couldn't in the vanilla game or are otherwise outside of their typing.The third time, he uses powerful Legendaries and pseudo-legendaries. He uses pre-evolved forms of his 2nd and 4th battle team. The Cameo: Pokémon Trainer Red is fought three times in the main game, and once in the Trick House.Winstrate Vito is the last obstacle in Victory Road, and is much stronger than the previous trainers. Boss in Mook's Clothing: Some Magma or Aqua Grunts can engage in surprisingly difficult double battles, and the Cooltrainers and Experts are often comparable to bosses.Bonus Boss: The Gym Leaders have boss rematch fights, but when searching for Groudon and Kyogre, there is one boss fight before them that you must engage in.Rare candies can be bought at the Pokémon League for a cheap price.You can buy an unlimited supply of evolution stones from the Fallarbor Town shop.Even though you cant use items in battle, enemy trainers wont use them either.Pokéballs are very cheap, allowing for easier catching of Pokémon.You can catch the first three generations of Pokémon all in the wild, allowing a better variety of choices for your team, and the option to recruit powerful Pokémon that werent obtainable in the vanilla game, such as the original starters.Anti-Frustration Features: The game is friendly to players on occasions:.Even the very first Pokémon you'll encounter, a level 2 Zigzagoon, was given a significant buff with a more competitive moveset. Adaptational Badass: One of the signature changes in Crystal & Blue Kaizo, and Emerald Kaizo doesn't disappoint as well.Sure, Pokémon that know Explosion or Self-Destruct do exist in the game (Electrode, Golem, and in the late game, Wailord), but it's usually not a common sight in enemy team/encounters. Fortunately, it's not as common as it is in Crystal Kaizo or Blue Kaizo. Action Bomb: Subverted, to a certain degree.As for the roaming Legendaries (such as Latios & Latias & a few others), all of them are level 100, which in theory, should not be an issue in post game since by then, you should have a team that can easily handle them. Certain Legendary Pokémon can be obtained in Emerald Kaizo by trading one of those exclusive Pokémon. Unlike Blue Kaizo or Crystal Kaizo, you most likely will have to play in the post-game to see & have a chance to encounter all 386 Pokémon. Usually by the Sootopolis City gym, you'll have seen 330+ Pokémon, and by the time you reach the Elite Four in Ever Grande City, assuming you haven't missed any Pokémon Trainer battles (in most routes, nigh impossible due to Kaizo), you'll have maybe 10 Pokémon remaining (376/386), all of them special legendaries. 100% Completion: You can obtain all 386 Pokémon in the game, although just like in vanilla Emerald, some are reserved for the post game only, such as Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, and more, after meeting certain criteria.

It’s a small change but definitely fun to go through. Of course, the interactions between types have also been updated.

For example the Gust move is now flying, and Clefairy is… well, a fairy type. The hack also changes all Pokémon and their moves to match their current typing. We start off with a small change meant to make the game feel more familiar for anyone who’s played anything after Pokémon X/Y.Ĭreator Dewhi100 adds the Dark, Steel and Fairy-types that didn’t exist in the first generation of games. So if you’re looking for more Kanto fun, or maybe a hard nuzlocke run, or if you simply want to re-live that classic experience with a twist, this list of our favorite gen 1 hacks is sure to help you find a few to get started. They keep these games alive by opening up the landscape and creating replayability with brand new challenges. Some hacks add massive improvements, while others are just funny, and some are simply… different. Nowadays the variety of ROM hacks for games like Pokémon Red & Blue is stunning. Modders have been hard at work ever since the games came out, slowly developing the tools needed to better do their transformative work. And there are some crazy hacks that remains very relevant to this day thanks to the retroactive popularity of games like Pokémon.

ROM hacks are among the coolest forms of video game mods.
