Improved text decapitalization throughout the game. Please report any issues you find, as this feature still needs extensive testing.
Key item wheel to register 4 items at the same time.
Trainers have more options now, so certain trainers can have EVS, better IV distribution for stuff like Hidden Power and even some trainers can name their Pokémon or have shinies!
Smart re-usable Repel and Lure system
Added a system that prevents giving non gen 3 items to Pokémon, which allows having new items like nature mints and bottle caps.
You can select English or Spanish in the Options menu. Most important content is translated, although some text is still only available in English.
Switch between Pokémon by pressing SELECT in the Party Menu.
Battle moves will show its type GFX and special/physical category when selecting them.
You can press START in battle to show info of the selected move, like its description and power.
You can run in Pacifidlog Town
Starter PID will get generated while Birch’s bag UI is loaded. You can see if a starter is shiny before selecting it, and the shiny sound will play when applicable.
The wall clock will show you the selected time before setting up the time for the first time.
Tutorial battle Ralts cannot be shiny or knocked out.
Added an NPC that will tell you which Hidden Power your Pokémon has. ||NPC inside a house in Sootopolis city.||
Gym leaders will be daily rematchable instead a random percentage of it after each battle.
Repeated Field Medicine Use
Faster pre-battle intros
Faster battle slide animation
Message when a Pokémon picks up an item.
Items held by released Pokémon are added to your Bag when there is enough space.
You can swap items between Pokémon in the party menu.
Moves taught by move tutors can be relearned through the Move Reminder. The move tutors across the map were removed, and their moves, including tutors from FireRed, LeafGreen, Colosseum, and XD, can be learned through the Move Reminder instead.
Better money loss when losing a battle, now you don’t lose half your money
Birch intro fade in happens faster
Modernized font a tiny bit
Birch can be chased by different Pokémon.
Steven now has the Champion title and theme.
You can walk while reading signs.
The Battle Factory’s pre-battle messages have been updated to their Generation IV versions.
The game origin label has been removed from the Battle Factory summary screen.
The whiteout cutscene is based on the one from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Following Pokémon react to abnormal weather.
You can boot directly into your save by pressing L + R on the copyright screen.
After defeating the Pokémon League, you can defend your Champion title instead of immediately challenging the Elite Four again.
The Elite Four, Champion, and Champion-title challengers scale based on how many times you have defeated them.
Mirage Island is recalculated daily and has a much higher chance of appearing when Wobbuffet or Wynaut is in your party.
Graphics
New title screen based on the official box art, including the current release version.
Outworld graphics changed a bit too to make it more modernized and more inspired by FRLG changes.
Battle backgrounds are Fire Red based.
Object Events now have more colors, they also follow the style from Pokémon FR/LG.
Updated battle interface to a more modern UI, following the base design of Pokémon BW adapted to GBA.
New Summary Screen UI, styled with a mix of DPPT and BW layout. Cool blending and scrolling effects.
Updated region map looks
Morning and night battle backgrounds
Changed trainer sprites and backsprites for Brendan and May, made by Hyo!
Changed the bag UI to a BW styled one
Map popups have updated looks
Party menu has BW style UI
Main menu before loading a game has a new UI, shows your trainer sprite and your party too
Plenty of map fixes
Object events now have improved shadow graphics beneath them.
The experience bar has improved graphics.
Pokémon sprites in the credits scene no longer have backgrounds.
Pokémon related
Pokémon will follow you in the overworld, using the follower Pokémon system by merrp.
Pokémon have updated icons in every place of the game. They show their shiny variation in the Trainer Party, the Pokémon Storage System, and the naming screen.
Nature mints
Bottle caps
More info in battle, like details about your moves and type category.
Added a Linking Cord to evolve trade evos. Given by your rival during the adventure, can’t be missed!
Changed how shinies are generated. Default shiny rate is 1/4k and this allows us to have extra shiny rolls in certain methods while maintaining compatibility with vanilla games.
Improved the RNG seed. It no longer depends on the in-game time, so soft-resetting for shiny Pokémon should take less time because you will not keep hitting the same frames.
Feebas tiles will always encounter a Feebas
Pokémon have a color variation system based on their personality, like Pokémon Stadium games
You can find Surskit, Zangoose, Roselia, Meditite, Medicham, and Lunatone in the wild.
Jirachi can be obtained in-game.
Starter Eggs for the Johto and Hoenn starters can be obtained.
Crawdaunt can learn Crunch by leveling up.
The summary screen shows whether a stat has been Hyper Trained.
Following Pokémon always use your Pokémon’s nickname in their messages instead of the generic “Your Pokémon” text.
Pokémon that chase Birch cannot be shiny.
Shiny Pokémon display a shiny star instead of the gender symbol in the battle UI.
Getting items
Kiri can give the player Wiki, Mago, and Aguav berries so you are not only limited to 5 of each per playthrough.
The Exchange Corner has been updated with more BP prizes, lower prices, and the ability to repurchase evolution items.
Bottle Caps now cost 8 BP instead of 25 BP.
TMs are internally divided in 3 categories, items of the same category will have the same price.
You can buy every TM from the vendor machines on the top floor of the Lilycove City Department Store.
Instead of the regular gen 3 Exp Share you will be granted the global exp share one as key item. You can still trade the old ones from other games or get it as prize in the lottery.
You can now get a brand-new Key Item that doubles the EVs gained in the selected stat.
Added a Lucky Egg as floor item in the Safari Zone
Added a DexNav that lists you the encounters of each route, obtainable very early in the game.
Mystic Ticket, Eon Ticket, and Aurora Ticket can be obtained in-game.
A new NPC near the Bottle Cap NPC can remove Nature Mints and Hyper Training from Pokémon. Use this before trading Pokémon to other Generation III games.
The Pokédex now includes a News Stats page and supports both metric and imperial units.
Quality of Life Changes:
Run since the start of the game.
Max money increased to 9999999 from 999999.
Bag pockets can have up to 999 of each item.
Running indoors.
You can press B to run from wild Pokémon.
Added a Medicine pocket for better Item management, it supports up to 50 Items.
Increased Bag Pocket Item quantity
Items count from 30 to 60
Key Items from 30 to 50
Poké Balls from 16 to 32
HM moves can be forgotten at any time.
HM moves can be used without learning them as long as you have the requirements for it and the Pokémon can learn it.
You can trade to other vanilla games from the start.
Removed lag when entering a Pokémon Center.
Pokémon stats calculate after each battle.
Removed RTC, now the game has an internal clock
Later gen exp share, compatible with old ones
Cut Trees Stay Cut Permanently
LGPE style premier balls in shops
Plural items when obtaining them
Berries planted on Routes 119, 120, and 123 no longer need to be watered and will always have max yields.
You don’t have to use flash again if you used it previously in that place.
Can Retrieve Day Care Mons Directly to Box
Moves can be relearned from previous evolutions
Move Pokémon is now the first option in the Pokémon Storage System.
You can skip the copyright intro by pressing A or B.
Battle facilities award twice as many Battle Points, and Frontier Brains award 25 BP instead of 10.
Days now take twice as much in-game time to pass.
An in-game clock-speed option lets you choose between 10 seconds per frame and 1 second per frame, allowing the clock to behave more like a real clock. This does not affect berry growth.
Added an anti-piracy screen.
Bug fixes
Lots of vanilla bug fixes, might get properly documented in the future. This includes -but is not limited to- plenty of bugs with battle facilities, cloning Pokémon, issues with poké blocks and breeding.
In-game modes
Easy and Challenge mode
Based on location some trainers will have more (in Challenge) or less (in easy) levels.
In easy mode enemy Pokémon will not have EVs or Ivs
In Challenge mode some trainer parties will change, where they will have better ivs, evs and movesets. This is mostly applied to gym leaders, e4, champion and bosses.
In-game nuzlocke mode
Finished after defeating the champion
You can catch more than one Pokémon but they will set as fainted until you defeat the champ
In-game level caps
Traded Pokémon will not obey if they are above the active level cap.
Extra Experience
Grants additional experience, scaling by 10% for each Badge. This reaches 80% more experience before the Pokémon League.
Badge boosts are disabled in Hard mode.
Champion-title challengers will not appear again until all current challengers have been cleared. Thanks to Citrus Bolt!
The Hall of Fame records whether you defeated the Champion in Nuzlocke or Challenge mode.
Added a new achievement: Hoenn Master.
New Options
Instant text speed
Battle speed. Battles can run at 1x, 2x, 4x, or 6x speed without speeding up the emulator, which is useful on real hardware. This does not work during link battles. Hold L to temporarily slow battles back down to 1x.
Blind battle style. Same as shift but without telling which Pokémon the opponent will send.
Trainer Calls. Turn off regular trainer calls in the overworld. Important ones will still happen.
Unit system. Switch between metric and imperial units.
Language. Choose between English and Spanish.
Auto run. Run without pressing B; press B to walk.
