Pokemon Victory ROM

• New region map

  • with its own story, towns, gyms, and a focus on optional secrets​

• Rebalanced classic Pokémon

  • with new moves, movesets, abilities, stats, and typings​

• Custom Pokédex

  • with a majority from gens 1-3, but some inclusions from gens 4-9​

• New battle gimmick

  • that aims to encourage varied teambuilding​

• New evolution methods

  • with unique requirements for every Pokémon that can be discovered throughout the region​

• In-battle Pokédex menu

  • to display important battle information such as types, stats, and ongoing effects (this replaces bag use in battles)​

• Simplified catching

  • all Pokémon are caught after fainting at a 100% catch rate​

• Following Pokémon

  • with a dedicated button to let your Pokémon in and out of their Poké Ball​

• Level caps

  • that increase after every Gym Badge​

• New Exp. Store item

  • a new take on the Exp. Share that allows storing and distributing experience points​

• New HMs

  • Some completely new and some changed​

• Minor type chart changes

  • buffs to Bug & Ice, nerfs to Fairy

Minor Features

• Some custom trainer art (placeholder for now)​
• No EVs​
• No IVs​
• Latest gen battle mechanics​
• Fairy typing​
• Physical/Special split​
• Dynamic speed​
• Reusable TMs​
• HM moves can be used in the overworld without teaching them to a Pokémon​
• HM moves can be forgotten​
• Reusable Repels/Lures​
• Frostbite instead of Freeze​
• One new status effect​
• No Bag use in battles​
• Running Shoes available from the start​
• Decapitalized text (Pokémon, not POKÉMON)​
• No badge boosts​
• Increased odds when fishing to land a Pokémon​
• Poisoned Pokémon survive with 1 HP in the overworld​
• Items show descriptions when picking them up in the overworld​
• Berries grow after finishing a battle instead of over time​
• Rename Pokémon on summary screen​
• Relearn old moves on summary screen​
• New abilities unlock through leveling​
• Change abilities in the party menu​
• Day/night cycle (visual only)​
• Faster Pokécenter dialogue​

Changelog

V0.1.1

Bugfixes

• caught wild Pokémon no longer turn into Bad Eggs after the player has participated in a double battle
• Pokémon that require several trackable evolution requirements to evolve now work correctly
  • of note: Tyrogue’s evolutions now check their requirements correctly
• wild Pokémon now correctly have their highest available abilities
  • of note: the three overworld Venomoth now correctly have their Powder Scatter ability, instead of Fluffy
• following Pokémon now properly go back inside their Poké Ball after using Vine Whip
• the first Pokémon sent out by opponents in battle is now always recorded as seen in the Pokédex
• a Pokémon’s name is now correctly displayed when asked to catch a Pokémon fainted via Leech Seed
• traded Pokémon now always have a valid ability
• unlocking new abilities during battle now correctly displays the ability name instead of a number
• the ability Last Stand no longer activates from passive damage
• the ability Last Stand no longer activates if the user has already used a move that turn
• the ability description of Last Stand is no longer too long
• the ability Triage now properly works with Grass Resonance
• the ability message of Sanguivorous now correctly displays when triggered after the player has failed to run from a battle
• the move Thunder Wave can no longer trigger the message “It’s super effective!”
• Water Resonance now correctly checks the user’s type when trying to apply Wet
• the Evolution menu now only shows sprites of evolutions when it’s supposed to
• reimplemented the move Aurora Beam as it had accidentally been removed
• Low Sweep is now correctly treated as a kicking move
• the third battle against Amy is now correctly hidden after beating the third Gym Leader
• Ranger Jenna now uses correctly leveled Pokémon in her multi-battle
• an NPC in Rotessy Town House 3 now correctly turns to face the player when talked to
• Professor Bristle now correctly turns to face the player when giving them another Poké Ball
• it is now correctly possible to fish in the water at the elevated position in Mt. Lave
• the item ball in the first floor of Ironspire Ridge now correctly contains its evolution item
• removed the incorrect arrow tiles in Mt. Lave
• corrected some incorrect grass tiles outside the Ranger Outpost
• corrected an incorrect tile on Route 10
• corrected some sand tiles in Desert Passage
• corrected the z-index of the little bush sprites in Gladsome Glade
• Lucy now correctly reveals the levels of her Pokémon as 26, not 32
• fixed a spelling mistake in Amy’s text in Riverhaven
• fixed a spelling mistake in Ivysaur’s text in the Flower Shop
• fixed a spelling mistake in the fisherman’s text in the Route 5 House
• corrected the capitalization of the text “Someone’S PC” to “Someone’s PC”
• the HM for Vine Whip now correctly always displays as HM05, not HM09
• added missing quotation marks around the quote on the sign in Rotessy Town

Pokémon Changes

• Taillow now learns its first new abilities at level 15 and 20, down from 20 and 25 respectively
• Trapinch now correctly evolves when following the player in a Sandstorm
• Squirtle now correctly evolves at level 13, not 16
• Sandshrew now correctly evolves at level 23, not 25
• Geodude now correctly evolves at level 21, not 26
• Snubbull now evolves at level 24, not 27
• Ralts now correctly evolves at level 27, not 30
• Sandile now correctly evolves at level 22, not 25
• Teddiursa now correctly requires the Honey item to evolve
• Ekans’s stats have been improved: OLD: 40 59 40 45 40 46 NEW: 40 59 50 45 50 66
• Chikorita, Bayleef, and Meganium now learn Sweet Scent instead of Magical Leaf at level 14
• Chikorita now correctly learns Magical Leaf upon evolving
• Charmander now correctly learns Dragon Breath upon evolving
• Mudkip now correctly learns Mud Shot upon evolving
• Ledyba now learns Reflect at level 13, Comet Punch at level 25, and Psybeam at level 26
• Spinarak now learns Absorb instead of Bug Bite at level 1, and Bug Bite instead of Constrict at level 6
• Poochyena now learns Taunt at level 22 instead of level 23
• Lotad now learns Mega Drain at level 23 instead of level 29
• Lombre now learns Mega Drain at level 23 and Wake-Up Slap at level 29
• Seedot now correctly learns Grass Whistle at level 22
• Nuzleaf now correctly learns Razor Leaf at level 20, and learns Knock Off at level 24 instead of level 23
• Taillow now learns Natural Gift at level 14 instead of level 15
• Goldeen now learns Flip Turn instead of Captivate at level 25

Other Changes

• the Exp. Store now clearly states how much experience it stores
• the Exp. Store now stores the leftover experience from when a mon reaches the level cap
• the Exp. Store no longer grants 150% experience when a Pokémon is not level capped (100% to the Pokémon and 50% to the Exp. Store)
  • the Exp. Store now grants 100% experience when a Pokémon is not level capped (75% to the Pokémon and 25% to the Exp. Store)
• increased experience gains by roughly 50% across the board (since the Exp. Store now technically gives less experience)
• the Dex menu now shows both the current and maximum HP of a Pokémon
• when fishing, wild Pokémon now bite 100% of the time
• when fishing, players no longer need to time a button press to hook a wild Pokémon
• the item Poké Doll has been removed from the Pickup table and replaced with Oran Berry
• flinching can no longer stop the Volatile ability from triggering
• changed the ability description of Guts to “Ups Attack if statused.”, not “Ups Attack if suffering.”
• changed the move Constrict to 40 base power and a secondary effect of lowering speed by 1 stage
• evolutions can no longer be cancelled once started
• traded Pokémon no longer gain boosted experience
• replaced Flittle with Sandile as a wild encounter in the Kulho Desert
• changed the ladder puzzle in Ironspire Ridge (it should now be a bit easier to stumble upon the solution)
• removed cases where overworld Pokémon would continue their animations after being interacted with
• the cuttable tree behind the lost Pokémon in Avana Woods is moved down 1 tile
• the item ball containing Teal Fur on Route 10 is moved up 1 tile
• removed the questionnaire from Pokémarts
• reduced the level of the overworld Farfetch’d in Verdanoak City to 20, down from 25
• removed the status-preferring AI from the battle against Gym Leader Tessa
• removed the prediction AI from the battle against Developer kfm
• the Scientist NPC that hands out the Exp. Store now explains that players can check how much experience it currently contains
• changed the text of an NPC in Rotessy Town House 2 to explain that abilities can be changed in the party menu
• changed the text of an NPC in Lamina Town to hint towards the fact that there are no hidden items in the game