Pokemon Rigorous Red ROM

I noticed there weren’t too many Fire Red Rom Hacks compared to other Gen 3 games like Emerald, so I saw this as a perfect opportunity to make one. Additionally, I wanted to keep all the original Gen 3 mechanics in the game, such as sandstorm not boosting the special defense of rock types, no physical special split, and no future Gen items or abilities. I am also a player who loves Pokémon changes, so there are a ton of stat, ability, typing, and moveset changes to adjust for the lack of physical special split.

If you are a fan of other hacks like Radical Red or Vintage White, you will have a blast with this game. This game is mainly designed for hardcore nuzlocking, but you can definitely have a fun time playing casually, although it will be hard to keep up in levels without rare candies. The opposing trainers have much stronger teams and a much steeper level curve, with boss fights in the mid-game all having fully evolved Pokémon and boss fights in the late game regularly having legendaries and mythicals. I have also added some new boss fights to spice up the game, so keep your eyes out for them.

There are also certain very tough fights that guard very strong items such as Leftovers and the Choice Band. To combat this, as mentioned before, pretty much every Pokémon is reworked and is viable in one way or another. Encounter pools have also been completely shuffled, with most areas only having a certain type, so you can get a wide variety of types while nuzlocking. The game also has a lot of QOL features, such as a Porta PC, buyable Max Repels, Rare Candies, and Full Restores before the first gym, and the Move Deleter and Reminder being moved to Cerulean.

Features

• This game is mainly designed for hardcore nuzlocking, but you can definitely have a fun time playing casually
• The opposing trainers have much stronger teams and a much steeper level curve
• The boss fights in the mid-game all have fully evolved Pokémon, and boss fights in the late game regularly have legendaries and mythicals.
• Added some new boss fights to spice up the game, so keep your eyes out for them.
• There are also certain very tough fights that guard very strong items such as Leftovers and the Choice Band.
• Pretty much every Pokémon is reworked and is viable in one way or another.
• Encounter pools have also been completely shuffled, with most areas only having a certain type
• Portable PC
• Buyable Max Repels, Rare Candies, and Full Restores before the first gym
• Move Deleter and Reminder moved to Cerulean.

Changelog

V1.43

• Fixed Octillery line not learning bubblebeam at lv11
• Fixed Magmar moveset
• Changed Night Daze desc to specify it’s a recoil move
• Made Exploud line Normal Electric and gave it better moves through level up
• Buffed Jumpluff offenses by 10 each
• Gave Muk Water Gun
• Made Wigglytuff line physical lax
• Made rapidash 50 50 for rock head
• Made lickitung normal poison
• Gave Kangaskhan Dragon moves through level up
• Added the safeguard TM to the Celadon Dept store
• Gave chicken baton pass at lv 100 (chicken e4)
• Fixed Dunsparce not learning an Ace
• Fixed Koffing not learning Flash Cannon
• Increased levels of VR trainers

V1.42

• Gave hax items to rocket executives
• Buffed Togetic to Togekiss stats
• Fixed Nidoking line not learning Horn Drill
• Cut out some trainers in Erika and Koga split
• Fixed the first 2 trainers in LT. Surge gym not being mandatory
• Gave Persian Crunch and Night Daze
• Put Clamperl on route 4 and Chimecho in Celadon
• Buffed Tangela to Tangrowth stats
• Reverted Slaking’s stats and gave it back truant
• Took AJ and Toxic away from stoise
• Gave Wailord line normal moves through level up
• Gave Delcatty’s strong moves to it earlier
• Gave Solrock access to Strength
• Fixed Walrein’s Evo level
• Fixed the Ampharos line not learning Dragon Breath
• Changed ap > Rock slide on Erika’s Tangela and lum berry > King’s rock on Sabrina’s Zam
• Reworked Koga’s team a bit (Crobat is now the lead, Roselia now has King’s Rock, and Tentacool now has BP)
• buffed Linoone’s learnset (give it flail too)
• Porygon line is now normal/electric, Clefable line is now pure flying
• changed route 1, route 22 and route 13 enc pools to accommodate these new changes