Pokemon WaveBlue ROM

• Toggle Run On/Off by pressing B. You no longer need Running Shoes and don’t need to hold B to keep running anymore;
• Physical / Special split (PSS);
• Fairy type;
• Expanded TMs focused on making better use of the PSS as well as introducing more Fairy, Dark and Steel moves to the game — TM10 (Hidden Power) no longer requires Pickup to be obtained;
• Movesets, abilities and moves were updated to the latest Gen it was available for them;
• Hail changed to Snow (with Defense boost to Ice-types) and Freeze to Frostbite;
• TMs are reusable and HMs can be forgotten;
• TMs are no longer purchasable, with the exception of new TMs sold on One Island;
• Shortened the animation from using HMs;
• Cut, Strength, Flash and Rock Smash were buffed to be useful in combat (see below);
• Expanded Kanto Pokédex — all evolutions and preevolutions of Kantonian Pokémon are available with some twists: Meowth may evolve into Perrserker, Mr. Mime can evolve into Mr. Rime and Farfetch’d can evolve to Sirfetch’d;
• Trade evolutions were replaced by other methods (see below);
• List of items expanded up to Gen 9 (including Nature Mints);
• Exp. Share working as modern generations, if you have the item on your inventory and toggle it ON all Pokémon in your party will receive XP;
• Escape Rope is now a Key Item;
• Infinite Repel: a new item. While it is active no encounters will happen (inspired by an identical mechanic in Luminescent Platinum);
• Pokémon Box Link available to allow the player to manage their team anywhere (sending a Pokémon to a box no longer heals it);
• Oak’s Aides will give items no matter how many Pokémon you caught;
• Trees and Rocks removed by Cut/Rock Smash are now removed permanently;
• No Megaevolutions, Dynamax or Z-Moves;
• An NPC focused on Hyper Training (Route 22) — requires Bottle Cap or Gold Bottle Cap;
• An NPC focused on EV resetting (Lavender Town);
• Battle against Oak (good luck!);
• All Pokémon in the Kanto Pokédex are available (even Mew);
• Aurora Ticket and Mystic Ticket can be obtained;
• Full decapitalization;
• Instant Text Speed;
• Proper Title Screen in line with the original games (FireRed and LeafGreen);
• Improved some map’s layout especially in Pewter, Cerulean and Fuchsia;
• Gym Battles are now 3v3 Single Battles;
• Day/Night and Seasonal cycles (purely visual changes);
• IVs & EVs displayed directly on the Summary Screen;
• Held Items restored after battle (Gen 9 mechanic) — only Berries are permanently consumed.

New HMs

HM01 – Cut

• Type: Bug | Power: 70 | Acc: 100%
• Effect: Has a high critical-hit ratio.

HM04 – Strength

• Type: Fighting | Power: 80 | Acc: 100%
• Effect: 10% chance to raise the user’s Attack.

HM05 – Flash

• Type: Steel | Power: — | Acc: 95%
• Effect: Lowers target’s accuracy. 30% chance to cause flinching.

HM06 – Rock Smash

• Type: Rock | Power: 75 | Acc: 95%
• Effect: 50% chance to lower target’s Defense

Evolution Changes List

• Kadabra -> Alakazam: Use Dawn Stone
• Machoke -> Machamp: Level up holding Macho Brace
• Graveler -> Golem: Level up holding Hard Stone
• Haunter -> Gengar: Use Dusk Stone
• Magneton -> Magnezone: Level up holding Magnet
• Farfetch’d -> Sirfetch’d: Land 3 Critical Hits in a single battle
• Poliwhirl -> Politoed: Use King’s Rock
• Slowpoke -> Slowking: Use King’s Rock
• Onix -> Steelix: Use Metal Coat
• Seadra -> Kingdra: Use Dragon Scale
• Scyther -> Scizor: Use Metal Coat
• Scyther -> Kleavor: Use Black Augurite
• Meowth -> Perrserker: Level 28 holding Metal Coat
• Primeape -> Annihilape: Use Rage Fist 20 times
• Porygon -> Porygon2: Use Upgrade
• Porygon2 -> PorygonZ: Use Dubious Disc
• Mr. Mime -> Mr. Rime: Level 42
• Rhydon -> Rhyperior: Use Protector
• Electabuzz -> Electvire: Use Electirizer
• Magmar -> Magmortar: Use Magmarizer
• Eevee: Use Shiny Stone (Sylveon), Sun Stone (Espeon), Dusk Stone (Umbreon), Ice Stone (Glaceon) or Leaf Stone (Leafeon)

Changelog

V1.7.5

• Adds Dowsing Machine instead of Itemfinder. I think it’s easier to use. The graphics can be improved but I’m no sprite artist. Credits to upstream for fixing the item.
• Fixes the Move Relearner from Fuchsia
• Adds an NPC to tell your Pokémon’s Hidden Power (inside the Pokémon Trainer Fan Club in Saffron)
• Adds an NPC to teach Egg Moves (Research Room in Cinnabar’s Lab)
• Clear Amulet can now be obtained (Celadon Hotel)
• Changes the word “Immune” to “x0” at the Move Description Window, as Immune was too big for that screen (and I was not in the mood to make pixel adjustments again)
• Pokémon that uses Mint will now have their current Nature displayed on the Summary Screen

V1.7

• Fixed strings related to Coins.
• Fixed several move descriptions in the battle menu.
• Replaced X Items with other items, as battle items cannot be used in battle.
• Black Augurite can no longer be sold.
• Added day/night cycles to the Celadon Condominiums and Celadon Dept. Store rooftops.
• Added the Clear Amulet to the game — check Celadon.
• Slightly buffed Giovanni’s Celadon team.
• Reviewed trainers’ party to reduce the number of Pokémon with delayed evolutions and minimize excessively repetitive teams.

V1.6.1

• Upstream added the Battle Frontier to FireRed. I’m currently playing through it to see exactly when it becomes accessible and what I can do with that information. In the meantime, I already changed the prizes to better fit what WaveBlue offers (while also providing alternatives to Celadon’s Game Corner) and fixed some strings.
• I found some strings written in FULL CAPS, so I made a script to check for them and ended up finding many more. Because of that, I made additional adjustments to better fulfill my decapitalization goal.
• I decided to remove every reference to multiplayer from the game, since it cannot actually be accessed. Several NPC dialogues were altered to reflect this, and I removed the second floor from every Pokémon Center entirely.
• I added an NPC in Cerulean who sells herbs and EV-reducing berries. This is meant to help players who want finer EV adjustments (which cannot be done with the NPC in Lavender, who completely resets a stat’s EVs), as well as make it easier to reach higher Happiness levels.
• Also in Cerulean, you can find an NPC who gives hints about WaveBlue’s non-mechanical features.
• Added two more Bottle Caps to the game.
• Added some items that were previously exclusive to Celadon’s Game Corner to the Trainer Tower as well.