Pokemon Yume Blue ROM

Features

• Catch ’em all! All original 151 Pokémon are available through natural gameplay.
• Play as Red or Green. Adventure as a girl or a boy.
• Revisit Kanto. Explore new areas like the Cinnabar Volcano, the Saffron Pokémon Academy, Celadon Grove… and even an all-new Mandarin Island!
• Expanded Postgame. New quests, Elite Four rematches, Gen 2 tie-ins, a restored Prof. Oak battle, and more!
• Mew quest. A proper storyline leading to the Mythical Pokémon.
• Quality-of-life improvements. Running shoes, bigger bag space, easier HM usage, experience bars, repel reuse prompts, a move deleter, and much more.

Moves

• Several moves have been parsimoniously reworked in order to increase their viability while trying to maintain the original feeling of the game. Three moves from later generations have been added.
• Consult the complete list of move changes for more info!
• Ghost is now a Special type, and Dragon a Physical type.
• Fix for Focus energy and Dire hit. (Quadruple critical hit rate instead of dividing it by 4.)

Learnsets

• Pokémon learnsets have been revamped in the same spirit: to give more options while trying to maintain Gen 1 authenticity.
• The new learnsets can be consulted in this file.
• Stone and trade evolutions keep learning moves.

Battles

• Gym leaders’ and Elite 4 members’ Pokémon have better moves overall.
• Several Gym leader teams were slightly modified (but trying to keep their theme intact!).
• The rival’s teams now include a more diverse roster to better reflect his storyline.
• New trainers to fight in new and existing areas. (You may recognize some from the anime!)
• Rematches for Gym leaders and the Elite 4 with stronger teams and movesets.
• A new Battle Hall with random 3vs3 battles.

Wild encounters

• Wild encounters have been reworked to increase diversity and make many Pokémon available earlier in the game.
• For full details (spoilers!), see the files for wild encounters on each map and their probabilities.
• Every fishing rod is available earlier than it was in the original games.
• Fishing encounters were completely reworked in terms of levels and Pokémon diversity.
• For full details (spoilers!), see the files for the Old rod, Good rod and Super rod.
• The Area feature of the Pokédex now shows Land, Surf, and Fishing encounters separately.
• A new NPC gives the fossil you didn’t choose in Mt. Moon later in the game.
• Either Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan is also obtainable from a new NPC before the Elite 4.

Maps

• New zones including Mandarin Island, Cinnabar Volcano, Saffron Pokémon Academy, Mt. Moon square, Celadon Grove… and more.
• Take the brand-new Citrus ferries from Vermilion to Mandarin Island.
• Refurbished Pokécenters! Modern layout with the PC next to the nurse, sleeker design.
• New Celadon Mart floor where PP-related items are sold in the postgame (Ether, Elixir, PP Up…).
• Power Plant has updated mechanics and graphics.

Story

• Postgame quests around each Elite 4 member to unlock their rematches.
• A hidden location and adversary to unlock after battling Prof. Oak.
• New secrets in the Cinnabar Mansion could lead you to meet the Mythical Pokémon, Mew.
• Plenty of extra dialogue woven naturally into old and new locations.

Visuals

• Several maps have updated graphics and new animations.
• Gym leaders have their own sprites.
• New player sprites when surfing or running.
• In SuperGameBoy mode, the town color palettes have been adjusted to better reflect the original Japanese town names.
• Restored gym leader names in trainer card.
• Many visual bug fixes.

• Run by pressing B.
• Use Cut, Surf, Strength, and Flash just by pressing A on the overworld.
• HMs and other field moves can be taught without taking a move slot.
• All TMs can be bought at the Celadon Mart. Each new badge unlocks new TMs to buy.
• Bag space expanded to 30 item slots, and key items have a new dedicated bag pocket.
• Assign key items like Bicycle, Fishing rods, or Itemfinder to the Select button.
• Prompt to reuse Repel after finishing one.
• Haunter, Graveler, Kadabra and Machoke can evolve by interacting with new dedicated NPCs.
• Move deleter and Move reminder in Fuchsia.
• Experience bar in battle.
• Improved move info box in battle.
• Pressing B during wild battles now shortcuts directly to ‘Run’ on the main menu.
• Turn Exp.All on and off from the bag.
• Faster dialogue to buy coins at the Game Corner.
• New nurse room in the SS.Anne.
• Pokemon base stats can be consulted directly in the Pokédex.
• A NPC will allow you to view DVs and Stat.Exp (the Gen1 equivalents of IVs and EVs).
• Obtain the Poké Beeper from Oak’s aide on Route 6 to get alerts when your box is almost full.

Changelog

V1.2

• New toggle option for using Red/Green, Red/Blue, or Gold/Silver/Crystal sprites.
• New pay phones: call Daisy and Mom.
• Full translation into French (separate ROMs).
• Updated Pokémon back sprites: Rattata, Ekans, Dratini, Dragonair.
• Removed sprite compression entirely, sprites now load much faster.
• Badge boosts are now dialogue-accurate (Thunder Badge increases Speed, Soul Badge increases Defense).
• Added PC to Daycare.
• Scyther can learn Razor Wind via TM.
• Ponyta/Rapidash can learn Mega Kick via TM.
• Gave back Amnesia to Poliwag and Poliwhirl learnsets (removed Psybeam).
• Optimized several background functions: PrintBCDNumber, CopyData, FillMemory…
• Modified incorrect Trainer Tips on Guard Spec in Celadon City.
• Changed team of a Route24 JrTrainer to feature Abra.
• Changed binoculars text after Articuno battle.
• Fixed visual bug with move box in battle.
• Fixed collision bug in Cavern tileset.
• Fixed a battle menu flicker when coming back from the party menu.

V1.1

• Added Pokémon Learnsets to the Pokédex.
• Added TM and HM content display when scrolling in the bag, PC and marts.
• Updated some Pokémon back sprites: Bulbasaur, Charmeleon, Squirtle.
• Updated Route 23 encounters to make Arbok available in the wild in all versions.
• Added HP DVs to Stats screen.
• Added pressing left/right to decrease/increase quantities by 10.
• Added pressing left to change bag pocket.
• Added lava to the Cinnabar volcano outside map.
• Added Flash to Venonat and Venomoth TM learnset.
• Updated Koga’s rematch team.
• Fixed a bug with collisions after defeating trainers.
• Fixed a bug with NPCs appearing in the wrong place.
• Fixed a bug with the Surfing master’s dialogue when Pikachu with Surf is in party.
• Fixed a bug with Game corner prize Pokémon.
• Fixed a bug where the Game corner poster Rocket would walk through the player.
• Fixed a bug with X-items boosting wrong stat for opponents.
• Fixed a bug with sprites not reloading when using Itemfinder.
• Fixed a bug with computing Stats at max StatExp.

Useful Links

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