Pokemon Aesthetic Red ROM

• Open World

  • National Dex, HMs and Key Items given by Prof. Oak

  • Fly anywhere from the start

  • Trainers and Wild Pokemon scale with levels

  • Gym Leaders, Rival and Giovanni scale with your badge count

  • Regular Trainer Battles are now optional

  • Sevii Islands accessible from the start

• All Gen 1-2 Pokémon and related evolutions (and a secret Pokémon)

• Upgraded Battle Engine provided by CFRU

• New Items up to Gen 8

• Physical/Special Split and Fairy Type

• Modern EXP Share

• Level Caps and Level Scaling

• Doubles Mode

• In-Game Randomizers

• Wonder Trade

• Portable PC

• Infinite Rare Candy

• Infinite Repel

• Ability Capsule

• Expanded TMs and Move Tutors

• Reusable TMs and Removable HMs

• Field Moves can be used without teaching HMs

• Upgraded Marts and expanded Dept. Store

• Reimagined Gym Leaders and Boss Trainers

• Gym Rematches

• Improved AI

• New Learnsets and Abilities

• Type and Stat Changes

• No IVs/EVs or Natures to minimize grinding

• Improved Evolution Methods

• Rebalanced Weather Effects

Graphics

• New Tilesets

• New Overworld Sprites

• New Battle Backgrounds and UI

• New Pokemon and Trainer Sprites

• Custom Menus

• Custom Text Boxes and Font

• …and more!

Music

• A brand new soundtrack with songs from Gens 1-8, Mystery Dungeon and other games!

• Extra Songs for Boss Trainers and Maps to reduce repetition

Balance Changes

• Battle Engine, Moves & Abilities updated to Gen 8 by the CFRU
• All Items added up to Gen 8 by Leon’s ROM Base
• All Pokémon have new Abilities (most of which are more present in battle)
• Some Pokémon have new Types (e.g. Charizard is Fire/Dragon)
• Some Pokémon have Base Stats adjusted (similar to Drayano/Radical Red)
• IVs, EVs & Natures removed
• Few Type Table changes (e.g. Psychic is 1x against Steel)
• Learnsets expanded with Egg Moves, new Signature Moves and more
  • Moves learned every 3-4 levels, with Extra Moves offered on evolution
  • Signature Moves from later Pokémon have been redistributed (e.g. Starmie can learn Water Shuriken, Magmortar can learn Magma Storm)
• Evolution Methods have been made more accessible:
  • Friendship, Trade and Unique Evolution Methods have been replaced with Level Up or Item Evolutions
  • Elemental Stones can be used instead of specific items (e.g. Magmar can evolve with a Magmarizer or Fire Stone)
  • Hold Items can be used on a Pokémon to evolve without trading
  • Most Baby Pokémon evolve at Lv.15
  • Most Trade Evolutions evolve at Lv.40 or with a Link Cable
• Weather & Terrain Effects are permanent if triggered by an ability
• Harsh Sunlight nerfs Water and Ice moves. Desolate Land prevents usage of these moves
• Hail increases Defense of Ice Pokémon by 50%
• Hail increases damage of Ice moves by 50%
• Sandstorm increases damage of Ground moves by 50%
• Misty Terrain increases damage of Fairy moves by 50%, no longer nerfs Dragon moves

Optional Gameplay Settings

• Trainer Level Scaling (doesn’t affect Boss Trainers)
• Level Caps (Candy Jar is always capped to prevent cheating)
• Doubles Mode (Wilds are Single)
• Catch Trainers’ Pokémon
• Inverse Battle Mode
• Species Randomizer
• Ability Randomizer
• Learnset Randomizer

Other Features

• 277 Pokémon – All Gen 1-2 Pokémon and related evolutions (and a secret Pokémon 👀)
• All Pokémon obtainable before the Elite Four (excluding Mewtwo)
• All Legendaries obtainable between Kanto & Sevii Islands
• Reimagined Gym Leaders & Boss Trainers
• Gym Leader & Elite Four Rematches
• Items can’t be used in Boss Battles
• Upgraded Marts
  • Marts sell more items based on your badge count
  • Ability Capsule can be bought from all Marts
  • Celadon Dept. Store sells Hold Items, TMs, Evolution Items, Poké Balls
  • Celadon Dept. Store has Move Tutor, Relearner and Egg Move Tutor
  • Pokémon League has improved Marts & Tutors
• TM Compatibility visible from the TM Case
• Wonder Trade available after 3 badges (level received depends on your badge count)
• New In-Game Trades
• Improved Catch Rates based on rarity
• Press Select to move Pokémon in Party Screen
• Shiny Rate is 1/2048
• Pokémon will always obey
• Cerulean Day Care breeds Pokémon
• All Pokémon can breed (except for Babies, Genderless or Legendaries)
• All Eggs hatch within one cycle (256 steps)
• Saving shows number of Pokémon Seen > Caught
• Safari Zone has normal battles
• Various Upgrades and Fixes (see Credits)

Known Bugs

• Exiting the Bag crashes on emulators using a BIOS file. We recommend using mGBA, Pizza Boy or Delta, without BIOS.
  • Normatt’s Open Source BIOS does work, but use at your own risk as we haven’t tested it ourselves
• BW HP Bars (these also appear in other hacks that use them):
  • The first digit of your HP doesn’t update when dropping below 100
  • The left opponent’s Level won’t always show in Double Battles
    • (Going to the Party Menu or Bag fixes both the above)
• BW Naming Screen (these also appear in other hacks that use it):
  • Gift Pokémon doesn’t save nicknames when received
  • Expanded Species show incorrect names when nicknaming
• Game Corner Prize Room may have bugs (incompatible with CFRU)
  • The game crashes if you surpass 9999 Coins in the Game Corner
• Silph Co. Elevator has been removed (incompatible with CFRU)
• Using Candy Jar via Select offsets the camera
• The 9th character of the Rival’s name changes after events in Oak’s Lab
• In-Battle Type Icons disappear during the Tutorial Battle
• The Pause Menu Clock not working is only a bug with the menu. The real time clock does actually work
• Shiny Pokémon may appear in their normal colours. We’ve tested all versions and seen screenshots with correctly-coloured shinies, so we can only assume this is down to the emulator or base ROM used!

Changelog

V1.1

• Bios Bag Fix
• Chansey Doll now correctly toggles the Level Caps as intended
• Route 5 Day Care Lady’s husband is now present outside of the Day Care
• Route 24 Rival now appears regardless of whether the Town Map has been obtained
• Daisy will still give you the Town Map after beating the Route 24 Rival
• Rival Battles at 0 & 1 Badges now include his starter Pokémon
• The Bag can now be used during all Legendary Battles
• The Fossil Restoration NPC now allows all fossils to be resurrected
• Tyrogue’s Evolution Methods have been updated to the following:
  • Hitmonlee – Lv.20
  • Hitmonchan – Sun Stone
  • Hitmontop – King’s Rock