Pokemon Chari ROM

Pokemon Chari is a GBC Rom Hack by coeurdhiver based on Pokemon Red.

Description

Every mon has been Zardified. This means that every mon now :

• has its name changed to a Zard-themes name
• has a special Zard sprite (including Ghost, and museum Fossils)
• has its secondary type replaced by Fire
• knows Ember at level 1, learns Flamethrower at level 35, and can learn TM 38 Fire Blast

This includes gimicky mons, like Ditto, Magikarp, or Metapod. (For clarity’s sake, I will keep refering to mons by their original names here)

I originally released the hack under a week after doing the original reddit post, and wanted it done quick before the meme died. So I haven’t done a full 151-sprites conversion. Rather, I made about 35 sprites that are shared over several mons depending on which was best fitting. If played with an emulator on SGB mode (Super Game Boy) , you’ll get unique tints on the sprites that help tell them apart and feel like they’re still the original mon. For instance, Bulbasaur, Oddish, and Belsprout all use the same plant-based sprite, but are different colors.

I’ll also point out that I didn’t change the mons’ cries for variety’s sake : everything already looks like a Charizard, and it helps distinguishing everything. I also didn’t change the party sprites, once again to have an easier time telling mons apart. I have tried both and neither felt quite right, so I reverted them.

But the mons aren’t the only thing that got the Zard treatment ! Dialogues, pokedex entires, menus, some items, have been zardified if deemed appropriate. Including the catching tutorial. And I thought it only fair, in true Game Freak spirit, to make Charizard a Fire / Fighting type. The whole Charmander line learns fighting moves as it gains levels, starting with Double Kick at level 10. (This will also help with Brock if you pick the fire starter.)

On a finishing note, and since it’s such a special mon, I thought it would only be fair to give Charizard an extra evolution, using a Fire Stone.

Dex completion and QoL changes

There are a couple of changes I wanted to try out. They are entirely optionnal and you can play without them if you so choose. They are almost all about being able to complete your pokedex on your own.
– Version exclusives are now fully available. Chari is essentially Red and Zard is Blue.
— Ekans / Sandshrew is at 4 % on route 4
— Oddish / Bellsprout 4 % on route 5
— Mankey / Meowth 4 % on route 6
— Vulpix / Growlithe 4 % on route 8
— Magmar / Electabuzz are now regularly available in both versions (Power Plant / Mansion B1)
— Scyther / Pinsir in most of the Safari Zone areas.
– Trade Evolutions now also evolve at level 42.
– Moon Stones are now buyable