Pokemon Fire Red Battle Edition ROM

Pokemon Fire Red Battle Edition is a GBA ROM Hack by laser_dolphin based on Pokemon Fire Red. It was last updated on January 08, 2021.

Also, be sure to check out Pokemon FireRed Minus.

Description

This hack aims to make the game more difficult and your xth visit to Kanto a bit different while still trying to stay true to the original.

Features

Best of Gen3 Kanto Dex

151 of the best Pokemon of Gen3 have been condensed into the Kantodex with 50 more Pokemon catchable on the Sevii Islands.
The majority of the Pokedex can be completed before the E4 and most of the Pokemon can be caught after obtaining Surf which means you have a wide variety of possible candidates for your team.

Higher Difficulty

Each and every trainer has been gifted better Ai and better IVs as well as new teams.
Special attention has been given to the Boss battles which were made considerably harder.
To up the ante even more, in-battle item use has been disabled (not including hold items) and the battle style has been permanently set to set.
The exp curve has been alterd as well to accomodate these changes.
The Fairy type as well as the physical/special split have been implemented in this hack.
In the post game you can earn Mega Stones by battling the Gym Leaders that are visiting the Sevii Islands.

Graphical Updates

Most places on your journey have slightly changed and should look different but still feel familiar.
With the world changing its inhabitants had to as well. Look forward to new overworld sprites.
The soundtrack has also been improved (look forward to hearing pieces you most likely have not heard before).
Sprites and Icons for each and every Pokemon have also been polished by using MrDollSteak’s Sugimori Palettes Sprites and Icons.

Pokemon Modifications

Trade evolutions are triggered by a new item called Link Cable
Updated Base Stats to current game standards (Electrode +10 Speed, Dugtrio +20 Attack, etc.) as well as giving Magneton, Rhydon, Piloswine and Dusclops their Gen4 Evolution stats.
Every Pokemon’s moveset is updated to Generation 7 standards, with minor tweaks.
TM learnsets updated to modern standards (Fire types learn Solar Beam, etc.).
Abilities updated (some Pokemon have their hidden ability readily available others have abilities they do not normaly have e.g.: Snow Warning Snorunt).
New attacks and items have been added.

Quality of Life Changes

99.9% fully decapitalized text
Running indoors
BW repel system implemented
Natures have colored stats
Deleteable HM’s and Infinite Use TM’s and Move Tutors
Hidden Power typing is directly shown to you
Pokedex shows stats instead of size comparison