Yu-Gi-Oh PokeDuel ROM

Yu-Gi-Oh POKeDUEL is a GBA Rom Hack by ortz3 based on Pokemon Fire Red in English. It was last updated on March 02, 2024.

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Plot Details

Keep an eye out, because there are also many Yu-Gi-Oh characters throughout the region ready to challenge you in a duel! NPC’s throughout the region will also make enjoyable references to the Yu-Gi-Oh anime and trading card game. There are currently around 316 monsters, with plenty more to come in future iterations.

Features

• All Pokemon were replaced with iconic Yu-Gi-Oh monsters (316 in total)
• Pokemon mechanics up to gen 9 (Moves, Abilities, DexNav, Fairy Type and more)
• Multiple difficulties settings, Minimal Grind Mode, Randomizer, Smart AI, Sandbox and more
• All Gym Leaders, Elite 4 and Champion were replaced with Yu-Gi-Oh characters
• NPC’s throughout the region have their dialogue updated in order to make references to the Yu-Gi-Oh anime and trading card game
• New maps
• Many Yu-Gi-Oh characters are spread throughout the region for you to battle
• Music from the Yu-Gi-Oh anime
• 70+ Custom Moves
• Tons of QOL features

Changelog

V4.0.5

General

• Added Duelist Kingdom
  • Available after 5th gym
  • If event trigger is missed (for existing playthroughs), can still access by visiting new house in Vermilion City
• Added Graveyard to Lavender Town
• Added Egg move tutor in Lavender Town
  •  Available after obtaining 6 Gym Badges
•  Infinite Rare Candies can be enabled/diasbled by speaking to Rolland
•  Level Cap Changes
  •  Level Cap before Rare Hunter Base increased from Level 30 to 32
  •  Level Cap before Celadon Gym increased from Level 36 to 37
  •  Added new Level cap of 40 before rival fight in Pokemon Tower
  •  Level Cap before Fuschia Gym increased from 48 to 50
  •  Level Cap before Fuschia Hideout increased from 50 to 52
  •  Level Cap before Cinnabar Gym increased from 52 to 55
  •  Level Cap before Viridian Gym increased from 56 to 59
  •  Level Cap before DM League icnreased from Level 63 to 67
  •  Level Cap before GX League increased from Level 70 to 75
  •  Gym leaders/surrounding boss fights have levels increased by a couple levels to account for level cap changes
•  Can throw Pokeballs at wild monsters by pressing L button. 
  •  The ball will default to the best ball to use in the situation (not including master ball)
•  Added a New Menu by pressing “L”
  •  This menu allows you to
    •  Turn On/Off Auto Run
    •  Enable/Disable Infinite Repel
    •  Heal Team
    •  Move Relearner (after Celadon Gym Badge)
•  Added friendship heart to monster summary page
•  Added an NPC in Celadon City that lets you battle against yourself
  •  Available after becoming Duel Monster Champion
•  Dexnav can now be used while player is running
•  Mini Boss Battles can be turned on/off by speaking to Rolland
  •  Can not turn off on Brutal difficulty
  •  If turned off, no boss music will play and teams will become vanilla
•  Added a new game setting (speak to Rolland): AI Control
  •  If turned on, the AI will control your actions in all trainer battles

New Monsters Added (28)

•  Dark Ruler Ha Des
•  Dark King of the Abyss
•  Evil Hero Infernal Wing
•  Air Neos
•  Grand Neos
•  Dark Neos
•  Zera the Mant
•  Vampire Lady
•  Vampire Grace
•  Eldlich
•  Reaper of the Cards
•  Killer Needle
•  Armored Bee
•  KairyuShin
•  Ocean Dragon Lord Kairyu Shin
•  13th Grave
•  Pendulum Machine
•  Doom Kraken
•  King of Yamimakai
•  Amazoness Princess
•  Amazoness Queen
•  Cyber Harpie Lady
•  Cyber Slash Harpie Lady
•  Harpie Queen
•  Victory Dragon
•  Happy Lover
•  Shining Friendship
•  Avatar of the Pot
•  Warrior of Zera
•  Electromagnetic Turtle
•  Ambulanceroid
•  Ambulance Rescueroid
•  Agido
•  Agido the Ancient Sentinel
•  Keldo
•  Keldo the Sacred Protector

• Trainer Changes
• 30 New Custom Moves
• Added Gen 8/9 Moves (13)
• Added Gen 9 DLC Moves (8)
• Added Gen 8/9 Abilities (3)

•  Added Custom Abilities

  •  Yami Surge 
    •  Summons Yami for 5 turns
  •  Harpie Surge
    •  Summons Harpies Hunting Ground for 5 turns
• New Mini Boss Battles (2)
• Monster Changes
• and much more

v4.0.4

General

• Can now nickname monsters directly from the party screen
• Added a new setting that lets you toggle Dexnav settings. Speak to Rolland to adjust
  • Default: Dexnav only shows monsters you’ve encountered before
  • Show All: Dexnav will show all monsters on each route regardless if you’ve encountered them before
• Dexnaving in caves and on the water no longer requires you to chase the monster around
• Nature Changer is now in every Pokecenter
• Added a Portable PC (after obtaining Dexnav)
  • Not usable in DM/GX League
• Increased Level cap from 54 to 56 before 8th Gym
• Improved randomizer
  • More “randomness” added to ability and learnset randomizers
    • Before there was 1:1 switch, i.e. guts would randomize into intimidate for all guts users, ember into growl for all ember users. This is no longer the case
  • Move relearner will now show randomized learnsets
  • Improved randomized monster algorithm which significantly reduces the number of duplicate monsters
• Eviolite/Eviomite now prevents evolutions for the holder
• Changes made to Sandbox Mode
  • Can now switch monsters to their Hidden Ability
  • Access to free Ability Pills

New Monsters Added (13)

• Armoured Basic Insect with Laser Cannon
• Insect Princess
• Orgoth the Relentless 
• Luster Dragon 
• Luster Dragon #2 
• Diamond Head Dragon
• Lord of D 
• King of D
• Aligator Sword Dragon
• Snow Dragon
• Snowdust Dragon
• White Night Dragon
• Rescue Rabbit 

Changelog

V4.0.3

• Game Changes:
• Remade game from scratch using the Complete Fire Red Upgrade Engine!!!
• Pokemon features up to gen 8 added to the game including moves, abilities, items, physical/special split, dexnav
• Advanced AI
• Tons of quality of life improvements thanks to CFRU
• Built in optional level cap
• Added Fairy Type
• Added 3 Difficulties to choose from (Standard, Hard and Brutal)
• Minimal Grinding Mode
• Added built in Randomizer
• Option to play with infinite Rare Candies
• Changes to main story line
• Added new League
• Gym Leader rematches
• ~40+ new monsters
• More custom moves
• More changes to maps/custom events
• Trainer house to easily EV train your team
• Updated sprites for some of the trainers
• So much more