This seems so cool! I just gave it a download and plan to start tonight.
Do you think future releases might include baby Pokémon in place of their evolutions early on? The newer games treat babies as regular Basic Pokémon now, so it was surprising to see Pikachu but no Pichu in Viridian Forest, etc.
Question/Suggestion regarding rival team compositions from reading the trainers.txt (I always like checking my rival's teams so I don't overlap with them):
The first suggestion is something I genuinely feel should be addressed balance + lore-wise, the second is purely personal preference.
Again, this seems like such an awesome concept and I just have to say: including Mints and Bottle Caps as an easy to access component from early-ish on in the game is FANTASTIC. Thank you thank you thank you for that!
Oh, one last thing: In the documentation provided, you didn't include an evolution method for Rhydon>Rhyperior. I'm assuming based on everyone else that it's Leveling Up while holding the Protector, but just wanted to make sure.