Emerald hack: Pokemon Emerald: Johto Edition (Beta v2, all gyms and E4 playable)

[riddley]

for the moveset, did you mantain the default ones in the expansion?

Yea, it is gen 9, I believe.

Although I am tweaking movesets based on in-game level curves. Like Remoraid - in gen 9 it learns water pulse really early on, but I have altered that slightly so that it isn't too overwhelming in an early battle.

 

[tretality]

enjoying this game so far!! just some notes that came to mind

- on the water route right to Dewford, there are a few trainers with Missingno's as Pokemon.
- Houndoom doesn't learn any special Dark stab, and Feraligatr line does not get physical water stab until after Tate & Liza - may want to do some moveset edits for them if possible (maybe learning Snarl as a Houndour and then Houndoom getting Dark Pulse as a relearn move, and then Totodile getting Aqua Jet by level up & Liquidation by relearn for Feraligatr)
- maybe Meltan/Melmetal can be made available as an honorary Kanto mon? not necessary but could be a fun addition given the lack of pure steel types in the dex
- I would love for HMs to be deletable, but understand if that is not apart of the game's vision
- Faraway Island ticket should be given for Mew access, since it's already built into the game

Overall, I'm really enjoying this!! I was planning on making a Sinnoh replacement dex of Fire Red, so it's cool to see similar projects be launched.

 

[tretality]

An egg move tutor that takes mushrooms could help with moveset issues for some Pokemon that rely on later gen TMs for STAB

 

[riddley]

- on the water route right to Dewford, there are a few trainers with Missingno's as Pokemon

Thanks - I must have missed their Hoenn pokemon. I will fix this in the next release.

- Houndoom doesn't learn any special Dark stab, and Feraligatr line does not get physical water stab until after Tate & Liza - may want to do some moveset edits for them if possible (maybe learning Snarl as a Houndour and then Houndoom getting Dark Pulse as a relearn move, and then Totodile getting Aqua Jet by level up & Liquidation by relearn for Feraligatr)

Good idea - I'm doing a couple of playthroughs to fix any balancing issues like this, so feedback like this is really helpful. I am also considering adding a few TMs to help with this kind of thing.

The egg move tutor is a good idea, too.

maybe Meltan/Melmetal can be made available as an honorary Kanto mon?

Is it canonically from Kanto? I suppose it could fit as a reward from Steven (in place of Beldum)... I'm not totally sure, but I will think about it.

I would love for HMs to be deletable, but understand if that is not apart of the game's vision

Balancing HMs in the party's movesets is an important part of a "Gen 3ish" experience to me. I'm not against making them deletable without a tutor, though. I will look into this.

Faraway Island ticket should be given for Mew access, since it's already built into the game

Agreed :)

I was planning on making a Sinnoh replacement dex of Fire Red

Oh, that's great! I would love to play that

 

[sugarfreee]

Hi,

Having fun with this hack. One quick bug I've noticed: just used an ice stone on Eevee and noticed the name is still "Eevee" instead of Glaceon in battle.

Question - where do you find a water stone? It's odd that I've found a few non standard stones and the Link Cable but none of the regular fire/water/thunder stones. Also would say the dusk stone for murkrow should be a little more accessible earlier on.

Thanks!

 

[riddley]

One quick bug I've noticed: just used an ice stone on Eevee and noticed the name is still "Eevee" instead of Glaceon in battle.

Weird bug. I will investigate it.

Question - where do you find a water stone? It's odd that I've found a few non standard stones and the Link Cable but none of the regular fire/water/thunder stones.

All the water stones in the original game are in the same places. There are a couple of additional ones - I think the earliest one would be in one of the trick house levels.

I appreciate the feedback about the stone availability. My first priority was to get all the evolution methods into the game, and I thought the availability might be a bit wonky to start off with.

I will definitely tweak the placement to make it feel a bit more natural in a later release.

Any other thoughts or feedback like this is great - thanks :)