Platinum hack: Platinum Unlocked V1.3 ! Updated 06/04/25

[Yosammy]

Presenting : Platinum Unlocked​

Overview :

Searching for a romhack of Platinum that adds plenty of QOL improvements, adds replayability and post-game content but doesn't change too much from vanilla Platinum ? Look no further, Platinum Unlocked has everything you are looking for!
My goal was to keep everything you catch legit in gen 4 and onwards while making Platinum even more enjoyable.

Features :

- Pocket PC! This new item wich replaces the VS Seeker is given to you at the start of your adventure. Use it to access the Pokémon storage, buy items online, heal, teleport, access move tutors and a few other things! Note that this item can only be used on routes and citys, it won't work inside buildings, caves and special areas



- Catch all the GBA insertions, swarms, daily Great Marsh and Trophy Garden encounters without any waiting time. You will encounter them at their normal Platinum locations, making them legal and transferrable (see bugs for Great Marsh ones and Feebas)

- New visuals in menus and in battle!
Also added some secret boxes from Diamand/Pearl, replacing the "ECETERA" ones



- Drifloon availible every day after the Valley Windworks event (still have to wait one day to make it appear)

- Spiritomb availible after inserting the Odd Stone

- Fishing with good rod will get you some Pokemon you only get with great rod in the postgame (Staryu, Qwillfish, Dratini, Corpish, Wailmer..) at their normal Platinum fishing spots. You can also get Feebas in Mt Coronet as a normal fishing encounter

- Pokemons will have thei colors vary depending on their personal values (this apply to shinys and other trainers)
Clic here for a video exemple



- You get the National Pokedex from the start, updated with new locations data. After the league you can directly access the postgame without needing to fill the Sinnoh Pokedex
Instead by defeating the league and going back at prof. Rowan's lab you will be rewarded with precious gifts



- Catch every static encounters + roaming ledendarys multiple times within one savefile. All you need to do is : finish the events of Stark Mountain, defeat Cyrus in Turnback Cave and voilà, they all reapear!
This can be done infinitly as long as you defeat the league, then defeat Cyrus



- Get a new Sinnoh starter every time you beat the league by talking to a new NPC



- Revamped gyms, Elite 4, Cynthia and Galactic boss fights and the Battleground rematches with new additions to their teams. Some will mirror their BDSP counterparts (see docs in the download link)

- Revamped trainers teams often replacing their teams (Platinum's difficulty should be the same)

- Gym leaders rematches directly in their gyms (see docs for full teams)



- Revamped Battleground. You will now face stronger opponents
Some of them will give you nice rewards



- Find new items in Oreburgh Mine, Galactic HQ Warehouse and Stark Mounstain!

- A house in Survival Area was converted to a shop for berries and evolution items (thank RefPlat)

- Regis accessible after Distorsion Wolrd and having Wailord and Relicanth in your party (inspired by Drayano)

- Evolution with the need of trading or trading with an item have been altered

Spoiler: Changed Methods

Poliwhril level up holding king's rock
Kadabra level 40
Mochoke level 40
Graveler level 40
Slowpoke level up holding king's rock
Haunter level 40
Onix level up holding metal coat
Rhydon level up holding protector
Tangela level 35
Seadra level up holding dragon scale
Scyther level up holding metal coat
Electabuzz level up holding electrizer
Magmar level up holding magmarizer
Porygon level up holding up-grade
Yanma level 35
Gligar level 38
Sneasel level 38
Piloswine level 40
Porygon 2 level up holding dubious disc
Feebas level 30 -> This makes your Milotic illegal to transfer to newer games, evolve it with beauty to keep it legal
Dusclops level up holding reaper cloth
Clamperl level up holding deep sea tooth Huntail
Clamperl level up holding deep sea scale Gorebyss
Mantyke level 30

- Changed almost every shiny palettes

- Shiny odds are 1/257

- Lots of QOL features

Spoiler: QOL List

- Faster HP bars during battles
- Instant honey trees
- Reusable TMs
- Use cut, strengh, rock smash and waterfall without the need of teaching (waterfall will not work to go down the waterfall if you one of your Pokemon don't know the move)
- Eggs will hatch a lot faster
- Repel reuse
- No need to see the move deleter to forget HMs
- No caps on vitamins
- Edited out fog on route 210, area in Victory Road leading to route 224 and Turnback Cave
- Removed the need for Flash in Wayward Cave

Bugs :

- Pkhex will flag the new Pokemon encounters in the Great Marsh as not legal, PKSM on 3DS doesn't. It might be checking things that even Pokebank or Home will not check. If you truly want to be safe on transfer make eggs of these Pokemon before transferring
- The Feebas you catch in Mt Coronet will often be marked as not legal in Pkhex but not on PKSM. Having them be level 17 make it happen less but again make eggs if you want to feel safe before a transfer
- Feebas evolving at lvl 30 was done only for those who don't care about legality, but if you want a legit Milotic make your Feebas evolves the normal way with high beauty stat
- Graphics glitch during the starter selection screen
- Stray pixels at the begining of every battles (noticeable for 2 seconds)
- Cyrus and Lucas/Dawn don't have dialogues during battle
- The individual color patch may not affect contests or the move transform

FAQ :

Is the game faster ?
- It has faster HP bars. A speed up patch will be availible at a later date

Will it work with Following Platinum ?
- No as Platinum Unlocked use a different base version of Platinum

Can you add this Pokemon not encountered in Platinum ? Can you make it a 493 hack ?
- No as it will not make them legit

Is Manaphy obtainable ?
- No, we can't replicate the Manaphy Egg event

Can I use or modify Platinum Unlocked or its content ?
- Yes of course, be sure to credit everyone please

Will there be an update ?
- Will try to correct a few bugs. Giving battle dialogues is easy but the graphical glitches may be out of reach for my skills...
I also want to make the titlescreen logo look better, maybe remove poison damage from overworld

Discord Server :

https://discord.gg/McsyCfCUZK

Other screenshots :




Credits :

Spoiler: List

- Drayano as I took his idea for the Regis encounters
- Refplat for messages on legalitty checks in DS Hacking Discord, and the scripts for the shops in Survival Area
- SpagoAsparago for the instant honey script, reusable repels
- Maple for the HMs usable from the bag
- Mikelan for the tutorial on reusable TMs
- Mikelan, AdAstra, Nitram and Bagboy for the HP bar speed
- AdAstra forgettable HMs
- AdAstra ans MeroMero remove 100 EV limitation from Vitamins
- Bagboy for his research on a lot of things
- Kingdom of DS hacking discord
- Nomura and AdAstra for DSPRE
- Phantom Simon for the nature effects on screen
- RavenDS for RavenDS (tool for editing the Pokedex)
- Rabid-Pastry for the tutorial on how to change shiny odds
- Individual Color Patch by TheGag96
- Titlescreen logo by Sliter https://t.co/dXZAM9v4RC https://x.com/SliterKitsune
- Battle backgrounds by carchagui, kWharever, princess-phoenix and colors of battle bars inspired by this post by Minaraptavia
- Exeggutor backsprite, Piplup frontsprite - Sourapple

Let me know if I forgot to credit anyone and sorry for any typos as english isn't my first language

Have fun !

How to patch :

The patch need to be applied to a rev 1 (4997) version of Platinum

- Download the zip file
- Extract the .xdelta patch
- Download Delta Patcher
- Select your Platinum rom and the .xdelta patch then click patch
- The new rom you get will be patched and ready to be played!

Dowload :

http://[URL]https://www.mediafire.com/file/das30nruo8w3nly/unlockedv1.3fix.zip/file

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Inside there is a doc file with all important trainer battle changes, a .xdelta patch and every shiny changes

All New Shiny sprites :

https://www.mediafire.com/file/2enq67wglcb180c/New_shinys.zip/file

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

Has the overall game speed been increased, like in Platinum Redux and Renegade Platinum? If not, how about doing it?

 

[Yosammy]

Has the overall game speed been increased, like in Platinum Redux and Renegade Platinum? If not, how about doing it?

Updated first post with the speed up patch, the normal patch can be found following the download link. I didn't test the speed up patch that much let me know if it causes trouble

Also added the new shinys in a spoiler. Will edit latter today with the new teams for gyms and Elite 4

 

[Tyr 01]

What emulator do you need to run the game because I've got myboy and joiplay and it doesn't work on either of them

 

[Yosammy]

What emulator do you need to run the game because I've got myboy and joiplay and it doesn't work on either of them

On PC you will need MelonDS

 

[Tyr 01]

On PC you will need MelonDS

So it's probably not possible on mobile then

 

[Dylan587]

Hello! Is there any information regarding the new regional dex list/pokemon locations ect?

 

[Yosammy]

So it's probably not possible on mobile then

You have several Android Emulator (MelonDS is also on it I think) and for iOS you have Delta

Hello! Is there any information regarding the new regional dex list/pokemon locations ect?

Hi! The new encounters are at their classic Platinum habitat, like Growlithe at route 201 and 202 etc... I didn't put Wobbuffet, Solrock and Lunatone in the first lake as it was too early in the game

I might include a doc with new encounters in the next update wich will come out soon

 

[buayagatr]

Love this game, base platinum is already good + unlimited TM + no need HM slave

 

[Yosammy]

Love this game, base platinum is already good + unlimited TM + no need HM slave

Thank you I hope you keep having fun!

I have slowly been working on V1.1 wich will have :

Corrected Shellos/Gastrodon East not appearing on route 12, 13
Corrected secret key location in the Galactic Basement
Revised some teams and movesets on the rival, gym leaders and Elite 4 + champion
Rematch rival every day, he gets his final team after 2 league victories
Allowed Arceus to be battled/caught with the Azure Flute (given at ressort area, this Arceus will NOT be legit and therefore can't be trasnfered)
Applied the method to see more shinys (1/257, will only display more Pokemon as shinys but won't be true shinys)
Changed a lot more shinys, plan to change almost all final evolution, single stage and legendary shinys
Rematchable gym leaders directly in their gyms after your first league victory, can be battled once and then reset every league victory
Revamped Battleground, every trainer there can be battled over and over
Added a boss fight with Cyrus in Turnback Cave

Spoiler: Here are some previews :

 

[buayagatr]

I'm stuck on the end of stark mountain, the pokeball is blocking the boulder, please help

 

[Yosammy]

View attachment 166033
I'm stuck on the end of stark mountain, the pokeball is blocking the boulder, please help

Sorry for the inconveniance I didn't notice it while testing...

Will move it for next version, but I think you should be able to go around it with the rock climb ? (seen in my screen)
If not I will release a quick fix for you

 

[buayagatr]

Sorry for the inconveniance I didn't notice it while testing...

Will move it for next version, but I think you should be able to go around it with the rock climb ? (seen in my screen)
If not I will release a quick fix for you

Its double with buck so we cannot rock climb, lol

No need for quick fix, I've changed the save to original platinum (though need to teach HM strength & rock smash again, lol)

 

[Zelrava]

I'm so excited for the V1.1 release! Mostly looking forward to the increased shiny odds, even if it's only visual :D

 

[nit3wolf]

Hello there, just beat Cynthia and I had a blast. Rushed here to type a few suggestions/requests before my mind cool down on the run, lol.

1. About the Regional Dex bug, You can fix that by giving the National Dex at the start of the game. Post game instead of the National Dex, make Oak give us the Oak Letter so we can go and catch that sweet Darkrai;
2. Talking about events, inserting one to gain the Gracidea Flower and a way to trigger the Cresselia event would be very cool;
3. You can edit Route 210, lower level from Mt Coronet and Lost Tower to not require Defog. Also, edit Wayward Cave so it wont require Flash. This way those moves wont ever be needed to be teach and the HMless feature would be almost complete;
4. The game became easier since you added more Pokemons to some regular trainers team. I was often overleveled compared to the next Gym Leader ace without grinding at grass, only battling everyone I could. I suggest raising Gym leaders levels by 1 every badge gained, so it would be +1 to Roark and ending +8 at Volkner. E4 would be +10. More on the level gain curve below:
5. It is very frustrating to battle basic Pokemon at high level areas. Like a lvl 42 Wingull when it should be a Pelipper ages ago. I suggest forcing fully evolved every time the base form already was allocated in any previous trainer teams. This will increase exp gained while making it harder to 1 shot everything even at late game. If doing so some species would appear very often (cough Gyarados cough) I suggest changing some teams around. You did a great job with V1 and I am sure you can handle this as well. If you happen to implement this I will gladly replay the mod and give you insights about lvl changes for route trainers.

Anyways, I loved your concept ideas and cant wait to see what you will bring next.

 

[Yosammy]

V1.1 Beta is released !

The biggest changes are :
Changed almost all shiny palettes, you have a 1/257 chance to have your Pokemon show as shiny (the same applies to other trainers). In the OP you can download a folder wich contains every sprite changes + some variations wich weren't used
Rematchable gym leaders directly in their gyms after your first league victory, can be battled once and then reset every league victory
Revamped Battleground, every trainer there can be battled over and over
Added a boss fight with Cyrus in Turnback Cave

Spoiler: Changelog

Corrected Shellos/Gastrodon East not appearing on route 12, 13
Corrected placement of an item blocking progression in Stark Mountain
Corrected secret key location in the Galactic Basement
Revised some teams and movesets on the rival, gym leaders and Elite 4 + champion
Rematch rival every day, he gets his final team after 3 league victories
Allowed Arceus to be battled/caught with the Azure Flute (given at ressort area, this Arceus will NOT be legit and therefore can't be trasnfered)
Applied the method to see more shinys (1/257, will only display more Pokemon as shinys)
Changed almost all shiny palettes
Rematchable gym leaders directly in their gyms after your first league victory, can be battled once and then reset every league victory
Revamped Battleground, every trainer there can be battled over and over
Added a boss fight with Cyrus in Turnback Cave

I'm so excited for the V1.1 release! Mostly looking forward to the increased shiny odds, even if it's only visual :D

Thank you, you can check the OP for the download to V1.1 Beta and you can view all the new shinys on the download just below :)

Hello there, just beat Cynthia and I had a blast. Rushed here to type a few suggestions/requests before my mind cool down on the run, lol.

1. About the Regional Dex bug, You can fix that by giving the National Dex at the start of the game. Post game instead of the National Dex, make Oak give us the Oak Letter so we can go and catch that sweet Darkrai;
2. Talking about events, inserting one to gain the Gracidea Flower and a way to trigger the Cresselia event would be very cool;
3. You can edit Route 210, lower level from Mt Coronet and Lost Tower to not require Defog. Also, edit Wayward Cave so it wont require Flash. This way those moves wont ever be needed to be teach and the HMless feature would be almost complete;
4. The game became easier since you added more Pokemons to some regular trainers team. I was often overleveled compared to the next Gym Leader ace without grinding at grass, only battling everyone I could. I suggest raising Gym leaders levels by 1 every badge gained, so it would be +1 to Roark and ending +8 at Volkner. E4 would be +10. More on the level gain curve below:
5. It is very frustrating to battle basic Pokemon at high level areas. Like a lvl 42 Wingull when it should be a Pelipper ages ago. I suggest forcing fully evolved every time the base form already was allocated in any previous trainer teams. This will increase exp gained while making it harder to 1 shot everything even at late game. If doing so some species would appear very often (cough Gyarados cough) I suggest changing some teams around. You did a great job with V1 and I am sure you can handle this as well. If you happen to implement this I will gladly replay the mod and give you insights about lvl changes for route trainers.

Anyways, I loved your concept ideas and cant wait to see what you will bring next.

Thank you for sharing your experience, it means a lot to me ! If you want to play the postgame with the changes I made you can try V1.1 Beta wich I just released
In this update the second league is a lot stronger, every gym leader can be rematched directly in their gym and 1/257 chance that a Pokemon may appear shiny

To answser your suggestions :
1. Will look into it, it does seem to be the better way to fix it right now. Oak's letter can be obtained on the ground in the ressort area, same as other event items. Still, giving them by an NPC is better
2. Gracidea Flower is obtained after capturing Shaymin and go talk to the girl I think ? Cresselia event is activated in vanilla Platinum through normal gameplay if I remember it right?
3. Will look into it
4+5. I agree with you, I will do a full 100% playtrhough to rebalance everything around and iron out the difficulty

Thank you once again !

I will take time to work on V1.2 wich will mostly be rebalancing, I hope to get it out faster than V1.1, stay tuned!

Edit 19/10/24 : Noticed a big bug it seems every trainers dialogue got shuffled up... I think VSMaker (software to update trainers dialogue) messed up

 

[nit3wolf]

I migrated from OpenEmu to RetroArch and forgot to backup my save



I guess I will have to replay it LUL

Will take this time and take notes on level curve and trainer Pokemon levels.

 

[Yosammy]

I migrated from OpenEmu to RetroArch and forgot to backup my save

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I guess I will have to replay it LUL

Will take this time and take notes on level curve and trainer Pokemon levels.

Oh sorry to hear that...

If you wanna replay please use the version attached to this post. In the previous release I didn't test everything and noticed too late that every battle dialogue got shuffled...

The attached file is still a wip but contains :

- Corrected every battle dialogues
- National Dex from the start
- Corrected some wild encounter levels that made some wild Pokemon not legit
- Rotom can be caught during any time of the day
- Cut some lines of dialogue (Rowan and Roark mentioning TMs limited usage and scientist guy saying Drifloon appears only certain days of the week)
- Trophy Garden now only contains the daily encounters

Spoiler: Still need to be done :

- Correct Shellos/Gastrodon east forms not appearing on specific routes (again)
- Changing the event of Oak giving you National Dex by him giving you "Legendary Gifts"
- Add the other fossils in caves BEFORE post game since National Dex is obtainable from the start
- Remove fog and dark areas
- Remove the added mons in the Sinnoh Dex as their datas are now useless
- Add an NPC on route 201 that will let you choose another starter after every league victory

Spoiler: Clic for more details

This NPC will activate a new starter choosing sequence (briefcase opening) so every starter is legit. As a cool side effect geting a different starter also changes your rivals teams, so you can fight the three iterations in one save file. I have already tested and it seems to work without any issues

- Add in battle lines for the Dawn/Lucas and Cyrus fights
- Try to add the "use another repel" prompt
- Maybe make every static encounter reset after a win league so that if you want to reset your legendarys for different nature, IVs or shiny hunt you have an option
- Maybe make a second, special version

Spoiler: What I have in mind

This version would get some changes to some moves power/accuracy, base stats changes, some type changes, natural learnset additions while maintaining everything legal in gen 4 and onwards. For exemple, making a Loppuny normal/fighting, reduce its special attack and buff its physical attack and have it learn Low Kick and Drain Punch as level up moves. It would keep the mon legit but make it unique and better to use in a playthrough

Right now I'm also replaying the game, I just got before the fourth gym and haven't noticed the game being easier ? At Roark my strongest mon was at his ace level (trained two mons), same for Gardenia (trained three mons). For Fantina I added a fourth mon wich was trained with the exp share, but outleveld by one her ace. My team wasn't ready for her, lost two times before winning with luck. Lost one time to Gardenia. These two have fully evolved mons whith high attacking stats, if you arent't prepared they will wipe you. So I think up to this point the level curve still holds pretty good ?

I will wait for your feedback on level curve as I'm also recording every trainer teams in a doc. I'm still puting small changes as I go

 

[bigbossseethe04]

nice, would appreciate a patch without the shiny changes though. is that hard to do?

 

[kcorruption]

Looking forward to the formal release of V1.2 ! I'm curious to try it out, but the nat dex issue has me waiting for now. Plus the planned features look worth waiting for. :)