Crystal hack: Pokemon Crystal Prodigy (Version 2 now released!!)

[jordanar18]

Hello all! This is the full, completed version of my ROM hack, Pokemon Crystal Prodigy. The game is designed to be more difficult than the original but not overly so, and instead focuses more on storyline additions.

***NEW***: Version 2 has been released!! Visit link below to download, along with encounter tables and enemy trainer parties. This version in particular has new changes to gameplay and quality-of-life features, making the game more speedrun- and Nuzlocke-friendly.

Main Features:

- A new trainer class: the Prodigies (Male and Female). Distinguished by their blue outfits, they have smarter AI and stronger and more diverse teams than the other trainers of the areas they are in. In Johto you'll find them training in Routes in the grass, having already beaten the Gyms they are nearest to. In Kanto you'll find them in the Gyms. When you beat them, they give you items.
- Virtually every trainer in the game has a higher-leveled team. This is most noticeable in the Gyms, the Elite Four, and in Kanto.
- All 251 Pokemon are available. You can look at the readme to see how to get them, or discover them on your own! The Celebi event has been restored; go to the Goldenrod PokeCenter after entering the Hall of Fame.
- Expansive post-game in Kanto, including dozens of new trainers and a re-match of the Elite Four. Most new trainers are optional, as they will only challenge you if you step right in front of them or talk to them.
- After defeating the Elite Four Round 2, any knocked-out Legendaries reappear in their original locations (Suicune in the Burned Tower; see the "Locations" readme if you need info on Entei and Raikou).
- Tons of new items added, including the Lucky Egg and Scope Lens (again, see readme if you want their locations).

Version 2 Features:
- New starters: Lapras, Eevee and Dratini, with upgraded movesets
- Challenge mode: Go to the second floor of any PokeCenter to toggle on and off. Prodigies and boss trainers have tougher teams, escalating stat experience and held items.
- Fairy type; Whitney uses Fairy Pokemon and Plainbadge boosts Fairy moves
- Physical/Special split
- New moves: Disarm Voice, Play Rough, Dazzle Gleam, Roost, Aerial Ace, Poison Jab, Dark Pulse, Dragon Dance, Calm Mind
- Move tutors scattered throughout the game for various new moves and TMs from Gen 1
- Pkmn Breeder trainer class, with 6 re-matchable trainers in Johto (Same mechanic as Gen 5)
- Kurt gifts you a Kanto starter after Slowpoke Well
- New evolution stone (Link Stone) for trade evolutions (except Seadra and Porygon which use Dragon Scale and Up-Grade respectively)
- Buffed stats for Pokemon that have future evolutions
- Exp. Candies for sale
- New wild encounters (see link below for details)
- Kanto is semi-linear
- Various other changes (see link below for additional documentation)

Suggested hardcore Nuzlocke constraints: Challenge mode (obviously), one use of each Move Tutor, one use per TM, no use of buyable Candies. I will post specific IVs/Stat Exp. of enemy trainer Pokemon if several people request it.

Other, but still significant, features and changes:

- Running shoes -- hold B to run
- Shiny odds increased to 1 in 1,024; Shinies also typically have exceptional DVs (meaning, for example, a shiny Rattata is literally a top-percentage Rattata)
- An Exp. Share is obtainable before Falkner, and an Amulet Coin is obtainable before Bugsy
- TMs are reusable
- Berry names modernized; two Lum Berry and two Sitrus Berry trees added
- More room in the bag for items, including a new pocket for Berries and Apricorns
- Move Signal Beam added and is TM43; see readme for Pokemon that can learn it
- False Swipe is TM21, is available at the Goldenrod and Celadon Marts, and learnable by the Johto starters
- Opponent's 25% chance to miss status moves has been removed
- Move Tutor in Goldenrod is available every day after defeating Team Rocket in the Radio Tower (once a day) and teaches moves for 1500 coins
- Game Corner prize prices reduced
- Card-flipping game takes 10 coins to play (and payouts are adjusted accordingly), making earning coins faster
- BRN/PSN/PRZ increases catch rate
- Kurt's Balls work as intended
- Move Deleter added in Lavender Town
- Automatically reuse Repels
- Easter Eggs and other fun things to discover!

Version 1.1 Updates:

- A new battle area for grinding, the Fuchsia Training Center. This is like the Battle Tower, but the Pokemon keep the EXP points and you get the money. You can battle almost 50 trainers each day!
- Lucky Egg and TwistedSpoon have been made available in the maingame (see readme if you want their locations)
- Moveset Changes: the Bulbasaur line gets Giga Drain; the Charmander line gets Fire Blast instead of Fire Spin; the Squirtle line gets Bubblebeam instead of Rapid Spin
- The quiz to get the Radio Card has been removed
- Bug fixes

Spoiler:

Kanto Side Quest Description (Version 1 only):
Shortly after disembarking the S.S. Aqua you learn of a mysterious Treasure Hunt that's taken Kanto by storm. Rumor has it that the benefactor is offering a powerful Legendary Pokemon and the race to claim it has gotten lots of new people into training. Clues are scattered about, and it may take you a while to figure out what is required to get it. Have fun participating in this puzzling and exciting new Kanto side quest!

Known Bugs:

Spoiler:

- When scrolling through the Kanto Town Map, the game can freeze or crash. Make sure to save before you look at the map.
- In the scene of the battle between the two Youngsters on Route 30 (before you get the Pokedex and return to Elm's lab), the Rattata sprites are sometimes glitched when they attack each other.
- When selling items and depositing items in the PC, the pack pockets scroll in a strange order.
- The Fishers on Route 12 sometimes appear as green Player, PokeBall or Berry Tree Sprites in the overworld. They are, in fact, Fisher trainers. This less likely to happen if you approach them from Lavender Town.
- In one of the Prodigy battles, the overworld Prodigy sprite disappears during the battle transition.

Screenshots:

Spoiler:

*Note: Pokemon evolving by these stones can still evolve by friendship.

Changelog:

Spoiler:

v2.0:
Various updates and fixes

v1.1.1:
Fixed a bug that caused Onix and Graveler to evolve into Bulbasaur upon leveling up without holding an item. This only happened in v1.1.

v1.1:
- Added Fuchsia Training Center
- Lucky Egg and TwistedSpoon made available in the maingame
- Removed quiz to get the Radio Card
- Fixed a bug causing a Bug-Catching Contest contestant to appear as the player sprite

v1.0.4:
- Removed Level 20 Raichu from Route 29, which was accidentally left over from testing
- Disabled Flying from Vermilion Port (thereby forcing the meeting with the Prodigy in Vermilion)

v1.0.3:
- Fixed a bug where the Odd Egg Pokemon needed over 700,000 EXP to level up
- Fixed a bug that made it impossible for the Odd Egg to be shiny
- Fixed a bug in which breeding certain Pokemon gave you the wrong Pokemon
- Aesthetic Change: "Cleaned up" Fuchsia City and gave a hint towards a future feature in that city

v1.0.2:
Fixed the previous patch, which was mistakenly of the vanilla version

v1.0.1:
Fixed a bug which caused a different Shiny ratio than intended

Credits:
- Made with pokecrystal disassembly
- Special thanks to my playtesters on Discord: khaotix64, Keen Eye Sableye, Solodolci, Antinomy, jscrdb, Kewaun, Maliki, Bob, and Tawna. Thank you so much for your help!!
- Most new features obtained with help from pret tutorials on github; Wide Lens code from AzureKeys
- Thank you to everyone at the pret Discord server who helped answer my questions!
- Prodigy Sprites designed by user Thunungu

You can download the patch and readme here.
You can also visit the game's Discord server if you have any specific questions and to discuss.

Have fun!
-Jordan

 

[professor plum]

Approved!

 

[Inner Rhymes]

I'm definitely leaning towards Demo 1 as it doesn't seem like your conventional sideshowcase Pokémon crystal hack. Although I don't think you've mentioned the length of the demo, is it complete?

 

[jordanar18]

Demo 1 starts in Vermilion and you can play the Vermilion, Saffron and Celadon Gyms. Routes 5-12 are accessible, plus Rock Tunnel. All areas except Routes 5 and 7 have new trainers. Cerulean and the south of Route 12 are blocked off, as is Cycling Road since you don't have a bike.

You can play Demo 2 as well! It is playable from the start until Route 42, which is fenced off.

 

[playsaves3]

what made you settle on totodile for demo 1?

 

[jordanar18]

Totodile has the best move pool.

The "starter" Feraligatr is very high-leveled so I put the Ice Punch and Earthquake TMs in New Bark for it to learn. The trainers in Kanto start with Pokemon the high 50's.

 

[jordanar18]

Version 1.0 Released!! Have fun!!

P.S. If you have a save file on the demo version I recommend you start a new game. There are lots of changes!

 

[ablahblah987]

Your link says I don't have permission to see the files. Would you kindly fix that?

 

[jordanar18]

Should be good now. Thanks!

 

[jordanar18]

I just discovered the Discord Server link didn't work. It does now, so feel free to join!

 

[jordanar18]

Hey everyone! I uploaded a preview video of the hack to YouTube, so go check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGz2ya5tmnc&feature=youtu.be

(The embed feature isn't working)

 

[chengchifung]

Thanks Jordanar18, thanks for your great work. Your work is a gift to all Pokémon lover :). Thank you.

 

[looneyman1]

is there no phys spec split? Thats unfortunate since thats kind of necessary for a lot of pokemon

 

[jordanar18]

I did not put the split in. It's a Gen 2 game and I didn't want to deviate from the original too much.

If and when I make an update I will consider putting in the split. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[looneyman1]

I wanted to be sure on that seeing as Ice Punch works best on Feraligatr as a physical attack, same with Bite/Crunch (crunch was an egg move for tototile originally so dont worry about changing the level up list if you dont want to do that).

Only other possible complaint I see is that given what you said its unlikely Venusaur has Sludge Bomb in its compatable TM list, which is a massive shame given its been a staple since gen 3. But we'll see how things work out since as you said the phys/spec split is a maybe for the time being so I'll wait and see what else changes.

 

[james19]

I did not put the split in. It's a Gen 2 game and I didn't want to deviate from the original too much.

If and when I make an update I will consider putting in the split. Thanks for the feedback!

This sounds very cool. Usually I don't like to play gen 1/2/3 hacks, because the PSS thing don't feel "right". Man, I'm gonna try it

 

[jordanar18]

Hey guys... I have updated the game with a bug fix.

I'm probably going to do a minor update within the next few months and planning to add rematchable trainers for grinding and a move reminder. Any suggestions as to what you'd like to see? I'm going to save the physical/special split and new movesets for a possible future major update.

 

[Dekaylab8]

Hey guys... I have updated the game with a bug fix.

I'm probably going to do a minor update within the next few months and planning to add rematchable trainers for grinding and a move reminder. Any suggestions as to what you'd like to see? I'm going to save the physical/special split and new movesets for a possible future major update.

I've got 3 suggestions:

Spoiler:

1. The Metal Coat item that is needed to evolve Scyther and Onix isn't available before the game ends. A similar case happens with Kadabra and the lack of a Twistedspoon. I know you made the Twistedspoon available postgame, but it would be nice to have Alakazam, Steelix, and Scizor as an option for a team member before the Elite Four. If you were to make these changes, then it would probably be best to have one (or maybe two) Metal Coat and one Twistedspoon replacing an item that you could get before the Elite Four such as a potion found in one of the caves or have the Metal Coats buyable (and replace the item that the Gentleman gives you during the S.S. Aqua first voyage and the held item of the traded Pokémon in the Power Plant).

2. The Lucky Egg should be available before the Elite Four to spend less time grinding for either them or possibly a Gym Leader. Just to give you an example of how much I had to grind my Pokémon throughout the game, my total play time was a little over 25 hours. Furthermore, all my Pokémon were somewhat under leveled when facing the champion with all of them being between 50-53 (I didn't have much trouble on my second try, but I had a very strong team coming into the champion battle). It's also somewhat redundant to have the Lucky Egg post game because Rare Candies are buyable from the Celadon Casino at 15,000 (750 coins). By using the Amulet Coin item very early on without excess spending, this can allow one to easily raise their team to high levels without having to grind toward trainers.

3. The wild Pokemon I've encountered later on during my playthrough were both somewhat underleveled and oftentimes unevolved. Take Route 45 for example (the Route below Blackthorn City), while I was trying to get my entire Pokémon team to around level 40 or so, I kept finding Geodude as well as the wild Pokemon being in the low 30s. It would be better to have them at least in the high 30s and remove the Geodude on the Route so that I can spend less time training my Pokemon and enjoying Crystal Prodigy for what it is.

One last thing, did you patch the experience issue with the odd egg received at the Day Care? Other eggs obtained from there are fine but it said I needed 700,000+ EXP to get it to the next level. I think it's fixable in-game by putting it in the PC, but I didn't use it at all and even gave it to Randy since I had no use for it.

 

[jordanar18]

Ugh, thanks for pointing out the Odd Egg problem. Will get on it when I have the chance!

 

[autumnginkgo]

update ruined the patch file btw. i can't seem to patch my crystal game. can anyone confirm for me?