Hack Series: Touhoumon Another World: Revised / World Link: Revised (v1.9 Released)

[BluShell]

Touhoumon Another World: Revised / World Link: Revised

Hacks of Pokemon FireRed (U)(Squirrels) and Pokemon Emerald (U)(TrashMan) respectively.

(Current version: v1.9)

This page and the Discord server linked below are the ONLY official sources for Touhoumon AWR / WLR. Other sites are scams/not supported.​

Overview
So, first things first, here's a brief introduction as to what the gist of Touhoumon is all about for those unfamiliar with it:
Touhoumon, also referred to as Touhou Puppet Play, is a fusion of the familiar Pokemon gameplay experience with elements from the Touhou Project games, a bullet hell series that features a mostly-female cast dueling each other via danmaku battles. It's often confused with Moemon, but Touhoumon actually goes beyond merely replacing sprites and rearranges nearly every major aspect of the game, from moves, type interactions, abilities, and so forth. The "Pokemon" here are replaced by puppets of the actual characters they represent. Various versions of such hacks have been released over the years by different people, each hack falling into one of 3 distinct "generations": 1.0, 1.5, or 1.8, the lattermost of which is the latest.

The original Touhoumon Another World and World Link hacks, made by Aichiya Sanae, fall into the 1.5 category and are notable for their ambitious plot expansions and various other features, and acquired a loyal following from the community. Unfortunately, as was the case with most 1.5 hacks, these hacks were infamous for having a number of flaws within them. Quirks such as absurd level spikes, overinflated base stats, questionable map designs, and 4 Full Restores on nearly every trainer are what made most people generally stray clear of them outside of masochistic challenge runs or the like. Oh, and the puppets in these hacks are known as "Boneka", the Indonesian word for "doll."

Well then, now on to the main aspect of this. As the name implies, Another World: Revised and World Link: Revised (henceforth referred to as AWR and WLR respectively) are the culmination of efforts over the past few years to not only patch up the plethora of issues the original hacks had, but to reinvent the gameplay experience with a slew of modern mechanics and various QoL features across the board, with the intent of creating 1.5 Touhoumon hacks that can actually be considered decent enough to stand out from the hot mess they usually end up being. What originally started as a few personal edits eventually built up to what the hacks are today.

I'm well aware that people are tired of Kanto and Hoenn by this point (myself included), but making any significant changes to the regions is beyond the scope of this project ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Features

Spoiler:

• A new, updated cast of characters, up to Touhou 14's roster
• All 411 Boneka obtainable in each hack without the need to trade
• B2W2 Repel system
• Boneka now have more polished-looking sprites, either from 1.8 or custom-made
• Colored natures
• Custom cries for all Boneka, taken from 1.8 Touhoumon hacks
• Custom type effectiveness chart
• Day / Night system
• New soundtracks pulled from various other Touhoumon hacks
• NPCs that can change abilities, IVs, natures, and even teach egg moves!
• Physical / Special split with new moves to take advantage of it
• Reusable TMs / Deletable HMs
• The Faith type, also taken from 1.8 Touhoumon hacks because dragon in touhoumon is awkward
• Typo fixes galore
• [WLR] Contests and the Battle Frontier are edited to take into account all the new changes!
• And much, much more!

Screenshots

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AWR:

WLR:

Credits

Spoiler:

• Game Freak / Nintendo: For creating Pokemon.
• ZUN: For being the mastermind behind the Touhou Project and its many characters.
• HemoglobinA1C: The original creator of Touhou Puppet Play, and spurring the wacky world of all subsequent hacks that would follow; also for creating the sprites for many of the characters.
• AichiyaSanae: The creator of the original Another World & World Link.
• AGSMGMaster64: The creator of World Link Deluxe, a hack with a similar idea to Revised but it's 1.8; has been of huge help in the development of these hacks, such as being the author of a number of move animations and sprites.
• machomuu: The creator of Another World: Remix, an earlier attempt at cleaning up the original Another World, which served as the primary inspiration for Revised as a whole.
• Zeta Sukuna: The creator of Touhou Puppet Play Enhanced: Reloaded, which was another source of inspiration for Revised.
• DoesntKnowHowToPlay: Their version of the Physical / Special split is used here, as well as the method for enabling custom IV / EV spreads for trainers.
• haven1433: The creator of Hex Maniac Advance, a wondrously helpful program that was used to reorder the iDollDex in both hacks and implement most of the new abilities and moves, among many, many other things.
• Spherical Ice: For creating, among other things, the colored stat routine used in AW.
• DizzyEgg: For creating Dizzy's Hacked Engine; was used to implement the B2W2 Repel system into WL, and also made the colored stats routine available for WL.
• HackMew: For creating Advance Trainer and eXtreme Script Editor (XSE); editing trainer teams and everything script-related was all made possible thanks to these programs.
• LU-HO: For creating Advance Map; as buggy as it may be, it still came in handy for editing maps, altering Boneka encounters, and went hand-in-hand with XSE for all sorts of script editing.
• Kiy, usigusom, (), & 黒インク: For creating the party selection screen edit.
  
  A more complete, up-to-date credits list can be found in the Readme file.

Bugs
A list of bugs can be found in the "Known Bugs.txt" file in each hack's respective folder, as well as over on the Discord server.

Documentation
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eRFOhlZ5l9XvE2YSbcTs7cres9W4OVQUM_VHB8plvwM/edit?usp=sharing
Information on Boneka stats, types, and evolutions, as well as data on moves and abilities, are included here.

Download
https://mega.nz/folder/XdoyxLxK#h_yndx33YL-26brcMK6MLA
The link provided here is to a folder containing the zip file, essentially meaning that the same link will work for each new update.
Links to documentation on Boneka stats, move and ability data, and the Readme are found in the zip file.

Discord server
Any bugs or glitches that aren't already covered in the Known Bugs docs, feedback on the hacks, or general playthrough discussion can be done here.

 

[StCooler]

Approved!

 

[agsmgmaster64]

Hi, fellow hacker who helped out a bunch with the Revised hacks, glad to see that there's now officially a thread here for these hacks.

 

[Bladeheart111x]

Beta tester here, and I'm glad too

 

[BluShell]

Update time! Here's a brief list of what's new in v1.5:

• Frostbite fully implemented and replacing Freeze
• New items: Power Herb, Wide Lens, and Link System (lattermost being a key item that allows relearning / deleting moves and nickname changing anytime)
• A bunch of new / updated trainer sprites in AW
• Summary screen UI color change in WL
• Other general stability improvements have been made to enhance the user experience.™

(A more complete list can be found in the Changelog text file with the download.)

And yes, the download link remains the same as before.

 

[BluShell]

Happy Holidays everyone! A new update's here, mostly for WLR, so here's a brief list of what's new in v1.6:

• The sprites for the Substitute have been replaced with that of a doll
• Beating Aichi's Insane battle the first time in WL now allows access to his house in addition to receiving the random X Boneka, meaning you no longer have to fight him twice to enter his house
• Obtaining the Coin Case in WL no longer requires Harbor Mail whatsoever. As such, Slateport's mart now functions like most of the other marts that update their inventory as you obtain more badges
• Route 115's Surf-only area in WL can now be accessed without the need to use Surf. The levels of the wild Boneka and trainer teams in that area have been adjusted to account for the change
• Other general stability improvements have been made to enhance the user experience.™

(A more complete list can be found in the Changelog text file with the download.)

The download link remains the same as always.