I think you should put off fixing the graphics for later and get done more stuff in the game first. Who cares if the graphics suck? It's still a great game.
No, I'm not done. As of two hours ago I beat Erika and got the Poke Flute. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to access Saffron City. Shouldn't it be open by now?
Even though I was freaking out at how expensive the bicycle is, I can see why you did it that way; it'll make me appreciate the bicycle a lot more when I do have enough money to buy it. Looks like that could take a while...
I could do maps of all the regions. I never tried to program Fly with Pokemon Essentials, but I could work on all the region maps. Even if you don't plan on including them, I'll put Sevii and New Island in the maps because they're between Kanto and Orange and it makes more sense geographically to at least have them there.
Can I have permission to make modifications to your game? If I make any changes I think you'll like, I'll show you how I did them (i.e. give you new scripts, maps, etc.).