Welcome to the wonderful world of the PokéCommunity, where ROM hacking is the pinnacle of programming and game "creation".
Seriously, I argued and argued about that fact way back when I first got modded, and actually had a "Best Game Developer" category in the MotM for a while. But, alas, the generally idiocy of this place just dismisses actual, real hard work and worships the editting of existing games instead. Just like at the insane popularity of the Pokémon Shiny Gold hack. It had something like 250,000 views when I last checked, making it the most popular thread in this entire community.
Seriously, I argued and argued about that fact way back when I first got modded, and actually had a "Best Game Developer" category in the MotM for a while. But, alas, the generally idiocy of this place just dismisses actual, real hard work and worships the editting of existing games instead. Just like at the insane popularity of the Pokémon Shiny Gold hack. It had something like 250,000 views when I last checked, making it the most popular thread in this entire community.