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Hey there.
I am NOT an experienced hacker, but this has been something I've had in the works for about 2 years, off and on.
So, basically everyone knows about how easy X/Y are, and while there are "challenge hacks" of X/Y, I personally wanted to find a more...rebalanced/fixed version of the games that makes the games harder, without the brutal difficulty said challenge hacks are known for; basically something closer to say Platinum, B2W2 Challenge Mode, or BDSP (without the baked-in Exp. Share and affection shenanigans). Turns out, those types of hacks aren't as common; the closest I could find was an abandoned hack and many theory-crafting videos/threads. So, I decided to make a light hack of my own essentially "fixing" the major boss battles, as well as a few minor stuff.
In short, this is a small and light "fixed/adjusted difficulty" hack of X/Y; the game is meant to be harder, but it's not a "challenge hack" in the traditional sense.
The summary of the major changes can be found in the Google Drive, but in short, most major battles have been changed either slightly or significantly (with either new Pokémon, better movesets, and/or held items. Higher IVs as well). A decent handful of minor trainer battles have gotten minorly buffed as well (many trainers with only 1-2 Pokémon have received 1-2 more, especially in the Gyms and Victory Road). All the patterns of Vivillon can also be found in the wild.
Wild Vivillon pattern locations:
NOTES:
- The game still isn't designed with keeping the Exp. Share on in mind. You may be a tad underleveled if you don't use it at all, but leaving it on WILL make you very overleveled. I didn't want to give the game a huge level curve to balance out X/Y's non-scaling Exp. system. I recommend toggling it on and off when needed. If you want to impose level limits based on the Gym Leader's/Elite Four/Champion's aces, it goes as follows:
- The game still uses mechanics from Gen 6. I considered adding in Gen 7 onward mechanics (move changes, stat changes, ability changes, etc.), but ultimately decided against it.
- As I stated before, the Battle Chateau is weird, and I haven't really tested out the Gym Leader/E4/Champion battles there. I only just recently learned how the Chateau handles movesets as the when Writs are applied, and it's very dumb (in short, it's based on their current level with their level-up learnsets; the 4 most recent moves that Pokémon would have learned/tried to learn while leveling up).
- This hack really only works with the original 1.0 version of X/Y; installing the 1.5 update will likely make Citra crash. Sorry about that! Just be wary of the Lumiose Save Glitch (avoid saving on North/South Boulevard. If you save the game in Lumiose, do it either indoors or on any of the inner streets of the city).
- The Mega Stone merchant in Coumarine only has his text altered in English. If you're playing in another language, he'll still mention that he sells Incense rather than Mega Stones. English is the only language I speak fluently, so changing this would be difficult for me personally (I don't want to rely on Google Translate, lol).
Screenshots
Link to the files and documentation
Newest Update: 1.9.7 - 3/19/24
Changes: Rebranded (normal) Rebirth and Rebirth LITE to "Rebirth NORMAL" (previously LITE) and 'Rebirth MEGA' (previously normal/regular).
Decided to make the first 3 Gym Leaders identical in both version of Rebirth. This also means that Viola and Grant have been adjusted in both versions; Viola's lineup in both versions is identical (Ledyba, Surskit, Vivillon), with Vivillon's Sleep Powder being reverted to Stun Spore as well as its Oran Berry being removed.
Both games also now have the same team for Grant (Dwebble, Amaura, Tyrunt), whose Tyrunt now has Sturdy and Dragon Tail instead of Strong Jaw and Stomp respectively. Amaura's Hard Stone was also removed. I also fixed an issue where the Mega Stone merchant was still selling Incense for some, despite his English text still stating otherwise.
Credits:
Made entirely with pk3DS, kudos to Kaphotics and SciresM!
r/pokemonROMhacks and my Rebirth Discord server for suggestions and allowing me to bounce off ideas!
Buffel Saft; many of my evolution changes, purchasable Mega Stones, and a few misc. changes weretaken from inspired by Eternal X/Wilting Y!
I am NOT an experienced hacker, but this has been something I've had in the works for about 2 years, off and on.
So, basically everyone knows about how easy X/Y are, and while there are "challenge hacks" of X/Y, I personally wanted to find a more...rebalanced/fixed version of the games that makes the games harder, without the brutal difficulty said challenge hacks are known for; basically something closer to say Platinum, B2W2 Challenge Mode, or BDSP (without the baked-in Exp. Share and affection shenanigans). Turns out, those types of hacks aren't as common; the closest I could find was an abandoned hack and many theory-crafting videos/threads. So, I decided to make a light hack of my own essentially "fixing" the major boss battles, as well as a few minor stuff.
In short, this is a small and light "fixed/adjusted difficulty" hack of X/Y; the game is meant to be harder, but it's not a "challenge hack" in the traditional sense.
The summary of the major changes can be found in the Google Drive, but in short, most major battles have been changed either slightly or significantly (with either new Pokémon, better movesets, and/or held items. Higher IVs as well). A decent handful of minor trainer battles have gotten minorly buffed as well (many trainers with only 1-2 Pokémon have received 1-2 more, especially in the Gyms and Victory Road). All the patterns of Vivillon can also be found in the wild.
Wild Vivillon pattern locations:
Spoiler:
NOTES:
- The game still isn't designed with keeping the Exp. Share on in mind. You may be a tad underleveled if you don't use it at all, but leaving it on WILL make you very overleveled. I didn't want to give the game a huge level curve to balance out X/Y's non-scaling Exp. system. I recommend toggling it on and off when needed. If you want to impose level limits based on the Gym Leader's/Elite Four/Champion's aces, it goes as follows:
Spoiler:
- As I stated before, the Battle Chateau is weird, and I haven't really tested out the Gym Leader/E4/Champion battles there. I only just recently learned how the Chateau handles movesets as the when Writs are applied, and it's very dumb (in short, it's based on their current level with their level-up learnsets; the 4 most recent moves that Pokémon would have learned/tried to learn while leveling up).
- This hack really only works with the original 1.0 version of X/Y; installing the 1.5 update will likely make Citra crash. Sorry about that! Just be wary of the Lumiose Save Glitch (avoid saving on North/South Boulevard. If you save the game in Lumiose, do it either indoors or on any of the inner streets of the city).
- The Mega Stone merchant in Coumarine only has his text altered in English. If you're playing in another language, he'll still mention that he sells Incense rather than Mega Stones. English is the only language I speak fluently, so changing this would be difficult for me personally (I don't want to rely on Google Translate, lol).
Screenshots
Spoiler:
Link to the files and documentation
Newest Update: 1.9.7 - 3/19/24
Changes: Rebranded (normal) Rebirth and Rebirth LITE to "Rebirth NORMAL" (previously LITE) and 'Rebirth MEGA' (previously normal/regular).
Decided to make the first 3 Gym Leaders identical in both version of Rebirth. This also means that Viola and Grant have been adjusted in both versions; Viola's lineup in both versions is identical (Ledyba, Surskit, Vivillon), with Vivillon's Sleep Powder being reverted to Stun Spore as well as its Oran Berry being removed.
Both games also now have the same team for Grant (Dwebble, Amaura, Tyrunt), whose Tyrunt now has Sturdy and Dragon Tail instead of Strong Jaw and Stomp respectively. Amaura's Hard Stone was also removed. I also fixed an issue where the Mega Stone merchant was still selling Incense for some, despite his English text still stating otherwise.
Credits:
Made entirely with pk3DS, kudos to Kaphotics and SciresM!
r/pokemonROMhacks and my Rebirth Discord server for suggestions and allowing me to bounce off ideas!
Buffel Saft; many of my evolution changes, purchasable Mega Stones, and a few misc. changes were
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