[Release] Pokemon Zeta/Omicron

Introduction

Hey everyone!

I'm not exactly an avid Pokecommunity poster, but I have this account from ages ago.

I've been working on a Pokemon Essentials project for nearly a year now (11 months!), but a lot of you may not of heard of it because it's mostly Reddit-based (my username on there is /u/thesuzerain)

We've just recently released the latest update (1.3.0) which includes a couple new second-region Gyms and a bunch of Mega-Evolution related activity, and it occured to me that I've never posted here: the place where all start-up Essentials games and RomHacks are supposed to post :P

Until I get a feel for how to do all those fancy image overlays and stuff in this board, I'm going to do a topic layout similar to Reborn's (hope you don't mind, Amethyst!).

So! Let's get started!

Story



Features

- Multiple Save Files
- All 649 Pokemon as well as 27 ones from XY (though not all are available in the current patch)
- All Mega Evolutions from XY as well as 8 custom ones (though not all are available in the current patch)
- 2 1/2 regions
- A "Custom Move"- a move that you get to choose the name and type for, and acts as a physical Hidden Power!
- Custom Gym! Lead it yourself, choose your own type and so on! (this won't be available until the Battle Frontier)
- A new take on the Secret Base, with upgrades galore! Including: a trader, gen2-5 starters, mining, EV resetters, people to train against, Costume vendors and much more!
- Pokemon Followers! The first 'mon in your party follows you around!
- Online Trading and Battling
- Randomizer Mode
- Fancy-shmancy Nuzlocke Mode
- Delta Pokemon a-la-TCG. Why don't you find yourself a Grass-type Snorlax, a Steel/Fairy Jirachi or a Ice/Steel Aggron?
- Shadow Pokemon (inc. weather trio, and yes Miror B has his music), Triple Triad and all those awesome Essentials features.
- HM Items! HMs are still in the game, but you can also find items to replace them after you get them. For example: after getting Strength, try looking in a nearby cave for the Dolly!
- Mac Support, though music is at-times a bit buggy
- IV Changers, who at the cost of a certain rare items can help fix your Pokemon's genetic traits.
- Fun new moves!
- Fun Mystery Gift events such as Missingno!
- A lot of default problems with other Essentials games- EXP problems, Illusion and some other abilities, Life Orb fixed.

Screenshots



Download & other links

Pokemon Zeta/Omicron 1.3.28 Download

Frequently Asked Questions. Read this if you have any basic questions.

Website: includes catch rates and more, but it is a bit outdated. We're working on updating it soon!
"Where do I get this Pokemon" list. Has not, at the time of this post, been updated for 1.3.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the thread, the subreddit, or in the IRC! (##pokemonzetaomicron)

Credits

Here's a list of people I couldn't do it without! If you're not mentioned here, please let me know!

I can't believe you managed to fit so much content into one game! Nice work!

th3shark said:

I can't believe you managed to fit so much content into one game! Nice work!

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Thank you! Evoas is looking great as well!

Just got out of the intro, but I'm enjoying the game so far. You should have mentioned in Features you had a Nuzlocke mode, would have played it sooner.

FangOfDrknss said:

Just got out of the intro, but I'm enjoying the game so far. You should have mentioned in Features you had a Nuzlocke mode, would have played it sooner.

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Good call, I'll throw that in.

This looks awesome, I'll give it a try soon! What's the average play time?

Stochastic said:

This looks awesome, I'll give it a try soon! What's the average play time?

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Depends!

I've had speedrunners get to the first gym in around an hour, and people have beaten the 1st region in around 80hrs. I don't know how long it would take to beat what's in the second region though.

Okay this looks freaking cool but you are you re typing some pokemon and are you going re "stat pokemon" like pikachu and Raichu Speed and SPatk or Electivire Electric, Fighting

It's something I've been seriously considering! The only real change from Gen V mechanics was the Flare Blitz Flareon, but I may be adding more depending on whether or not they are wanted. I really do want to make lesser-liked Pokemon such as Ledian or Raichu more usable.

It looks awesome!
Is it for a GBA emulator? If thats the case, then what emulator do you recommend?
Im using a Mac, btw

Hello, is the DL down for this?? takes me to the reddit page but no links are provided?? is there a problem with 1.3.9? because i see a post for 1.3.8 and may jsut use that.

*EDIT*
Also i am getting a "error 0x80070057: the parameter is incorrect" message during installation, Any clue as to why this is happening ??

Why would the teams have a different name depending on the version? Especially two names referring to separate mythologies that have very little in common? Your introduction from the point of view of these villains seems to imply that these two teams are one and the same, just known by different names, but wouldn't this be a lot of work for very little payoff if that is the case?

I'm also a little confused by your concept for Mega Bisharp - I get the concept, that of a knight, but the implementation of that concept is a little strange. It looks like Bisharp with some small changes made and the back of a horse crudely photoshopped on.

Waspert:

It doesn't use an emulator! :) It runs on its own, just use the app if you're on the Mac.

pr0mentaility:

Yeah, 1.3.9 was taken down temporarily due to an issue with the download, it'll be up again in half an hour. What do you mean you get that error when installing? There isn't really an installation process- just download, extract and click Game.exe.

Yuoman:

I really wanted to have two games, there were multiple reasons (I can't remember all the reasons at this point because it was a while ago), and there would have to be enough differences between the two versions to justify having two. For example, the only real difference between Black and White is the version mascot, but in Ruby Sapphire you had slightly different plotlines and different teams and (I felt, anyways) that it provided a much stronger justification for two versions then just money. The use of legendaries and motivations do differ slightly between the game as well, in a similar way Ruby/Sapphire does.

Also, I'm not the spriter for the game, so I only came up with the idea there should be a Mega-Bisharp rather than the concept for it. I wasn't a huge fan of how Mega-Bisharp turned out but its starting to grow on me. And in his defense, Mega-Ampharos is just an Ampharos with fabulous hair, Mega-Aerodactyl has a goatee- Mega Evolutions often are just edited versions of the original with a slightly different concept. While it is, admittedly an edited sprite of the original, its still an interesting design that keeps a similar concept while changing it up. As for the crudely photoshopped bit, you're entitled to your opinion :P

Thank you for the reply! :)

im sorry, i meant during the "extract" phase. comes up with a error. it doesnt seem to effect the game as of now other than not having animated sprites. Just wanted to know if anyone knew what it could be. [=


This is what im getting. the screenshot with the "characters folder" on it doesnt appear until around 98% complete, the other on the left appears around mid point, but i am able to click try again and it goes away.
Any help would be much appreciated [=

Hello, Great game so far!, i had a quick question. My pokemon follower sprite doesnt have any animation. Is that normal??

PokeManiac90 said:

Hello, Great game so far!, i had a quick question. My pokemon follower sprite doesnt have any animation. Is that normal??

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Try talking to it, it should reset the animation.

I'm playing Omicron right now. It looks fantastic, and the start of your journey is also very original!

New patch up, guys! Feel free to download!

Multiple Save Files and Randomizers and bugfixes, oh my!

when does the current patch end

It took me about a single day of non stop playing to get 8 bages and 1 day to beat elite 4 and vespryn spear