FireRed hack: Digimon Nova Red ver. 3.1 [COMPLETED] [UPDATED 8.12.2022]

Guzeinbuick · Jul 23, 2021

Welcome to the Digital World!

Say goodbye to every mon you know! Introducing...

Digimon Nova Red ver. 3.1 [COMPLETED] [UPDATED 8.12.2022]

Are you tired of the same old batch of starters?

The same Legendaries and Pseudos fought and caught again and again and again?

The same archetypes you know like the back of your Pokewatch?

Say hello to a whole slew of new monsters to fight and catch! No Pokemon here, I'm talking about DIGIMON - DIGITAL MONSTERS!

FEATURES
350 new monsters with unique stats, abilities, Typing, and movepools built from the ground-up!

NO MORE FILLER MONS!
Every single Digimon is viable! Don't be afraid to build a team out of your favourite Digimon!

Five stages for prominent Digimon!

Unique attacks from the Digimon canon with unique animations (courtesy of ortz3's excellent Animation Editor

okedex) descriptions list requirements for evolution, so you never need to feel out of the loop!

Gen V Abilities and Moves, Fairy Type, Physical-Special Split, Poison Survival, BW Repel System, Reusable TMs, forgettable HM moves, etc.

HM Buffs

Convenient shop data!
Sick of random encounters? Repels are cheap as heck now.

Streamlined postgame

Prof. Oak's aides give more useful stuff

Minor dialogue tweaks

Credits:

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Full DigiDex:

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Full DigiDedex is included in the download file as an Excel spreadsheet.

I consider it a pretty big spoiler though (isn't the fun of the game exploring for yourself to see what Digimon are in it?) so click at your own risk. Maybe only check it out after your first playthrough? Just my suggestion.

Excel spreadsheet copied here:

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Known Glitches:

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Download:
The ONLY official download of this hack! If you simply Google "Digimon Nova Red" you'll see outdated versions on third-party websites! Here is the only place to get the most up to date release!

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CHANGE LOG

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The game runs on VBA for Desktop and MyBoy and JohnGBA for mobile. I haven't tested it with other emulators but these three seem to be the most popular GBA emulators.

ADVICE

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FAQ

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Where do I find _____mon?
All encounter locations listed in the Excel file included in the download link.

If you want details on how to get the the game's "hidden" mons, click here:

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Any cheat codes?

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Why isn't BlahBlahBlahmon in the game? He's my favourite Digimon!

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Why only 350 Digimon? Other hacks have a much more complete dex.

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Why am I still playing as Red? Shouldn't I be Tai?

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Level 18 at the first gym?? How grindy is this game? Why did you make it so hard?

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ExpAll?

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VS Seeker?

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The Sevii Islands 4, 5, 6, and 7 are blocked off! WTH??

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These "back sprites" don't look like back sprites at all.

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Can you add in ____mon in a future update?

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What about antibodies-X (evolution X), BM's and Jogress? How about more variations of each Digimon's evolution? Alter-S/Alter-B/Omega X, Jessmon, etc.?

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Digimon are supposed to de-digivolve back into their Rookie forms when they're not battling. Any chance of making that into a mechanic here?

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Constructive feedback and play testers welcome! Thanks!

Alexanfung · Jul 25, 2021

may I ask about the progress of this hack? looks good and promising

Guzeinbuick · Jul 26, 2021

It's finished! Sorry I should have made that clear in the original post.

EDIT: Oops, I think I posted this in the wrong spot. I didn't realize this is the "progressing" space. I'll see if a Mod can move it to the correct spot.

pika1025 · Jul 26, 2021

Are ultimate and mega stages evoltion included in the hack?

Guzeinbuick · Jul 26, 2021

-EDIT 9/15/2021- This is outdated information. Version 2.0 has plenty of Ultimates and Megas.

Hi,

Though rare, there are indeed some Ultimates and Megas, as you can see in the screenshot above (Myotismon, of course, is an Ultimate). The game is mostly Rookies and Champions however. I wanted to keep the power scaling mostly under control.

zapperil · Jul 28, 2021

Is there any "signature" mega in this game ? Like Wargreymon or Metalgarurumon , etc ?

berserkerzx · Jul 28, 2021

Hi Guzeinbuick,

Love the digimon concept! Pokemon and digimon came out about the same time but digimon didnt receive as much attention as pokemon BUT i am glad i could play pokemon as digimons (or is it digimon as pokemons... lol)...

Are you able to convert it to .gba format please? the gba emulator on my android phone wont read .ips files :(

Guzeinbuick · Jul 28, 2021

Hi berserkerzx,

Thanks for the support! I had a lot of fun making it.

I believe linking GBA files are against the forum rules.

All you have to do is download a clean version of a Fire Red ROM (off Google) and a program called Lunar IPS (also off Google).

Fire up Lunar IPS, load your clean rom into it, and then load my Digimon IPS into it. This will transform the ROM file into Digimon Nova Red. Enjoy!

Guzeinbuick · Jul 28, 2021

-EDIT 9/15/2021- This is outdated information. Version 2.0 has plenty more Ultimates and Megas.

Hi zapperil,

Depends on your definition of "signature" lol

I consider this a pretty big spoiler, so click at your own risk. Below is a list of the Ultimates and Megas that are available in the game:

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berserkerzx · Jul 28, 2021

Thanks for the short and sweet converting instructions, it works! am looking at digimons! Will you have other roms in the pipeline or other completed roms that i could play?

Guzeinbuick · Jul 28, 2021

My pleasure. No other plans at the moment. I have wild dreams of supercharging Digimon Nova Red one day. Ideally, a Digimon would have potentially six forms. The evolution breakdown would look something like this:

Levels 5-10 Botamon
Levels 10-20 Koromon
Levels 20-35 Agumon
Levels 35-50 Greymon
Levels 50-65 MetalGreymon
Levels 65+ Wargreymon

But that's obviously a much more ambitious idea. For now I want to see how well Digimon Nova Red 1.0 is received. If there's a positive reception I can begin thinking about making a Version 2.0. :)

berserkerzx · Jul 28, 2021

Sounds very interesting! If you permit me, i would like to be one of your beta tester for upcoming roms :D

BusteRS · Jul 30, 2021

Hi. First of all I want to say that the game is mega fun and I would be very happy about a 2.0 version.
I have also found a "bug": On Route 21 you can fish with the Super Rod Pupitar's.

Guzeinbuick · Jul 30, 2021

Hi BusteRS,

Thanks for the heads-up! If there's more significant glitches I can patch them up in a Version 1.1 or something.

Glad you're enjoying it. :) What's your team so far?

BusteRS · Jul 31, 2021

I have 6 Badges and my Team is the following:

Devimon Lv 42
Ikkakumon Lv 41
Piedmon Lv 45
Ophanimon Lv 33
Darcmon Lv 43
Greymon Lv 44

Until now I don't found any mory Glitches.

10:22 · Jul 31, 2021

it looks interesting! definitely gonna try this. i love the sprites quality, although it still lacks of backsprite, hope you can create backsprites for the mons later

Guzeinbuick · Jul 31, 2021

Hi 10:22,

Thanks for your feedback! In my opinion, the idea of a "back sprite" is kind of obsolete. I prefer the concept of a "side sprite" instead.
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Sadly, I don't have the artistic talent to draw new side sprites from scratch, so some of the in-training and rookie level Digimon side sprites have only subtle differences from their front sprites.

pika1025 · Aug 2, 2021

I would want to see ulti.ate and mega stages digimons this can improve the hack

MegaKabutops · Aug 2, 2021

so is there a file that lists the stat and type changes specifically? i love beedrill, and am using wormmon right now cuz i figured out it's the line beedrill got turned into, but i'm not sure i want it to be a final team member unless the bst got buffed, especially since i got another poison type in the party already.

Guzeinbuick · Aug 3, 2021

Hi pika1025, thanks for your feedback!

Hi MegaKabutops, thanks for your inquiry. I can easily throw together a comprehensive list of every Digimon's stat changes and move pool and post it here, if you don't mind the spoilers. I'm on vacation right now away from my laptop though so you'd have to wait about a week.

But yes, Wormon will evolve into Stingmon, which is like Beedrill but with higher stats and a better movepool. It's quite viable.

FireRed hack: Digimon Nova Red ver. 3.1 [COMPLETED] [UPDATED 8.12.2022]

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