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Pokémon Fire-Red: A Loser's Game
A New Take on Balance
This ROM hack features Pokémon from Generations 1-8, but with a major twist: every Pokémon has been rebalanced to create a fair and engaging experience. No overpowered threats, no gimmicks—just a fully optimized roster where every choice is viable.- Fully evolved Pokémon have BSTs ranging from 420-480, ensuring no single Pokémon dominates the game.
- Pseudo-Legendaries and Legendaries are slightly stronger but remain balanced to avoid power creep.
- Almost all Pokémon have new typings, encouraging fresh strategies and team compositions.
- Stat distributions and movepools have been refined, making formerly weak Pokémon much more viable.
- The strongest Pokémon have been adjusted, so battles are always fair and skill-based.
The Pokédex
This region is filled with underrated and underused Pokémon, giving them a chance to shine like never before! You won't find the usual suspects like Garchomp, Metagross, or Charizard—only carefully selected Pokémon that deserve more love.Examples:
- Use The Three Wise Monkeys, Simisage, Simisear and Simipour as now Grass, Fire, Water types, with the Psychic type added!
- Use Slaking, a once nigh unusable Pokémon, thats now a Psuedo-Legendary with the ability Comatose!
- Use Dedenne, a powerful, fast, physically bulky Electric/Fairy type, that has excellent support and damage capabilities!
Features
- A fresh and balanced competitive experience with every Pokémon feeling equally viable.
- New forms and evolutions for certain Pokémon that needed an extra boost. (All The Starters Have New Forms!)
- A challenging but fair difficulty curve, rewarding smart team-building and strategy.
- A natural feeling experience, filled with Quality Of Life!
Are You Ready for a True Pokémon Challenge?
Pokémon Fire-Red: A Loser's Game is the perfect game for those who love strategy, balance, and discovering hidden gems in the Pokémon universe. Choose your team wisely, plan your strategies, and embark on a journey where every Pokémon has potential!Will you rise to the challenge?
CREDITS:
I used HMA (HexManiacAdvance) To create the rom, with the HUBOL CFRU DPE expansion, adding all gens 1-8 pre L-A pokemon.
Custom sprites were all made by me, trailer by me, and the actual rom by me. This was a solo project.
Download Here:
Story Mode (Easier Mode, A Lot Better For Normal Playthroughs):
Story Mode (Dropbox)
Challenge Mode (Main Mode, Fun For Nuzlockes, VERY Difficult If You Don't Plan, Recommend Trying AFTER Story Mode, Unless You Are Confident):
Challenge Mode (Dropbox)
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