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Freeing Space in FireRed ROM (1636 Squirrels) by deleting OG text strings - trainers, NPCs, help screen...

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Charmander, Typhlosion, Quilava and draggo lover!
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    Hello. Here, take my two cents. With any UPS patching software, such as NUPS, now you can apply one or more of these 5 patches to replace text strings with free space bytes (0xFF) for a total of 142,625 empty in your ROM.

    Patch 1 - TrainersSignpostsNPC - 78,397 - It's too long, so I can't post it, but the list of removed strings is in the download. Also, I cannot guarantee it's 100% complete, but it's pretty much everything, and much better than nothing anyway.

    Patch 2 - PokedexDescriptions - 36,608 - Open spoiler for all text (included in attachment download)


    Spoiler:


    Patch 3 - HelpScreen - 17,539 - Open spoiler for all text (included in attachment download)

    Spoiler:


    Patch 4 - TrainerProfile - 5,142 - Open spoiler for all text (included in attachment download)

    Spoiler:


    Patch 5 - LinkCable - 4,939 - Open spoiler for all text (included in attachment download)

    Spoiler:


    Note: Asterisk (*) means player's name, rival's name, or some variable value, in other words insert text here. All listed strings are sorted as they are placed in the ROM. Duplicates are as in the ROM as well. The first patch is very useful if you're not gonna be using Kanto at all. Nurse Joy (Pokémon Centers) is intentionally not included. She doesn't have text duplication anyway. Help screen is L/R button annoying thing. If you will disable it in the first place, you're 100% safe deleting it. Careful with Pokedex descriptions though (all species! but also lots of text). Always keep a backup as the text will be gone forever! It's just 8 MB anyway, so it won't hurt to copy. But losing your hard work WILL hurt...
     

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    The first patch contents (it doesn't fit within the OP character limit)
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