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Red hack: Kanto Explorers: Wisteria

ok ive got a red rom and vba so i can play the normal game but when i try to patch it with lips i cant find it?
 
I played the demo version 2.3. Here are my thoughts on it!

There are many many things that could be improved about this hack so far. However, I think it has an original, unique story. It was interesting how you switched the characters around in the school, and I like battling the teacher instead of the rival. Also, the new tiles everywhere was a breath of fresh air.

Here's what I think needs to change/be improved:
  • There are too many places where the text is too long, so it glitches the textbox.
  • The level of difficulty is much too high!! I struggled going north through the grass because the wild Pokemon were simply too high-leveled. Same goes for the Gyms and their trainers. I mean, a level 17 Lapras in the first Gym is borderline impossible without save-stating. The Pokemon on routes is also unbalanced. I can catch a Muk, Gloom, and Ditto before I even get 2 badges.
  • The Mart in the first town sells HM01 for $0 (why?). Also, it sells Pokedexes and Town Maps which is just strange, especially since you receive these items earlier in the game.
  • The area where you get the Secret Key was very easy, and extremely small.
  • There is a lot of unchanged text with NPC's which is a major turn-off.

Good luck with this hack! Have fun with it
 
Bulbasaur's stats seem to be glitched.

At level 11 he has 50 Attack, 30 Speed, and extremely low Defense and Special stats. Upon evolving into Ivysaur, his stats become regular once again.
 
icychill66 said:
I played the demo version 2.3. Here are my thoughts on it!

There are many many things that could be improved about this hack so far. However, I think it has an original, unique story. It was interesting how you switched the characters around in the school, and I like battling the teacher instead of the rival. Also, the new tiles everywhere was a breath of fresh air.

Here's what I think needs to change/be improved:
  • There are too many places where the text is too long, so it glitches the textbox.
  • The level of difficulty is much too high!! I struggled going north through the grass because the wild Pokemon were simply too high-leveled. Same goes for the Gyms and their trainers. I mean, a level 17 Lapras in the first Gym is borderline impossible without save-stating. The Pokemon on routes is also unbalanced. I can catch a Muk, Gloom, and Ditto before I even get 2 badges.
  • The Mart in the first town sells HM01 for $0 (why?). Also, it sells Pokedexes and Town Maps which is just strange, especially since you receive these items earlier in the game.
  • The area where you get the Secret Key was very easy, and extremely small.
  • There is a lot of unchanged text with NPC's which is a major turn-off.

Good luck with this hack! Have fun with it
Click to expand...

- Fixed most text errors for next beta.
- Pokemon encounter levels are now lower at the begining of the game.
- The mart seems to be an error, I'll look into it.
- The secret key area will be extended in the next beta (if you can be bothered to go back there :P )
 
These are the errors I noticed in the very beginning of the game.

minor:

Nouns are given in the old school format (Everything in Caps), but sometimes things are spelled normally a-la BW (Plus, the default names you're given are spelled normally, so you can't help but expect everything else to be normal). You should make this consistent. Either make all nouns normal or make them CAP-LOCKED. Don't switch back and forth.

Li's text after your battle with Jade is glitched.

Jade and Li's role switches back and forth. Li's a student, yet he's given Oak's Parcel (and his recycled text). Jade says that "you two" are going to fill the Pokedex, but she's the one who leaves, has the second starter, is the one who battles you, and is presumably your rival.

Recycled NPC text.

The trainer card should be changed to have a girl and so should the back sprite. Your card and back sprite are still Trainer Red.

The kid in the house with the scientist asks to trade your Alakazam for a Moltres.

Sometimes the text is too big and words get cut off.

The Pokedex is spelled pkDEX when Jade gives it to you.

Routes are called Wuste (is this German/Dutch? :confused:)

definitely needs fixing

When losing a battle, you're transported to a placeholder house in Erdbeer. You're supposed to be taken to a) your house if you never visited a Pokemon Center. b) the last Pokemon Center you visited.

error! does not compute! GAME BREAKING!

You can buy the following:

Town Map for $101010
Escape Rope for $550
HM01 for $550 (but the clerk sells it to you for $0)
Pokedex for $0

Edit: For s*its and giggles, I actually purchased all that I could afford from that particular Mart (after save-stating of course). The Pokedex is useless since it just does the same thing the 'pkDEX' does while also taking up a slot in your bag. You can't throw it away. Same thing goes for HM01.

The starters are very uneven, stats wise:
Charmander is so weak that I die in a few hits and my attacks do little damage.
Squirtle is a bit stronger than Charmander and more often than not: wins when owned by your rival.
Bulbasaur is so haxed that he can kill you with 2-3 tackles.

Growl does damage, yet other moves such as Tail whip only effects stats.

The level curve is way too high and wild encounters are haxed out of proportion. If you chose Charmander or Squirtle, you would have lost to Jade and would still be level 5. Even with Bulbasaur at level 6, you'll still lose to wild Pokemon. All the Pokemon in the first patches of grass you encounter are levels 6-8 and all are powerful enough to kill you in 2-3 hits.

Wild Pokemon make you lose money if you lose to them. Not only this, but losing to them is the equivalent of losing to a trainer (1/2 your money).
 
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All the starter pokemon stats have not been changed from Pokemon Red. If you keep in mind that this is a brand new game, nothing like Red, then li's and the teacher's roles plus stories work perfectly fine. Pokemon Brown also transported you to a placeholder house in Gravel Town, I figured this wouldn't matter here.
 
Bulbasaur's stats are definitely glitched, I can't post screen shots because I need over 15 posts, but you can check for yourself by playing up to the part where you get your starter that Bulbasaur's Attack and Speed stats are way higher than any of the other starters, whereas his Special is extremely low.

His evolutions however, have the correct status, which is easily verified by evolving Bulbasaur into Ivysaur and comparing their stats.

Neither Charmander or Squirtle have similar glitches.
 
I am going to try this Beta, seems really interesting, always loved Red. Brown and Prism were AWESOME! I hope to play the complete version soon.
 
Huh... I could have sworn I've played a hack before with the stats changed to Bulbasaur. In fact, it had great speed and attack, but it's special and defense was really low... On top of that, when it evolved, it's stats were reset back to normal... It was he only stat change in the game, too. This seems really familiar for some reason.
 
Well I cannot explain it. I truly have not modified the stats, and in my ROM the stats are perfectly fine. I'm using the British ROM, try that.
 
sonuva (cencored for obvious reasons) this looks great! i know nothing about hacking but if your experienced enough id love to learn from you and help you with these projects!
 
Wow, it's cool to see an old school looking hack going on, it'd be even cooler if someone made a Firered version of this same game after ;D

Your descriptions were brief, but I hopenthe story lines are more complex than they first seem, the screenshots show little in the way of bad guys and battles.

Other than that, I like it..
 
all your wall papers are dead....... bummer......
 
Dude seriously..... upload some pics of your work man....... The host site has deleted them....
 
hey nice idea ! the screenshots shows a lot of promise ! hope this hack excels
 
sako, please don't bump threads that haven't been posted in for over a month.

~Red, just contact either myself or giradialkia if you want this thread to be reopened.
 
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