Emerald hack: Pokémon Bismuth: A Narrative Expansion of Hoenn [ENG DEMO OUT] [Pokémon up to Gen 8, QoL changes, improved story, new mechanics, areas and graphics]

[Diego Mertens]

Pokémon Bismuth​ While I love Pokémon Emerald, and the Hoenn region, it's narrative and specially characters have always felt... Like wasted potential, to me. That's why I took initiative to expand upon it's ideas and characters, taking inspiration from all media, to create a more satisfying narrative experience!​ Story You embody May or Brendan in an adventure through the Hoenn Region, to get all 8 Gym Badges and become the champion. Along the way, you face Team Aqua and Magma, who want to expand the sea and land, but this time... ... They seem slightly less crazy? While battling them, you get the impression someone othe than you is also trying to take them out, an organization both of them seem to know... The Delta Division. What is this Team that seems to have resurfaced from thin air after being disbanded? What are their new goals, and leader? And more importantly... ... Is them winning better than Team Aqua and Magma winning? At the same time, it seems like new Pokémon have appeared in Hoenn, what's that about? Find the answer to all these questions playing through the story! Characters ​ ​ May/Brendan: A friendly neighbor that loves researching Pokémon, but they do it so they can spend more time with their father, Professor Birch.​ Professor Birch: An active Pokémon Professor that spends most of his time out in field studies. Does he not miss his family?​ Archie: Leader of Team Aqua. Strong and decided, always cold-headed even when facing defeat. Acts as if his Team were his family.​ Maxie: Leader of Team Magma. A lot less charismatic than Archie, but a lot readier to take difficult desicions and calculates his every move... Or so he says.​ Wally: A shy and sick kid who admires the protagonist a lot. Extremely determined, to a fault, but talentless.​ Winona: Calm and serene, claims to bear the "pain of the world." One has to wonder what climate change does to her, if that were true.​

Progress​ Basic Storyline: Around 80% already in. Polished Storyline: Only around 20% has been polished. Maps: 15 maps fully ported and redesigned to fit new tilesets. Indoor Maps: 0%, none have been changed yet. Mechanics: 25% Features ​ Pokémon up to generation 8, and cross-gen evolutions of Gen 9 coming as well!​ Updated battle mechanics​ Typical QoL stuff, no required HMs, Move Relearner and Nicknaming anywhere, Infinite TMs, 2 in 1 bike, etc.​ Day/Night encounters. No visual effect implemented yet.​ Dark Grass for double battles.​ New areas to explore!​ See if a gift Pokémon is Shiny before chosing it! Starters included!​ DexNav!​ A new (but early) Safari Minigame. Catch Pokémon in the overworld pressing R with the help of the DexNav!​ Extremely customizable. Difficulty settings, custom base Shiny Odds, speed of Exp and HP effects, Training Mode, etc!​ Unique Gym Battles! Find out which special effects and restrictions are set in each Gym.​ Mulch! Growing berries has never been easier. Mulch can be bought at the Flower Shop, and they bring new effects to planted berries! Try them all out!​ Spanish AND English as available languages to play. Currently, the early game is being translated to English.​ Mystery Code System: Get special items and Pokémon through these codes! Come back frequently to see if a new one has been released!​ Some custom shinies and new sprites for some Pokémon!​ Buffed underwhelming Pokémon. New abilities, modified typings, stats and moves!​ No need for checking Documentation to know about buffs. Check the new and improved Pokédex!​ For the DEMO only, all Debug menus have been left in. Explore the new your own peace!​ Mystery Codes​ As a celebration for releasing the DEMO, two codes will be released. These can be entered in the Start Menu after getting the Pokédex, in the "Contraseñas/Passwords" option. WORLDOFPOKEMON - Gives you a Ditto and a few EXP Candies. ASHSUMO147 - Gives you Ash's Alola Team! All at level 80+, however. That's all the codes for today! Come back frequently to get some more.​ Screenshots and Images ​ Changelog​ Spoiler: This patch solves many errors I found while testing, and adds some more content! Solved collision errors in Route 101, Route 102 and Dewford Town. Fixed an issue that would cause text to display in the wrong language. Fixed an issue where the wrong Mulch would be displayed when planting a berry, and one when you checked a non-Mulch-ed Berry. Miscellanous translation fixes. Discover how your actions influence the outcomes of some events! Translated and fixes almost all texts in the DEMO. ​ Known Issues​ Spoiler: Some texts are still in Spanish. Namely, random NPCs, some Menus and a single plot-related event. Using a Ditto and losing the battle while it's transformed will sometimes cause it to mantain the moves of the last Pokémon it transformed into. The sideways stair in Route 102 will sometimes work funkily. Credits​ Magiscarf, WesleyFG, myself for the Tiles. ghoulslash, surskitty, Buffel Saft, TheXaman, lunos, Alex N, exposeed, rhh, diZZyeggg. PokemonCrazy, paccy, dunsparce9, Jaizu, AsparagusEdu and some people from the Simple Modifications Directory at Pret Wiki for miscellaneous systems and QoL changes! The Pret and RH-Hideout people for the decomp.​ Download DEMO includes 2 Gym Bades, however the entire game is available for those who don't mind the content outside DEMO areas being incomplete. Use a 1986 - Pokemon Emerald (U)(TrashMan) ROM, with the CRC32 of 1f1c08fb and patch with Rom Patcher JS. DEMO BPS 0.2 ENG PATCH​ Hope y'all enjoy this game!​

 

[Arceus 1122]

This looks great! Is there a full English Version? because the one that I downloaded is Spanish Version.

 

[Safr]

Look pretty cool presentation

 

[Inner Rhymes]

I really dig the new Torchic sprite, as well as the new graphics. I do feel like you should consider changing the main character's OW sprite to fit in with the fresh tone you are delivering over the base game.

 

[Diego Mertens]

I really dig the new Torchic sprite, as well as the new graphics. I do feel like you should consider changing the main character's OW sprite to fit in with the fresh tone you are delivering over the base game.

Will do! OW sprites will get changed eventually, but they're not my priority right now. Thanks for the input!

This looks great! Is there a full English Version? because the one that I downloaded is Spanish Version.

Thank you! The English version is coming, right now the Spanish DEMO is the one available, but I'm working on the English translation. A full translation of the DEMO should come out either tomorrow or later today. Hope you like the game once it does!

 

[Hermione Granger]

I hope this is completed as this should be a very interesting take on the Hoenn Region.

Also looking forward to the english translation as I don't understand Spanish.

 

[Diego Mertens]

English Patch OUT!​

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This patch solves many errors I found while testing, and adds some more content!

Discover how your actions influence the outcomes of some events!
(Previous DEMO had this event unused)



(Choosing no)

(Allows you to avoid battling this Grunt twice.)
(This will be built upon thematically in the full game.)


Translated and fixes almost all texts in the DEMO.
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DEMO BPS 0.2 ENG PATCH

Enjoy!
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