Having only played 2 rather hacks before this, I can say this is probably my favourite. I really enjoyed the changes you have made, both rivals, the Silver-esq one and the new Pokemon around. Don't enjoy Giovanni not being a gym leader but I can understand why you could've moved him so I won't complain much about it.
That "Silver-esque" rival you're referring to isn't a new character, it is the same Silver you're referring to.
The reason why I'm calling him "Kamon" instead of "Silver" is because in DarkViolet's planned sequel, the trio of main characters are going to be Ethan, Lyra, and Kamon. I think it's wrong to call him Silver if Ethan isn't called Gold. But because Game Freak renamed him Ethan in Gen IV, I don't think the G/S/C/HG/SS rival should be called Silver. So I picked out the most logical name for him, which is derived from the available names in Pokemon Silver Version:
Because the "Silver" name should only be used in conjunction with the Johto protagonist being named Gold, but because I'm calling him Ethan, then I'm not calling him Silver, so I picked the next name on the list.
It's the same logic as people that ask me if I'll let people name the opposite-gender rival, because they often say "It's weird if my name's Bob, his name's Joe, but her name is Green, ya know?" Same logic. It's weird if Johto male protagonist if Ethan, Johto female protagonist is Lyra, and Johto rival is...Silver?
I don't want people to view him as a "new rival", as I didn't just put him there randomly. Remember that he is Giovanni's son.
- Early difficulty. Started with a Charmander and without Metal Claw I felt like he struggled a bit. I did have a Nidoran M but had to have him evolve before Brock became beatable. Metal Claw at 16 (since he doesn't evolve) could make this easier
I really don't think that in the original Red, Green, and Blue games that Game Freak actually intended for you to pit your Charmander against Brock's Onix. I think they intended for you to find a strategy to deal with Rock types, basically being catching other Pokemon. Even if that wasn't their intention (which I doubt), it's still my intention. Pokemon Origins is a perfect example, notice how after Red finds out that his Charmander's attacks won't do much to Brock's Rock-type Pokemon, he switches to Nidoran and dishes out super-effective Double-Kicks. He only uses Charmander again when Onix is at very low HP and he has nothing else left.
- Later difficulty. I'm not sure if it was because I was mainly using Charmander, Nidoran M and Spearow for the game but after the Nugget Bridge I was flatrolling the game. If Nidoran M had better moves most of the game wouldn't be a challenge.
Are you battling every trainer? I'm balancing the difficulty of this game under the assumption that you seek out and battle every trainer possible, something that Game Freak seemed to not do until B2/W2.
- The Nugget Bridge has a glitch. You can re-battle the guy who gives you a nugget. Thanks to that guy I had like 11 nuggets and my mons between 27 and 30.
Could you rebattle him by talking to him or by stepping on the tiles adjacent to him? I thought I fixed that, guess I'll have to look into it. Thanks for pointing that out.
sooo I just evolved abra which i caught at level 18 and it evolves at level 22 and the game froze when i was battling with the last trainer girl on route 25 music kept playing but i couldn't move at all whats up with that??
It seems that you're the only one who has experienced that problem, sorry that happened. I don't know what to say, does it happen every time you battle her or was it just that one time?