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FireRed hack: Pokémon Elysium (GBA)

Ok thanks again! You know I noticed a glitch btw. Just before you go in to the cave on ghost island I think it's called, I activated my bike and my character turned in to Sylvion. Then when I turned the bike off I turned in to the normal make red character! No biggie just thought it was cool.
 
Hi! I've been enjoying the hack greatly and had a question. I saw in the walkthrough about a "GARDEN OF THE FAIRIES" sidequest, and I wanted to know if there were any details I was missing about that:

Spoiler: Stuff I've Done
 
Hi! I've been enjoying the hack greatly and had a question. I saw in the walkthrough about a "GARDEN OF THE FAIRIES" sidequest, and I wanted to know if there were any details I was missing about that:

Spoiler: Stuff I've Done

Thanks for playing! Indeed, the Fairy Garden is located somewhere in the Riverlands.

Spoiler: Fairy Garden sidequest
 
Thanks, I was able to find it! I've really enjoyed the presence of all these sidequests- it really gives the game a unique feel.
 
Just completed it. It's the best romhack I've ever played. The thought and detail that has gone in to it is next level and I'm gutted that it's over! It had everything.

***SPOILERS***
I would have liked to have been able to complete the tournament and use my own Pokémon for the last part, and maybe explore more post game, but that's testament to how much I enjoyed it. Fingers crossed for another in the future, but I can only imagine the time and effort this took.

Thanks for making such a boss game.
 
Thank you very much for your wonderful comment and thanks for playing the game! It means a lot to me that you liked it that much! 😄

Spoiler: Ending
 
This is a really great rom! Just a question though, how do you evolve gravaler and poliwhirl?
 
[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)


Pokémon Elysium

DOWNLOAD FOLDER (Complete. Last version: 2.0.0 - 27-January-2024)
Download Part A
Download Part B
Base game: Fire Red 1.0 (Recommended patcher: upset 0.4).


Summary





About

It is a story/lore-focused Fire Red hack for casual players, developed years ago (although content was added until very recently) that I decided to release it despite originally not planning to. It is a lengthy one, especially if you explore everything and follow the various side quests, and it is divided into two parts, A and B. To play it, you'll need to patch two files and use save states to continue your saved game from Part A to B (instructions can be found in the readme file that accompanies the download). Story-wise, the game consists of a prologue, four chapters and a small epilogue. Regarding its difficulty, it's harder than the Pokémon games, but most players will not find any difficulty in finishing it. It was first released on reddit and you can read the post here.

[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)


Features:


  • A mix of Pokémon, moves and types up until Pokémon X and Y. Gen I, II and III mostly but there's a decent number of Pokémon from the next generations like Hippopotas, Garchomp, Rhyperion or Galvantula (Check the online excel file for the full list of obtainable Pokémon)
  • Fairy Type-Pokémon & Moves (replacing old ones)
  • Physical-Special Split
  • A very few story-only related fakemon and fakemoves
  • Some (permanent) Mega Evolutions
  • Several Regions to explore.
  • Side quests that reward you with rare Pokémon, moves or special items.


[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)

Things to know - Bugs

Spoiler:


Credits:

Diegoisawesome for their XSE Scripting Tutorial
Haven1433 for HexManiacAdvance
Alistair for various Tilesets
LU-HO's for the Advanced Map
HackMew for XSE and Advanced Trainer
Rangi for TileMap Studio
Silver314 for YAPE
Kurapika for G3T
D-Trogh for Nameless Tile Map Editor
Link12552 for Nameless Sprite Editor
karatekid552 for Pokemon Gen.3 Hacking Suite
The Contributors of Gen VI and V: DS-Style 64x64 Pokemon Sprite Resource on Pokecommunity
MrDollSteak's Sugimori Palettes: The DS-style 64x64 Pokémon Sprite Resource
thedarkdragon11's DS-style Gen VII and Beyond Pokémon Sprite Repository in 64x64
Doesn'tKnowHowToPlay for PSS
Kimonas for OWM
Unknown poster's guide here on Pokecommunity for helping me create custom moves (didn't found the post/poster, will update)
u/Grazerous and Jex for playtesting and instructions about how to patch Part B on iOS.
My cousin and my brother for playtesting!
(In case I missed anyone, please let me know !)
(I created an account just to comment in thins post, so I'm new in creating this type of post)

Hi, so I finished your game yesterday after some months of non-consistent play because of personal reasons. First I want to say that concratulations man for your game, your and amazing storyteller and you should definnetely consider writring a novel. I was 99% of the time hooked with the story, except with the final, (just personal preference) it felt kinda lazy for me compare to the rest of the story, you know, that emotive part in which we see Brendan's soul and he confirmed himself that he was dead, just to come back afterwards, or the final battle that wasn't difficult at all, you just had to use Xerneas.

Apart from the ocacional bug here and there I didn't like the lack of QoL features, but I undertand that this was a personal project that you've created without the intension on sharing it at first.

Another thing that really pissed me off though was the fact that some side quests couldn't be completed, I don't know if that was a lack of clear instructions or that I'm not good at looking around, but some missions like the one with the talking meowth I just could find 1 of the secret "panels" (?), or the quest about the guy who used his voltorb to fish I tried to interact with every pixel in that lake using both fishing and just "clicking" and the voltorb never showed up, and I couldn't find the last sharp, I don't remmenber if there were 3 or 4 pieces, but I only found 2.

Now, all of those bad points didn't keep me from enjoying the game over all, I really liked it and when I finished it I felt that characteristic feeling of emptiness that occures when you finish something (like a series or movies) that has been part of your "routine" for a long time, It was a relly great game.

I wouldn't recommende this game to my friends just because I don't have friends that play pokémon (ಥ_ಥ)

Finally, a screenshot of the dream team:
 

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Thanks for playing! I'm very happy you liked the game and I'm glad you gave some feedback as well!

Those side quests you mentioned are all completable. As I mentioned in another post, I decided not to release a side quest guide because I wanted players to naturally find them by exploring the game rather than following a to-do list. However, I understand that some players are completionists, so perhaps such a guide could be released in the future.

Spoiler: Brendan


Once again, thanks for completing the game and for your feedback. Your friends are definitely missing out by not playing pokémon! :smile:
 
There are 2 kind of items: Megeavolites and Ultraevolites (the latter are for the legendary ones). You can choose which Pokemon you want to mega-evolve. There's also the Red and Blue orbs for Groudon and Kyogre.
Wonderfull game, I am amazed by what you made! I was just wondering where to find the megaevolites to mega evolve some of my pokemon (blastoise, tyranitar, metagross, gengar). I began part B not too long ago, am I just not far enough in the story? Thanks!
 
[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)


Pokémon Elysium

DOWNLOAD FOLDER (Complete. Last version: 2.0.0 - 27-January-2024)
Download Part A
Download Part B
Base game: Fire Red 1.0 (Recommended patcher: upset 0.4).


Summary





About

It is a story/lore-focused Fire Red hack for casual players, developed years ago (although content was added until very recently) that I decided to release it despite originally not planning to. It is a lengthy one, especially if you explore everything and follow the various side quests, and it is divided into two parts, A and B. To play it, you'll need to patch two files and use save states to continue your saved game from Part A to B (instructions can be found in the readme file that accompanies the download). Story-wise, the game consists of a prologue, four chapters and a small epilogue. Regarding its difficulty, it's harder than the Pokémon games, but most players will not find any difficulty in finishing it. It was first released on reddit and you can read the post here.

[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)


Features:


  • A mix of Pokémon, moves and types up until Pokémon X and Y. Gen I, II and III mostly but there's a decent number of Pokémon from the next generations like Hippopotas, Garchomp, Rhyperion or Galvantula (Check the online excel file for the full list of obtainable Pokémon)
  • Fairy Type-Pokémon & Moves (replacing old ones)
  • Physical-Special Split
  • A very few story-only related fakemon and fakemoves
  • Some (permanent) Mega Evolutions
  • Several Regions to explore.
  • Side quests that reward you with rare Pokémon, moves or special items.


[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)

Things to know - Bugs

Spoiler:


Credits:

Diegoisawesome for their XSE Scripting Tutorial
Haven1433 for HexManiacAdvance
Alistair for various Tilesets
LU-HO's for the Advanced Map
HackMew for XSE and Advanced Trainer
Rangi for TileMap Studio
Silver314 for YAPE
Kurapika for G3T
D-Trogh for Nameless Tile Map Editor
Link12552 for Nameless Sprite Editor
karatekid552 for Pokemon Gen.3 Hacking Suite
The Contributors of Gen VI and V: DS-Style 64x64 Pokemon Sprite Resource on Pokecommunity
MrDollSteak's Sugimori Palettes: The DS-style 64x64 Pokémon Sprite Resource
thedarkdragon11's DS-style Gen VII and Beyond Pokémon Sprite Repository in 64x64
Doesn'tKnowHowToPlay for PSS
Kimonas for OWM
Unknown poster's guide here on Pokecommunity for helping me create custom moves (didn't found the post/poster, will update)
u/Grazerous and Jex for playtesting and instructions about how to patch Part B on iOS.
My cousin and my brother for playtesting!
(In case I missed anyone, please let me know !

[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)


Pokémon Elysium

DOWNLOAD FOLDER (Complete. Last version: 2.0.0 - 27-January-2024)
Download Part A
Download Part B
Base game: Fire Red 1.0 (Recommended patcher: upset 0.4).


Summary





About

It is a story/lore-focused Fire Red hack for casual players, developed years ago (although content was added until very recently) that I decided to release it despite originally not planning to. It is a lengthy one, especially if you explore everything and follow the various side quests, and it is divided into two parts, A and B. To play it, you'll need to patch two files and use save states to continue your saved game from Part A to B (instructions can be found in the readme file that accompanies the download). Story-wise, the game consists of a prologue, four chapters and a small epilogue. Regarding its difficulty, it's harder than the Pokémon games, but most players will not find any difficulty in finishing it. It was first released on reddit and you can read the post here.

[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)


Features:


  • A mix of Pokémon, moves and types up until Pokémon X and Y. Gen I, II and III mostly but there's a decent number of Pokémon from the next generations like Hippopotas, Garchomp, Rhyperion or Galvantula (Check the online excel file for the full list of obtainable Pokémon)
  • Fairy Type-Pokémon & Moves (replacing old ones)
  • Physical-Special Split
  • A very few story-only related fakemon and fakemoves
  • Some (permanent) Mega Evolutions
  • Several Regions to explore.
  • Side quests that reward you with rare Pokémon, moves or special items.


[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Elysium (GBA)

Things to know - Bugs

Spoiler:


Credits:

Diegoisawesome for their XSE Scripting Tutorial
Haven1433 for HexManiacAdvance
Alistair for various Tilesets
LU-HO's for the Advanced Map
HackMew for XSE and Advanced Trainer
Rangi for TileMap Studio
Silver314 for YAPE
Kurapika for G3T
D-Trogh for Nameless Tile Map Editor
Link12552 for Nameless Sprite Editor
karatekid552 for Pokemon Gen.3 Hacking Suite
The Contributors of Gen VI and V: DS-Style 64x64 Pokemon Sprite Resource on Pokecommunity
MrDollSteak's Sugimori Palettes: The DS-style 64x64 Pokémon Sprite Resource
thedarkdragon11's DS-style Gen VII and Beyond Pokémon Sprite Repository in 64x64
Doesn'tKnowHowToPlay for PSS
Kimonas for OWM
Unknown poster's guide here on Pokecommunity for helping me create custom moves (didn't found the post/poster, will update)
u/Grazerous and Jex for playtesting and instructions about how to patch Part B on iOS.
My cousin and my brother for playtesting!
(In case I missed anyone, please let me know !)
BlackKaiser, you have created a masterpiece. Story-wise, this is the best RomHack I've played and one of the best games I've played. The characters are awesome, the lore is interesting, the adventure is fun and hard just enough! It actually made me cry 2 times. Thank you for such an amazing experience!

But from the technical side of view...
Almost all of the sprites are just characters from the original games. And I have encountered several games breaking bugs [SPOILERS AHEAD]:

1. Game freezing when trying to talk to an NPC that is supposed to talk only in a cutscene
2. Sprites lagging on while surfing, locking you inside water tiles
3. Game doesn't actually save in your room after finishing it. Resetting locks you in a location with Parasects.
4. You can fly in the end game Astrania and get back to refugee camp, making the world go back to chaos!

Also the met locations of your pokemon get corrupted and replaced by Elysium locations in the Part B. And sometimes it is hard to read the text because the color of the text has very low contrast

I really want more people to play this game. Have you considered changing the name slightly to something like "Elysium Journey"? There is another hack called Pokemon Elysium, it can cause confusion.

Please, please, make your game the best it can be. It needs polishing. Lots of polishing.
 
Thank you for your wonderful comments and feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed the story since that's the main reason I made this hack: to tell a story. :smile:

Regarding the rest of your feedback, the first two bugs have been mostly fixed in the latest update, and more fixes will be included in the next one as well. The third bug is a weird issue that affects some players, where after the game ends, instead of a black screen, it teleports you to a cave where you're unable to move or do anything. It doesn't really matter since by that time the game has ended, but I understand why it's confusing. Also, thanks for pointing out the rest of issues; if possible they will be addressed in the next update along with many other stuff.

Lastly, I have noticed there's another game called Pokemon Elysium, but I think it's a fan game rather than a ROM hack and I believe it might not be complete and its production has stopped? I could be wrong though. Regardless, it doesn't really matter, I think players can easily figure out what's what.
 
Does anyone know how to continue the captain Orchid side quest. I talked to him at the rest house and called him out on his Bs but can't find him after that.

Edit: nevermind, I found him. There was an entire section of Savahnn I missed passed the drunk sailor on the way to Alabasta.
 
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Spoiler: Fontaine quest
 
Spoiler: Fontaine quest

Spoiler: Fontaine sidequest
 
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Spoiler: Fontaine sidequest
Spoiler: Fontaine quest
 
Hi BlackKaiser..!!

Consider me your biggest FAN!!!!! I'm loving your game (pokemon Elysium)
however i'm stucked in switching the save files from part A to Part B.
I request you to please help me !!!!
i have provided the link here, PLEASE HELP !!!! ( i have tried everything and it still isnt working!!!!) please help ..!!!!

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE..!!
 
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