FireRed hack: Pokémon FireRed: Rocket Edition (Completed)

[DirtyBYKDan]

i made a whole account just to say this was hands-down the best rom hack please do a part 2 i'll pay !

 

[Sky the Shiny Vulpix]

I recently just played through this rom hack myself. Oh my gosh, it's the best Pokemon Game and Rom hack I've ever played! Just when I thought I had the story figured out, there would be a twist and everything was turned on its head. It was brilliant. The music for the new areas like Oak's hidden lab was amazing and the theme that played during the final boss battle with Oak was bloody brilliant. I did not want this game to end because it was just that freaking fantastic. I would love a part 2 of this or if I could figure out how to make a rom hack myself, I'd add a part two. Thank you so much for making this. I'm considering playing though it again, it's THAT GOOD. 😇

 

[TheTrueRed]

Hello there. I made an account just to write this post.

I'm a long time Pokemon on GB/C/A fan. I probably played each (official) Pokemon game at least a hundret times to completion (mostly Red, Blue, Yellow, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen and Emerald). I also played a lot of the major and minor rom hacks, so I'm quite confident in my judgement about this hack.

I must applaud your work. Never have I seen such a well made rom hack on all fronts that's not just an enhance edition.
Excellent dialogue script (admitedly there are a few child unfriendly things said that don't quite fit into the "speak" of these games). But otherwise no gameplay disturbing linguistic errors or inconsistencies. Fluid, immersive and quite fitting style of dialogue that is on par with the style and flow with the dialogue style of the original releases.
Excellent story

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(a little on the predictable side if you're someone that played the original RBY so many times you know the dialogues and story by heart, because you quickly find out where the games story is going), but that's NOT a bad thing. Many details from the original series are being explained here very accurately in a way they couldn't be more plausible and true to the official story.

The attention to detail and staying true to the original game's sequence and story dialogue makes this game feel like a peek at the backstage of the 1st gen games setting. The way everything is so maticulously planed out, makes this game a perfect fit to the original game in the form of its darker older sibling.
Excellent technical execution. Haven't encountered a single bug. All non-standard mechanics are implemented very consistently.

This hack is truly a labour of love. There's quite a number of things that are carried out in this game so perfectly that will impress anyone who played the 1st gen games.
Things that are related to the story so I will hide them:

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The missingno overworld glitch and the integration of it into the story (including the way it was encountered) is very brilliant in my opinion. I'm not sure if that's the correct term to discribe it: but it is fourth-wall-break-esque by even integrating the cheat/glitch mechanic as a story part. That's probably my favourite featured part of the game. Also I really liked how the beginning of the game was displaying "the struggle of being a Rocket grunt" in a way that took away all the comodities that you get by default in regular games (Pokedex, Pokeballs, items, money, GYM battles), but those things we're starting to catch up during the game, so in the end you get too much of items and money anyway - I would maybe prefer the scarcity of goods more as it would better reflect "the struggle".

A part I didn't quite like because how it was integrated was:

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the part where you battle Red at Mt. Moon. I knew you were supposed to loose to him because of the story and the game even didn't give you many wild encounters or trainer battles on purpose so you wouldn't level up too much, but out of curiosity I gave myself rare candies to see what would happen if I would win. Anyway, in my opinion it would be a much better solution to carry out this battle only in the dialogue style with overworld sprite animations with no player interactions.

It's also a shame that the hack runs very sluggishly on my PocketGo (it's a handheld emulator for retro consoles), but that's not the authors fault, probably a hardware limitation of the console itself. But I do wonder how this game would perform on a real GBA.

This rom hack deserves a permanent spot in the rom hack hall of fame for sure, and I would recommend it to everyone. Especially to the people that didn't play the older generation games I would suggest, finish a playthrough of FireRed or LeafGreen, then fire up this bad boy, you will be amazed by the level of detail and how well it coincides with the original game. Brilliant!

Also a tip: don't name yourself after any game characters. I didn't know what to expect from the game because I didn't look up any details about it. So I named myself "Red", like I usually do in these games and it made the dialogues a bit confusing in the long run.

I can just wish that the authors will some day make a game in the same spirit as a companion game to the 2nd generation games. It would be a truly amazing sequel!

 

[Medic427]

So, im using GBA4iOS11 and when i get to the story about who Shegeki is, it crashes. is there a fix for this or am i screwed?

 

[pikachus testicals]

I just finished playing beta v3 of this game, not realising the final version was released. Is there anyway which i could carry my save game onto the final version to avoid me having to play through the whole game again?

 

[IbrahimSupreme]

I'm playing the full version of this game on my No$GBA and the game crashes every time mewtwo kills dragonite in the flashback. Is there anyway I can fix this because I really want to play and enjoy this game.

 

[Inner Rhymes]

I'm playing the full version of this game on my No$GBA and the game crashes every time mewtwo kills dragonite in the flashback. Is there anyway I can fix this because I really want to play and enjoy this game.

This is a known bug and is specific to the No$GBA, try swtiching over to Visualboy advance?

 

[spottedfirestar]

Made an account to comment!

I'm more of a casual rom player, that finds it a little difficult to get attached to a rom if there isn't a solid story line, and I was incredibly surprised! I personally found the story very well done, and the characterizations done incredibly well. (I didn't know that I would've gotten so attached to Giovanni lol) and the over all arc of the story line and side-quests felt really solid. Even the glitches that were present (Which was only the fly glitch for me.) it wasn't really game breaking or much of an annoyance, but I'm also the person who does constant saving!

To hear that you might potentially end up working more on the game to additional features, the post game content exiting me the most, is incredibly exiting news! If it is what you decide to do, or even if it isn't, I can't wait to see what you do next!

 

[MayhemSixx]

Hello.

I'm currently at a mid-late part of the game, and I wanted to say it is absolutely AMAZING. The level of detail, of imagination while always staying true to the original game story, all the little winks to the mangas and fan theories, sometimes taken further... The developer's sheer and utter love for the series oozes from each and every pixel.

Frankly, if you've ever played the Kanto adventure and enjoyed it even a tiny bit, play this and you'll have a (fire) blast.

I've also encountered two little bugs so far, so I'd like to point them out (they're story-related, hence the spoilers, and I'm playing on VBA):

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During the deceptively glitchy part in Cinnabar before catching MissingNo, going in then out of the Pokemon Center froze my game. At first I thought it was an intended part of the experience, but... I guess programming fake glitches can sometimes end up causing genuine ones. 😂

Second thing, right afterwards : When trying to break in Oak's lab, there was an issue caused, I think, either by entering the lab right after flying to Pallet Town or by coming there through the sea route - I can't remember which one I did at the time. I could get inside simply by opening the door, then the first aide challenged me, but not the other ones, and the Bulbasaur Pokeball was still here. Then, after getting out and entering again (this time I had to use the crowbar), the lab was empty but the bookshelf didn't react and the Secret Lab was inaccessible. After loading a previous savestate and flying to Pallet Town, entering and exiting another house before the lab seemed to prevent the problem from happening.

Again, congratulations on this glorious hack, which is by far the very best I've played.

 

[stuffsmovie1]

I've been loving the game and would love to share it with friends, but I can't support the homophobic\transphobic\sexist language in the game. Is there any way this could be changed? I don't know how to take all the files on GitHub and make it into a working game, but the dialogue should be editable in some easy way? Maybe?

Let me know if there is any way the language could be changed so I could share it with more people!

 

[Sparhawk55]

I've been loving the game and would love to share it with friends, but I can't support the homophobic\transphobic\sexist language in the game. Is there any way this could be changed? I don't know how to take all the files on GitHub and make it into a working game, but the dialogue should be editable in some easy way? Maybe?

Let me know if there is any way the language could be changed so I could share it with more people!

Dude. It's Team Rocket. They're not exactly the most accepting group of people. They're criminals. They talk however they like. Just don't play if it bothers you that much? Or simply ignore it. They are just words after all -.-

 

[GuildMasterMuffin]

Heyx so dumd question but how do i actually get this to work with the rom?

 

[pinkiswin]

One of the best hacks i've seen, the story is amazing and the ending is incredible.

 

[dylans555]

I'm actually very disappointed by the end result of defeating red at that encounter. I just did it myself using cheats as well, because I already beat the game legit, and I'm not gonna sit there for hours grinding weak pokemon AGAIN. I expected this small section of the story to go like this:

Red: "...!"
Red leaves in a blackout cutscene
You get to pick up the fossil of your choice.
Petrel shows up and congratulates you. Tells you to see the boss.
Giovanni is impressed and awards you an early rank up to admin.

The rest of the game progresses as normal.

This would have made beating him after the hard grind if you actually wanted to do it legit kinda worth it, and it wouldn't break the game. Maybe [Redacted] could make a callback like "You may have bested Red once, but he has improved beyond your wildest expectations now." Before the final fight.

 

[Splittykitty]

I'm actually very disappointed by the end result of defeating red at that encounter. I just did it myself using cheats as well, because I already beat the game legit, and I'm not gonna sit there for hours grinding weak pokemon AGAIN. I expected this small section of the story to go like this:

Red: "...!"
Red leaves in a blackout cutscene
You get to pick up the fossil of your choice.
Petrel shows up and congratulates you. Tells you to see the boss.
Giovanni is impressed and awards you an early rank up to admin.

The rest of the game progresses as normal.

This would have made beating him after the hard grind if you actually wanted to do it legit kinda worth it, and it wouldn't break the game. Maybe [Redacted] could make a callback like "You may have bested Red once, but he has improved beyond your wildest expectations now." Before the final fight.

I disagree. The whole point of that battle is that you're SUPPOSED to lose. That's why they have it that way - you're not supposed to be grinding, you're not supposed to cheat. If you play normally you would never be able to beat Red and that is what is what the game wants from you. It's supposed to be used to be the first example of how Red is

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inhumanly good at being a Pokemon trainer and is, in fact, superhuman.

 

[dylans555]

I disagree. The whole point of that battle is that you're SUPPOSED to lose. That's why they have it that way - you're not supposed to be grinding, you're not supposed to cheat. If you play normally you would never be able to beat Red and that is what is what the game wants from you. It's supposed to be used to be the first example of how Red is

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inhumanly good at being a Pokemon trainer and is, in fact, superhuman.

is just, that people really tried to defeat red, and they got no reward for beating him, and we know that

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red is inhuman, but even lance has more powerful pokemons at that point, so it wouldn't show that he is inhuman

so we should be able to beat him besides, oak implied in the final fight that

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our protagonist might be inhuman too, just got interrupted by bill and then he got arrested

so clearly as

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MAYBE we are inhuman,

so why wouldn't

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a inhuman being beat another inhuman being?

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

I just saw on the Discord server that all the channels have disappeared. What happened?

 

[Pyxal]

I just saw on the Discord server that all the channels have disappeared. What happened?

A certain someone deleted everything.

 

[Urthor1996]

I just saw on the Discord server that all the channels have disappeared. What happened?

We gave poli a chance and he deleted the server channels. We found out he was toxic on several servers and this apparently got him mad. Didnt even demote him just found out. Careful to not allow poli to gain executive or anything on any server. Currently we sent a request to discord to hopefully roll the server back.

 

[Bad_Eggy]

this game was ok most of the time, god i hate the ending, i thought it as gta pokemon, and you should did the same, a trail? semi canonic ending? i wish it was me vs oak in his secret garden, big smoke style, ruling kanto and then the world,the game is good, but the top cherry, any way, keep it up