FireRed hack: Pokémon Kanto Black 2.08 (Sevii Islands Expansion)

[PkmnTrainerKonner]

Say, can someone please tell me where I can find a shiny stone to evolve my Minccino? Thank you!

Celadon City Pokemart.

 

[Inner Rhymes]

Celadon City Pokemart.

Thank you so much!

 

[Mystery Man]

After addressing the initial FAQ issue, I have come to realize how much of a fantastical unreadable mess the document was, so I have decided to give it a structure and format it appropriately. I have also added new questions that I think could be pretty helpful for people in general. Think something helpful is missing from the document? Let me know!

https://www.pokecommunity.com/posts/10002538/

New Q&As:
A more concise description of the difficulty modes:

Spoiler:

Trainer Modes:
Normal => boss trainers fight like in the official games, often having stupid sets.
Challenge => like B2W2 challenge mode, maybe a little bit harder.
Omega => Leaders have 6 Pokemon with more challenging sets. They use legendary Pokemon towards the end of the game.

Effort Values on Trainers:
On => boss trainers use EVs
Off => boss trainers don't use EVs, just like in the main games outside of battle facilities.

Note on items: trainers do not use items in battle whatsoever. You are welcome to make the same restriction onto yourself for perhaps fairer match ups.

What's the best difficulty mode for Nuzlockes?

Spoiler:

The easiest difficulty is based off of the official games, so I would go with that unless you want a good reason to hate me. :D

What do the seeds do i.e. Life Seed?

Spoiler:

They raise the IV of an individual stat by a couple of points. You can buy these seeds in the battle facilities such as the one in Rainbow Island.

How do I go to Rainbow Island?

Spoiler:

The vendor of the ticket to Rainbow Island is in the Celadon Condominiums, the other big building besides the department store.

How do I evolve Eevee into its other forms besides the original three?

Spoiler:

You'll find colored stones in the overworld in the Sevii Islands and Rainbow Island.

How can I get Floette's alternate form?

Spoiler:

While Floette's eternal form as well as its associated events are kind of finished in the game, it remains inaccessible as of 2.08.

Anyway to do something like a Wonderlocke?

Spoiler:

Not a Wonderlocke exactly, but in Pewter City, there is a building called the Wonder Egg Shop where you can buy eggs that can hatch into any Pokemon in their first form besides legendaries.

EDIT: Also these:
Does Aegislash have Stance Change?

Spoiler:

Nope, I don't think Stance Change was figured out back during this hacks primary phases of development. Since Stance Change is absent, Aegislash was made to be an improved Doublade with the following attributes;

Base Stats
HP: 60
Attack: 150
Defense: 150
Sp. Atk: 45
Sp. Def: 75
Speed: 60

Ability; No Guard

Ridiculous? Game Freak Aegislash is also ridiculous. I wanted to keep that about it.

Does Archeops have Defeatist?

Spoiler:

Nope. Here are its new stats:

HP: 70
Attack: 125
Defense: 59
Sp. Atk: 102
Sp. Def: 59
Speed: 100

Ability: Run Away

 

[Inner Rhymes]

I just finished up playing Kanto Black on Chaos mode and I had a real blast! I've noticed a few oddities like Mandibuzz and Hydreigon getting affected by sticky web despite being flying (levitating) Pokémon. Also, Helioptile doesn't have a cry inserted.

Thank you so much for an amazing ROM Hack!

 

[Mystery Man]

I just finished up playing Kanto Black on Chaos mode and I had a real blast! I've noticed a few oddities like Mandibuzz and Hydreigon getting affected by sticky web despite being flying (levitating) Pokémon. Also, Helioptile doesn't have a cry inserted.

Thank you so much for an amazing ROM Hack!

Awesome, glad you liked it! I've seen people get super frustrated with Chaos mode lol, so I'm very pleased to hear that you maintain positive feelings even after going through that. :P

Thank you, added those oddities to my log. I should be able to at least fix Helioptile's cry.

 

[Maximoff]

Will this still be updated?

 

[Mystery Man]

Will this still be updated?

I would like to someday, not sure when, but I don't think I'll be adding anything major other than maybe some more extensive postgame and maybe a few other conveniences for the main quest. And of course, bug fixes. I won't do anything that would make saves incompatible though.

 

[ablahblah987]

An extended postgame would be much appreciated but in any case, thank you Mystery Man for making this fun hack.

 

[Mystery Man]

Alright, so I have actually been making some progress in the last couple of days. Among the things I have done:

Spoiler:

- Removed the 10% stat boosts granted by the badges. Later generations stopped doing this and I also think this gives the player an unfair advantage. This will make the game more difficult, maybe to an even greater degree in the harder difficulties due to how speed works.

- Sticker guy's demands in Four Island are less ridiculous and more in-tune with the hack. 200+ link battles is no longer a requirement if you want all of his stickers, for example, and now measures the number of battle facilities you have conquered.

- For some of new NPCs, changed previously non-nonsensical, stupid text to maybe something even stupider.

- Paralysis and Burn damage have been updated to how generation 7's works.

Plans:

Spoiler:

*Difficult postgame dungeon with various legendaries and extremely powerful trainers, kind of like Sphere Ruins in Vega without the crazy puzzles.

*Double Battle island of which I will call, idk, Duo Island? Might give this island a gym that does not provide a badge, but instead a rare item.

*New difficulty setting: disable battle items. Already the opponents in this hack do not use items at all, so this restriction basically eliminates that advantage from the player. As far as difficulty ratings, since this raises the ceiling of it, I have added Legendary to the ratings to cover the new levels. So Legendary difficulty will be above Chaos (of which I am thinking of renaming to Elite so as to not make Legendary clearly overshadow Chaos)

 

[ThePuffinMan]

is it just me or the fossil pokemon man isn't programmed to revive fossil pokemon. when i interact and then leave, he reverts back to the beginning, not giving me fossil pokemon.

also the repel don't work sometimes, i went to the pokemon mansion with max repel and i still encountered deinos.

 

[ablahblah987]

That sounds very promising. Most hacks are a joke in terms of difficulty so bring it on.

 

[Mystery Man]

is it just me or the fossil pokemon man isn't programmed to revive fossil pokemon. when i interact and then leave, he reverts back to the beginning, not giving me fossil pokemon.

also the repel don't work sometimes, i went to the pokemon mansion with max repel and i still encountered deinos.

Huh, I'll take a look at the fossil guy sometime soon.

The repel issue is somewhat unusual, though. Are you certain the lead Pokemon in your team is a higher level than those Max Repels do not block?

That sounds very promising. Most hacks are a joke in terms of difficulty so bring it on.

Tried the Elite Four (second wave) without the badge boosts. Got pummeled. Either I forgot how to play wisely, or the badge boosts are a much bigger deal that I thought they would be. D:

 

[ThePuffinMan]

it seems to be working now. i tested in the victory road with my level 58 Zweilous. I guess I learnt something new

 

[Mystery Man]

So progress is coming along nicely. I'll hopefully have this version out sometime in the summer.
Credits issue has bugged me for the longest time, and only now do I have it fixed. No more are the days of horrifying distortions of the stage 3 Kanto starters and Pikachu!

Also, endgame levels have been slightly reduced. Now the Pokemon League (2nd Wave) peaks at level 75 like in the original. Regarding the difficulty, the removal of the badge boosts should more than makeup for the minor drop in levels.

I've also removed some of the weird letters that normally followed a Pokemon or a trainer to denote different forms (in the case of trainers, difficulty sets).

EDIT: I'll dump more info, particularly about the bonus dungeon.

As far as plans, the bonus dungeon is planned to be more difficult than the Elite Four (2nd Wave), even on the highest difficulty setting. It's also going to contain Pokemon not belonging to the 5th and 6th generation. One of them is going to be Meltan. As for the others, I'll probably not reveal them. :D

 

[Mystery Man]

I was looking through the ASM resource thread, and found something really, really cool.

Credits to Spherical Ice, Doesnt, and Squeetz.

 

[Mystery Man]

Hate to triple post, but I just wanted to say that I have updated the FAQ with this question:

What are the move tutor locations?

Spoiler:

Normal move tutors:
Rock Slide - Rock Tunnel
Bulk Up - Route after Mt. Moon
Thunder Wave - Silph Co
Substitute - Fuchsia City
Drain Punch, Body Slam - Four Island
Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunderpunch - Rainbow Island
Flash Cannon - Pewter Museum (Cut tree entrance)
Shadow Claw - Viridian City
Explosion - Mt. Ember
Double Edge - Victory Road
Draco Meteor - Indigo Plateau, house before Victory Road.


Greater Move Tutor Ladies (teach at least 8 different moves each):
#1: Route 6 house. (teaches Return, Flame Charge, Steel Wing, and other moves)
#2: Route 19 (immediately south of Fuchsia City) (teaches Volt Switch, Roost, Curse, and other moves)
#3: Four Island in the Daycare house (teaches Heat Wave, Will-O-Wisp, Hypnosis, and other moves)
#4 & 5: Rainbow Island lounge (both together teach 24 different moves)
#6: Rush Tower in Seven Island

As for development, I've been fixing numerous oddities. Also, for this dex feature...

I have modified the ASM so that the stats display even for uncaptured Pokemon. This should make it easier to develop a team and perhaps encourage more experimentation with different Pokemon.

 

[Mystery Man]

Credits to Sagiri for doubles ASM, Wonder Trade, and Hidden Power update.

 

[Ghost]

These are very nice additions to the game and look very promising. Looking forward to the release!

 

[SevenChurches]

That's highly exciting, I loved Kanto Black, played it this year with a steel monotype. Definitely would play again even if you don't come out with a new release.

 

[345man]

where is the egg shop again? im on four island and cant find it?