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Pokemon Lunatic Crystal is a difficulty ROM Hack that provides not only a major challenge, but is also an attempt at making Gen 2 more balanced and enjoyable, while also retaining the charm of the original games.
Lunatic Crystal has the following features:
• Trainer parties have been massively improved. Every trainer has a more varied and stronger line-up and all of the important opponents have custom movesets (many of which also use Hidden Power with an advantageous type), held items, better Pokemon and are at a higher level.
• Lunatic Crystal has Level Caps that set you on equal terms with the bosses that are increased with each badge/met condition. At a certain level your Pokemon will no longer gain EXP, no matter what you do whether be it battling, using Rare Candies or using the Daycare. As an extra feature Pokemon also no longer gain EXP once they reach Level 100.
• Every important trainer has had their DVs improved.
• When defeated, the Player does not lose half of their money like usual, but rather a proportional amount depending on your highest level Pokemon and the number of badges the player has.
• The Rival now has 3 seperate teams depending on your starter choice.
• More opponents use healing items and those that already did have better ones available.
• Stat EXP and all of the badge boosts have been removed. The 25% Status miss chance that the AI had is also gone. This makes fights more challenging and sets the player on equal footing with enemy trainers. Furthermore Vitamins (with the exception of PP UP) and X items have been removed.
• The player is prohibited from using items in battle and the "SET" battle mode is enforced against important opponents.
• The progression of the game has been made more linear, rather than open like the original Crystal to better help with the level curve. There are also changes to the Gym Leader order, Eusine's Cianwood City battle (and the Suicune event), as well as the Tin Tower section unlocked after clearing Radio Tower is now enforced. The game also features extra mandatory opponents. The Sprout Tower is also a mandatory location when the player visits Violet City for the first time and acts as the first, real challenge of the game as well as a check that prevents progression. Some Gym Leaders will also refuse to accept your challenge if you do not have the right amount of badges.
• Team Rocket now longer has unnamed Executives, all the members present in HGSS (Proton, Petrel, Ariana and Archer and Ariana) are present in this hack. All of the Team Rocket members use the Team Rocket theme and all of them have a custom "R" battle transition. There is also an important returning character...
• The player has the ability to rematch all 16 Gym Leaders, the Elite Four, Champion Lance, the Rival, Red, as well as many characters that were fought at some point in the playthrough, that includes the new Kanto characters. In total there are 30 Level 100 rematches for the player to take on. All of these rematches are unlocked (other than the E4 rematches which are unlocked after beating Blue) after beating Red, with one main exception.
• Battles against important Kanto characters that were not in the original GSC have been added (ex. You can now battle Lorelei in Kanto). Furthermore, a "Red-like" character in Gold is now the opponent in Virdian City's Trainer House. Professor Oak also is able to be fought after meeting the right conditions.
• Some trainers now have new, custom battle themes that were added into this hack.
• Better encounter variety in Johto: you can now get every Johto Pokemon before unlocking Kanto and many Kanto Pokemon are now obtainable in Johto. The player can now also get fossils and revive them just like in Generation 1. Game Corner Pokemon have also been changed. Wild Pokemon have increased levels as well and you tend to find more evolved forms in the wild.
• The player can now catch all 251 Pokemon. Every single legendary can be caught as an overworld encounter, with the exception of Raikou and Entei who are still roaming Pokemon.
• Some in-game trades have been changed (for example you can now get a Rhyhorn in Violet City).
• The Celebi event has been restored and functions in the same way as the Virtual Console releases.
• Friendship and Trade evolutions have been removed, every Pokemon that evolves now does so by either level up or with the use of evolution stones. Evolution Stones are now purchasable in Goldenrod and Celadon, albeit at a higher price. Several Pokemon now also evolve at lower levels.
• Improved level-up learnsets: the vast majority of Pokemon now have much better learnsets, with all moves being learned at lower levels. All evolution stages share the levels at which they learn moves, so the player no longer needs to delay evolutions and can enjoy a power boost right away. This does not apply to most stone evolutions (the exception being for example Eevee), however.
• Improved TM/HM learnsets: Many Pokemon now have the ability to learn new TMs and HMs. TMs are now also reuseable, rather than one use. Pokemon can now freely forget HMs as well. A lot of TMs that normally would only be obtainable in Kanto, can now be found in Johto. TMs and HMs found or obtained in the overworld instantly display the name of the move, rather than just the number of the TM/HM.
• This hack features two new Move Tutors in Cianwood City and Blackthorn City that teach the following moves: Thunder Wave, Reflect, Light Screen (Cianwood) and Rock Slide, Outrage and Submission (Blackthorn). The Goldenrod Move Tutor now appears after defeating Pryce, rather than beating the Elite Four. He can also be found on all days of the week, charges 500 coins rather than 4000 coins and does not dissapear after teaching one of your party members a new move.
• Ecruteak City has a Move Relearner who can teach your Pokemon moves that they knew at lower levels at a cost of 500 Pokedollars.
• Many moves have changed power, accuracy and type, as well as new effects in order to make them more viable and give player more varied options (For example Strength is now a Rock Type Move and Sky Attack functions in a similar way to Brave Bird).
• Some Pokemon have increased stats and new secondary types in order to make them more viable (For example Ledian is now a Bug/Psychic type with +20 to its' SpA).
• Fourth Stat Page in which you can view the DVs of the Pokemon, as well as its' Hidden Power type.
• Many in-game rewards have been changed, for instance Mr. Pokemon's reward for bringing him the Red Scale is the TM for Hyper Beam.
• The Cianwood Pharmacy now sells status curing Berries.
• All Pokemon now have custom, colored menu icons. Badges that are viewed in the trainer card also have colour now.
• Some characters such as Eusine get a new overworld sprite. Characters added to this hack also get an overworld sprite of their own.
• The EXP system has been updated to match the one found in Generation 6, all battle participants obtain an equal amount of EXP and the EXP. Share now functions the same as it does in Gen 6 and is now a key item, instead of a held item. To further help with the grind, the player now can get more Rare Candies either in the overworld, or as rewards. Lucky Egg is also obtainable in Johto. Catching Pokemon also grants EXP, just like it does in Let's Go games for instance. The EXP Share is also obtained very early to make levelling much less tedious, the player receives it from Prof. Elm once they deal with the rival for the first time and get Pokeballs.
• The mart in Indigo Plateau sells Rare Candies at the price of 10 after Blue has been defeated to take away the need for grinding for the final battles of the game.
• Introduction of Repel as a togglable Key Item. The Repel is obtained after being shown around Cherrygrove by the Guide (which is now a mandatory scene) and it can be turned on and off at any moment and it acts as an infinite repellent. Because of this the regular Repels have been removed from the game since they serve no purpose. Also the Map Card is now obtained as soon as you get the Pokegear.
• Pocket PC is a new key item that allows you to open the PC in the overworld at any time. It's obtained as soon as you get your starter Pokemon and it serves as a great tool to organize your party and check caught Pokemon as soon as you can, without the need to rush to the nearest PC. There is a limiation however, it cannot be used indoors, so you can't use in spots like Rocket Hideout, Radio Tower, Gyms or Indigo Plateau.
• Bag expansion: Rather than having a limit of just 20 items, the bag can now fit up to 84 items.
• Many QoL features: The ability to run by pressing B that also allows for fast surfing, removal of the save delay (that also helps with organizing boxes), a clock in the bottom left corner while the menu is open, Pokemon don't take damage in the overworld, faster healing in the Pokemon Center of the first heal, Kurt instantly making Pokeballs, among others.
Screenshots:
A massive thank you to everyone in the "pret" Discord, the Pokemon Crystal Disassembly and the many tutorials you have written.
Credits for one of the battle themes to Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm on Soundcloud, for the Team Rocket sprites to SirWhibbles on Deviantart, as well as LuigiTKO for the Menu Icons!
V1.1: Credits for Kris' running sprite to Seasick and for Chris' running sprite to Tom Wang.
Download patch (V1.6): https://workupload.com/file/QkuK4EdzEaz
Download docs: https://workupload.com/file/7hUFsUYDLye
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