Looking for suggestions of a vanilla-ish hack of FireRed to play. The main things I don't want are: fakemon, and a different region than Kanto. Storywise I want it to be the same story as well, though if there are, say, some additional battles or something, that's OK. As far as mechanics, I'm fine with it being just some Quality of Life improvements like reusable TMs or Repel usage like what started in B2W2 etc. Some other changes like adding in Moves from later Gens or the Physical/Special Split or adding the Fairy type etc. I'm not necessarily looking for, but it's fine if they're included. I know what I'm asking about is kinda bland compared to some hacks, but any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
alright I usually don't try to just rec my stuff, but if you want mostly normal game with only a few changes, my stuff may be up your alley.
I have 2 hacks done so far that are both base fire red, my hacks are mostly feauture/mechanics based so they are both the normal story for the most part, but with a twist that changes how you interact with the world you know to make it new and fun again.
First is
Pokemon Z-Random - which features moveset edits so the only damaging attack is metronome - more info at the link.
The other is
Pokemon Inverse Alter - it's still new so I'll be a bit vague, but it reverses certain functions in the game, making some pokemon and abilities that were bad, much better.
They are both built with cfru, but the random hack is more feature rich, it has all pokemon in original game accessible, custom move sets for every pokemon *by necessity
updated evolution methods (to make later gen and trade evolutions more accessible) reusable TMs, HMs are usable without teaching them. You get running shoes earlier as well, and if you want you can treat it like an open-world experience and explore the world in nearly any order.
A few pokemon are found in different areas. Also some have slightly boosted stats to make them more viable.
And every move into gen 8, is useable via metronome.
Inverse Alter has reusable tms, early running shoe, and move relearner access, and augmented mart items (just to a lesser degree than the other game) *also due to necessity