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FireRed hack: Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus GBA English Version (Complete 1.2.1.2)

Inner Rhymes said:
So, I think the Portuguese version got a solid update with an improved Sprite set for the main character. Do you have plans on adding this to your translation?
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Yes so what I'm actually doing is taking the original version I based the english version on, creating a patch using the latest release, then applying that patch to an edited version of the current game. This brings as many of the updates, translation, and fixes as possible to the new version of the game. The release version when it comes out will have everything that PCL.G added plus the english translation and a few optimizations that ive made along the way. This does mean that for the time being, I've had to remove the gen 9 mons I added.

At this point the game is about 75% translated. Once I complete the translation, I will be reviewing my changelog and implementing the fixes I have made over the time that I have been maintaining the English version. Once the translation is perfected and the updates made, I will be moving 100% to my next project.
 
Saw a playthrough of this rom hack recently by a youtuber called Vizery, one thing that bothered me greatly is the soundtrack still being the vanilla FRLG one

Is the creator planning to put music from Galar into this? I'm aware it may be impossible to implement music from beyond Gen 4 onto GBA (Rogue Emerald's recent update as a example to have music from HGSS even), but it feels so weird hearing Kanto music in this. Just curious is all though.
 
Tendoman77 said:
Saw a playthrough of this rom hack recently by a youtuber called Vizery, one thing that bothered me greatly is the soundtrack still being the vanilla FRLG one

Is the creator planning to put music from Galar into this? I'm aware it may be impossible to implement music from beyond Gen 4 onto GBA (Rogue Emerald's recent update as a example to have music from HGSS even), but it feels so weird hearing Kanto music in this. Just curious is all though.
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Rogue is emerald decomp based so it's not 1:1 translatable as this is a binary hack. It's possible to add new music and I can confirm that there is some new music in the newest update, but i have not comprehensively gone thru and looked to change it. Demaking the gen 8 music would be a significant undertaking, to which i am under-qualified, and frankly o don't have the time to try to learn. It might be possible to add some hg/ss music, but this is not a priority at the moment.
 
phantonomy said:
Hi Everyone!

I've been obsessed with the idea of GBA demakes for later games for a little while now. I stumbled across PCL.g and Jean star's Sword and Shield GBA game.

There are a few versions of this game floating around online. The regular version and an ultimate version. The regular version is in both Portuguese and English, while the Ultimate version is only in Portuguese.

While very cool in concept, these games all suffer from compatibility issues. They can only be played on specific emulators with specific settings. I did a deep dive into all of these roms in order to try to gain functionality on real hardware (ie, flashable repro. carts). The non-ultimate versions have a bug which will not allow you to progress past the title screen and will crash. I have had no success in fixing that version.

That left me with the Ultimate version. The Ultimate version worked...kinda. It contained game breaking bugs which caused crashes when you try to view either your bag or your party. This makes it impossible to catch Pokemon, use items, and many other issues which you could conceive.

I have fixed those bugs and now the game is playable on all emulators I have tested (mGBA, VBA-M, and no$gba) and functions on reflashed reproduction cartridges as well as on the Analogue pocket's openFPGA.

The game was still only in Portuguese. As a native English speaker, I wanted to play in my own language. I have faithfully translated the Ultimate version into English.

Here I am sharing a .ups patch which you can patch to a base Fire Red ROM which you may use to play on any medium of your choosing!

I want to again emphasize. I take no credit for the creation of this ROM hack, I merely translated it to English and fixed some bugs to make it compatible with real hardware. I asked PCL.G for permission to distribute this version and he approved my request.

Credit:
Full credit to PCL.G and Jean stars, and various other members of their team who helped bring this rom to life originally!

Features:
- Full Gym Challenge.
- Full Sword and Shield Story.
- Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra post-game.
- Auto-run by pressing L.
- Dexnav in the menu.
- Dynamax by pressing R on a move in battle when Dynamax is possible.
- Gigantimax
- Mega evolution
- Z-moves
- Ultra beasts


Screenshots:
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Known Bugs:

  • in the mission to get the Z-bracelet, please give the man his Mudsdale back. Holding on to it will cause issues.
  • in the Isle of Armor, the absolute last thing you should do is battle Honey, she gives you the crown pass. She may give it to you if you haven't completed everything else.
  • Some collision issues.
  • Few scenarios where there are blank or repeated text boxes.

Wyndon Gift Codes:


"3211" - Zacian (shiny)
"4092" - Zamazenta (shiny)
"4284" - Eternatus (shiny)
"4418" - Eevee lvl 5 (shiny)
"4493" - Machamp (shiny)
"5377" - Corviknight (shiny)
"5563" - Alcremie (shiny)
"7060" - Victini
"7268" - Meloetta
"7877" - Diancie
"7909" - Hoopa (with "prisonbottle" item)
"7950" - Marshadow
"8033" - Zarude
"8992" - Melmetal (shiny)
"2023" - Charizard (shiny)
"oizber" - 2 x Calyrex (shiny)
"ufhgdz" - Ash Pikachu (shiny)
"jsvmru" - Rayquaza (shiny)
"uhqyek" - Deoxys (shiny)
"bluestars4" - Mewtwo (shiny)

UPDATE:

I know that PCLg has dropped an update. I am working to port that update over to this version. All work on this current version will be stopped. So 3.1.5 will be the final release of this version of the game. The next release will be the translated overhaul of PCLGs latest update. Stay tuned. No timeline as I have begun my next project and this is taking a backseat.

Changelog from version 1.0:

  • Untranslated text for if you selected a female character.
  • Names of pokemon with regional forms do not have period in front of them.
  • When you recieve the rotom phone, the description is now in english.
  • If you try to enter the route to magnolias house before you talk to leon at the lab, he will now tell you to go talk to leon instead of to go and get a potion.
  • Portuguese text after loosing to Hop at magnolias house
  • Portuguese text at the desk in the Motostoke Stadium
  • Portuguese text during the initial bike encounter at the bridge.
  • Portuguese text when looking at the "tapestries" for the darkest day story
  • EV / IV checker desription modified, Item sprite changed to a Carbos (seemed fitting)
  • Evolution items descriptions translated to english
  • League card item names and descriptions translated
  • Other various key items descriptions modified
  • Changed the trainer on route 2 to say Squirtle instead of caterpie.
  • Added a note to Sonia's dialogue when she gives you rotom phone to let you know its also a PC.
  • Battle tower now fully translated
  • Mystery gift translated
  • tart and sweet apple now work correctly
  • various translation and grammer corrections.
  • shiny rate dropped from ~1/250 to 1/8192. You should not get any more palette-less shinies.
  • Bag graphics modified to white background
  • Text boxes now have a slight grey border.
  • Karrablast/Shelmet evolution method corrected, evolves via link cable item
  • Umbreon and Espeon can now be obtained via Moon and Sun Stone for those who dont have RTC. Normal time based methods can still be used
  • Rockruff can be evolved via Moon, Dawn, and Dusk stone for Midnight, Midday, and Dusk form Lycanroc for those who don't have RTC. Normal time based methods can still be used.
  • Poliwhirl evolves to Politoed via link cable.
  • Pikachu evolves to Alolan Raichu via water stone.
  • Dusclops evolves via Reaper Cloth like a stone.
  • various grammatical corrections.
  • various remaining Portuguese translated to English.
  • Town map on the walls will now load correctly.
  • Allister league card name corrected
  • Various Trainer named fixed.
  • various typos corrected.
  • untranslated text in crown tundra translated.
  • Shaderoot carrot name translated
  • NPC security guard at Kabu's gym will now direct the player to the hotel to battle Marnie to help prevent players from getting lost.
  • Added Hisuian Typhlosion, Decidueye, and Samurott, evolve from 2nd stage using Link Cable.
  • Added Archeludon, Evolve from Duraludon using Link Cable.
  • Added Dipplin and Hydrapple, evolves from Applin via level up at level 30 and 44 respectively.
  • Split evolution regionals like Exeggcute, Cubone, Koffing, and Mime Jr. evolve into their kanto forms by default. Use a link cable to evolve to Alolan/Galar form, or use an ice stone on Mime Jr. for ice type Mr. Mime.
  • Added new Wild Area water spawns (fishing and surfing) to Wild Area 1 (near Motostoke Station), Wild Area 6 (Ice), Wild Area 8 (Dragon).
  • Translated Portuguese text in the Pokemon League.
  • Various other translations. There should be no remaining untranslated text.
  • Fixed Hydrapple shiny palette.
  • Fixed Koffing unable to evolve into Galar Weezing, Now evolves by default into Kanto Weezing. Use a Link cable to evolve into Galar Weezing.
  • Fixed Jynx abilities.
  • Added water spawns in Galar mine 1, Route 5, Route 6, and more!
  • Nearly all water should have fishing and surfing spawns. Isle of armor doesn't have as many fishing spawns though.
  • Zweilous spawns in the dragon wild area now.
  • Fixed softlock that trapped players in Rose tower.
  • NPC in 3rd gym will direct players more accurately to avoid them getting lost.
  • Rusty Sword and Shield items will work to convert Box Legends.
  • NPC in the Crown Tundra will sell Rusty Sword/Shield, costs 1 pokedollar,
  • Circhester restaurant event text translated completely.
  • Dynamax raids should all have english text.
  • G-corsola now spawns on the left side of Wild Area 6 (Ice)
  • Re-revamped water spawns (both surfing and fishing).
  • NPC on island at the top right of the Isle of Armor text translated.
  • Corviknight taxi softlock fixed, NPCs now block progression to Ballonlea until you have completed the mural event!
  • Eevee kid NPC in Wyndon that causes the game to freeze if interacted with at a certain progression removed.
  • Grassy hill tiles will no longer tell you the current is too fast if you interact with it
  • Battle UI now says "HP" instead of "PS"
  • Fishing spawns by Magnolia's house revamped to make Arrokuda accessible in the early game.
  • Dhelmise now spawns on Route 9 outside of Spikemuth
  • Oaks parcel description updated to make logical sense with the story
  • When using a key item when not supposed to, Sonia will give you advice rather than oak.
  • Various collision fixes
  • Fixed a tile i accidently swapped in wedghurst
  • Removed a farfetched from route 5 that thinks its an applin.
Credit to thedarkdragon11 on pokecommunity for Hisuian sprites, Archeludon, and Dipplin. Credit to DegelAlex on deviantart for the basis of the Hydrapple back sprite, and https://twitter.com/EBaruON on twitter/X for the basis for the Hydrapple Front sprite. I did modify the Hydrapple sprite myself to properly downsize it to 64x64 for use in this rom.



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Download:
Download from the discord server [new releases go there first!] or

Download Version 3.1.5:
Attached .bps file. Left file patch to FireRed USA, Europe (Rev1), Right patch to squirrels. Patch using Rom Patcher JS. Patching tutorial available on the discord.[/URL]
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Does the shiny charm work in this game?
 
phantonomy said:
BIG update patch coming soon. PCLG released an update with more content. Translation is complete working with some testers to fix bugs and add polish
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I am so excited for this! Does the new version script out the events in the base SWSH better than the previous one, as well as add new music?
 
Inner Rhymes said:
I am so excited for this! Does the new version script out the events in the base SWSH better than the previous one, as well as add new music?
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There is some new music. The story is mostly unchanged (it was already very faithful to the original) . Side quests are a big change here, as well as some graphical changes, and dynamax adventures was overhauled.
 
Are all the pokemon in the pokedex obtainable or are some locked behind trades/not catchable?
 
solarghost said:
Are all the pokemon in the pokedex obtainable or are some locked behind trades/not catchable?
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I've tried to make everything available. Since there is limited space for spawns (a function of only being to put X amount of spawns per route and X # routes in the game), i have tried to include as many mons as possible. If you notice anything missing, i can try to work it in, just let me know.
 
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