Touhoumon Tweaked GBA ROM
Hack Name: Touhoumon Tweaked
Hack Original: Pokemon FireRed
Status: v2.5
Language: English
Hack Original: Pokemon FireRed
Status: v2.5
Language: English
Info
This hack is intended to be two things. First, a spiritual successor to touhoumon emerald AE's "1.5-styled evolutions in a 1.8-styled typings" deal. The other was to have a hack to help newer players bridge the gap between the 1.5-based hacks, and the 1.8-based hacks/fangames. As such, it also features the 1.5 evolutions/1.8 typings system that AE had. Although in this case, I've also brought over the Physical/special split and most of the moves from 1.8 as well. Now is there any reason to play this hack if you DO know 1.8 inside and out? Not really, since there aren't really any game-changing alterations to Kanto or to the touhoumons, but if you want a change of pace, feel free to give this hack a shot.
List of Features
- Alternate evolutions! Expanding on AE's idea of the transcended puppets, every single puppet has one "Alt" form, which plays very differently compared to their normal forms. They can be accessed by using a mystery shard on a puppet's middle evolution stage. Almost every puppet has an Alt form, and most of the exceptions don't even have Ex forms. Even minor characters like Shizuha and Meira get Alts! There are five mystery shards during the main game, and more can be bought during the postgame. Some puppets also have other forms, such as advent and PC98 forms.
- Your starters this time around are mostly 1.5 starters, with Reimu and Marisa reprising their roles; but Sakuya has been replaced with Kokoro in order to form a Faith/Reason/Heart triangle.
- The scripts have been edited heavily, so NPC's only mention pokemon when it's contextually appropriate. Otherwise, they'll refer to puppets and touhou-ish things. Additionally, some very important scripts like move descriptions, Pokedex entries, and even the type chart have been edited to be fully accurate. There have also been mass decapitalizations, so NPC's no longer shout their important lines at you.
- The type chart has been edited from the 1.8 charts to bring three new types to the table! The first is wind, which is now separated from both electricity and flying. The second is the fairy, brought over from Kalos and modified to fit Touhou's fairies a bit better. the final type is the dragon, carried over from 1.5 and is just as rare as it was back then.
- New gym leaders! While their personalities are nothing exciting, They provide for a fresh Kanto experience as you have to deal with whole new gym types. Giovanni is still around doing his earthly thing, however, and there are reports that Sabrina is still somewhere in the region.
- New puppets! Many puppets have been added into the game compared to 1.5 vanilla, such as every puppet added from UFO to DDC, as well as a few other puppets such as Rinnosuke and the Watasuki sisters. All of these puppets, along with the PC98 puppets, are available in the main game.
- Tasteful difficulty! Like touhoumon purple version, gym leaders and important trainers in this game focus more on playing puppets to their strengths, as opposed to overwhelming you with bloated BST's or throwing out puppets that don't share the gym type at you. While this hack isn't as hard as purple, it's about on-par with some of the harder pokemon games.
- Reusable TMs! Just like the later pokemon gens, TMs can now be used as much as you like. Feel free to add a bit of diversity into your movesets without having to worry about losing a TM forever!