Pokemon Limited Emerald: Boss Bash Bonanza GBA ROM
Hack Name: Pokemon Limited Emerald: Boss Bash Bonanza
Hack Original: Pokemon Emerald
Status: v1.1, 01.04.2022
Language: English
Hack Original: Pokemon Emerald
Status: v1.1, 01.04.2022
Language: English
Info
Pokémon Limited Emerald is a short challenge game that focuses only on a handful of big and challenging non-linear fights and resource management. At the same time it removes all the useless fluff from A for another annoying roadblock, to E for endless boring evil team gauntlets, to G for gruelling grinding, to P for pointless plot to Z for… zomething.
List of Features
- The Great Bossing Bashing:
- All Gym Leaders are in one place and like in a Mega Man game, players can freely choose who to take on first.
- Defeating a boss grants rewards, which further strengthen the team and help with future fights.
- All Pokémon are lv. 100 to allow for this freedom and remove level grinding at the same time.
- Resource Management:
- To make catching lv. 100 mons manageable only Master Balls exist, but they are limited. The player starts with 5 and can’t buy any more.
- But they can win a few extras (17 total) by defeating leaders.
- This encourages flexible and creative planning and routing depending on the situation the player might be in.
- Money is tight since there are not many battles. The shop may have some really good items, but they are costly…
- For a single Heart Scale the move tutor can help your Pokémon learn new moves besides the 4 they come with. But of course, Heart Scales are limited as well.
- You might find some lying around or win them from Gym Leaders.
- Absolutely NO GRINDING. Here is a list of things that you won't be getting hand cramps doing:
- Berry grinding
- EV grinding (neither you nor opponents get them)
- Money/Item grinding
- Friendship Grinding
- Lv. Grinding
- Major Features:
- Tactical boss fights with modern mechanics against strong opponents with competitive teams
- Absolute freedom in how you want to tackle the game's Gyms and in what order
- No wasting time on things that have nothing to do with the boss fights (Plot, waddling through huge routes, only a handful of regular trainers who are all optional)
- Access to all routes and areas after only a few minutes
- Small region and routes
- Adjusted old routes and some new areas/routes
- Tight resource management
- Marts have really good and useful items, but you need to decide what you can afford
- Adjusted TM's
- Pokémon, moves, abilities, mechanics, and items up to gen 7 (and some from gen 8)
- Around 75 available Pokémon to the player (all of which have been buffed/adjusted)
- Adjusted learn sets, abilities, base stats, types, and moves
- Mega Evolutions
- Adjusted in-game trades in Petalburg City
- NPC that gives a limited amount of berries
- New dialogue and personalities for the Gym Leaders and even some "hidden" "lore"
- QoL Features:
- BW repel system
- Running indoors
- Early bike in Oldale
- Press R in the stat summary to check your IVs, L for EVs (should be 0), and Start to go back to the regular stats screen
- Stats colored depending on nature (positive stat is red and negative is blue)
- Quick travel building from Petalburg City to Rustboro City
- Faster healing in Pokémon Centers
- Trainers use custom balls and one trainer even has nicknames
- Gym signs and the guy in the Pokémon League building give hints as to what kinds of teams the bosses might be using (helps if you want to play blind)
Screenshots
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