Pokemon Shining Crystal (GBC)

Pokemon Shining Crystal GBC ROM

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Hack Name: Pokemon Shining Crystal
Hack Original: Pokemon Crystal
Status: 2024.8.14
Language: English

Info

Shining Crystal is a Crystal ROM hack that adds significant difficulty and many quality-of-life features while remaining largely true to the original game.

List of Features

All boss teams are updated, often with more challenging Pokemon with stronger movesets.
There are modifications to the trainer and wild-level curves. These are especially prominent in the postgame.
Opponent status moves no longer have a 25% accuracy debuff.
Many bosses have buffed DVs.
Badge boosts, including attack type and stat boosts, are removed from the game.
More opponent Pokemon now hold items.
TMs are reusable.
Certain TMs previously only available in the post-game are now accessible earlier.
There are new TMs added.
HMs are deletable.
All wild encounter tables are updated. Trade, gift, and egg Pokemon are also changed.
Some Pokemon have increased catch rates. This makes them more suitable as early-game encounters for nuzlockers.
Fewer Pokemon flee and Pokemon with roar or whirlwind in their level-up learnset have it removed. The roaming legendaries still always flee unless trapped.
Some previously unavailable Pokemon are now catchable. All legendaries including the Kanto birds, mew, and Mewtwo are catchable before the Pokemon League.
Some gift and trade Pokemon are replaced with new Pokemon.
Eggs hatch with fewer steps.
Friendship accrues quickly.
There are changes to the starter options.
Many Pokemon have learn set upgrades.
The evolution stones are now purchasable in certain marts. There are some other changes to mart items.
All marts have rare candies available for 1 poker dollar. This is to eliminate the need for grinding, especially for nuzlockers.
Kurt gives apricorn balls instantly.
Select moves are buffed.
A few Pokemon have their base stats buffed. For example - feraligatr, noctowl, and arcanine's special attack and attack stats are reversed compared to the vanilla games. Ie - feraligatr now has 105 special attack and 79 attack.
DVs are no longer associated with gender. Hidden power type is still based on DVs.
The clock change procedure is simplified. From the title screen, you press Down + B + Select to reset the clock.
There is a tradeback NPC and move reminder added to the game.
Almost all trainers have buffed AI.
No new Pokemon or fakemon are added.
There are no changes to the map.
The physical-special split, abilities, and natures are not in this game.