The progression of the game is also the same. This includes: Pokémon base stats, abilities, learnable moves, etc. This means that there are several things that are NOT changed from the vanilla game. I took a few liberties with this (the Kanto starters are catchable in the wild, for example) but for the most part I stuck to that rule. First of all, one of my major goals with this hack was to create an experience that still felt like it could be a vanilla Pokémon game. Nearly every evolution line from the first 2 generations is seen at least once. Team Rocket grunts no longer spam Koffing and Zubat. Most gym leaders have had their aces changed to Johto Pokémon. There are no massive level jumps like in the vanilla game.īoth the bosses and generic trainers utilize a much wider variety of Pokémon compared to the vanilla game. This, theoretically, provides a smoother transition through the major battles of the game. The bosses increase in level much faster than the original game. The level curve of the game has been completely overhauled. The only exceptions are the Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. Several gen 4 Pokémon (evolutions of gens 1 and 2 Pokémon) are also obtainable. The vast majority of the 251 Pokémon introduced in gens 1 and 2 are available before entering the Hall of Fame. SoulSilver Deluxe is a hack of SoulSilver that accomplishes 3 major things: I couldn't find any hacks that fit that description, so I decided to make one myself.

But sometimes I just wanted to play something closer to the original experience. Some of these hacks are truly incredible. They changed a lot about the core experience of the game. In my (admittedly not incredibly thorough) research, all of the hacks I found had one thing in common. Turning to ROMhacks wasn't the solution either. I wanted to have fun with the games so badly, but just couldn't find it in me unless I was in a very specific mood.

There's a lot to love, but my enjoyment with them has always been held back by a number of core design flaws. I, quite frankly, am not a big fan of the Gen 4 Johto games, HeartGold and SoulSilver. There's some preamble and explanation, but I'll include a TL DR at the bottom so people don't have to read through all of this if they don't want to. Hey all, I wanted to share a simple ROMhack I've been working on that I've gotten to a point I'm happy with.

Pokemon soulsilver rom