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#How to rom hack pokemon xd series#
Both games were fantastic, spinoffs or not, bringing unique ideas and pushing the series in ways that would sadly never get revisited again.Īt least, not officially. It toned down some of the edgier aspects from its predecessor, while trying to balance some of the parts of the Shadow Pokemon system, all while teasing then-unknown and mysterious generation IV Pokemon, like Bonsly and Munchlax. With such a cool region, and story beats and ideas that felt a little darker than what you’d expect to see from the kid-friendly series, Colosseum sold well enough on the struggling Nintendo GameCube to get a sequel: Pokemon XD. Outside of those facets, it feels like a real deal 3D Pokemon game-an actual adventure, with story-not like the battle-sim-esque Pokemon Stadium. Since Colosseum also followed directly after the release of Ruby and Sapphire, every fight in the game is a double battle, meant to highlight what was a brand new feature at the time. Of course, there’s a caveat Nintendo wouldn’t exactly want to market a game where you play as an irredeemable bad guy-in Colosseum, you steal abused “Shadow Pokemon” from their evil trainers, in order to “purify” and save them. Taking away the standard “catch ‘em all” attitude from your average Pokemon game, instead of obtaining your Poke-friends in the wild, you steal them from other trainers. 2003’s Pokemon Colosseum might have been a spinoff, but I think not being a main series entry gave it the freedom and ability to be one of the most unique adventures in the franchise.įor those who didn’t grow up with Colosseum, the concept of the game sees you playing as an ex-criminal, who journeys through the rough western region of Orre, a land so desolate and tough that wild Pokemon don’t exist there. But a fully-fledged Pokemon game had already been released on a Nintendo console, nearly 20 years prior. Whether or not those two games managed to live up to most fans’ hopes depends on who you ask, but the lead-up to their release was quite possibly the most chaotic, dramatic, and controversial of any Pokemon game ever. I just don't think EV training should be this difficult is all.Pokemon Sword and Shield were hailed as the first mainline Pokemon games to grace a home console system, which laid some pretty big expectations. which is a range and if it doesn't KO I have to reset), and then I can swap as needed to make sure my mons get the EVs. I have to keep resetting the game until Gengar is sent out first so I can kill it before it can kill either of my mons I'm trying to train (which right now involves having my Clefable hold a Wise Glasses to OHKO Gengar with Psyshock. At the very least, please change that guy's Gengar to a different ability.
I get it's so you gain more EXP, but there are other ways to simply grind EXP with Pokemon up to par with yours. Because of his Gengar's Shadow Tag, I can't even swap out to a dummy Pokemon to prevent it from being knocked out and losing out on the EVs. The special attack EV guy in particular is brutal. I spent a while giving HP EVs to certain Pokemon because that's the only one I can easily defeat. His mons stayed at level 26, so I have no problem with him. Except the construction worker that gives HP EVs, oddly. It's nice getting 9 EVs per fight, except I can't even reliably defeat all 3 with the Pokemon I'm trying to train because they match the power of my Pokemon. Why are the EV training guys in Pyrite so strong? Right before I fought Snattle I was EV training with few problems, but then after beating Snattle I wanted to do it some more, only to find that the Pyrite trainers had a huge boost in power.
I love this hack but I have a huge issue with it that hampers my enjoyment of it.