

One thing though, one trainer on the route 115, the Pokemon Collector, only have a level 24 or so Seviper, while the other trainers in the area has 2-3 pokemons with a level about 60 in comparison. I enjoyed reading them and feel disheartened when I arrived at the last page available, I'm really looking forward to the completion of the guide! :biggrin:Īll in all, this ROM hack has rekindled my passion for Pokemon games! Ruby Sapphire has always been my favorite and this ROM hack further increased my love for this gen! It's been a long time since last I've played a game that compelled me to stayed up all night long to keep playing! Many thanks to you and this ROM hack, Dio Vento, I'll be looking forward to your next work for Sun and Moon! :biggrin: Speaking of which, the guide is also fantastic.While the writing is still the same, in the original game the context are more humorous, but in this ROM hack it makes them as if they are truly strong trainers each with their own personality and strategy and establishes Team Magma as a group not to be underestimated. Notable part is the Team Magma grunts duo in the Oceanic Museum, the first grunt who used "Simple" Numel and Magmar said it was impossible for him to be beaten by a kid, while the second grunt self proclaiming as future Ace employs a more complex strategy using Toxic Spikes and Venoshock. The increased the difficulty also (unintentionally) altered some parts of the story's context to a more serious feel and make it more enjoyable.One specific Ace Trainer, the one who used a Flame Orb Sigilyph and Mega Aerodactyl pushed my team so hard it was horrifying. Aside from the Gym Leaders, the Ace Trainers also quite fearsome.His Slaking is unexpectedly terrifying, able to take down my Skarmory with ineffective attack! The Gym Leaders are very fun while also terrifying, I've never thought I'd have so many troubles and lost against them! Brawly's team in particular terrorize me so much to the point I had to caught an Emolga for my temporary 5th team member! Norman is also a beast, he's the one that gave me the most trouble by far.After all, it's just like what the guide says: every trainer have the same chance as you to become a strong trainer. I really like the thoughts you put into the team designs, even to the random trainers, I was really surprised that the first Mega Evolution to appear showed up long before even the first gym leader that have them! And actually, this makes sense, since the Mega Stones are scattered everywhere in the world and it's should be unsurprising that normal, random trainers can have them.WARNING! This below here are spoilers for those who have yet played this ROM hack.

Speaking of game design, I can see a lot of thoughts were put into designing the teams and battles, I've only beaten the 5th gym as of current, but I have a few moments I'd like to share:

Yes, this ROM hack pushed me to buy a copy of the real game! If this is the case with many other players, Nintendo should be proud of you, heck, I wish they'd hire you for their game designer! :biggrin: I had my doubts at first and had a hard time to decide whether I should buy a copy of Omega Ruby to play this. I've never tampered with homebrew nor ROM hack previously and frankly, I was afraid I'd end up unsuccessful setting up the homebrew, or not enjoying this and stopped midway. After all, the encounters are very well designed and I felt I'd disregard the creator's effort of designing them if I didn't use them. I've switched to 679 build shortly after my last post and decided to play this ROM hack as it was designed, all pokemon unlocked. I just want to share my experience with this ROM hack, is it okay to dump it here?įirst of all, let me say this ROM is FANTASTIC.
