GBC Hack of Crystal

Pokemon Johto Legends

Pokémon Johto Legends refreshes Crystal with a larger Pokédex, modern battle systems, expanded moves, and practical quality-of-life upgrades.

  • Modern mechanics
  • Quality of life
Plays on
PC · Android · iPhone (emulator)
Base game
Pokémon Crystal
Version
Beta v0.3.5
Made by
Ferropexola

About Pokemon Johto Legends

A broader Pokédex, the Fairy type, and the physical/special split give Pokémon Johto Legends a more modern Crystal-style battle experience. Ferropexola's English GBC beta v0.3.5 hack of Crystal adds newer moves, revised movepools, updated evolutions, reusable TMs, Key Item HMs, and optional Generation 6-style Exp. Share. It also improves daily rematches, swarms, berry storage, rock-smashing rewards, and battle AI. Pokémon can be checked for DVs, EVs, caught location, level, and friendship from expanded stat pages.

What's in it

  • Includes 311 Pokémon from Generations 1–4, plus Sylveon, Cursola, and Skarmini, a Skarmory pre-evolution.
  • Adds 395 moves from across the generations, including the original Steel Slice.
  • Removes Beat Up, Bide, Conversion2, Frustration, and Nightmare to make room for more moves.
  • Uses the physical/special split.
  • Adds the Fairy type.
  • Steel no longer resists Dark or Ghost.
  • Ice resists Water and Electric as well as Ice.
  • Raises the stats of many fully evolved Pokémon below 500 BST and gives some new type combinations.
  • Replaces Stat Experience with EVs, capped at 510.
  • Stat pages show DVs and EVs, plus caught time, location, level, and friendship on a fourth page.
  • Updates most moves to match their current-generation counterparts.
  • Uses movepools similar to their Generation 7 versions.
  • Adds items such as Choice Band and Life Orb to the Battle Tower for Battle Points.
  • Adds new evolution methods, including a Link Cable item for trade evolutions; items such as Metal Coat work like evolution stones.
  • Gives every Poké Ball a unique sprite.
  • Includes 70 TMs and 17 Move Tutor moves, with reusable TMs.
  • Replaces HMs with Key Items.
  • Makes Running Shoes available from the start.
  • Removes the password requirement for resetting the time.
  • Fixes multiple glitches, lets Apricorn Balls be bought in Ecruteak City, and makes every status affect catch rate.
  • Raises Fast Ball's catch rate against faster Pokémon.
  • Stops wild Pokémon from fleeing.
  • Upgrades swarms, raises shiny odds for swarming Pokémon, and includes 10 swarms.
  • Allows up to five berries from each tree.
  • Adds a separate berry pouch and modern berry names.
  • Lets rock smashing yield items, including revivable fossils.
  • Allows daily Gym Leader rematches and unlimited rematches with trainers on some routes.
  • Prevents AI status moves from failing 25% of the time and includes other minor AI fixes.
  • The Hidden Power TM giver reveals a Pokémon's Hidden Power type.
  • Makes experience and Exp. Share work like Generation 6, with Exp. Share toggleable at any time.

Screenshots

Pokemon Johto Legends in-game screenshot 1

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