Entry N°1085
Pokemon Sour Crystal v5.0
GBC Completed Hack of Crystal
> SCAN COMPLETE
> DATA SHEET
- PLATFORM
- GBC
- STATUS
- Completed
- BASE ROM
- Crystal
- BUILD
- 5.0
- LANG
- English
- AUTHOR
- SoupPotato
> OVERVIEW
Pokemon Sour Crystal is an 'improvement hack' of Pokemon Crystal. It is 5 years in the making, created with the mindset of updating it to current-gen standards.
◆ ABOUT
Pokemon Sour Crystal is a GBC ROM Hack by SoupPotato based on Pokemon Crystal in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on August 18, 2024.
◆ FEATURES · 32 TOTAL
- ▸ New Custom Pokémon Sprites done by me. Over 200 have been tweaked/redone
- ▸ A Challenge Mode System which can be set during a New Game
- ▸ A fully-functioning Safari Zone with 4 custom Biomes to explore
- ▸ Unique Party sprites
- ▸ Updated Stats up to gen9
- ▸ Updated Move properties: Base Power, Accuracy, effects .etc
- ▸ Updated Movepools
- ▸ Upgraded trainer rematch system to make grinding more enjoyable and rewarding
- ▸ A complete overhaul of the PC Box which now functions like Gen3. No more saving between boxes required
- ▸ Some post-game Pokémon are now available in Johto such as Houndour and Slugma
- ▸ Upgraded battle color system for more dynamic attack animations
- ▸ Updated attack animations for some moves
- ▸ All 251 Pokémon obtainable
- ▸ Instant Apricorn Balls
- ▸ Visible Berries and Apricorns on the Overworld. Each tree respawns at 12:00am each day
- ▸ A Berry Pocket to reduce your main pocket from getting full
- ▸ A new Pager system that replaces the need for HM slaves
- ▸ Reusable TMs
- ▸ Overworld Weather
- ▸ The Ghost-Type is now special and the Dark-Type and Dragon-Type are now Physical
- ▸ A new Swarm system with more than 95 different swarms. Swarming Pokémon now have an increased chance of being shiny
- ▸ Almost all bugs from gen2 have been fixed.
- ▸ Kanto has been restored to its gen1 size including some cut areas
- ▸ Kanto now has Headbutt trees
- ▸ All HGSS-exclusive routes and trainers have been ported
- ▸ Trade Evolutions can now also be obtained by using a new item called the Linking Cord or by simply using the item required for trading on the Pokémon. (King’s Rock, Metal Coat, etc.)
- ▸ A Move Reminder
- ▸ And many other small goodies to find!
- ▸ Following Pokémon
- ▸ Physical/Special Split
- ▸ No gen3+ Pokémon
- ▸ No fakemon or beta mons
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◆ NEXT STEP
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