Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Finished playing Pokémon Emerald Enhanced for the second time and loved it, the quest system, the new areas, the new stuff to do and so on. Is there any other hack rom like this?

I already replied to this post, but I would like to bring u Pokémon Emerald Seaglass, a game that implements a Gen 2 æsthetic to Pokémon Emerald while ironically updating other features. You even get following Pokémon here.

https://ko-fi.com/s/bd477ec2c2

The only big problem is the developer using they/them pronouns.

 

[Registration]

I already replied to this post, but I would like to bring u Pokémon Emerald Seaglass, a game that implements a Gen 2 æsthetic to Pokémon Emerald while ironically updating other features. You even get following Pokémon here.

https://ko-fi.com/s/bd477ec2c2

The only big problem is the developer using they/them pronouns.

Is this just a graphic mod with vanilla emerald? Since I just beat emerald enhanced and played for even longer than normal, maybe now it isn't the time...

As for the Sword and Shield demake, I finished playing the island challenge and Holy fuck, the map gets even worse, I was literally lost at the island and hopping crows looking for slowpokes, people and even gyms. I destroyed every battle with my overleveled team and put most of them at lvl 100. Got a bear as a reward and did more raids.

Got an item that sent me back to this snow island where there are raids, lvl 100 trainers, ultra beasts and looks like a quest for a new dude and legendaries. Guess I will stop right now since the map is just like another gigantic island and I doubt something cool will cole of it. Had a really hard raid fight with a lvl 70 gigantamax zekrom who would wipe my team and had 8 bars of defensive that I had to revive scum and heal to get some bars and finally beat and catch it.

Now... I sure can't talk about the normal sword and shield since I never played, but if this demake was similar to the original game, damn the story was a nothingburger and it had lots and lots of texts. I am not sure if it was just me not giving a shit but I dont remember platinum/hgSS having that much text on the game.

This demake felt less than various hackroms that I played and I dont blame the hack, but maybe the normal pokémon games seems... Hollow, less things to do. I remember loving playing the underground mines, and sword and shield gimmick was... Gigantamax, that is a fucking chore. The only good thing is the rare candy rewards that comes from it.

It may sounds like a doompost but what the fuck happened? I played every single game up to gen 4 and had a blast but this demake felt hollow somehow, felt barebones as gen 1. (My gen 3 bias is strong but even I cannsee that gen 4 is better, so it isnt a genwunner syndrome)

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Is this just a graphic mod with vanilla emerald? Since I just beat emerald enhanced and played for even longer than normal, maybe now it isn't the time...

Nope. I should have been more detailed:

• Complete Visual Overhaul: Enjoy a cozy, Game Boy Color-inspired aesthetic with revamped graphics throughout the game.
• All Gen 1-3 Pokémon and More: Catch every Pokémon from Generations 1-3, along with cross-generation evolutions like Roserade, Mamoswine, and Farigiraf.
• Tweaks to Underrated Pokémon: Underused Pokémon have been given exciting updates (e.g., Ghost/Flying Noctowl, Grass/Dragon Sceptile, Water/Fire Octillery) to enhance their viability.
• Modernized Battle Engine: Experience the latest mechanics, including the Physical/Special split and the Fairy type.
• New Minigames and Events: Participate in fresh activities, such as a Scuba Diving competition in Pacifidlog Town and Pinball games that unlock rare items and Alolan Eggs.
• Following Pokémon: Bring your Pokémon along on your adventure with a following Pokémon feature.
• Rustboro City Wishing Well: Use Wishing Stars in a gacha-like system to obtain random Pokémon, adding an element of surprise to your playthroughs.
• In-Game Cheat Codes: Access cheat codes directly through the Player’s GameCube, offering fun customization options.
• Adjustable Difficulty and Settings: Toggle Hard Mode, Soft Level Cap, and more by interacting with a book on the Player’s desk.
• Enhanced Battle Backgrounds: Battles now feature lively, improved backgrounds that add flair to every encounter.
• Unique Pokémon Typings: Certain Pokémon with traditionally “boring” types have been reimagined with new typing niches.
• Improved Battle Sprites: Enjoy updated sprites, thanks to contributions from the Substitube and SageDeoxys communities.
• Revamped HM System: HMs no longer take up move slots—once you obtain an HM and the corresponding badge, eligible Pokémon can use the move outside of battle automatically.
• Auto-Run Toggle: Press R to enable or disable auto-run at your convenience.
• Refined Tiles: Many tiles have been updated for a more polished appearance (with contributions from Arex on itch).
• Spiky-Ear Pichu: This special Pokémon is now obtainable, with better stats than before. Finding it is a fun Easter egg for those who explore!
• Quality of Life (QoL) Features: Options include disabling battle backgrounds for a GBC-like experience, turning off the soft level cap, and enabling Hard Mode for a greater challenge.
• All Legendaries Included: Discover and catch all Legendaries, many with expanded events. Some, like Mew, Ho-oh, and Lugia, are accessible before you face the Champion, adding excitement for both new and veteran players.
• Rustboro Wishing Well – Gacha System: Use Wishing Stars (found early or purchased later) to get random Level 1 Pokémon, adding replayability and variety to your playthroughs.
• New Events and Items: Unlock helpful items like the Shiny Charm and even encounter Pokémon from future generations, including Tinkatink and Applin!

REMEMBER: the in-game PokéDex has been upgraded to show a ton more detailed information about Pokémon, including evolution methods and movesets! Please remember to use it!

I played every single game up to gen 4 and had a blast but this demake felt hollow somehow, felt barebones as gen 1.

Maybe I should play the demake myself. I already played about half of SwSh; maybe I can compare.

 

[Registration]

Man the game looks great, what I dont like are the white outlines and how my pokémon moves after beating an enemy, I always think he was poisoned. They added more houses to the second village, and this river to the third, I wonder how they will do the other cities. Even emerald enhanced didn't change locations, but added others.

I always wondered if hack roms cant change the pallete colors or objects due to code or space limitation, I would love to see a PC-98 vibe pokémon game.

Now back to the Sword and Shield demake,
One feature that I never saw in any pokemon game and I loved is how they change the colors of the attacks to show if it is super effective or not, they have color variations for every combination and even for me that already knew of the types combinations, it helped a lot, even more when I don't know many of these new pokemon in the game. So it is a feature that was completely amazing and should be in other games.

 

[negativlad]

Seaglass is very pretty, the Pokédex is much improved, and I kinda like rolling the Rustboro well gacha machine after cheating in a few dozen of the item to roll it. However, there’s a lot of visual bugs (including a very pronounced and consistent menu flicker which the programmer insists is working as intended to prevent slowdown) and frankly I’m way too used to Gen 5 TM mechanics now to go back to the one-and-done days outside of the old vanilla games. I’d generally recommend it, just know you’re getting closer to an Emerald visual upgrade with a few fun/useful additions than a full Emerald enhancement.

 

[Registration]

Playing Emerald Seaglass, jesus that Heracross fucked me over hard, had to save scum paralyze to win against it, he would oneshot all my team without fail, and I barely had effective moves against it.

I have a personal rule that I always use pokemon that I never used before but I am breaking in this game since it gives johto vibes, I will do with my favorites from Johto.

Also the Pokedex system in this game is so fucking awesome, no more going into bulbapedia to see the moveset level or when it evolves. Also the best addition so far is the dive mini game, it is literally a smaller version of the pokemon park but underwater, kinda shame there is just 200 steps and the pokémon dont appear. It is really hard to win tho, After 20 tries I only won twice.

I am really enjoying the game.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

@IsaACKRepentance fuck you for getting me into rouge.​

I refuse to quit until i beat it atleast once!

 

[Registration]

Man the diving treasure minigame is really fun. Without any item, I got a lvl 35 Huntail worth 500 points, later by using the item that attracts stronger mons, I managed to get 800 points.

The minigame ends up being a fun way to Farm gold. What I dislike is the lvl cap. Let me overlevel this shit

 

[negativlad]

I just fucked up my Inclement Emerald EX playthrough by giving myself all the TMs at the start for team building purposes. Now Roxanne cannot give me her Rock Tomb TM, preventing moving her dialogue forward to the part where she gives me her Cut guy (IE and its cousin Radical Red both do a sort of Alola thing where you just summon an HM slave instead of having one yourself). You cannot drop, sell, or let a mon hold TMs; essentially all Gym leaders will be softlocked from now on. I regret my deeds and now I have to trudge around with a Bibarrel in a difficulty hack.

Fuck this I’m going back to Seaglass, it looks like a lot of fun, TMs be damned.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

One feature that I never saw in any pokemon game and I loved is how they change the colors of the attacks to show if it is super effective or not,

Pokemon games have told you if an attack is super effective for some time. You just have to beat the Pokemon once or hit them with an attack for it to tell you underneath the attack.

They don’t do colours though.

 

[Registration]

I just fucked up my Inclement Emerald EX playthrough by giving myself all the TMs at the start for team building purposes. Now Roxanne cannot give me her Rock Tomb TM, preventing moving her dialogue forward to the part where she gives me her Cut guy (IE and its cousin Radical Red both do a sort of Alola thing where you just summon an HM slave instead of having one yourself). You cannot drop, sell, or let a mon hold TMs; essentially all Gym leaders will be softlocked from now on. I regret my deeds and now I have to trudge around with a Bibarrel in a difficulty hack.

Fuck this I’m going back to Seaglass, it looks like a lot of fun, TMs be damned.

Seaglass tms are one single use only so be careful.

Pokemon games have told you if an attack is super effective for some time. You just have to beat the Pokemon once or hit them with an attack for it to tell you underneath the attack.

They don’t do colours though.

Not sure about the new games but this feature was on a GBA hack. There are some features that are possible to do in older games (I still remember one hack that every time you would ask the nurse for heal would skip the dialogue and move you down for instant healing to stop you asking her to heal again.

Or the acro/mach bike that you could change on the fly

Those simple qol features that should've been on other hacks

 

[IsaACKRepentance]

@IsaACKRepentance fuck you for getting me into rouge​

I refuse to quit until i beat it atleast once!

I havent played it in a while, but im glad youre having fun!

I only managed to beat it once, those final 10 waves are fucked up!

 

[Registration]

Finished playing the Emerald Seaglass, this was my team. The item to evolve Snorunt was locked after the 8th gym so I had to skip evolution for a good 10 levels.

The final battle was quite cool, as expected, Ampharos was a beast and my favorite from the Second generation at those games and he did destroy Wallace. Gardevoir is such a bullshit pokemon but completely worth to use every single time. Swampert is a beast. Arcanine is very good.

Besides Battle frontier, is there anything new in post game Seaglass? I already caught Latios, Rayquaza and beat Steven. Don't care for battle frontier tho.

 

[Horribadger]

So I decided to heck out Seaglass and I-

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killlll meee

 

[YouDoNotHaveTheRight]

So I decided to heck out Seaglass and I-
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Unlike modern games on modern consoles this can be easily fixed with a little hex editor know how ^^

 

[Celebrate Nite]

So I decided to heck out Seaglass and I-
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i mean the game was made by a they/them

what did you expect?

 

[Horribadger]

i mean the game was made by a they/them

what did you expect?

I was expecting it to not be instant

Unlike modern games on modern consoles this can be easily fixed with a little hex editor know how ^^

I could actually do that, but it's not like I'll be seeing that screen again anyway
Also despite all this if you choose girl the rival still goes "oh you're a girl, I thought Norman's virile gym leader seed would only produce MEN" or whatever

 

[negativlad]

I was expecting it to not be instant



I could actually do that, but it's not like I'll be seeing that screen again anyway
Also despite all this if you choose girl the rival still goes "oh you're a girl, I thought Norman's virile gym leader seed would only produce MEN" or whatever

I only ever play as the male “model” because I do not respect Brendan as a rival. Canonically he chooses Treecko, the second in a series of loud, wet shits that make up the lineage of Grass starters all the way up until Contrary Serperior and Grassy Surge Rillaboom. He chooses it over Mudkip and Torchic, which is like choosing Jake Paul over Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. He is a moron and a sandal-licker and I will not suffer him when May is right there.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

I only ever play as the male “model” because I do not respect Brendan as a rival. Canonically he chooses Treecko, the second in a series of loud, wet shits that make up the lineage of Grass starters all the way up until Contrary Serperior and Grassy Surge Rillaboom. He chooses it over Mudkip and Torchic, which is like choosing Jake Paul over Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. He is a moron and a sandal-licker and I will not suffer him when May is right there.

I want to counter this by pointing out Grovyle is by far the best looking middle stage starter to date.

Of course Sceptile looks like hot garbage and deserved a second typing... But at least for a small portion of the game you have a cool grass type. They should have leaned more into the dinosaur inspirations with that last stage, it was already basically a velociraptor.

 

[Two Dollars]

@IsaACKRepentance fuck you for getting me into rouge.​

I refuse to quit until i beat it atleast once!

I quit after about 30 (sped-up) hours. I beat the eight gym leaders, then the elite four, then the champion who is actually the professor, then the game says “CONGRATULATIONS YOU DID IT!!!… just kidding theres more ” and I lost immediately after because why the fuck would you prepare for anything beyond the final boss that plays final boss music? So fuck it, I’m done.