Pokemon Elite Redux GBA 

Pokemon Elite Redux is a GBA Rom Hack. It was latest update on 24th August 2023. The current version of the hack is v1.5.2. If you like challenges, love battling & team building with zero grinding, all within a fresh & unique package with tons of Quality of Life changes, this hack is for you. Pokemon Elite Redux is not just another difficulty hack. Its features combined are probably nothing you’ve seen before. This creator of the Pokemon Elite Redux is darkyy92. The game involves 20 Hours of Play. The game is inspired from a lot GBA as stated by author.

 

About (Description/Author perspective)

When I played through Gaia, Unbound, Radical Red, Inclement Emerald etc., I wanted to create a game to cater to my taste - rebalancing everything for more fun & variety, while reducing grinding. I always loved battling most, trying out new strategies. This is a difficulty hack, which I tried to make as challenging as possible without giving the enemy too much unfair advantages. There is also an Easy Mode, which is explained below.

 

I always felt a bit limited by just having one ability per Pokémon at the same time. Then Exceeded came out, and I knew what I wanted to do, since Exceeded was lacking essential things for me (unique trainers, difficulty and QoL). What was originally just intended for myself to enjoy and in development for over 2 years now, I can proudly share my dream ROM hack with you.

 

Since this hack is based on Inclement Emerald / Yda patch (with permission from Buffel Saft & Yda ), I continue the spirit of making the game open-source. You can use Elite Redux or parts of it and do whatever you want.

 

Features 

ᗍ Up to 4 Abilities At The Same Time: 

Every Pokémon can have up to 3 switchable abilities along with up to 3 fixed ones (innates). This creates fun new strategies and endless replayability, as you can play many Pokémon in several ways. Imagine Gyarados with Moxie & Aerilate or Intimidate at the same time!

 

ᗍ Every Single Trainer Has A Full Custom Moveset: 

Every Trainer party has been reworked manually, considering all new/changed abilities & moves. Most trainers have full competitive movesets with varying held items. Every rematch has been crafted individually for variety. You won’t meet the same brain-dead Poochyena with Tackle everywhere ;-)

 

ᗍ Unique Difficulty: 

Most strategies the AI uses, you can too. Be creative! Battle Style is always “Set”. When choosing the Elite Difficulty, there is a good chance you will get slapped by the first Trainer if you’re not prepared.

 

ᗍ 110+ New Custom Abilities: 

Featuring a total of over 370 abilities with around 50 changed/extended abilities, you will have lots of options to defeat the many challenges awaiting you. Also, all ability descriptions have been rewritten for more accuracy!

ᗍ Reworked & Stronger AI: We revamped the AI to include all new/changed abilities & moves. Also, every Trainer now uses the smartest AI.

 

ᗍ Zero Grinding

 

⛮ You can set EVs quick & easy on the Summary Screen.

 

⛮ Furthermore, you can change natures and abilities via Summary Screen.

 

⛮ You’ll get a new Candy Box (unlimited rare candies) so you can switch teams often to try out new strategies. Rare Candies have Gen 8 mechanics, which means you can evolve at the Level Cap. You can either level up to 4 levels at a time or jump directly to the current Level Cap to save time!

⛮ Every Pokémon has 31 IVs by default. You can easily change Hidden Power types with the Type Gems.

⛮ You can set your Speed IVs to 0 (for Trick Room teams) or back to 31 with the new Iron Pill item.

⛮All Poké Balls have a 100% catch rate. You can use any ball you like. Additionally, every ball is infinite use.

⛮All held items stay on your Pokémon after battling - no more re-equipping Berries & Focus Sashes!

⛮ Auto-Heal before every battle - no need for medicines or other healing items anymore.

ᗍ Reworked Pokémon, Abilities, Moves & Items: Every single Pokémon has been given love individually, e.g. Gyarados is now Water/Dragon with Levitate and Gengar can be used physically or specially. We reworked many moves to be less frustrating or more fun to use. For example, Aurora Beam now always lowers the foe’s Attack by one stage. The type chart hasn’t been touched. Some items like Big Root and Shell Bell have been buffed.

ᗍ Teach Moves Directly From The Party Menu: Now you can teach all available Level-Up moves, Egg moves, TMs/HMs and Tutor moves conveniently.

ᗍ Portable PC: Just like in newer Pokémon games, there is no need to go back to the Pokémon Center just to change your party. Also, you can now edit all your Pokémon directly in the PC!

ᗍ Custom Gift Pokémon: Since there is practically zero grinding, you’ll get access to full custom (competitive movesets) Pokémon by various characters.

ᗍ Upgraded Battle Engine & Battle UI

ᗍ Using RH-Hideouts Battle Engine, all Pokémon from Gen 1 to 7 (1200+ Species) plus many Gen 8 Pokémon are catchable and most Gen 8 moves, abilities & items too. Including Mega Evolution, but not Z-Moves.

ᗍ For some Mega Evolutions, you can even choose between 3 different abilities!

ᗍ Vastly improved Battle UI, which shows Type Effectiveness & STAB to help with some new typings. It even considers abilities such as Levitate. Also, you can press L when selecting moves to check Power, Accuracy and if the move makes contact - just like in CFRU hacks!

ᗍ Frostbite has replaced Freeze: No more annoying freezes! Frostbite deals 1/16 HP damage per turn. Special Attack of the affected Pokémon is halved. 3x chance of Frostbite in hail.

ᗍ Diverse Postgame

ᗍ There are many really strong trainers (including Gym Leaders & E4) waiting for you after you’ve beat the E4. There are up to 4 carefully crafted rematches per trainer. You also don’t have to wait a day anymore to rematch Gym Leaders - you can battle whenever you like!

ᗍ You can choose Singles or Doubles, with or without Legendaries for important Rematches

ᗍ After beating the Champ, you can catch all remaining Legendaries (Gen 1 - 7 and two special Pokémon from Gen 8) if you have beaten all trainers on certain routes.

ᗍ Easy Catching / Tweaked DexNav: Featuring ghoulslash’s improved DexNav, which we further tweaked for easier catching. You can instantly scan for the Pokémon you want from the beginning. They also don’t run away anymore. Did I mention, you will have unlimited Pokéballs with 100% catch rate?

ᗍ Access To Many Battle & Evolution Items From The Start: You’re not limited by any means - it’s totally fine to send your 252/252 Atk/Speed Pokémon with Choice Band and Adamant nature against the first trainer. You’ll also get all Mega Stones before battling Norman (5th Gym).

ᗍ New Forfeit Feature: You can now forfeit Trainer battles, so you don't have to waste time when getting stalled ;-)

ᗍ Wins & Losses Counter: Displays your unique wins (every unique team including rematches defeated) and losses (including forfeiting).

ᗍ New Locations (from IE): A few maps, like Petalburg Woods and Scorched Slab, have been expanded with new areas, and there are also a few all-new locations. This helps to spread out Pokémon species and keep grassy patches from getting too crowded. Some new maps also serve as homes to Legendary Pokémon that wouldn’t normally be found in Emerald.

ᗍ Day, Dusk & Night System (from IE): Day is 4am to 6pm, Night is 6pm to 4am, and Dusk is 5pm to 6pm

ᗍ Weather Rework (from IE): Weather-inducing abilities like Drought and Drizzle create endless weather again, but the damage bonus from sun and rain has been reduced to 20%. The goal behind this was to make defensive weather abilities like Ice Body and Rain Dish better options, while reigning in Swift Swim and its clones a bit. Additionally, Ice Types receive a 50% defense boost in Hail. It really does help all those slow, defensive Ice types!

ᗍ Custom List of 100 TMs, 8 HMs and ~ 130 Tutor Moves (from IE): Some of these are entirely new, such as Meteor Mash, Quiver Dance and Freeze-Dry

ᗍ Custom Mega Evolutions (from IE): Pokémon like Milotic and Flygon can finally mega evolve - complete with custom sprites and cries. Some Gigantamax forms like Kingler have also been repurposed as Megas.

ᗍ Enhanced Pokédex (from IE): Elite Redux uses TheXaman’s Pokédex Plus, which shows base stats, learnsets, egg moves, evolutions and more, all in game!

ᗍ Choose Any Regional Starter (from Gen 1-8): Before choosing a starter, you’ll be asked which region you want your starters to come from, and then you can pick one of the three from that region. Be careful not to fast-forward your way through the early game and skip this choice!

ᗍ Accessible For Everyone

ᗍ Intended as a difficulty hack first, but you can pick between three difficulty modes and three level caps. Play how you like it. You can also turn off EVs completely anytime in any mode.

• Easy Mode: Trainers have no EVs, but you can have them. That’s a huge advantage, but the teams will still be a challenge! Bag use in battles is disabled. The Set battle style is enforced.
• Ace Mode: Same teams & limitations as in Easy Mode, but every trainer has custom EVs. Also, there is a sleep clause, which prevents putting more than 1 Pokémon to sleep.
• Elite Mode: Same limitations as in Ace Mode, but you’ll face much harder teams for important fights, like Gym Leaders and the Pokémon League. Additionally, you have to unlock more innates by defeating the first 2 Gyms.

Useful Stuffs  

 (The documentation consist of all types of Stuffs such as Pokemon locations, Pokedex, special Trainers, Routes, Changelog, etc..)

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