[JOHTO LEGACY] Pokémon Christmas

[Mateo]

Pokémon Christmas
Trainin' in a Winter Wonderland

Hack of:
Pokemon Gold Version


Story:
This is much more than a simple graphics hack to add snow. This game takes place the same year as GSC, just later in the year. It assumes that the events of GSC (the radio tower take over, gyrados and all) took place that summer, so the major events will be different, and more holiday themed. Since this is part of what I'm calling the "Johto Legacy", I like to think of this as something of an "alternate third version", sort of like Crystal, Platinum, and Christmas themes all mixed together.


What's New:

- Major events changed to holiday themed ones
- New tilesets to give it a snowy winter feel
- Map updates to take advantage of more map block availability
- New Pokemon added (from other gens)
- A new move
- New items
- Ice sliding on frozen lakes, not just in icepath
- A few references to other Skeetendo hacks you might catch (including hints at the prequel)
- New locations
- Some wild pokemon location changes, some are the same
- Some trainers changed, several the same
- Lots of events have been redone, removed, added, etc.
- Some trainer classes have been changed
- There have been changes to the Elite Four
- Viridian has a different leader
- Game corner prizes (Johto and Kanto)
- More

New Pokemon
Glaceon
Leafeon
Weavile
Mamoswine
Snorunt
Glalie
Froslass
Mudkip
Marshtomp
Swampert


New Evolutions
Eevee -> Glaceon = Ice Shard
Eevee -> Leafeon = Leaf Stone
Snorunt -> Glalie = Level up
Snorunt -> Frosslass = Sun Stone
Piloswine -> Mamoswine = Level Up
Sneasel -> Weavile = Moon Stone


Pokemon You Cannot Get (Even by trading)
Hoppip (Replaced by Mudkip)
Skiploom (Replaced by Marshtomp)
Jumpluff (Replaced by Swampert)
Spinarak (Replaced by Mamoswine)
Ariados (Replaced by Weavile)
Dunsparce (Replaced by Leafeon)
Tangela (Replaced by Glaceon)
Sunkern (Replaced by Snorunt)
Sunflora (Replaced by Glalie)
Yanma (Replaced by Froslass)


Trading
You can catch Trade Evolutions in Cerulean Cave, but if you have VBA link you can trade still. While Pokemon centers are only one floor, there is a Global Trade Station on South Isle allowing you to trade.


Screenshots:


Just like Platinum, the player is dressed for cold weather


New Bark Town


Olivine City


Kanto also gets an update


Pokecenters get an update as well. Melash is also using this tileset for his Pokémon Hack.


Things have changed, even before you leave home.


I wonder how?


Route 45 anyone? (You cannot surf from there, though. The water is on a different level than you.)


South Isle (NPCs edited out because I didn't want to spoil the Legend Festival)


A taste of the new update. Increased continuity with the upcoming prequel.


Support Banners:




Here are a couple of banners you can put in your signatures, (on forums that have them) or you are free to make your own. I just put these together because I realized I hadn't made one!


Download:
NEW VERSION! Bug fixed and Final Trainer added (Updated 18 April 2012):
Sendspace Download
Mediafire Download
GBC File download


old version:
iimarck.us/etc/Christmas-2010-3.ips

[Miksy91]

Can't say more than:

SPOILER: Click to show

It's freaking awesome

Good luck with the project

couldn't add spoilers xD

[Masterge77]

It looks like the unfinished Pokemon Ice....... ON STEROIDS (and that's a good thing)

I love the new Pokemon Center design, It's much better than the one I made.......

I have one question though, does it use the 256 tile patch?

[Mateo]

Well it doesn't use HyperHacker's patch, it uses Tauwasser's so it's not 256, but expanded like crystal has. Several maps just use the extra blocks part, but some have more tiles too.

Also, glad to see you all like it.

[tekcoR]

I love it. ;D

It brings back the memories of Pokemon Ice or Pokemon Eissturm. By the way, I like Elms "little changes" (his daughter and this awesome HGSS staircase).

I wish you best luck with this project.

[Mateo]

Thanks mate! Btw, new screen added showing the player.

Also, I'll go ahead and say that his daughter is someone we've seen before.

[Sawakita]

@mateo

Wow! This hack looks great! I like this kind of hacking, i mean, not re-inventing a new world "from scratch", but revisiting an existing one from anther point of view.
Good Luck with it Mateo

P.S.: just one question,

New Pokemon added (some from other gens, some new)

means that you're going to add fake pokemon?

[Mateo]

Yeah, but only a few. It's just one family.

[Masterge77]

At least this will be a major improvement over the Halloween Hack.......

[Mateo]

Yeah, I was disappointed with the halloween hack as well. If I remember I started it a few days before halloween and so I didn't do a whole lot. This one should be much more legit.

[Redstar]

Jul 23, 2010 15:07:26 GMT -5 Masterge77 said:

At least this will be a major improvement over the Halloween Hack.......

The Halloween hack was good, but, like Mateo said, not enough time was put into it. It needed some distinct events and perhaps some Halloween-themed redesigns of existing Pokemon. Other than that it was something you could play building up the the night and have a good time with.

[Masterge77]

Jul 23, 2010 15:28:14 GMT -5 Mateo said:

Yeah, I was disappointed with the halloween hack as well. If I remember I started it a few days before halloween and so I didn't do a whole lot. This one should be much more legit.

Well, at least you will have put a lot of time into this one........

[raichuisawesome]

I'm liking it. Maybe we could get a video to see part of it for ourselves?

[Mateo]

That sounds doable. I'll try to get a teaser video up in a day or two.

[jaydenp95]

awesome, i love teasers can't wait till this is released good luck!!