Pokemon Origin Platinum
Hack developed by Lazerith
Summary:
Pokemon Origin Platinum is a self-contained hack of Pokemon Platinum developed by Lazerith and inspired by the hacks by Drayano. Origin Platinum features the ability to obtain all 493 Pokemon without having to do any sort of events, trading, or going underground.
Features:
Pokemon Origin platinum includes the following features:
- Ability to catch all 493 Pokemon without the use of any outside source, while still being able to trade and battle with friends. Every non-legendary Pokemon can be caught before the elite four, and most added legendary Pokemon are located in post-game areas.
- Regigigas no longer requires having the Regis pokemon to catch, but has been changed to a fateful encounter so that it may allow the player to catch the other Regis Pokemon.
- Items such as Metal Coat, which originally were given as a held item to allow a Pokemon to evolve by trading can now be used to evolve Pokemon in the same manner as the evolution stones.
- Pokemon that evolve by simply trading them now evolve at certain levels. Check the documents provided with the patch for more details.
- Wurmple now evolves into Silcoon/Cascoon based on its gender.
- Spiritomb no longer requires going underground and meeting 32 people to catch. Simply use the Odd Keystone where you normally would.
- Players wishing to make competitive teams using any fossil pokemon, spiritomb, or Pokemon that evolve via evolutionary items will now find that all fossils, odd keystone, and all evolution items are now sold in Veilstone Department Store.
- Event items such as Secret Key, Membership Pass, Oak's Letter, and Azure Flute are now given to you at certain parts of the game.
- The Super Rod is now given to you by Jasmine right after you beat the 8th gym. There are some pokemon that can only be, or are a lot more common when using the super rod. Check the Pokemon Locations document for more information.
- The game now features a second master ball. So don't fret if you accidentally use it. However, there are still only two in the game, so still use them sparingly.
- Many NPC's that used to say pointless, meaningless, and useless text have been changed to say references to various types of media such as Anime, Games, T.V. Shows, and Movies. See if you can find and understand them all. This is the one change that I have made that I didn't include a document. I figured that would ruin the fun.
- More details on these changes are included in the documents.
Replayability:
With the ability to catch every Pokemon, as well as all of the included references to look for, Pokemon Origin Platinum gives players a reason to talk to everyone and examine every object. Catching every Pokemon will also provide the player with a reward.
Screenshots:
Credits:
- Drayano for walking me through what programs I needed, and how to use them. Taught me how to use hex editing for this hack, and helped me check and make balances to what wild Pokemon can be found where. Also for helping me make decisions throughout my time making this hack. Drayano's Blaze Black, Volt White, Sacred Gold, and Storm Silver were what inspired me to do this project, and without him, Origin Platinum would not exist.
- My girlfriend for making the Title image used in this post.
- Various friends of mine for helping me think of references to put into the game.
Tools used:
- PPRE
- CrystalTile2
- TheNewPokeText
Bugs:
I have not found too many bugs, but there are various changes I have made that may or may not cause the game to freeze.
Future changes:
Future changes I plan on doing include adding more references and creating a harder difficulty version. If I think of any other changes I would like to make, I will add them and update the download links. When I make a harder difficulty, a new level curve will be applied, and trainer pokemon will be changed to make the game more difficult.
As far as future references go, every town up until the first time you pass through Mt. Coronet are filled with references. Afterward, references are just sprinkled throughout the game. I will think of references to add, but if you know of anything you would like me to reference in the game, please let me know via pm, email, or reply. I figured that would be a good way to get people involved.
Download links:
The following links are where you can download the patch and documents. You will need to provide your own Pokemon Platinum rom and download xdelta to apply the patch.
Rar file:
http://www.mediafire...1dtm9a9dp0kqq6k
Zip file:
http://www.mediafire...1ytw87dor5ap95x
Recommendations:
I highly recommend the following hacks developed by Drayano, who inspired and helped me make Pokemon Origin Platinum.
Pokemon Blaze Black/Volt White:
http://gbatemp.net/t...mon-volt-white/
Pokemon Sacred Gold/Storm Silver:
http://gbatemp.net/t...d-storm-silver/