NEW ROMHACK RELEASED - DO NOT USE SACRED SWORD/KING'S SHIELD

BETA RELEASE V. 1, By Kobazco & Phives, with help from Drayano
Works for both Sword & Shield
NO POST GAME
YES, YOU NEED A MODDED SWITCH
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THIS ROMHACK IS CURRENTLY BEING ENTIRELY REWORKED. AS SUCH, THIS CURRENT VERSION/ROMHACK IS NOT SUPPORTED PAST SWORD/SHIELD 1.0, AND NO UPDATES WILL MADE. I AM USING THIS THREAD TO SHOWCASE UPDATES ON THE REWORK, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH MUCH MORE INDEPTH EXPERIENCE. PLEASE BE PATIENT UNTIL THE REWORK COMES OUT.

NOTICE: I likely will not be updating this mod to work with new patches until all of (or maybe just one of) the DLC is out. When the DLC releases, we will have a LOT more Pokemon to work for in terms of team building and editing wild Pokemon. With that in mind, I hope everyone looks forward to the DLC. Until then if you want to use this mod, please make sure you are on the base version of the game.
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Context time! I made popular (But not too indepth) romhacks for SM & USUM, most notably Rising Sun & Waxing Moon. However, this time, things are different! This time I bring to you all a fully featured difficulty hack. Hundreds of Pokemon have had their Hidden Abilities made easily obtainable, stats buffed, abilities buffed, and enhanced movesets! For all of these changes & more, see the gdrive folder with the download and all documentation.

Changes:

• All important trainers have 6 Pokemon and and are much more difficult. (Hop begins to have 6 after the 1st gym)
• Important trainers also have manually changed movesets, abilities, natures, and even IVs and EVs assigned. They also have the smartest AI assigned to them.
• Level curve expected to naturally provide you with high level Pokemon. Trainers will have Pokemon around and usually slightly higher leveled than that of your own. (GROSSLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE RELAY TO ME WHAT THE LEVEL CURVE IS LIKE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE. THIS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE AN INSANE AMOUNT OF GRINDING)
• Hundreds of Pokemon have had their stats buffed, hidden abilities made available, and enhanced movesets. Some even have type changes, or completely new abilities available.
• Evolution methods changed for trade Pokemon. See documentation.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Videos:

Disclaimer & Important Information

• The post game is currently unedited.
• The wild Pokemon are currently unedited in terms of level and where they appear.
• This has been made in mind with the exp share enabled and usage of Max Raid battles to gain exp candies. If you are falling behind in levels, go to the wild area and grind on raids. The no EXP share patch is completely optional and this hack was not made with it in mind.
• This is a first beta release, please give any and all feedback, especially on the existing level curve.
• I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BANNED CONSOLES. OBVIOUSLY DO NOT PLAY ONLINE WHILE USING THIS ROMHACK.

Instructions:

• Download the Pokemon Sacred Sword & Kings Shield.rar in the gdrive folder.
• Rename the folder in the .zip file to the proper titleid if needed. Sword: 0100abf008968000 Shield: 01008db008c2c000
• Place this titleid folder in atmosphere\titles or sxos\titles depending on what cfw you use.
• Launch the game with CFW active!
• If you want only the trainer edits, go into the romfs folder and delete the folder titled "pml"

Credits:

• Kurt & SciresM for creating & updating pkNX
• Phives for doing the majority of the work on the implemented Pokemon changes.
• Drayano for allowing us to use this Renegade Platinum changes and provide guidance when asked.

Download & Documentation​

 

[Izual Urashima]

Congrats on these releases, first and foremost. While I don't even have a Switch, it is appreciated to see how fast the modding scene is working on Sword and Shield to take care of what the original devs didn't. Especially with the fact the full National Dex is planned (and I hope it comes fast).

Expect some bad news from The Pokémon Company, though. With their recent lawyering against leaks, it is to be expected for them to attack romhacks too.

 

[Ryccardo]

A difficulty hack! Who would have guessed??

 

[kumikochan]

So this is basically a mod for how the game have should been instead of a downgraded kiddy experience Nintendo is forcing their publishers to give us these days '' cough cough zelda '' Def going to use this since the original version i immediately stopped playing because it felt like i was playing using cheats

 

[Deleted User]

Would camera control for wild area but applied everywhere else be out of the scope of possibility? Not necessarily for this particular hack, just in general from a technical standpoint? First Person Mode could be lots of fun too depending on how the camera handles it.

 

[McN1ppleTheGr8t]

Would I be able to complete my dex with this mod on a single cartridge and no trading the way it is or is that planned for a future update?

 

[Deleted User]

Would I be able to complete my dex with this mod on a single cartridge and no trading the way it is or is that planned for a future update?

Planned Changes as pkNX & discoveries allow:

• Add version exclusives and the unused 35 Pokemon to the wild.

 

[fvig2001]

Wow will get this once all exclusives can be caught in one version.

 

[gangs_08]

I need a mod with just higher LVL trainers and maybe lower Exp Share. Nothing else.
Is this mod for me? Thanls

 

[Kobazco]

I need a mod with just higher LVL trainers and maybe lower Exp Share. Nothing else.
Is this mod for me? Thanls

Read the description of the mod and you'd have an answer.

 

[Cyberfalcon]

This is the Dream!
"#ThankYouGa-" err...I mean Good Job OP.

Sadly I have a Switch Lite that at this point is not hackable

 

[gangs_08]

Read the description of the mod and you'd have an answer.

Too much going on in this thread. Just say yes or no or say nothing thx

 

[Kobazco]

Too much going on in this thread. Just say yes or no or say nothing thx

Its really not hard to just look at the section that says changes... it takes 5 seconds. This mod has more than just trainer changes, and I do not include the no exp share.

 

[Lodad]

If you want only the changes to battles, then go into the folders and delete the folder titled "pml"

God bless this hero for being brave enough to jump into a dumpster fire and start saving the recyclables.

 

[Soulsilve2010]

Awesome!

 

[vree]

How to use this with reinx???

 

[CrossOut]

I wonder how long it will take for Nintendo to send some sort of cease and desist order and then the game is done? I say this becasue Nintendo are trying to sue the people who leaked the images and such before the games where released. Also there was a very popular fan game that was also taken down by Nintendo a few years ago. I think it had 4 or 5 million downloads at the time i had heard about it.

Enjoys this while it lasts is all I am saying.

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This is the Dream!
"#ThankYouGa-" err...I mean Good Job OP.

Sadly I have a Switch Lite that at this point is not hackable

Just hold out there will no doubt be a hack for it in a few years or so.

 

[Maswa]

What do you mean with "post game"?

 

[CrossOut]

What do you mean with "post game"?

It just means all the extra things that you can do after you beat the story and the Pokemon league. Such as a new area opening up or being able to catch legendary Pokemon, plus a lot more.

 

[Maswa]

It just means all the extra things that you can do after you beat the story and the Pokemon league. Such as a new area opening up or being able to catch legendary Pokemon, plus a lot more.

wtf and how do you enable it???

Lot of work i guess

 

[Deleted User]

Both of them aegislash moves