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​

 

[metalpsi]

does this work with encounter table mod?

 

[Iggles]

So if I try to do the Armor Island teaser event, the Slowpoke I encounter loads as a shiny "wild Egg." The second I do anything but run, the battle ends as if I've knocked the Slowpoke out and the train guy tells me I have to catch it.

Def. related to this mod as on my sister's Shield the Slowpoke loads fine and she doesn't use a modded game.

Video here: https://i.imgur.com/U1AXHhH.mp4

When I add in a "legit" PKM file containing a Galarian Slowpoke using PKHEX, it appears with no model.

 

[mtmt]

Hi everyone, I am unsure about the new update/haven't looked into it at all yet. Currently waiting on support for the new update to be added to pknx and learn more information about it. I can't do anything instantly obviously, it's a lot of work.

And yes, there will be Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra support likely 2 months after each DLC (as to give me time to play it and plan it out)

Hey Kobazco, I made a gbatemp account just to contact you! I'm a huge fan of Pokemon Sword and Shield (I have Shield) but I am unhappy with the storyline of the game. I noticed on Reddit that King's Shield is a modded version of the game and I want to run it but I'm using 9.1.0 firmware :/

Is there a way for us to talk privately? I was wondering if I could learn from you and also help you with the game/testing anyway possible? I've taken an introduction to coding class (C) and have a degree in Molecular Biology so I'm not that dumb just not as savvy with tech stuff.

I've tried looking for a PM option on your profile but it doesn't exist yet cause I'm new haha

 

[Legend Of Kay]

So is the only thing broken with the update the slowpoke encounter? Thinking of starting a new game with this mod and just figured I can disable the mod for the slowpoke encounter and then just enable it again after

 

[ElonStark]

So is the only thing broken with the update the slowpoke encounter? Thinking of starting a new game with this mod and just figured I can disable the mod for the slowpoke encounter and then just enable it again after

Can confirm, loading on a vanilla version to catch slowpoke and then going back to the mod works fine.

 

[Legend Of Kay]

Can confirm, loading on a vanilla version to catch slowpoke and then going back to the mod works fine.

Thank you!

 

[Iggles]

Thank you!

I ended up doing this but as soon as I reloaded with the mod on my Slowpoke had become an egg again, so it can't be used in battle.

 

[elunesgrace]

The mod is relatively broken from what we have seen, until kobazco decides to update it. We will just have to wait in the meantime.

 

[Kobazco]

I'm more likely than not going to wait until a bit after the first major DLC to do a big update, I'm sorry. If people are having issues with the game working you might want to try playing on the original version, but then again I saw that some people can play just fine so who knows.

 

[IronyIsGood]

I was wondering why you weren't waiting. This is probably the best way to do it.

 

[DavrosTheta]

I'm more likely than not going to wait until a bit after the first major DLC to do a big update, I'm sorry. If people are having issues with the game working you might want to try playing on the original version, but then again I saw that some people can play just fine so who knows.

I genuinely cannot wait for the update.

This mod ia my favourite way to play... Pity about the egg glitch haha

 

[Alessandro98]

Hi guys, firstly I want to thank @Kobazco for the awesome mod! Is there a way to enable and disable the mod in CFW on the fly? For example can I boot the mod version, play a bit, close the game, disable the mod and then boot the stock version using the same SAV file? Thanks in advance.

 

[ElonStark]

Hi guys, firstly I want to thank @Kobazco for the awesome mod! Is there a way to enable and disable the mod in CFW on the fly? For example can I boot the mod version, play a bit, close the game, disable the mod and then boot the stock version using the same SAV file? Thanks in advance.

You could use NX-Shell to move the folder containing the mod files. The mod is located in the atmosphere/titles directory. Move it to your root directory when you don't want to use it, thenmove it back when you do.

 

[Ian095]

So does this work on version 1.1.0? I'm assuming so!! I've found the game shamefully easy so far as most Pokemon games so this seems like a step in the right direction. Just by catching Pokemon in the vanilla game I became 6-7 levels higher than the opponents could literally beat them with one Pokemon, yet they're still programmed to act so smug... smh. Will download and try it though, great work!

 

[ElonStark]

So does this work on version 1.1.0? I'm assuming so!! I've found the game shamefully easy so far as most Pokemon games so this seems like a step in the right direction. Just by catching Pokemon in the vanilla game I became 6-7 levels higher than the opponents could literally beat them with one Pokemon, yet they're still programmed to act so smug... smh. Will download and try it though, great work!

It does, but the galarian slowpoke will be messed up and show up as an egg if you try and catch him with the mod installed. Just uninstall it to catch him and them reinstall it.

I agree the game is way too easy. My five year old who can't really read beat it. Its nice to have an option for a second harder playthrough.

 

[blackspot]

Uhm, is there a way to get a "vanilla" version of this running? As in, keep a higher level curve and better enemy AI but discard everything else? ( buffed stats, moveset changes, etc.)

 

[EoZ090]

it does work for me .. i have atmosphere :/ I lauched cfw sysnand ( i didn't make the emunand, because at that time it doesn't exist yet)

 

[DavrosTheta]

I have found a strange issue with the mod. Zigzagoon will not evolve at all if it's enabled.

 

[Ian095]

It does, but the galarian slowpoke will be messed up and show up as an egg if you try and catch him with the mod installed. Just uninstall it to catch him and them reinstall it.

I agree the game is way too easy. My five year old who can't really read beat it. Its nice to have an option for a second harder playthrough.

I did have some other mods install beforehand an had an egg appear in an instance and was so confused lmao. Guess that explains it.

 

[ElonStark]

I have found a strange issue with the mod. Zigzagoon will not evolve at all if it's enabled.

Yeah I had the same issue for quite a few Galarian forms I tried to evovle. It is fixable by editing files in the mod but better to just diable the mod temporarily as discussed above, evolve them, then reenable the mod.