Pokemon Crystal Pikachu Edition (rom hack)

Givemesteak · Jun 5, 2026

Pokémon Crystal – Pikachu Edition brings the most iconic Pikachu features from Pokémon Yellow into Pokémon Crystal. Pikachu is now your only starter and follows you throughout your journey, complete with expressive pop-up animations, unique cries, and the classic mood progression system. Your partner Pikachu also receives improved stats and, just like in Pokémon Yellow, refuses to evolve with a Thunder Stone.

this is early work but I have some of it working already.

Download the .ips patch over at romhackplaza.org
https://rhpz.org/34202

Givemesteak · Jun 6, 2026

Bumping this now as I have made a lot of updates to it and released the IPS patch for anyone interested

koffieleut · Jun 9, 2026

Awesome, thank you.

Givemesteak · Jun 10, 2026

This is still in progress and makes rather heavy engine modifications, expect that there may be bugs.

please feel free to report any bugs here, I would appreciate it!
I will do my best to fix any bugs that may surface (however gamebreaking bugs will take priority)

Givemesteak · Jun 14, 2026

There are several known issues in the current build, including some game breaking bugs.
I am working on a new build that attempts to fix all known gamebreaking bugs.
I have a build that allows you to reach much further into the game, (tested into Goldenrod City), However, squash one bug and another one appears. Luckily so far the only known bugs are visual sprite related that happens in certain scenarios and I feel confident that these can be resolved.

As soon as the remaining know bugs are fixed and I have a somewhat stable build then I will release a new .ipa patch.

lordelan · Jun 22, 2026

That's pretty cool!
I'm not the biggest Pikachu fan though. Wish someone would do this with Mew.

Flame · Jun 25, 2026

Amazing work, mate.

Givemesteak · 2026-07-12T11:55:47+0100

I have posted an updated version with countless bug fixes.

In the previous version there was multiple gamebreaking bugs as well as visual glitches related to ram poisoning and sprite limitations. It's been taking me quite a long time to hunt these bugs down and fixing them, I had to rewrite part of the crystal engine and how the follower Pikachu sprite works.

In my testing most if not all major visual bugs and all gamebreaking bugs have been fixed. But I am but one person.
I would appreciate help testing this and reporting any bugs.

https://rhpz.org/r/3971

Givemesteak · 2026-07-13T19:53:05+0100

Added a custom title screen animation featuring Pikachu instead of Suicune.
I am no pixel artist and this was the best I could do today. I might tweak it for future versions as I know it could be better.

The .ips patch will be updated soon with this inclusion

Doomfan1 · 2026-07-13T20:13:40+0100

Pretty cool!

Givemesteak · 2026-07-13T20:18:47+0100

The new updated .ips patch has been uploaded. Enjoy!

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