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Pokemon Timeless Diamond and Spaceless Pearl released, enhances original Sinnoh releases with quality of life changes and new events

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For fans of Sinnoh, the pickings are slim. If you want the best experience you're left deciding between the updated region in Platinum, or the somewhat controversial modernisation in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. So what's left for those who hold the original games near and dear? Let me introduce Pokemon Timeless Diamond and Spaceless Pearl, a pair of brand new hacks meant to revamp the games that introduced the region.

These hacks bring with them a good chunk of new content while still sticking to the spirit and feel of the original experience. There's new events, new trainers, and a heap of quality of life changes to make what could be the best version of Sinnoh to date. You can find a list of highlights from the Reddit release post below:

Highlights said:
  • Expanded regional Pokédex featuring 242 Pokémon, including Platinum additions.
  • All 493 Pokémon are seamlessly integrated into the Sinnoh region.
  • Story expansions from Platinum as well as completely original events!
  • Password-based event system that gradually unlocks new bonus content over time.
  • Many interesting statistics about the playthrough can be viewed ingame.
  • Discover space-time distortions that house special and legendary Pokémon.
  • All eight Gym Leaders can be rematched daily in the postgame.
  • The Elite Four and Cynthia offer rematches, also including new dialogue from BDSP.
  • Rowan's assistant (Dawn or Lucas) occasionally asks the player for a battle in the postgame.
  • The five stat trainers (Cheryl, Riley, etc.) can be battled in the Fight Area.
  • Added the 5-Maid Knockout Challenge, adapted from Platinum albeit in a modified way.
  • The Vs. Seeker forces every surrounding trainer to be battle-ready.
  • Added Vs. Seeker rematches for every overworld trainer after the Stark Mountain event.
  • Over 130 new tutorable moves are available throughout the game.
  • A special tutor for teaching Egg moves can be found in the Pokémon Day-Care.
  • Another nurse for changing nicknames and managing moves is present in every Pokémon Center.
  • All Technical Machines (TMs) can be used infinitely, just as they do in Generations 5 to 8.
  • Various new evolution items trigger evolutions without requiring link trades.
  • Fully restored ???-type Arceus, featuring a new unique Plate to enable it.
  • Carefully adjusted the typings of 7 Pokémon to make them more appealing. (No, Luxray IS NOT a Dark-type.)
  • Updated Pokémon and move stats that match Generation 9 standards.
  • Improved Pokémon movesets, making many Pokémon more viable.
  • Adjusted a few moves to make them more interesting, including Constrict, Mirror Shot, and Rock Climb.
  • The Advance Radar allows encountering rare Pokémon that cannot be normally found in the wild.
  • Honey trees are no longer time-based, and the encounters differ between locations.
  • Various Poké Ball catch rates match modern standards, making it easier to capture Pokémon.
  • Fully restored all unused collectibles, including Seals, Accessories, Backdrops, and Goods.
  • Increased the obnoxious surfing speed, matching the speed in Platinum.
  • All available items have been carefully adjusted and expanded on.
  • Fixed various bugs present in the original Generation 4 games.
  • And so much more!!!
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If you're interested in checking the project out for yourself, you can find the official site linked below. There you can find a gallery of new content, as well as the download for the hack itself.

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Oh this is amazing. I'm gonna try it out right now, I love Gen 4, and Platinum was so based I can't wait to play Timeless Diamond!
 
raxadian said:
My usual problem with these hacks is that they confuse making the game harder with making ir better.
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Amusingly the difficulty was the top response on the Reddit thread:

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ChronoCrossfangirl2002 said:
Apparently the creator said he was going to make a version without the type changes since the change was pretty controversial
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Understandable, especially when one of these changes is making Glalie, an already very frail Ice type, into an Ice/Rock type, making it so it's weak to even more common moves lmao
 

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