Rigorous Red

Goal of the game: I noticed there weren't too many Fire Red Rom Hacks compared to other Gen 3 games like Emerald so I saw this as a perfect opportunity to make one. Additionally, I wanted to keep all the original Gen 3 mechanics in the game such as sandstorm not boosting the special defense of rock types, no physical special split and no future gen items or abilities. I am also a player who loves pokemon changes, so there are a ton of stat, ability, typing and moveset changes to adjust for the lack of physical special split. If you are a fan of other hacks like Radical Red or Vintage White, you will have a blast with this game.

Information: This game is mainly designed for hardcore nuzlocking but you can definitely have a fun time playing casually, but it will be hard to keep up in levels without rare candies. The opposing trainers have much stronger teams and a much steeper level curve, with boss fights in the mid game all having fully evolved pokemon and boss fights in the late game regularly having legendaries and mythicals. I have also added in some new bossfights to spice up the game so keep your eyes out for them. There are also certain very tough fights that guard very strong items such as Leftovers and the Choice Band. To combat this, as mentioned before pretty much every pokemon is reworked and is viable in one way or another. Encounter pools have also been completely shuffled, with most areas only having a certain type so you can get a wide variety of types while nuzlocking. The game also has a lot of QOL features such as a Porta PC, buyable Max Repels, Rare Candies and Full Restores before the first gym and the Move Deleter and Reminder being moved to Cerulean.

Documentation Folder (includes the patch file, lua script, mastersheet, move changes doc and pokemon changes doc): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_RGLFuModTxLvTJ8bX6rJgCKC8g2ITuK Damage Calculator: https://hzla.github.io/Dynamic-Calc/?data=a6f5b7e55bbd7ebbdd52&dmgGen=3&gen=8&noSwitch=1&types=3