Emerald but I made all of my Pokemon AWFUL
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This is a No Items (advanced rules) Nuzlocke of my Pokemon Emerald Romhack "Trashlocke Edition". Download the Hack here:
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I'm convinced the reason Onix sucks so badly is so that Brock could have an intimidating-looking Pokémon for his gym battle without hitting the players too badly
Isn’t onyx the Pokémon with worth base attack then oddish
@@ShinyUmbreon106 Yes. Worse than Oddish, Vanillite, Piplup, and more!
@@daikonbou lmao isn’t vanillite a special attacker
@@orangotango9231 yes
@@daikonbou Swaddle too.
Onix is actually hilarious. 12 foot giant rock snake - less attack than a caterpillar.
It’s not lower then the caterpillar but it is weaker then a weed
I like to think that the speed and attack of Onix was switched accidentally by the devs while in development because it's surprisingly fast
@@mikemyers3079 70 attack wouldn’t be bad especially for a non fully evolved Pokémon
@@gaugelawson2209 exactly it makes so much sense considering the fact that a lot of rock types are slow and hits hard and it might make Brock an Actual Challenge
@@mikemyers3079 even 45 speed on a rock type is probably about average for a rock type so even that’s not bad
Sableye: "has no weakness". But with half the defensive ability of most pokemon, it is basically weak to everything.
Even as a kid, I knew he was bad. But I always wanted him to be good cuz he has such a cool design
I mean immunity to normal is amazing, and it's one of the few available ghost types early game, when normal moves are the most common.
@@owenaspinall2046 Sure. My comment is about its competitive use ;).
@@tiemen9095 Sableye is way more viable in the official competitive Pokemon format (VGC) than in casual play. Prankster with access to fake out, trick, quash, will-o-wisp, helping hand and foul play makes it a decent support pokemon. Only in singles format it's pretty much useless.
@@seeibe okay, I honestly don't know much about competitive pokemon beyond gen 3, when it didn't have prankster yet ;)
Laughed my ass off at Goldeen not getting a water move till lvl 38 🤣
Isn’t it a hm?
@@danamation6480
Yes but before Generation 2, Waterfall used to be the signature move of the Seaking line. When Gold and Silver were released, Waterfall became an HM and even to this day, only Goldeen and Seaking learn the move by level up.
@@crazychristopher1989 bruh this was 2 months ago lol
@@danamation6480
Yes and the initial comment was 4 months prior to yours. That doesn't mean I couldn't answer the question for you. :)
@@crazychristopher1989 but you didn't have to destroy my brain cell
I believe the reason Onix's attack is so pathetically low is due to the development of gen 1. The game's link cable battles were implemented late in development, so the game was designed with only the story in mind, and Onix was meant to be a "boss" of sorts you encounter early, meant to be imposing, but beatable as it would be attacking the likes of Squirtle and Bulbasaur, so its stats reflected that, with its defense being high to encourage players to level up and use special attacks rather than relying on stuff like Scratch and Tackle. Sadly, its stats were never redone after gen 1, so it may as well just be a faster baby Steelix now.
This. Mewtwo and mew were added late too. As were trade evos (unfortunately).
Not sure why they decided to give it to give two of them to bruno though.
They can easily fix it with some regional variant with less def and more atk. Balance it out.
@@Tassooow an ice or fire onix would be so fun! Especially Ice is great vs dragon types.
I imagine both to have high defence, low special defence, high special attack, low attack.
@@SirThomezz sadly, a bulky ice type variant would likely be terrible. Ice is the quintessential glass cannon type, with its only resistance being to other ice moves. Having a defensive ice type pokemon is like having a shield made of styrofoam, and defense is the only thing onix is good for.
i’m sorry but “ADOPT DONT SHOP!!” in front of the daycare is so funny to me 😭
Funny to see two of the three "trash" starters being essential encounters for EK
Seaking and Magcargo Respectively 😎
@@sedogaming5756 Sorry to burst your bubblebeam... It's actually Sunflora and Magcargo...
It's insane how beginner friendly Gen 3 romhacking is. I hacked a new room into Mt. Pyre as a cemetery for my Emerald nuzlocke Let's Play when I was a teenager, and it was ridiculously easy with all the tools the community has made.
Yeah the tools are pretty self explanatory considering what it is you’re doing. I wonder if we made a rom hack specifically for Jan if we could get him to play it.
The hoppip line is actually decent in a playthrough
And damn is it annoying in Gen 4 Random Battles in Pokemon Showdown
Yup. I used Jumpluff in Liquid Crystal (a Gen III hack which is a Johto remake) and it was a stalling machine. It had Toxic, Leech Seed, Synthesis and Giga Drain.
@@sosams 333333333332 w
I tried using it in crystal and it was garbage
@@egg_dealer it's better in HeartGold and SoulSilver
This has to be done with gen 5. Id imagine how fun it could be
That makes you wonder, what gen 5 mons are trash? Hell, I just got done with a black 2 playthrough where I swept Caitlin with a underleveled watchog
iirc there is a trashlocke for Black and White, jan streamed it a while ago, im not sure who made it though
I actually kind of hope we get this. Although I doubt we will, considering it'd take way time to trim down and pick out the 'good' Pokémon.
@@CardGameAcolyte Purrloin is pure garbage, it can't even farm properly cuz it just tickles wild pokemon
This is actually good for using Pokémon that you never used
I feel like you should make a version of this for FireRed. That game not only needed new spicy encounters, but some more mons not from the region. Also doesn't help to be pretty easy to Nuzlocke.
I come back just to see Trash Green revealed !
imagine if there were actual Dark Types in Kanto
@@amparolopez6236 where is the trash green version?
@@johnd3268 It's currently unavailable, it is still in the testing stages.
Radical red?
Rewatching this and realising this is where Jan learns about Guts abuse that was essential to his 151 Emerald Kaizo run.
"When Ditto transforms into Onix, its attack gets lowered" is a line from FlygonHG's video on Onix sucking that summed it up to me the best.
I subscribe to the theory that the devs accidentally switched Onix's Attack and Speed around.
Watching this and hearing he lost Pokémon to grinding makes me feel better that I lose Pokémon to grinding when I attempt nuzlockes.
He's using literal trash, you are not
Don't feel better
@@tangytim6699 Did you like your own post?
@@arcticwiz2249 You also only have one like. You tell me.
same. I guess it would also help if I could calc damage
How was smeargle allowed lol. It had shitty stats, but it's GOD tier utility makes it broken vs AIs
Counterpoint:
Watch Pikaspreys "Smeargle Only" runs
@@maguc5906 I mean if you only have a team of a single utility pokemon of course that's gonna be bad. Seems like a weak counterpoint
I think that the problem is actually getting the utility moves, because you can only copy moves from your opponents. Also you can get 1 move every 10 levels
Smeargle's utility is entirely dependent on what Pokemon you run into when it has Sketch, and what moves they decide to use. It's incredibly difficult to get Smeargle into a position where its limitless utility potential actually gets to be realized.
@@CambriaBold counterpoint - Jan himself explained how you can cheese wild smeargle sketch to build a moveset based on your pokemon's utility moves
Me looking at Orbeetle first time: Pfft looks goofy, but probably bad. Pass.
Me after using it on my sword nuzlocke: Orbeetle is the best regional bug. Tank for days, tank for days. I love you UFO ladybug.
But what about leavanny and scolipede tho
@@GSenna37 3 weeks ago old but gonna respond anyway, leavanny isn’t as good as scolipede, scolipede and orbeetle are really close in strength Orbeetle has so much coverage while Scolipede hits hard, comes down to personal preference or whether you need a sp attacker or phys attacker both really good options
I used an Orbeetle on my main playthrough team. Third most powerful team member, right behind Sirfetch'd and Inteleon. Other members included Toxtricity, Flapple, and Galarian Darmanitan
@@GSenna37 scolipede actually not that strong in gen 5 playthrough
leavanny is pepega lol
Plus Orbeetle has AMAZING origins, I love that UFO ladybug wasp mad scientist radar thing
I love how the fade into the outro works as a censor for what raticate did to Wallace’s team
Wallace is no match for PC's rabid, poisoned rat
There is something deeply funny to me about him being like 'yeah whatever, it happens' in the voiceover about losing poochyena, but losing his shit over it in the VOD playback 😅
“Dustox is quite the beast” lemme tell you; quiver dance, bug buzz, toxic, and venoshock. I have one on my omega Ruby team and I was gonna get rid of it early along but it came in clutch so many times that I kept it all run
Yeah but none of those moves exist yet
@@appelofdoom8211 he said omega Ruby so not sure what you're on about buddy
@@justsomeshinigamiwithanapp5955 And i wasn't sure what he was about since talking about how awesome dustox is in later generations doesn't matter in a video about a pokemon emerald trashlocke.
@@appelofdoom8211 he's talking about dustox and how useful he was in the gen 3 remake, sooo, again, don't get how that's irrelevant, even if its on this video, dustox is the mvp is basically what he's trying to emanate
@@justsomeshinigamiwithanapp5955 Except this started from PC's quote "Dustox is quite the beast", referring to how well it was performing within his own challenge due to the leech seed + protect + moonlight strat. Pointing out moves that it does not have access to within this challenge, as it is a gen 3 game, is odd.
Though to be honest, both original comment and the first reply seem fine, they're valid points, just different. Don't think you needed to interject though.
"Praise HBox" - If I wasn't already subbed, i'd do it again just for the melee reference
Me too haha
I am actually amazed at the amount of effort you put into this content; most pokemon challenge videos are quite lazy rehashes of the same formula, but this is actually really creative and required an insane amount of planning and community input.
Jan: "The best starter in the game is sunkern."
Me: What ass backwards world have you created?
people understand that Sunkern sucks because of memes. they dont understand that Sunkern has a movepool in gen 2-4 you would expect in Gen 7/8 pokemon, and that its only problem is it has no BST or Coverage
I just started a self-imposed game of this type in shield by forcing myself to only use Pokemon I hate/never use, so I'm SO glad this popped up in my feed. Definitely gonna download this one and try it out!
strange I did the same thing today
Pokémon players are masochists
I just love sunflora no matter how weak it supposedly is. Would pick that as my starter every single time
your pfp really does confirm that
Sunflora can do decent damage but its really frail and slower then a lot of rocks so
Fucking why that thing sucks
@@tangytim6699 he’s a funny flower show some respect
@@catsoda The only way that thing can be funny is if I'm laughing at it
When I was a kid playing through emerald for the first time, I caught a sableye for the Brawly fight and it got really over leveled. I wound up damn near solo running emerald with sableye and that’s really funny to look back on now
Sableye is basically an instawin for brawly, I used it every time as a kid
tbh ledian's design and type does seem quite fun, but it's stats are actual trash
Same problem as Sableye. I love its design, but holy shit.
I've actually seen someone bring Ledian to the endgame before in a nuzlocke comic, so like in spite of its reputation apparently it can do SOMETHING. We just need to find out what exactly because that's a breakthrough and a half.
@@twofortiel Sableye is actually good for exactly 3 gyms, that being Brawly who can't touch it, Norman who can only hit it with non-stab special faint attacks and get Slaking walled by detect, and Tate and Liza who have 2 mons with only psychic and Sableye gets stab physical shadow ball.
This video was a lot of fun to watch. The ROM hack seems super cool as well.
This format is really funny. I prefer it to just editing together twitch clips. A+ content
i like this cuz it makes me feel like im watching a regular pokemon trainer struggle instead of a chosen one wit a insane starter uk
Lmao the peta people out front of the daycare. Adds spice, I like it
Discovered your channel in the last 24 hours. You are now one of my favorite poketubers and a wonderful RUclips personality lol. You earned this sub man.
I downloaded the patch and am playing a nuzlocke, currently in victory road. Something you seem to have missed is Gardevoir, I was able to find a Ralts in the 3rd route. In the removed pokemon list, you removed the Ralts line, but it seems to have been left in the game. It is definitely too strong for a trashlocke, however I'm still using it since I'm able to haha.
What Emulator did you use? I can't get it to open with Visual Boy Advance
@@josephvanover1941 I use android, but when I use a PC emulator it is VBA. Not sure why it's not working for you, sorry mate
Your patch failed somehow. We've seen this happen pretty frequently. Are any of the other encounters changed other than the starters? Like do you have an Octillery or something you can't get in vanilla emerald?
@@spegasparce1389 yeah, I got plenty of non-Emerald encounters
@@itsmetater I've opened my trashlocke copy in advancemap and there aren't any Ralts encounters on Route 102, just Hoothoot, Ledyba, and Skitty. Can you message me on discord (Spegasparce#3618) so I can see if I can debug the patch? I'm one of PC's mods and want to make sure this is working correctly
Took my first try at this. Started Goldeen, and got stomped first by the double-Geodude right before Rusturf Tunnel, and then right after the mandatory Trainer Battle under the Cycling Road. I love this RomHack.
10:50
That's where I knew I was going to sub to the channel.
same... but had to unsubscribe at 21:37 lmao
@@joaofsld “VELURSI” vibes
this is so much better than the normal "challenges" where someone just grinds their shitty pokemon to insanely high levels and then abuses x-items to win
Ngl I think you are referring to someone I know
@@devilboyfaliq Smallant?
@@owenaspinall2046 yes🤣
@@owenaspinall2046 he's pretty enjoyable to watch ngl.His vibe is good too so I don't complain
All is ok until the end.
What the actual fuck was that RNG? Bro wailord just didn't give this man a break.
he pronounced minun as "me-noon" that's adorable
To explain it: in german, we do that because the standard sound for the letter "i" uses the same sound the english letter "e" uses, while the way we pronounce "e" is more like "eh". So minus is actually pronounced "MEE-noos", which makes that happen :D
@@Stony2103 Well, the english language is at fault really... Like the french, they swap the letters with the sounds lol
@@Stony2103 - More languages than German pronounce their 'i's and 'e's like that. Honestly, English is the odd duck out in a lot of respects. Most languages tend to roll their 'r's as well.
His accent is amazing considering he's from Germany. Didnt even notice for a while when U first started watching him
At least it's not Arcanine as "Arcaneenay"
I thought my Dustox would get destroyed by brawly. When brawly beat my entire team I only had Dustox left and I thought I was done for. but then I remembered it had gust
Brawly will never sleep again
I remember on my first playthrough of alpha sapphire the mvps on my team were dustox and skitty. *I have no idea how they carried me so far*
Dustox is quad resistant to fighting type moves so that wasn't such a hopeless situation.
Imagine training your fighting type Pokémon and working hard to build your gym, building friendship and trust with your Pokémon. Working to get stronger for each other, an unbreakable bond. And some kid walks up and beats you with their moth.
I'm just happy slugma, was chosen as a starter pokemon. Being my favorite pokemon, despite being bad.
I always liked the look and theme of Slugma and Maccargo, I just hated how terrible its stats are for a hyper offensive typing.
*abismal
Same, one of my favorites
It's bad yet it's dex entry makes it sound like it can destroy the whole planet just by existing the poke dex is drunk and Always had been it was filled out by 10 and 11 years olds so no surprise there
@@Lumberjack_king A gengar shadow ball sounds like it should kill you, but wooloo can just eat it
I love how when Raticate appears against the champion the video ends
the commentary for this video was on-point
Your videos are so high quality man, see ya in a few weeks at 100k subs!
Smeargle is too broken for a "bad pokemon only" run because of how much Parmesan it can carry.
That bouncer blocking the casino was hilarious, good job 😂
yo I've used a Nasty Plot + Agility + Baton Pass Minun during what was basically my first nuzlocke (HGSS) and I completely agree that it's so satisfying to use Pokemon that you never use before and find their potential
I thought you're just good at Pokemon but now I admire your patience lmao
The hidden power fighting unown meme made me lol
I absolutely love this video format
Slugma: *in thumbnail*.
Mikey: *triggered*
But mike hates slugma
Ditto has literally no attacking moves and still has more attack than Onix? That was very surprising to learn lmao
onix's attack is so horrible that when a ditto transforms into it, ditto's attack lowers.
This video is an absolute masterclass and its no secret you rocketed in popularity, awesome work man
Very nice narrative style of video. I would definitely enjoy more of this.
I've been playing this for a while without realizing it was something you made. Thanks for the struggles and interesting challenge. I'm right before the elite four, wish me luck!
For those who expand this comment, of my Electrode, Shiftry, Stantler, Mantine, Hitmonchan and Grumpig, only my badly poisoned Electrode survived the fight against Wallace.
Smeargle being my second favorite Pokemon makes me really happy to see it help with the Elite 4
this made me think it'd be interesting to see a rom hack of a game where like volunteers submitted their own pokemon (like, pick a pokemon and give it their own custom move sets it learns over time) and then you have to play through with the pokemon they created. XD
going back through older videos because that's what's turning up in my recs, i can now see why infinite rare candies are a thing in modern runs
20:32 in that part i die. That murkrow.
Calls Shuckle Trash:
the shuckle fanbase: *:Visible confusion*
this is the most entertaining video I have ever seen from you! we need more like this
Those last words at the end of the video are exactly why I love Colosseum. You get stuck with a bunch of shitty Pokemon for a harder than average Pokemon game that is also 100% Doubles and are expected to come up with ways to get past some actually tough bosses. Also the game reeks atmosphere and style.
i saw smeargle and was a lil bit surprised. its stats are bad, but sketch allows for some incredible strategy
I'm concerned that you didn't know how good the hoppip line is for utility and cheesy burning almost anything to the ground. Substitute, leach seed, sleep powder/poison powder, and any utility move you like is a rude combination and I love it.
"Performance enhancing drug that kills you" that's just a regular old performance enhancing drug
Huge pokemon player never realized that Smeargle is a good pokemon? Especially if the game is set up to be able to give it Spore early.
It's good in this hack. Normally it's incredibly difficult to even get it those good moves in the first place, and it's defence is so bad a gust of wind could knock it down.
Guts Raticate is always one of my favourite "Underappreciated" mons. STAB Facade + Guts with a respectable base 97 attack and a pretty good Speed stat means it hits a lot harder and faster than people expect it to.
I didn't know you made this ROMhack! Had a lot of fun playing it - caught Baltoy on route 111 and it was basically over from there, Claydol turned out to be OP af lol
Also hilarious that you mention hoppip being the only grass type before roxanne when I ended up with it alongside my slugma. Subseeding through the game with Jumpluff got me out of soooo many tight spots
What emulator did u use
@@jacobstawick4571 don't remember probably vba-m
This is the best pokemon video on RUclips. Including all of PC's other videos. The fucking cheese made me hungry for cheese on toast and then a bacon and brie sandwich.
Dude i must have replied that togetic special défense joke like 10 times! Just discovered you recently and im hooked on your content!
I usually try to use underrated Pokémon in my playthroughs because I like them
I think the thing on the left of the thumbnail is gonna be binacle because it’s gonna be a water type because the others are the types of the starters, and it has orange and gray.
Edit: guess I was wrong, darn
you asked that first question like nobody would have ever wanted to do that before, but I've always wanted to play a run with underappreciated mons
Watching a pro nuzlocker shitting on crappy Pokémons with all the beeps really made my **** day.
My favourite part of Macedonian history is when the east gets massacred by pollen allegies and giant bees.
Cool .....I played through this hack with slugma as my starter....pretty fun
RUclips Recomendations coming in hot finally. Glad I found your channel.
Loved the Hbox shoutout thrown in there
uhh even with an overvoice added all thruout
😲 production quality wootwoot
Leadibay, or however you spell it, as a weird place in my heart. Same with teddiursa, for being early pokemon you get in XD, and that never really get used.
Also, hoppip is the fucking best. So adorable as well. Look how happy they are constantly.
This hack is genuinely so much fun.
12:31 That is a very interesting rival name right there.
Bet he has some hot strategies to offer you involving Onix and the like.
Your voice is super ASMR :0 that remark aside, this video was quite an eye opener in terms of how to adapt to usually weak pokemon, Thank you for your hard work!
21:32 I was like HOW did ice punch do nothing against a jumpluff.. physical special split was something else huh
35 base special attack lul
This hack actually allows you to obtain really good mons, which defeats the purpose later on:
Omanyte in the Mirage Tower, which evolves into a beast. The best water type available by far.
Manectric in the Safari Zone. You heard it right. Omastar II: Electric Boogaloo.
Sandslash and Cacturne are also pretty good. Not to mention SunnyBeam Chlorophyll Shiftry.
Butterfree to the left of Mauville City. Compound Eyes is a great ability.
Haunter is good. Ironically, it's available while Geodude isn't. SMH.
I've been replying my gen 5 pokemon games and good lord I am addicted to watching any kind of pokemon challenge in the background
Ha, I pretty much only used mons from this list in my first Sapphire playthrough anyway.
12:30 wait he knows the country that no one cares about
Because it's lame
"Praise HBox"
Oof, my soul hurt a little there lol
Sick that Jan likes melee
Just did my first attempt when wattson and his team told me to start again. Thx for making this public, i really enjoy the experience so far 👌🏼
Thanks for this, I love to use underrated pokemon.
Me too
Rattata and butterfree were on my very first fire red playthrough
I love to think using them in a playthrough, then I absolutely regret it, like that time I used sunflora in Crystal Clear (a very difficult game based on Crystal)
@@astrowrld9207 butterfree is actually quite strong among the orginal 150,id say at least in the top 30 pokemon
Smeargle proooobably shouldn’t have been included in this but fun video nonetheless!
Smeargle was UUBL in gen 3 and OU in gen 4. That's not even close to a fair comparison with the other options. (Admittedly he's less useful in-game, but still.)
considering you have to actually sketch an ingame move smeargle is fairly balanced since you only relearn sketch every ten levels
Actually smeargle is one of the trashest pokemon you could get, teaching it moves is very annoying and its stata are awful, so in-game, it's absolutely trash.
@@jacksonsmith2955 you can't talk about competitive in this case, a playthrough nuzlocke is the complete opposite lol
@@jacksonsmith2955 If anything he's more useful since AI can't play around it.
this is like if you watch bennet foddy play getting over it and get pissed half the time through it. love the videos keep it up jan :)
Who needs pseudo legendaries when you can get a poisoned raticate
I’m thoroughly convinced Ledian is the worst fully evolved Pokémon. At least unown is unpredictable and can have any type of HP. meanwhile Ledian over here has no good attack options, a completely outclassed typing, and horrible stats that have no synergy with its movepool.
Yo, I f**cking loved this vid. pls do more
Fun rom. I really want to see another version of something you come up with. Perhaps just shifting around encounters / pokemon options.
Best nuzlocke run. Please do more of it.
I...Idk why idk if it's weird but I just want a video where they just name all the pokemon in the pokedex like 16:35 was so therapeutic for me lol
also I realize now that I grew up mispronouncing A LOT of pokemon after I fell into the nutzlocke rabbithole ;;
That smeargle set is FILTHY
I’m actually so happy that my favourite Pokémon ( jumpluff) was finally used in a nuzlocke
One possible alternative to this imo is keeping the full Pokédex, but adjusting it so that a Pokémon’s spawn and catch rates are directly proportional to their viability in the run. Most of the Pokémon you catch will be weak, and the few stronger Pokémon you encounter will require significant investment to catch- even if you do it, you might lose a few Pokémon and spend a *lot* of money in Pokéballs in the process. You essentially need to risk giving up a lot of resources in order for the chance to catch a powerful ace for your team. I’d also allow the original starters to spawn in a select few areas, allow the *entire* Pokédex to be caught in the wild, and remove the free master ball so the same kind of ace-catching logic can apply to legendaries as well. You need to be willing to wipe to catch Groudon, you might not even be *able* to do it due to the catch rate, and thinning your team might make said Groudon less effective if you don’t have answers to their type weaknesses. It’ll often be the more optimal play to just kill them.
Speaking of legendaries… maybe you could make it so that they all spawn somewhere in the world, but after defeating or catching one of them, all of the rest disappear. I think that’s a fair way to do it.
One other change I’d make is, rather than blocking off the casino, I’d jack up the prices of both the casino TMs *and* X items. You can make use of them, but doing so comes at the opportunity cost of a *lot* of potions and Pokéballs, so you might not be able to heal-stall or catch those aforementioned aces. You could also make it so you have to pay off NPCs to get gift Pokémon. Different items can be available for different prices at certain locations, so that weaker items like regular Potions don’t get phased out of the run entirely. Finally, the master ball could be available in the department store… for a price so cartoonishly high that you basically have to go itemless for the entire game to be able to buy one of them. I think making all of these things more balanced options is a lot more interesting than banning them outright- they should present tough choices on how you want to approach short and long-term problems. If a certain item would be broken with a given ruleset, that’s when you ban it from your individual run, not from the game as a whole.
All of these changes would make for a challenging nuzlocke that *greatly* rewards game knowledge and strategy, while still packing run variety on par with your typical randomizer. It’d probably be a pretty ambitious mod, but I think the end result would be worth it.