I finished the hack last week and man, what a blast. This really entered the hall of my favorite romhacks, along stuff like Polished Crystal, Storm Silver and Crystal Clear. Congrats on a job well done! Can't wait to see where it goes from here.
@@JVHPC-ju6cg yup, only issue I had was that Sabrina gave the badge I was supposed to get from Janine, but Janine gave Sabrina's badge so I had no issues in the end.
There are changes I disagree with but overall this is a good stand-alone Pokémon game. Maybe even better than Polished Crystal. I just started the playthrough, but will finish it in due time.
@@WhiteOwlet I did not like the changes to Gengar and Alakazam's learnsets, removing some elemental punches. X items could be wholly removed instead of just from vendors because they basically serve no purpose if you cannot buy them. These two are examples of what I would consider minor issues that barely affect gameplay (especially in my case because I do not use X items and see them as free money and I tend to use weaker pokémon for a tougher challenge). Larvitar is obtainable too early when compared to the other pseudo-legendaries of all contemporary titles. It should have been put in some other cave, or at a later stage of the cave it is in. Before the first gym is way too early for these pokémon.
This Rom is probably how i feel about pokemon. The old games i enjoy for just letting us into the world without all that needless dialogue but the move sets were so limited While new games I love how much variety each pokemon gets giving them all a fresher feel.
Honestly they were and nowadays it feels the same. Over time older Pokémon got a crap ton of moves. Like look at the lickitung line. It’s fucking insane
@@AutisticJesusGaming same with adding special moves to physical types like aura sphere type moves. Makes things more unique Though wish hidden power was still in and give it a way to be given the type you want. It's busted but fun to experiment on
@@SporkyMcFly it's less limiting than pokemon being outright removed. May as well just make another game series at that point Hp is fine just ban it from tournaments if people are so afraid of losing due to not getting extra breeding done.
@@ivanbluecool The more I interact with the Pokémon community the more detached I feel. The National Pokédex being removed was one of the best ideas Game Freak has had in years and then the community bashes them over the head like we need 1000 Pokémon to give us the illusion of more choices. Like you were ever going to use Drampa or one of the million forgettable legendaries, much less all.
Did my first Nuzzlocke with this rom Ended by Whitney rollout crits, (RIP Splinter, you were truly in the top percentages of all rattata) I love gen2, no other gen hit me like 2 did. This rom is amazing and I appreciate the time and love that went into this.
This game is so exciting and fresh. I opted to do a no starter run. I’m running Larvitar, Pichu, Houndour, Hoothoot, Scyther, and Horsea. I intend to swap my Noctowl for that extremespeed dratini. Wish me luck!
No one's gonna comment this but I'm going to. The comments of this video are absolutely abysmal. People clearly did not watch TSP's series on exactly why he made this romhack. It is purely an enhancement hack to fix inherent issues with Gen 2 while keeping the same nostalgic experience when GSC initially released. Other romhacks aim for different experiences, and it's okay to like one over the other, but you NEED to understand WHY each one is made. Also, who CARES if it says "best" in the title. Just a little bias and ego and it doesn't really matter. Be glad that there is another Crystal romhack that is available to enjoy.
The title matters because people are tired of clickbaity youtuber sensationalism. The first video called it the PERFECT Crystal rom hack for example, that comes across as arrogant so when he does it again and calls it the BEST in the second video, it's annoying to say the least. Recognizing different hacks are aimed at different things is good yes, but that's kind of awkward to do when you're being screamed this is *THE* PERFECT HACK and *THE* BEST HACK in capital letters, that kind of goes against that point.
@@steel5897 Clickbait has always been a thing on RUclips and many creators do it to some degree. If it's truly arrogant and people are actually tired of it, why are people wanting to watch the video and watch people play the romhack? The truth is that many people really don't care about capitalization in a title of a RUclips video and that it doesn't really bother them. If that bothers you, then don't click on the video.
I understand the title and thumbnail are designed to be incredibly clickbaity and that's just the RUclips algorithm. I just don't like how calling it the best romhack really devalues every other romhack and makes it seem like you're putting down the creators of those romhacks. I will say Crystal Legacy is an incredible hack and it up there among my favourites because it puts so much time and effort into polishing up the gen 2 experience without going all out and making the game into an entirely different game. So many hacks go overboard and while they're still great it makes them feel too different from the originals, which CL avoids and I love that. The Devs of CL should be proud of what they created, genuinely. I'm really looking forward to future updates and versions. Just maybe find away to sell it that doesn't put it on a pedestal.
Finished it the other day and I loved it. I hope in the future we'll get more Kanto content and I think the rematches need some tweaking as they are actually easier than the first encounter
I know it's just for the title, but personally this is my favorite crystal rom hack. You really accomplished what you set out to do, playing this hack feels like the first time I played crystal as a kid all over again. I've been nuzlocking so far and haven't even had an attempt make it to Whitney, but I'm just having so much fun!
I would love to see the Kanto side of the nuzlocke. I've been playing Crystal Legacy since I saw your initial video, and just wanted to give a huge thanks for making such a killer upgrade! PS - I love the disrespect shown to the Unown when you refer to the Wooper as your first loss 😂
Coming across shiny pokemon in gen 2 is unreal. Will never forget that I killed a shiny rattata ugh. Also, probably a good showcase of all the changes made within the game, amazing work can't wait to play.
Hah, first shiny I ever got in Crystal was a shiny Geodude in the route south of Blackthorn City. You can guess what happened next. Geodude used Selfdestruct.
Finished my Nuzlocke today. You and your team did an excellent job with this. It plays really nice and is harder than any base Pokemon game but still doable for casual nuzlockers. Also, I can't stress enough how much I love the Pokedex. Turning this completely useless feature into the documentation for learnsets adds so much quality of life!
I understand the vanilla GSC being developed and not having enough space for certain things to make it feel COMPLETE, but this is what Pokémon Crystal should’ve been BAR NONE. Phenomenal work. 🙏🏽
Just found this hack the other day, and I’m so excited to find new reasons to love this channel after the pivot from zombies since tbh I didn’t unsubscribe but I didn’t stay too tuned in till recently, glad to be here with and og like you man, hope everything is well
So I finished a semi-blind nuzlocke run of this earlier. I tailored each team to the first 8 gyms and then had a "best of" squad for the league, Kanto gyms, and Red. I ended up using Murkrow, Yanma, Golem, Machamp, Alakazam, and Slowking. Very very fun romhack. I am now on the catch 'em all grind.
i did something similiar but ended up with houndoom, ttar, dragonite, jolteon (special shadowball on jolt is busted), machamp and suicune; with celebi and occasionally Quagsire in the back. That Team swept the e4 + rest of the game really easy at the individual level caps. Rhydon is awesome for catching snorlax, Zapdos and moltres
As a Pokemon Crystal enjoyer, thanks for making this romhack. I haven't gone through it yet, but I'm very excited after watching your vids explaining the changes you implemented. But yeah, thanks for improving one of my favorite Pokemon games.
Currently playing this hack and it's truly amazing, what a wonderful job you made it really feels like an updated and upgraded version of the original without completely changing what it was. Congrats and thank you for your work :)
6:06 overconfidence is a slow abd incedious killer. F. Also congratulations on finishing and releasing ROM hack! I don't know anything except that it's a lot of work that often goes unnoticed, so... Good job 🎉
Honestly you are your worst enemy in this nuzlocke ahahah I'm playing the rom right now and I've been lovin it, it hits that sweet spot of nostalgia perfectly, I've been looking for ages for this feeling since crystal is one of my favourite games despite some flaws. Thanks for putting it out
My luck in this rom is kinda crazy. My first encounter in dark cave was a larvitar AND I got a shiny from the odd egg. So far, everything's looking up for me
Definitely do the Kanto portion as well! Loving everything about this rom hack. Thanks for all the time and effort! Can’t wait to get around to playing it my self
You did such a good job with this hack man. I just beat johto last night and it was the first time i ever had been able to use a gengar or alakazam due to lack of link cables in my youth. I do suggest a title change though- Pokemon Crystal: Heracross' Revenge.
I just finished the hack (all badges, elite four, red, complete dex), and the hack feels amazing. Everything I dreamed crystal would be as a kid. But I feel there's a bug with tyrogue's evolution... it just refuses to evolve if it's attack and defense are the same. Had to edit the save to forcefully evolve it into hitmontop, but that's about it. Awesome hack man! edit: nevermind the bug, I'm the distracted bufoon here.
okay but that seems like an anime episode. Clefairy charms, into metronome recover, into another charm? Even if she lost, Whitney is still a goddamn threat.
Not sure if it is too late vut would love to see the kanto nuzlocke in this condensed style. Idk why but I always enjoy watching these condensed videos first then going back and watching the full thing. Either way though mate I have been loving these videos going over the ROM and am gonna be jumping into it asap once the new place is unpacked and laptop finally found.
Just finished my Playthrough of this amazing hack. My Final Team, going through a number of itterations, was Feraligator, Magneton, Gengar Alakazam, Tyrannitar and Dragonite. Really enjoyed my time with this hack and I would love to see you tackle the Kanto Postgame.
I love this. my childhood made fantastic. I have to tell you, stall-leftovers-mudslap/gigadrain/protect/leechseed Meganium is the best starter now. She can sweep even supereffective pokemon. The only pokemon that actually gave her trouble was Karen's Vileplume. The combination of speed, sludge bomb, and substitute to avoid mudslap was a bit overwhelming.
I never thought I'd come across a Gen 1 or 2 ROM hack that could make them playable but here you are not only making Crystal playable but actually introducing a genuinely fun experience and giving much needed life to so many pokemon! I would LOVE to see Kanto!
You're telling me the schoolboy immediately before Sudowoodo ALWAYS read my swaps but because he only ever had a Tangela it never mattered. Mans is a whole actual psychic....unlike the Psychic on the route.
I don't know where to put it, but since the patch 1.1 there are multiple attavks that straight up paralyzes the opponent like fury swipes. Guess thats a bug
One thing I say is that you should have given the Grunt at the end of Slowpoke Well a name and make him another grunt to appear more than once. He's the early version of Proton after all, and also a fun story would be to have the other male executive at Goldenrod Radio Tower be the same guy, y'know in the spirit of Proton.
One thing that did irk me throughout the design process was his seemingly wilful refusal to use any of the expanded lore for HGSS. How difficult is it to just use the canonical names for the Executives? He only gave the names Archer and Ariana those names after people pointed this out to him. It is definitely weird the final grunt has no name when he later admits he is supposed to be the same guy that is later named Archer.
At 14:15 you culd have just klicked Dragonrage again. Based on the amaount of halth the first one did there is no way Slobro would have survived and you would have survived the poison.
Of course we want to see Kanto, we want to see E4 rematch, and we want to see Red. This is such a cool rom hack, and this Nuzlocke really shows how a lot of the changes add to the experience of playing the game at all levels.
Just a Suggestion from Me: Maybe do what Radical Red / Crystal Clear Did and Add A Nuzlocke mode that Implements those Rules and Add it so that you can enter in-game codes for Benefits and Advantages, Like infinite Rare Candies so we dont have to put it in the emulator's Cheat Menu and risk losing our save or breaking the game.
I can't wait to give this a Nuzlocke myself, this will be the first time I've played Gen 2 since SoulSilver, which was actually the first Pokemon game I ever played!
I downloaded this after the video demonstrating it and I'm enjoying it. The added difficulty on top of shaken up Pokemon stats and locations has me exploring like a kid again. Also Larvitar in dark cave is OP before Falkner haha.
If i understand correct HM 01 Cut is now a bug element move correct? It makes me think Paras is especially overpowered as a grass type alternative with a easy combo of Spore Cut Sludgebomb and Giga Drain being the 4 four to come to mind.
I've completed Crystal Legacy twice already. The first time catching all 251 Pokémon (thanks for the document with all the useful info) and thanks for all the Leftovers in the Elite 4. A simple Thief was able to give my full party Leftovers. The first time I played my team was Machamp, Houndoom, Alakazam, Tyranitar, Raikou and Dragonite (with Extremespeed). The second time, though, I didn't focus on completing the Pokédex and my team was Ursaring, Gengar, Lapras, Ampharos, Entei and Aerodactyl. I just mourned the loss of Ice Punch for Gengar and thanked my lucky stars that Lapras could learn Surf, Waterfall and Whirlpool now. Thanks! Can you make Kanto Gym Leaders "rematchable" too? Also, the Rival's party could get like... 2-3 levels higher everytime we encounter him before going to challenge the Elite 4, so it means that he is actually training (as he says he will). SS Aqua could also accept trips all the time instead of the assigned days only.
You already had an aerodactyl in the clip you lost primeape so I’m a bit confused but other than that amazing video and game!! Love everything you’re doing
Probably cuz the puzzles are their own thing i would guess. So he chose which Fossil he wanted, much like how you choose Helix, Dome or Amber in a Nuzlock of RBY.
At 14:16 gyarados would have outspeed and kill with another dragon rage and it wouldnt have went down to poison. For sure. So yo udidnt need to let your starter go down.
SOME IDEAS: A clear bell could be given after deafeating the Rockets and someone wise (Morty? Kurt? Mr. Pokémon? The Bellsprout Tower Master) could ask the player what kind of sound it makes when the bell is rung. Then, we could have the option to say that it sounds like the crystal sound of deep waters or the raging sound of fiery skies... and depending on the players answer, Lugia or Ho-Oh could be obtainable with that item before the first go against the Elite 4 (found at lv. 45-50). That could be nice. Or, perhaps, to make a little more sense, as the legendary bird trio is all catchable in the version, Lugia could only be obtainable after the player captures all the legendary birds and goes agains the Elite 4 for the second time (just like what happens with Ho-Oh only being obtainable after defeating the Elite 4 once and having all 3 legendary dogs). This makes one million times more sense than this beast only being obtainable after receiving a random item given by a ramdon elder at a random Kanto town, that late in the game. If it has to be obtained only this late in the game, then, let's give a purpose for it. And finally, I noticed that after defeating Red for the first time, any rematch with him would bring back Espeon. Why not have his party kind of "rotate" a little every time we play against him? It could kind of shadow Red journey or even Ash's journey, swapping (let's say... in this 3rd fight) his Snorlax for a Tauros and his Espeon for a Muk (resembling Ash's Kanto Elite fights), then giving it a try for his Lapras, his Primeape and even a level 75ish very overpowered Butterfree. Red could retain his OG 4 starters (Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise and Venossaur) and rotate the other 2 spots with Pokémon that would make some sense in this narrative. 😀 PS: is it possible to reopen the Safari Zone, Cerulean Cave or the Seafoam Islands or you can't insert (even if small) brand new areas in the game? It would be cool to reaccess some Kanto places... perhaps allowing the player to go up Lavender's Radio tower to get rid of an infestation of dark/ghost pokémon? Or Celadon's Rocket Hideout being used by that Rocket grunt who stole the powerplant machine part after we defeat him in Cerulean... then going there to fight him and a few last grunts... and the place could be swarming with the kinds of Pokémon we obtain in the Game Corners. 😀
Loved Crystal Legacy! I dont know what DVs my Scizor has but with Metal Claw, Wing Attack, Swords Dance and Twinneedle it is an ABSOLUTE monster Hands down the best Crystal experience i've had since being 11 yrs old (i'm now 32)
One thing in retrospect: you could have given the dig tm to quilava or houndour and you would have that much needed electric coverage without so many sacrifices
smithplays: puts unown in the top 10 best early game pokemon video* : it's actually pretty useful for stuff like nuzlockes. two days later the guy posts a nuzlocke video with an unown
I used Donphan on my team for this romhack, and I just want to say he was crucial against the e4 for my team. Phanpy was one of my early route encounters. Prior to evolving, i didnt think it was going to make it, but it became a beast. The only thing i wish was a little bit changed was if Phanpy learned rollout earlier. Like prior to level 20. I kept waiting for it but he didnt get it until after evolving.
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“losing wooper isn’t devastating but our first loss will never be forgotten”
unown, already forgotten: 😢
"We don't trade lives"
Proceeds to show video of all the traded lives
When an Unown is less than a life
Unown wasn't a loss, it was a sacrifice 🫡
He was unknown in this circumstance
He said loss not death
The unique menu sprites for each pokemon look SO good! I really really deeply appreciate this hack, dude.
FWIW, that wasn't actually us that made them, but another developer who was kind enough to put them out to the public! They look great, don't they?
@@smithplayspokemon Is it the same person who did the ones for Crystal Clear. The following mon was one of my favorite features of that hack.
@Che1ito Yes, however crystal clear stole those sprites without giving credit. Crystal claer is a reslly controversial rom hack.
I finished the hack last week and man, what a blast. This really entered the hall of my favorite romhacks, along stuff like Polished Crystal, Storm Silver and Crystal Clear. Congrats on a job well done! Can't wait to see where it goes from here.
Glad you enjoy it!
you were able to complete it? I defeated Sabrina but did not obtain her badge so I cant access Mount Silver
@@JVHPC-ju6cg yup, only issue I had was that Sabrina gave the badge I was supposed to get from Janine, but Janine gave Sabrina's badge so I had no issues in the end.
Someone loves Johto lol. Glad you had fun!
How did it compare to polished crystal? I always saw PC as the definitive Jotho hack
Im doing a nuzlocke on my first playthrough, and as someone who played silver as a kid this is pretty much everything I wished the game to be!
There are changes I disagree with but overall this is a good stand-alone Pokémon game. Maybe even better than Polished Crystal. I just started the playthrough, but will finish it in due time.
@@SporkyMcFly I agree; overall, a fantastic rom-hack. What are some of the changes that you disagree with, just out of curiosity?
@@WhiteOwlet I did not like the changes to Gengar and Alakazam's learnsets, removing some elemental punches. X items could be wholly removed instead of just from vendors because they basically serve no purpose if you cannot buy them. These two are examples of what I would consider minor issues that barely affect gameplay (especially in my case because I do not use X items and see them as free money and I tend to use weaker pokémon for a tougher challenge).
Larvitar is obtainable too early when compared to the other pseudo-legendaries of all contemporary titles. It should have been put in some other cave, or at a later stage of the cave it is in. Before the first gym is way too early for these pokémon.
This Rom is probably how i feel about pokemon. The old games i enjoy for just letting us into the world without all that needless dialogue but the move sets were so limited
While new games I love how much variety each pokemon gets giving them all a fresher feel.
Honestly they were and nowadays it feels the same. Over time older Pokémon got a crap ton of moves. Like look at the lickitung line. It’s fucking insane
@@AutisticJesusGaming same with adding special moves to physical types like aura sphere type moves. Makes things more unique
Though wish hidden power was still in and give it a way to be given the type you want. It's busted but fun to experiment on
@@ivanbluecool Hidden Power was a mistake. It ironically limits the game more than it enhances it.
@@SporkyMcFly it's less limiting than pokemon being outright removed. May as well just make another game series at that point
Hp is fine just ban it from tournaments if people are so afraid of losing due to not getting extra breeding done.
@@ivanbluecool The more I interact with the Pokémon community the more detached I feel. The National Pokédex being removed was one of the best ideas Game Freak has had in years and then the community bashes them over the head like we need 1000 Pokémon to give us the illusion of more choices. Like you were ever going to use Drampa or one of the million forgettable legendaries, much less all.
19:55 dope sound-byte choice, i love gengar
Did my first Nuzzlocke with this rom Ended by Whitney rollout crits, (RIP Splinter, you were truly in the top percentages of all rattata) I love gen2, no other gen hit me like 2 did. This rom is amazing and I appreciate the time and love that went into this.
I can't thank you enough. Gen 2 is my favorite gen and you gave it the upgrades it deserves. A truly beautiful game for a fascinating a region.
This game is so exciting and fresh. I opted to do a no starter run. I’m running Larvitar, Pichu, Houndour, Hoothoot, Scyther, and Horsea. I intend to swap my Noctowl for that extremespeed dratini. Wish me luck!
If you want to evolve scyther the romhack has ways to do it early if you would like to know
I’m also doing a no starter run. Doing golem, Machamp, Alakazam, Houndoom, Lapras and scizor
@@Danchamp07 i bought a metal coat from the Mahogany shop
Can someone post the link so I can download it
@@Danchamp07 I would like to know!
No one's gonna comment this but I'm going to. The comments of this video are absolutely abysmal. People clearly did not watch TSP's series on exactly why he made this romhack. It is purely an enhancement hack to fix inherent issues with Gen 2 while keeping the same nostalgic experience when GSC initially released. Other romhacks aim for different experiences, and it's okay to like one over the other, but you NEED to understand WHY each one is made.
Also, who CARES if it says "best" in the title. Just a little bias and ego and it doesn't really matter. Be glad that there is another Crystal romhack that is available to enjoy.
The title matters because people are tired of clickbaity youtuber sensationalism. The first video called it the PERFECT Crystal rom hack for example, that comes across as arrogant so when he does it again and calls it the BEST in the second video, it's annoying to say the least.
Recognizing different hacks are aimed at different things is good yes, but that's kind of awkward to do when you're being screamed this is *THE* PERFECT HACK and *THE* BEST HACK in capital letters, that kind of goes against that point.
@@steel5897 Clickbait has always been a thing on RUclips and many creators do it to some degree. If it's truly arrogant and people are actually tired of it, why are people wanting to watch the video and watch people play the romhack? The truth is that many people really don't care about capitalization in a title of a RUclips video and that it doesn't really bother them. If that bothers you, then don't click on the video.
I understand the title and thumbnail are designed to be incredibly clickbaity and that's just the RUclips algorithm. I just don't like how calling it the best romhack really devalues every other romhack and makes it seem like you're putting down the creators of those romhacks.
I will say Crystal Legacy is an incredible hack and it up there among my favourites because it puts so much time and effort into polishing up the gen 2 experience without going all out and making the game into an entirely different game. So many hacks go overboard and while they're still great it makes them feel too different from the originals, which CL avoids and I love that.
The Devs of CL should be proud of what they created, genuinely. I'm really looking forward to future updates and versions. Just maybe find away to sell it that doesn't put it on a pedestal.
Dude made the video, and said it's the best. >Insert Obama giving himself a medal pic
It is the best though.
Finished it the other day and I loved it. I hope in the future we'll get more Kanto content and I think the rematches need some tweaking as they are actually easier than the first encounter
you were able to complete it? I defeated Sabrina but did not obtain her badge so I cant access Mount Silver
I just want to say I love your series. GSC were my first games and you truly made it better :) thank you for all you do.
I know it's just for the title, but personally this is my favorite crystal rom hack. You really accomplished what you set out to do, playing this hack feels like the first time I played crystal as a kid all over again.
I've been nuzlocking so far and haven't even had an attempt make it to Whitney, but I'm just having so much fun!
Play polished crystal, trust
@@YominicationPlayed it, loved it, just like this one more anyways. Another great rom hack for sure though!
@@Yominicationyeah they’re just two different things that provide different experiences so idk if it’s fair to compare. Polished is AMAZING though
I would love to see the Kanto side of the nuzlocke. I've been playing Crystal Legacy since I saw your initial video, and just wanted to give a huge thanks for making such a killer upgrade! PS - I love the disrespect shown to the Unown when you refer to the Wooper as your first loss 😂
Coming across shiny pokemon in gen 2 is unreal. Will never forget that I killed a shiny rattata ugh.
Also, probably a good showcase of all the changes made within the game, amazing work can't wait to play.
Even worse, I found a shiny diglette and I couldn’t catch it cause my PC box was full. Absolutely enraging limitation of Gen 2
Hah, first shiny I ever got in Crystal was a shiny Geodude in the route south of Blackthorn City. You can guess what happened next.
Geodude used Selfdestruct.
Finished my Nuzlocke today. You and your team did an excellent job with this. It plays really nice and is harder than any base Pokemon game but still doable for casual nuzlockers.
Also, I can't stress enough how much I love the Pokedex. Turning this completely useless feature into the documentation for learnsets adds so much quality of life!
To unown: he said first LOSS, not first death lol
I understand the vanilla GSC being developed and not having enough space for certain things to make it feel COMPLETE, but this is what Pokémon Crystal should’ve been BAR NONE.
Phenomenal work. 🙏🏽
Just found this hack the other day, and I’m so excited to find new reasons to love this channel after the pivot from zombies since tbh I didn’t unsubscribe but I didn’t stay too tuned in till recently, glad to be here with and og like you man, hope everything is well
RUclips asked me if this Video is entertaining and I only check "yes of course" You put so much time and effort in it. You deserved it man 😊💪🏾
So I finished a semi-blind nuzlocke run of this earlier. I tailored each team to the first 8 gyms and then had a "best of" squad for the league, Kanto gyms, and Red.
I ended up using Murkrow, Yanma, Golem, Machamp, Alakazam, and Slowking. Very very fun romhack.
I am now on the catch 'em all grind.
GG dude!!
How do you get the trade evolutions? I've got myself a metal coat from a wild magnemite 🤯
@@hoozoohleague8264 you use them in the same way you use an evolution stone
i did something similiar but ended up with houndoom, ttar, dragonite, jolteon (special shadowball on jolt is busted), machamp and suicune; with celebi and occasionally Quagsire in the back. That Team swept the e4 + rest of the game really easy at the individual level caps.
Rhydon is awesome for catching snorlax, Zapdos and moltres
I’ve been loving this whole process! You’ve gotta give us that Kanto Nuzlocke!
As a Pokemon Crystal enjoyer, thanks for making this romhack. I haven't gone through it yet, but I'm very excited after watching your vids explaining the changes you implemented. But yeah, thanks for improving one of my favorite Pokemon games.
Currently playing this hack and it's truly amazing, what a wonderful job you made it really feels like an updated and upgraded version of the original without completely changing what it was. Congrats and thank you for your work :)
Thanks for making this rom hack! Crystal is my favorite as well and you just breathed fresh air into this awesome game!
At some point I definitely want to stream a Nuzlocke of this game you did an amazing job on bringing out its full potential.
6:06 overconfidence is a slow abd incedious killer. F.
Also congratulations on finishing and releasing ROM hack! I don't know anything except that it's a lot of work that often goes unnoticed, so... Good job 🎉
Honestly you are your worst enemy in this nuzlocke ahahah I'm playing the rom right now and I've been lovin it, it hits that sweet spot of nostalgia perfectly, I've been looking for ages for this feeling since crystal is one of my favourite games despite some flaws. Thanks for putting it out
My luck in this rom is kinda crazy. My first encounter in dark cave was a larvitar AND I got a shiny from the odd egg. So far, everything's looking up for me
I wasted two years of luck on the roll
lol larvitar has 2 common 4x weakness until level 55. it's not good
@@JoshSmith-sr6ks What prominent grass/water Pokemon are there in the Johto region before Kanto, besides your rival's starter?
@@JoshSmith-sr6ksCounterpoint: you get to use tyranitar.
I also got a shiny from the egg. It's a igglybuff sadly 😂
siempre habia querido jugar esta version "Cristal", esta es la mejor manera de hacerlo. Thanks Man!!
Well done! I cant wait to play the updated rom when i have time.
Definitely do the Kanto portion as well!
Loving everything about this rom hack. Thanks for all the time and effort! Can’t wait to get around to playing it my self
You did such a good job with this hack man. I just beat johto last night and it was the first time i ever had been able to use a gengar or alakazam due to lack of link cables in my youth. I do suggest a title change though- Pokemon Crystal: Heracross' Revenge.
The absolute EGO on this man
For real😂😂😂
My man spent a year doing it, let him have it for a couple of videos
I mean he made a good creation and It' ok to boast about It and be Proust, Hope Pokémon challenges Will play it
I know right
He’s not wrong I downloaded this and was like oh I’ll play for 30 mins BLINKED AND IT WAS 4 AM
Thank you so much for making this romhack Pat! I plan on getting many hours of nostalgic entertainment
Keen to see more videos! I have loved this series.
I just finished the hack (all badges, elite four, red, complete dex), and the hack feels amazing. Everything I dreamed crystal would be as a kid. But I feel there's a bug with tyrogue's evolution... it just refuses to evolve if it's attack and defense are the same. Had to edit the save to forcefully evolve it into hitmontop, but that's about it. Awesome hack man!
edit: nevermind the bug, I'm the distracted bufoon here.
You should have watched the main video or read the guide. It’s evo is brick piece now.
@@smithplayspokemon ah, frig... Just remembered it was the brick. Sorry. I watched it but didn't connect the dots
okay but that seems like an anime episode. Clefairy charms, into metronome recover, into another charm? Even if she lost, Whitney is still a goddamn threat.
18:38 "I don't think we should trade lives"
Smith also: sacks 4 pokemon for Haunter
Let’s get that nuzlocke for red going I would also love to see you do this for x and y which is a game that needs massive help
That crystal legacy cartridge looks sick
GBA cartridge on a GBC game tho lul
The game is SO fun. Thanks for doing this!
I think your game is magical. I found a shiny zubat in dark cave, now a beautiful pink crobat!
Would love to see a Kanto nuzlocke continuation of this vid!! Subbed!
Not sure if it is too late vut would love to see the kanto nuzlocke in this condensed style. Idk why but I always enjoy watching these condensed videos first then going back and watching the full thing. Either way though mate I have been loving these videos going over the ROM and am gonna be jumping into it asap once the new place is unpacked and laptop finally found.
Just finished my Playthrough of this amazing hack. My Final Team, going through a number of itterations, was Feraligator, Magneton, Gengar Alakazam, Tyrannitar and Dragonite. Really enjoyed my time with this hack and I would love to see you tackle the Kanto Postgame.
Such a great video, Thanks Smith Plays Pokémon
Fun to see! Well done, good rom hack!
I really enjoy my nuzlocke of your hack. I have like 15 dead Pokémon before the last gym fight, but it's really engaging.
I love this. my childhood made fantastic. I have to tell you, stall-leftovers-mudslap/gigadrain/protect/leechseed Meganium is the best starter now. She can sweep even supereffective pokemon. The only pokemon that actually gave her trouble was Karen's Vileplume. The combination of speed, sludge bomb, and substitute to avoid mudslap was a bit overwhelming.
I never thought I'd come across a Gen 1 or 2 ROM hack that could make them playable but here you are not only making Crystal playable but actually introducing a genuinely fun experience and giving much needed life to so many pokemon! I would LOVE to see Kanto!
GOTTA see that Kanto Nuzlocke. Excellent run on an excellent rom hack, really looking forward to playing this for myself
I’m going to start this game soon. A lot of effort and love put into this game
Naming your shiny “BROOOOO” is so based
12:30 casually throwing out the house Martell motto. 🐐
You're telling me the schoolboy immediately before Sudowoodo ALWAYS read my swaps but because he only ever had a Tangela it never mattered. Mans is a whole actual psychic....unlike the Psychic on the route.
I don't know where to put it, but since the patch 1.1 there are multiple attavks that straight up paralyzes the opponent like fury swipes. Guess thats a bug
really cool rom hack bro, nice job 👍
You realize that you made this game, I’m proud of you!
Of COURSE I wanna see the Kanto nuzlocke! I wanna see how these kanto gyms feel in practice.
Good to see you out of the blue - loved watching your vids
@@hennyzhi2261 Yeah. I'm still around. Just haven't been uploading cause I'm busy with other stuff.
@@markyjoe1990 Completely understandable and I hope you've been enjoying this romhack! o/
One thing I say is that you should have given the Grunt at the end of Slowpoke Well a name and make him another grunt to appear more than once. He's the early version of Proton after all, and also a fun story would be to have the other male executive at Goldenrod Radio Tower be the same guy, y'know in the spirit of Proton.
Good idea. That no-name final grunt always felt kinda odd, not gonna lie.
One thing that did irk me throughout the design process was his seemingly wilful refusal to use any of the expanded lore for HGSS. How difficult is it to just use the canonical names for the Executives? He only gave the names Archer and Ariana those names after people pointed this out to him. It is definitely weird the final grunt has no name when he later admits he is supposed to be the same guy that is later named Archer.
At 14:15 you culd have just klicked Dragonrage again. Based on the amaount of halth the first one did there is no way Slobro would have survived and you would have survived the poison.
Actually Gyarados is, in this romhack, way better than he was in og Gen 2 cause he can use his physical attack for his Dark type Coverage
Love your videos. Can you please make a video of best Pokémon team for gen 2 and moves for each Pokémon in the team
15 seconds into the video i did not expect you to have the face of Ryan Gosling Ken
Of course we want to see Kanto, we want to see E4 rematch, and we want to see Red. This is such a cool rom hack, and this Nuzlocke really shows how a lot of the changes add to the experience of playing the game at all levels.
Just a Suggestion from Me: Maybe do what Radical Red / Crystal Clear Did and Add A Nuzlocke mode that Implements those Rules and Add it so that you can enter in-game codes for Benefits and Advantages, Like infinite Rare Candies so we dont have to put it in the emulator's Cheat Menu and risk losing our save or breaking the game.
Getting ready to start playing this!
14:20 am I missing something or could you have just used dragon rage a second time to get rid of the slowbro?
I genuinely don’t even know. Seems like I definitely could have
I can't wait to give this a Nuzlocke myself, this will be the first time I've played Gen 2 since SoulSilver, which was actually the first Pokemon game I ever played!
Its so weird to see my childhood zombie guy be a pokemon nuzlocke legend lol, im glad you here TSP
I downloaded this after the video demonstrating it and I'm enjoying it. The added difficulty on top of shaken up Pokemon stats and locations has me exploring like a kid again. Also Larvitar in dark cave is OP before Falkner haha.
If i understand correct HM 01 Cut is now a bug element move correct? It makes me think Paras is especially overpowered as a grass type alternative with a easy combo of Spore Cut Sludgebomb and Giga Drain being the 4 four to come to mind.
"I don't think we should trade lives, ever"
Proceeds to sack 10 Pokemon for Gengar.
What a fun way to show off the game!!
I still need to play through this rom hack. It looks incredible. :D
you have to do a kanto nuzlocke and finish this run. It's not over until you beat red
I'd love to see you continue this into Kanto!
Man, stuff like slowbro is reasons to keep that dragon rage on Gyrados man
I'm doing a soullock of this game with a friend. We just beat Morty and so far everything looks fine
I've completed Crystal Legacy twice already. The first time catching all 251 Pokémon (thanks for the document with all the useful info) and thanks for all the Leftovers in the Elite 4. A simple Thief was able to give my full party Leftovers. The first time I played my team was Machamp, Houndoom, Alakazam, Tyranitar, Raikou and Dragonite (with Extremespeed). The second time, though, I didn't focus on completing the Pokédex and my team was Ursaring, Gengar, Lapras, Ampharos, Entei and Aerodactyl. I just mourned the loss of Ice Punch for Gengar and thanked my lucky stars that Lapras could learn Surf, Waterfall and Whirlpool now. Thanks!
Can you make Kanto Gym Leaders "rematchable" too? Also, the Rival's party could get like... 2-3 levels higher everytime we encounter him before going to challenge the Elite 4, so it means that he is actually training (as he says he will). SS Aqua could also accept trips all the time instead of the assigned days only.
You already had an aerodactyl in the clip you lost primeape so I’m a bit confused but other than that amazing video and game!! Love everything you’re doing
Looking forward to Part 2 Kanto Boogaloo
This is one of the best natural improvement made in hackrom
I can’t wait to see the Kanto Nuzlocke x)
Good job! Small question though. How did you justify Aerodactyl since you caught an Unown in the Ruins of Alph?
Probably cuz the puzzles are their own thing i would guess. So he chose which Fossil he wanted, much like how you choose Helix, Dome or Amber in a Nuzlock of RBY.
The same way you can justify fishing in any city with a cave/tower with encounters in it and getting those.
I classified in the chamber as it’s own spot and outside (where you can get natu) as a separate one!
At 14:16 gyarados would have outspeed and kill with another dragon rage and it wouldnt have went down to poison. For sure. So yo udidnt need to let your starter go down.
Yeah I agree. This seems like a bad play on my end actually
@@smithplayspokemon yeah. When you were talking about the play you were about to make I was yelling noooo! Lol but it's cool. Very good game.
"I don't think we should trade lives, ever"
>Haunter's kill count
I'm halfway through, the level curve and the difficulty is just great.
SOME IDEAS:
A clear bell could be given after deafeating the Rockets and someone wise (Morty? Kurt? Mr. Pokémon? The Bellsprout Tower Master) could ask the player what kind of sound it makes when the bell is rung. Then, we could have the option to say that it sounds like the crystal sound of deep waters or the raging sound of fiery skies... and depending on the players answer, Lugia or Ho-Oh could be obtainable with that item before the first go against the Elite 4 (found at lv. 45-50). That could be nice.
Or, perhaps, to make a little more sense, as the legendary bird trio is all catchable in the version, Lugia could only be obtainable after the player captures all the legendary birds and goes agains the Elite 4 for the second time (just like what happens with Ho-Oh only being obtainable after defeating the Elite 4 once and having all 3 legendary dogs). This makes one million times more sense than this beast only being obtainable after receiving a random item given by a ramdon elder at a random Kanto town, that late in the game. If it has to be obtained only this late in the game, then, let's give a purpose for it.
And finally, I noticed that after defeating Red for the first time, any rematch with him would bring back Espeon. Why not have his party kind of "rotate" a little every time we play against him? It could kind of shadow Red journey or even Ash's journey, swapping (let's say... in this 3rd fight) his Snorlax for a Tauros and his Espeon for a Muk (resembling Ash's Kanto Elite fights), then giving it a try for his Lapras, his Primeape and even a level 75ish very overpowered Butterfree. Red could retain his OG 4 starters (Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise and Venossaur) and rotate the other 2 spots with Pokémon that would make some sense in this narrative. 😀
PS: is it possible to reopen the Safari Zone, Cerulean Cave or the Seafoam Islands or you can't insert (even if small) brand new areas in the game?
It would be cool to reaccess some Kanto places... perhaps allowing the player to go up Lavender's Radio tower to get rid of an infestation of dark/ghost pokémon? Or Celadon's Rocket Hideout being used by that Rocket grunt who stole the powerplant machine part after we defeat him in Cerulean... then going there to fight him and a few last grunts... and the place could be swarming with the kinds of Pokémon we obtain in the Game Corners. 😀
Just enjoying the little bit of Ace Attorney music in the background
This game is actually epic❤ I rly enjoyed it
Killing Whitney with exclusively Rollout has to be the best feeling ever
Loved Crystal Legacy! I dont know what DVs my Scizor has but with Metal Claw, Wing Attack, Swords Dance and Twinneedle it is an ABSOLUTE monster
Hands down the best Crystal experience i've had since being 11 yrs old (i'm now 32)
Appreciate the ace attorney music - fragrance of dark coffee is just audio velvet
"losing wooper isnt devasting"
Electric types: "Its free real estate"
One thing in retrospect: you could have given the dig tm to quilava or houndour and you would have that much needed electric coverage without so many sacrifices
Bro seeing miltank getting a taste of its own medicine is the most satisfying thing I’ve ever seen in Pokemon
😎
smithplays: puts unown in the top 10 best early game pokemon video*
: it's actually pretty useful for stuff like nuzlockes.
two days later the guy posts a nuzlocke video with an unown
I used Donphan on my team for this romhack, and I just want to say he was crucial against the e4 for my team.
Phanpy was one of my early route encounters. Prior to evolving, i didnt think it was going to make it, but it became a beast.
The only thing i wish was a little bit changed was if Phanpy learned rollout earlier. Like prior to level 20. I kept waiting for it but he didnt get it until after evolving.