Pokémon Radical
Red

soupercell


Description

Fire Red enhancement hacks are definitely a dime a dozen these days, so you're probably wondering what this hack has to offer. I personally enjoy difficulty hacks the most, which is why I consider ROM hacks like Clover and Vega to be the two best ones out there.

This hack is at its core a difficulty hack with additional features; if I had to draw a comparison it'd be quite similar to Drayano60's enhancement hacks, which provide access to nearly all the Pokemon while also adding relevant buffs to make all sorts of different Pokémon and playstyles viable.

This is a joint project with me and a friend koala4; although I've handled pretty much everything on the technical side he's assisted me immensely in balancing, giving suggestions, doing the wild Pokemon locations for the most part, testing, and more.

This hack utilizes the Complete FireRed Upgrade engine (!!!!) and Dynamic Pokemon Expansion built by Skeli789, Ghoulslash, and others. It’s responsible for most of the significant features in the hack; I’ll list the important ones below.

Features
  • Physical/Special split + Fairy Typing

  • All Pokémon up to Gen 9 are obtainable including Paradox, Hisuian, Galarian & Alolan Forms (with some exceptions, Regigigas, Lugia Ho-Oh, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem-Black, Kyurem-White, Xernas, Yveltal, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus Calyrex forms,Deoxys, Darkrai, Arceus & Marshadow

  • Moves up to Gen 9, including some of the Isle of Armor DLC moves!

  • Updated Pokémon sprites

  • Mega Evolution. Z Moves, Dynamax & Gigantamax)

  • Dynamax Raid Battles

  • Abilities up to Gen 9

  • Ash Greninja

  • All important battle items (with some exceptions)

  • Raid Battles

  • Reusable TMs

  • Expanded TM list

  • Additional move tutors

  • EV Training Gear

  • Ability popups during battle

  • Gen 8 Exp Share

  • Hidden Abilities

  • Day and Night

  • DexNav allows you to search for Pokemon with hidden abilities and other neat things!

  • Even faster turbo speed (!!!)

  • Abilities like Magma Armor have field effects like recent Gens

  • Balance updates for Pokemon to match Radical Red, which includes type-changes, stat updates, ability updates, learnset updates, etc. Differences from the RR balance changes are explicitly noted in the documentation, but the goal for this was to be able to match the data on https://dex.radicalred.net/ and to be able to reuse the damage calculator at https://calc.radicalred.net/.

  • Destiny Knot, and Everstone have updated breeding mechanics

  • Much higher difficulty - Bosses have max IVs with proper EV spreads (barring the early bosses), along with optimized movesets/hold items

  • Improved AI

  • Battle style forced to Set

  • Can’t access bag against Gym Leaders and other select bosses

  • Similar to Pokemon Clover, there is a soft level cap based on the next boss battle. Many “challenge” hacks can easily be beaten by simply spamming turbo boost and overlevelling. This prevents you from doing so, instead allowing you to reevaluate your team and strategy to defeat bosses.

  • Bosses near the end will randomly choose between 1 of 3 teams

  • Elite Four Members each have a Legendary

  • Gym Leaders have access to Mega Evolution before you do

  • Some optional side bosses will have their levels scale according to your team

  • Johto Gym Leaders as additional side bosses(Some mandatory, but mostly optional)

  • Brendan as an additional Rival

  • Archer and Ariana present as Admins

  • Thief/Magician won’t steal from trainers

  • An additional Team Rocket event right before the 8th gym

  • My own curated buffs to a lot of deserving Pokémon, including Megas! May include type changes, stat changes, ability changes, an additional learnsets

  • Brand new abilities (Some taken from Clover, others exclusive to this game)

  • A revamped Game Corner, No more coins/Coin Case, just exchange with regular Pokecoins, Sells pseudo legends for a steep price, with options to upgrade to Shiny, Sells even more TMs

  • IV grade and colored natures on Summary Screen

  • An IV perfecter in Celadon for a very steep price

  • EV checker/reducer in Saffron

  • An ability swapper also in Saffron, along with an option to swap to Hidden Ability in exchange for an item

  • EV training areas with its corresponding EV training gear

  • Move relearner moved to Cerulean

  • Move tutor that teaches Egg moves

  • Additional Legendaries obtainable before the Elite Four: Virizion, Cobalion, Terrakion, Keldeo. Roamers: Raikou, Suicune, Entei, Landorus, Thundurus, Tornadus, Latios, Latias, Victini, Meloetta

  • Gym leaders may ask for rematches or side quests for their Mega Stones and other rewards

  • Day care south of Cerulean now can hold two Pokemon allowing for earlier breeding

  • … and more!


  • QoL Improvements
  • No need to teach HMs! Even Dig and Teleport appear as Field Moves if you have the TM and a capable Pokémon.

  • Use DexNav for specific encounters, Egg Moves, better IVs, Hidden Abilities, and higher Shiny odds.

  • Press Start in the bag to sort items.

  • Use L to access the skills menu, featuring Auto Run, Time Changer, Infinite Repel, and PokeVial (a portable Pokémon Center from Inclement Emerald).

  • Select multiple key items.

  • Press L on a move in battle to check its info.

  • Toggleable Gen 6 Exp Share.

  • Pokémon receive boosted EXP when above 220 points of affection.

  • Item images displayed upon obtaining.

  • Base stats shown on Pokédex summary screen.

  • Press B on the Bike for a speed boost.

  • No Poison damage in the overworld.

  • Lucky Egg boost increased from 1.5x to 2.5x.

  • A Nature Changer in every Pokémon Center!

  • Frisk boosts the chance of wild Pokémon holding items (along with Super Luck and CompoundEyes) for efficient item farming.

  • Macho Brace EV multiplier boosted from 2x to 4x (16x after becoming Champion).

  • Power Item EV Yield boosted from 8 to 24 (252 EVs after becoming Champion).

  • Pokémon holding Amulet Coin do not need to participate in battle to receive the prize money boost.

  • Thiefed items go straight to the bag.

  • Shadow Tag/Arena Trap on wild Pokémon no longer prevents fleeing from battle.

  • Magma Armor/Steam Engine/Flame Body now reduce egg steps by 4x instead of 2x.

  • Macho Brace/EV training items reduce speed by slightly less.

  • Catch rate universally increased after becoming Champion.

  • Significantly reduced prices of Potions (Potion to Full Restore, Revives, Paralyz Heal, etc.) and Repels due to their reduced use in this game.

  • Eviolite prevents your Pokémon from evolving (like Everstone).




  • Information:

    Creator:

    Size:

    32MB

    Version:

    4.1

    Updated:

    03/23/24

    Hack Base

    Pokemon Fire Red