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- Dark Violet FAQ
- Q: What is this game?
- A: Pokémon Dark Violet, it's a FRLG hack that was initially released 8 years ago but was recently finished in 2018.
- Q: Are you playing on emulator?
- A: Yes, mGBA.
- Q: Main differences with this compared with vanilla FRLG?
- A: Some gen 4 mechanics, including auto renew repels and newer items, as well as the physical/special split. No Poke Marts; they're built into the Centers. As well, most of the areas have been completely redone from scratch, most notably Rock Tunnel. There are also a TON more mandatory trainers which makes the run over 2 hours longer than vanilla.
- Q: What Pokemon do you use in the run?
- A: I will manipulate a Squirtle to start off with, just like vanilla FRLG. I will catch two slaves, a bird (Pidgey, Spearow, Hoothoot, or Zubat) for Fly and a cutter (Rattata, Meowth, or Sandshrew) for Cut. Flash is a gifted HM in this hack, so if I end up with a Meowth, I may teach it Flash.
- Squirtle must be either Mild or Rash, and have 22+ Atk, 27+ SpA, and 23+ Spe. Defenses don't matter too much but I don't take super low Def on Mild and super low SpD on Rash. The Squirtle manip is a bit more volatile than vanilla as it takes longer to get to the ball and there are more NPCs to observe (girl outside house, and rivals also move while you walk to the ball). The stats are a bit more restrictive as well so more often than in vanilla, a TID may not produce a runnable Squirtle.
- In addition, Squirtle is 50-50 to get either Torrent or its Hidden Ability Rain Dish (which is useless), and there's no way to predict which one you get. Torrent is much faster at the top end, so future runs may reset Rain Dish.
- Due to the Physical/Special split, Bite is now physical which makes Lorelei awful, but he gets a great midgame move Aqua Tail (90 power, 90 Acc). He ends up as a mixed attacker in the end with 2 physical (Bite, Earthquake) and 2 special (Surf, Blizzard) moves.
- Q: What is the WR?
- A: 4:13:32 by me.
- Q: How good could the time be?
- A: No clue, but sub-4:05 would be very nice.
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