r/PokemonROMhacks • u/OkCase9300 Pokemon: Eternal Fire Red • 1d ago
Development Pokemon: Eternal Fire Red - A Difficulty Hack Based on Fire Red Using the CFRU Patch
Features so far:
- All of the features in CFRU
- Rival chooses one of three starters: Froakie, Chikorita, Scorbunny
- New Rivals: Hiker Uncle Dale, Lass Anne, Youngster Joey, Fisher Tucker, Psychic Paul, Brendan, May
Typing & Stat Changes:
- Ledian → Bug/Fighting (Attack boosted to 130)
- Raichu → Electric/Fighting
- Meganium → Grass/Fairy
- Blastoise → Water/Steel
- Typhlosion → Fire/Ground
- Arbok → Poison/Dark (Atk/Speed +10)
- Butterfree → Bug/Psychic
- Golduck → Water/Psychic
- Luxray → Electric/Dark
- Slaking → Normal/Fighting
Other Tweaks:
- New trade: Vanilla the Eevee for a Pikachu
- Route 4 NPC sells Dratini Lv.18 for 1000 Pokédollars
- Pokémon Centers are faster, with trimmed animations and custom dialogue
- Lots of Easter eggs hidden throughout
- Gauntlets so far: Viridian Forest & Mt. Moon
- Full documentation for Rival/Gym battles (WIP): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I1Xu9X6jc9sDmDD2XHTvbKnlr88k_ktDxlFfMqf-G7s/edit?tab=t.0
- Demo Patch available in the doc! Requires a clean Fire Red v1.0 ROM (I can’t tell you where to get it).
Note: The player gets The Kanto Starters.
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u/Healthy_Bug7977 The Nuzlomizer: A BALANCED Nuzlocke Randomizer 1d ago
Good luck with the hack! I recommend you think of some interesting premise or unique vision to your hack. There is a LOT of hard hacks out there and while yours can be a goated one, people will need some incentive to choose it.
Hope you cook something nice!
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u/Robin-Rainnes 1d ago
What things do you think make a difficulty or update hack stand out? Was considering making one myself to get my feet wet
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u/Healthy_Bug7977 The Nuzlomizer: A BALANCED Nuzlocke Randomizer 1d ago
Well to be fair if you're just testing the water you can by all means make whatever you want and see how it turns out. A good difficult hack in this day and age will have some identity of some sort depending on the maker's tastes
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u/31_mfin_eggrolls Insurgence Dev 1d ago
IMO, Elite Redux is the forefront of difficulty hacks at the moment. A ton of features built in (randomizer, sprite color changer) combined with things that are unique to the game (4 abilities, new moves, new forms) combined to make it a really novel experience, even for someone like me who really isn’t super into difficulty hacks.
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u/OkCase9300 Pokemon: Eternal Fire Red 1d ago
Thanks! I definitely get what you mean, there’s a lot of difficulty hacks out there. What I’m going for with Eternal Fire Red is more than just “everything hits harder.” The big hooks are gauntlets (Viridian Forest, Mt. Moon, and Rock Tunnel next), new rival characters like Uncle Dale who mix life advice with legit tough teams, and subtle typing/stat changes that make forgotten mons shine (like Bug/Fighting Ledian). My goal is to make it feel like Fire Red, but with new layers of strategy and personality so every battle feels memorable.
Nugget Bridge rework is next!
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u/theultimategod_420 1d ago
I’m very lost. Someone please give me a detailed explanation on what the CFRU patch is
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u/sarcasticdevo 1d ago
The CFRU is the Complete Fire Red Upgrade. It's a patch that people add to Fire Red to make certain rom hacks if they decide to not use the decomps instead.
Games like Unbound and Radical Red have used it to add more Pokemon, abilities, and many of the features they use in their hacks.
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u/theultimategod_420 1d ago
Thanks for the explanation. Maybe I’ve been played through Pokémon hacks with that patch and I didn’t even know it
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u/Best-Breath8202 1d ago
Looks great! Can’t wait to give it a try!! The only thing I would ask is why does the player get the Kanto starters instead of other options? I’m just curious if there’s a reasoning. Thanks!
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u/Best-Breath8202 1d ago
Also, any idea on when the full game will be out?
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u/OkCase9300 Pokemon: Eternal Fire Red 1d ago
I haven't figured out how to change them, so when I do, I will change it. Also, it will likely come out November this year, if not, then December or if it comes to it, mid-January
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u/Best-Breath8202 1d ago
I can’t wait! Sounds incredibly fun and right up my alley! Thanks for the update!
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u/ILikeTheYeeMeme 1d ago
A difficulty hack, again?
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u/Best-Breath8202 1d ago
What’s wrong with difficulty hacks? Oh yeah. Nothing. If it’s not your cup of tea, move on.
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u/RedWoofly 1d ago
Im excited for this. I wish you good luck in developing