Pokemon Blue Version: Pokemon Blue - 151

Pokémon Blue - 151 had a few simple goals:

1) To make it so that all 151 Pokémon could be obtained in a single-player playthrough, without the need for a guide, or any new special new items or evolution methods. All updates were seriously considered to make the most sense without affecting lore, story, or mechanics.

2) To replace any direct, real-world, location references with updated and relevant Pokémon-world references (Example: Lt.Surge the Lightning American is now The Lightning Unovan, as newer games reveal that he is a native born Unovan.)

3) To NOT go overboard with edits! The project does not add new sprites, new music, new regions, new characters, new moves, higher difficulties, etc... It doesn't even "fix" attacks. It does, however, slightly edit Fuchsia City so movement is easier (does not introduce any game skips, whatsoever - just a Quality of Life change.)

This is supposed to be as vanilla as it gets, but also to feel as official as it can be. All re-introduced Pokémon are not simply dumped into easy locations, but they are also not impossibly rare - NONE are at 1% spawn rate. - Everything was thought-out for balance and to fit into the already established story (in some cases, improving the story). The entire game should be doable without a guide. Newcomers should be able to playthrough and succeed simply by talking to NPCs and doing battles and exploring. Older fans will be able to do most of this game from memory - It is not supposed to feel like a rom hack.

Update 1.2: Changed one trade so that NPC dialogue post trade makes sense.

Update 1.2.1: Added an optional "MissingNo Patch" so players can re-enable MissingNo encounters.

- Razormime

Pokemon Blue - 151
by RazorMime

GOALS
+ Have all 151 Pokemon obtainable in-game with well thought out placements
+ Change all direct references to real world locations and animals to Pokemon-cannon alternatives.
+ Minor quality of life changes
+ Retain as much vanilla Blue as possible: difficulty, dialogue, etc...

1) SPOILER FREE DESCRIPTION:

WILD POKEMON
All wild Pokemon missing from Blue were added into their appropriate routes from Red, while splitting
the rarity of their appearance 50/50 with their counterpart (If Oddish had a 40% chance of appearing
in Red, and Bellsprout 40% in Blue on a certain route, they now each have a 20% chance of appearing
on that route.) In very few instances has a Pokemon been removed from a route. It was quite difficult
on some routes working in 4 new pokemon with balanced appearances as their counterparts. In these cases
I removed the most common pokemon which can be found elsewhere in the game, so Pidgey or Rattata.
NO Pokemon have a 1% spawn rate. One or two might be really rare (4%/5%), but nothing absurd.

TRADES
All in-game trades have been redone, complete with new nicknames. The nicknames of the new trades were
thought about very carefully so that they were very live-with-able. I tried to use names of pokemon that
have appeared in the Pokemon Adventures manga or TV show, or have a nice ties which the original
translator might have made. ...I could have nicknamed the pokemon what their species name is, but then a
bit of immersion would be broken when the name-rater says that is a wonderful nickname! - when it's kinda
not. Also, in the spirit of vanilla, trades still come with nicknames - In the old days, the only
Farfetch'd anyone ever had was DUX.

MAP
VERY minor changes have been made to eliminate specific glitches, and to improve movement in one location.

TEXT
VERY minor changes to text eliminate real world locations and animals. In these instances, I have done my
best to select appropriate Pokemon world counterparts which tie the games even closer together. I have
left some general animals alone, otherwise it start to be a huge rewriting of Pokemon lore - Pokedex
entries saying Ekans is a "snake" for instance, or the word "bird" - clearly, these should stay put, but
"Salmon" was replaced in NPC dialogue, for example. In one instance you will find an NPC who used to talk
about being in a real world location, now speaks of being in JOHTO - and this character now actually makes
a Gold & Silver bit of dialogue make even more sense. Other than future game references like this, I do
believe you won't even notice the changes. I wanted the game world to be more immersive than before.

TITLE SCREEN
You will notice that Mew is the first Pokemon to appear in rotation, this is to signal the change.
The other Pokemon in rotation also reflect changes.

SHOPS
VERY minor changes to what two shops carry

OTHER
Nothing else changed. Attacks, game-mechanics, story, etc... It should all feel just like you remember.



THANK YOU
Thank you for your interest in this rom-hack. I really hope you enjoy it, and I really hope that you try
to do the play-through WITHOUT reading the "2) SPOILER DESCRIPTION"! All Pokemon will be found if you simply
play through the game like normal, and talk to the NPC's. None of them have new dialogue or anything saying
where to find somebody, but battling them will enable you to find them via pokedex, and talking to others
will reveal new trades. Checking the shops will also clue you in on what's changed.



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2) SPOILER DESCRIPTION
I REALLY think you will enjoy this game more without looking further, but if you must...


WILD POKEMON
1) Red exclusive wild pokemon can be found in their original Red locations.
2) Farfetch'd was moved out of a trade and into Routes 12 and 13 (like Yellow)
3) Lickitung was moved out of a trade and into the Unknown Dungeon (Like Yellow)
4) Jynx was moved out of a trade and into Seafoam Islands (Like Japanese Blue)
5) Mr.Mime was moved out of a trade and onto Route 23
6) Bulbasaur was moved to Safari Zone
7) Squirtle was moved to Seafoam Islands
8) Charmander was moved to Cinnabar Mansion

TRADES
Pokemon which only evolve by trading are now traded to you via NPC (fully evolved), and shouldn't be
possible to obtain before discovering the previous evolutions first (can't get Gengar before meeting
Haunter, for example)

1) Machamp (CASSIUS) can be recieved for Mr.Mime on Route 2
2) Alakazam (HARRY) can be received for Magmar on Route 18
3) Golem (EMET) can be received for Machoke on Cinnabar Island
4) Gengar (SADAKO) can be received for Tangela on Cinnabar Island
5) Hitmonchan (JACKIE) can be received for Haunter in Cerulean City
6) Hitmonlee (BRUCE) can be received for Seel on Route 11
7) Eevee (VEE) can be received for Electabuzz on Route 5
8) Eevee (LU) can be received for Farfetch'd in Vermilion City
9) Mew (MEW) can be received from a scientist on Cinnabar looking for a Lickitung
10) Kabuto - Dome Fossil obtained from Celadon Prize Corner
11) Omanyte - Helix Fossil obtained from Celadon Prize Corner

SHOPS
1) Celadon Prize Corner
1) Slowpoke is Swapped in where Abra used to be
2) Helix and Dome Fossils in, TMs moved to Celadon Dept. Store 2F.
3) Moon Stones added in-case a player loses/uses too many of the limited stones found outside.

2) Celadon Dept Store: 2F
1) TM15 (Hyper Beam), TM23 (Dragon Rage), and TM50 (Substitute) are now available.
2) TM32 (Double Team), TM33 (Reflect), and TM37 (Egg Bomb) have been removed, however, they all
still have their other item pickup location in the world somewhere.


TEXT
1) Golduck's Pokedex entry changes the reference from a "Japanese creature" to a "mythical creature"
2) Lt. Surge is now known as "The Lightning Unovan" (removes the American reference, and retcons the
modern canon fact that Lt.Surge actually is from Unova.
3) Le Chef on the S.S. Ann now prepares "Salade de Karp", Shellder au Four", and uses Taorus Beef,
instead of preparing Salmon and Eel dishes. (Also does a better job with French/Kalos language).
4) TENTACOOL sometimes drift into the ship instead of "Jellyfish" (though Tentacool still is a "jellyfish" pokemon)
5) SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA is now SPACE SHUTTLE MOSSDEEP
6) Team rocket will no longer "find the fossils, revive and sell them for cash." now they just "find all
of the fossils and sell them for cash!" (to better match the Celadon Prize Corner changes)
7) Mew Diary updated from "Guyana, South America," to Pokemon cannon "Faraway Island, HOENN"
8) A scientist working at Silph who battles you is no longer upset that the Silph President sent him to
TIKSI, Russia. Now he's angry that the Silph President did not allow him to transfer to the JOHTO
branch, near his family AZALEA TOWN. This eliminates the real world reference, but also ties this
scientist into the lore started in GS, where Kurt's son (Maizie's father), who is never seen, is said
to be working for Silph. In RB you show up as they are nearing completion of the Master Ball
(something Kurt's son would be invaluable for).
9) "It's the game program! Messing with it could bug out the game!" now says...
"It's the game program! It looks like some things were patched!"

MAP
1) Fuchsia City: All the "cut" bushes have been removed (though one was added for posterity), a
"tree wall" has been replaced with a jump-ledge, and a shortcut was introduced near the shop
and near the pokecenter.
2) Route 20: Dock tiles now replace "east-coast edge" tiles to eliminate Missingno encounters.

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