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Hello, Reborn folks! How have you been?
It's been quite a while since I didn't share any good news on the forum, so I wanted to share some with you! After 130 hours of gameplay on Emerald Plus, it's finally done! I'm very cheerful of what I did yesterday which was getting every silver symbol in every battle frontier facility!Spoiler
I know it's not a big deal since I didn't get any gold symbol yet, but I'm already very satisfied of it, especially since I didn't use any true "meta" Pokemon in the game and exclusively built my team with Pokemon I love, which can make things harder at times. The only annoyance with Emerald Plus is, I felt a little limited with the Pokemon available in the three first generations, so I did a special mix with Dark Pokemon and other Pokemon I love who are not necessarily Dark-types. The final result was surprisingly effective and it made me love Sableye more than ever! I couldn't believe that I managed to sweep Anabel, Tucker and Brandon teams thanks to this little guy
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Vulpix/Female/Level 62
Nickname: Flannery
Nature: Timid/Ability: Flash Fire
Held Item: Charcoal
Moveset: Flamethrower/Hidden Power Grass/Will-O-Wisp/Grudge
Sableye/Male/Level 62
Nickname: Gemini
Nature: Bold/Ability: Keen Eye
Held Item: Brightpowder
Moveset: Feint Attack/Psychic/Calm Mind/Recover
Murkrow/Male/Level 62
Nickname: Peppone
Nature: Jolly/Ability: Insomnia
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Moveset: Drill Peck/Steel Wing/Shadow Ball/Fly
Sneasel/Male/Level 62
Nickname: Kharjo
Nature: Jolly/Ability: Keen Eye
Held Item: King's Rock
Moveset: Shadow Ball/Brick Break/Return/Aerial Ace
Alakazam/Male/Level 62
Nickname: Hakim
Nature: Timid/Ability: Synchronize
Held Item: Lum Berry
Moveset: Psychic/Shock Wave/Calm Mind/Recover
Gyarados/Male/Level 62
Nickname: Merlin
Nature: Modest/Ability: Intimidate
Held Item: Mystic Water
Moveset: Surf/Thunderbolt/Ice Beam/Earthquake
Honestly, it was a pretty amusing experience, as well as a little bit stressful during some specific fights, and I don't remember making it that far when I first played the end game content of Pokemon Emerald on my Gameboy Advance. If the devs didn't include so many hax strategies, it could have been even more enjoyable in my opinion. In any case, wish me luck for the gold rush
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In fact, Emerald Plus is a rom hack. Its goal consists in providing the ultimate enhanced Emerald experience to the player. Although there's no change that affects the main plot or the map, it contains a lot of improvements that the original version lacks such as the availability of all the Pokemon from the first three generations through normal gameplay. For example, some Pokemon that are supposed to evolve via trades can evolve through levelup or friendship instead. There are other quality of life improvements added such as a day-and-night system, the possibility to choose among the starters of the previous generations, reusable TMs, event-locked Pokemon that become available the further the player progresses in the game, EV and IV showers and the list goes on. Given the fact that I'm French and that Emerald Plus is a French rom hack, I couldn't resist to give it a try. Having that said, if I had to mention two similar English rom hacks to compare, these would be Emerald Final and Sigma Emerald. Anyway, I'm very happy of my progress because back in 2006 I could barely do anything after getting two silver symbols (The Luck Symbol in the Battle Pike and the Brave Symbol in the Battle Pyramid). And don't worry for Flannery, I gave her a Fire Stone shortly after writing this post. I just wanted to beat the League as well as enjoying some endgame content with her as a Vulpix because I found her more cute on her unevolved form. But it's ancient story now. Since the beginning of the week, she plays with the big boys as a big girl
PS: The Gold Knowledge Symbol is too damn upsetting to get (The one from the Battle Factory)! Even if you're aware of the IV glitch and you're familiar with the moveset of the Pokemon used by your adversaries, there are so many steps to make without failing and the Murphy's law can be in full effect at every corner in this facility!
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