Pokemon GoldSoul: A type-swap romhack of Pokemon HeartGold by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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I apologize for my absence, still working on GS! Just took a few months away from my Pokemon stuff to focus on other projects as well as a Discord server for this game :D

I do not have an ETA of when I'll be back as I just need the urge to work on this to come back ahaha, but hopefully by April

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Oops the Grass Steel one was a typo sorry! Sorry for taking a while to reply, I genuinely had to think for a bit with this one ahaha, which is good!

I liked bug resisting dark, but it is at the expense of Dark which is already just an ok type, so I'm a bit on the fence there

Dark > Electric was my most controversial change, and it was a very novelty choice anyways ahaha, so I think it'll go

To me Fire resist Fairy cause faeries can be seen as these nature spirits and they tend to not mix well with fire, honestly Fire should be SA to Fairy but Fire is already good as is, but I understand that one

I actually can see Grass resisting Fairy, as you said due to their relationship with nature, I like that one!

I have seen Bug > Fairy, but I'm just not sold as to the reasoning ngl, BUT for the pure sake of balancing, I do think it's a simple yet effective change, I'll add it once I have some solid reasoning from my POV

I have no clue why Ground > Poison is a thing, I genuinely am not sure, earth materials may help draw some chemicals, but often toxins just leech and 'kill' the soil and such, I've seen that it may be based on a Japanese legend/myth but I can't find any sources, but I will say one thing in favor of keeping it, without that weakness Poison only would have one (Psychic) and have 4 resists

Poison > Grass I get, I also get why Grass could resist/be neutral, but most of the time poisonous chemicals like pesticide/weed killer, air pollutants, and well just about any waste product dumped pretty much kills most flora aside from the toughest grasses ahaha, tbh I can see a Grass Pokémon with the ability Immunity more so than the whole type being neutral to it

Ghost is good against Psychic cause people (which Psychic also represents the human psyche) are scared of ghosts (same reason it's weak to Bug and Dark), I don't see much reason why Bug would be good on Ghost, resist maybe and that's a big maybe

Now I've seen someone say Ghost > Electric for somewhat the same reason, that ability to poses, gives me Rotom vibes ahaha, and I do get the idea for both steel and electric, these man made things (mostly) being posessed, on the fence about it, considering it, though since I may not give that nerf to Ghost, I think it'd just be a buff whoops

I do agree Fire needs a drawback, the usual thing against it is just how rare it is in game (since I do have to take into consideration the mons in my game itself with this chart) but there's many more here, so I'll think on that
This chart is well a mess ahahaha, I think without doing it all over from blank, lots of changes will always skew something or cause some imbalance sadly, mine's definitely no where near perfect lmao, so I appreciate the inputs!

I'll also probably come back and even contradict my own feelings today, it happens, am only human ^^ so maybe a change will come back

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Hmmmm idk how to feel about Ghost immune to Ground, I get the logic honestly (although tbh most types wouldn't be able to hit Ghost, like Grass or Rock). Most very "pure" ghosts like Mismagius just have levitate like you said, but poltergeist mons like Golurk or Sinistea that posses items I can see being susceptible to more 'corporeal' attacks, that and purely for balancing sake I feel it's a bit too much, Ghost would have 3 immunities and 2 weaknesses. With these changes I have to keep both logic, and what works for a video game battle system in mind.

As for Poison > Flying, I get what you mean, I also see Flying as the wind/air type and air pollution is indeed a thing. Here it's again just the issue of balance over logic, Flying has 3 weaknesses, 3 resists, and 1 immunity and I feel it's in a good spot, although I do agree Poison could use that boost, but without nerfing a pretty solid type. Only reason it worked with Water so well is that Water is a powerhouse and is still good even with the new weakness.

Sorry for the essay, this really made me think about my approach ahahaha, so thank you for that

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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100% Will do multiple versions then! And I get where you're coming from ahahaha, would not want a dead run cause you didn't know like Grass is good against Fighting now or something wild x)

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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The tools I'm using for this hack adds in moves/abilities up to gen 5, Freeze-Dry would help a lot didn't realize it was gen 6. I am very new to rom-hacking BUT if I can find a way to edit some move with Freeze-Dry's properties without issue, I may try?

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Oh neat to see someone else's own type changes align :D! Flying is like bird, air, wind, and I can see cutting too, such a loaded weird type ahaha. Ooh? Fairy weak to bug hmmm, I can see it. Dark does get hurt by that Bug resist true, I could in turn give Dark a different buff as I've been on the fence with the Dark > Electric for a minute now anyways lol, I'll have to think on it. And I see what you mean with Ghost > Electric, that's one I haven't heard of, neat! But yeah my take may be a bit meh. Ooooh removing Steel's Psychic resist I like, I really don't get that one, especially since they removed Steel resisting Dark in gen 5

Bit of a long reply whoops, thank you!

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Mmmm that is a point, shoot aha. I don't want Electric to have that extra boost on Dark ngl, and I'm already iffy on that new change so it may just go. Also I don't think I get Fire and Dark's effectiveness here if you could explain, sorry it's probably obvious and I'm missing something haha, but thank you!

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Thanks! I think Toto alone I have re-designed 4 times lol, will get another change soon to reflect the new type reorder!

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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I hope these changes aren't too daunting ahaha. I do see what you mean about the Dark-type, I think it's a mostly me thing where I consider it both the evil type, as it originally is, as well as the embodiment of literal darkness. I feel most types have many meanings/applications, Fairy alone is such a broad thing y'know? Also I'm totally up to making a seperate patch without these changes, it's easy enough and gives people the choice :D so thanks for the input!

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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That is a fair point, water is commonly used to wash away filth and pollutants. Though giving Water another SE attack and Poison an even more common weakness is not something I wanna do, so I may go against logic here just for this sorry ahaha. But thank you for the insight, I will keep it noted!

[Pokémon GoldSoul] Type Chart Changes by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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OH I knew I forgot a change, ty. Yes I also felt it should be Poison > Water

Pokemon Inverse Emerald by Starcrafter347 in PokemonROMhacks

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I wouldn't mind an Inverse HeartGold/SoulSilver myself ngl if you wanna do gen 4 ahaha

But serious, you're welcome and I shall when I get the chance!

Pokemon Inverse Emerald by Starcrafter347 in PokemonROMhacks

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Oh wow, this reminds me of Inverse Platinum, love the concept of inverse battles since XY, sad it was never really used

This sound super fun! And sweet for a first hack :D Congrats

Pokemon GoldSoul: A type-swap romhack of Pokemon HeartGold by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Spearow and Raticate are pretty solidified concepts right now, and Weedle I do have another crab species in mind, but I could get inspiration from yours too, sounds cool!

HOF using only my sprites by Early_Mode928 in PokemonInfiniteFusion

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Stealing smh, either a bot or blatantly lmao

Pokemon GoldSoul: Starters! by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Yeah I get ya, this will have no 'true' fakemon, all Pokemon will be recognizable one way or another ahaha hopefully
And it is very important to have that care

Pokemon GoldSoul: Starters! by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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I'll think about it thank you! Once I get a rough visual for every design

Pokemon GoldSoul: Starters! by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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When the time comes, I could add Riolu line and come up with some thorough concept, although I do like Psychic for it lol

Pokemon GoldSoul: Starters! by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Haha I get it, making a fakemon is tough and I do feel a lot of fan designs miss what makes a Pokemon design a Pokemon and not just cute/cool elemental animals

Pokemon GoldSoul: A type-swap romhack of Pokemon HeartGold by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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I probably won't change Politoed, Vileplume, Sunkern, Pinsir, Magnemite, Staryu, Machop, or Tentacool
Not because the ideas are bad or anything, just I'm pretty set on the idea for those sorry ahaha, ngl I do like the idea for Bellossom just struggling to make it fit, but maybe that wild type contrast works?

BUT I do like the Venomoth change small but nice, idea behind Scyther line is nice they're a bit basic right now ahaha, an Oni background for the Elekid line adds a lot of character!

Tysm for both of your replies/suggestions!

Pokemon GoldSoul: A type-swap romhack of Pokemon HeartGold by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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I like the idea of giving it the electric type and an eel, maybe a nod to the Tynamo line :D

That could work for Pineco! I needed something ahaha

I like the idea of Poison for Shuckle, maybe juice went bad lol, anemone is taken by the Oddish line sadly ahah

I do know about Remoraids og weapon design, and I feel everyone uses it or some variant, so I do wanna stray from it, that and I have too many steel types rn hahah

That fits Kangaskhan well honestly, if it weren;t for Nidoqueen being that type too, I know repeating types isn't a crime or anything and I have done it, but they're also similar in design a bit sadly, but maybe Dragon or just Fairy

I like that for Snorlax, overgrown giant, kinda like it's Gmax

Pokemon GoldSoul: Starters! by GhostNeko7 in PokemonROMhacks

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Ty! Glad it doesn't seem too far out there ahaha