Pokémon Ruby Hack: Ideas Needed

So I've decided with the help of spess that before I start on the daunting task of making a fighting game, I'm going to make a hack of Pokémon. I have no ideas though. The only thing I've decided on is that we are going to be the gym leaders/Elite 4/Rival. Any ideas?

I have this idea for a Pokemon game. It's a bit dark. So you start off with your starter but you can't remove it from the party. You're forced to use it on your journey. This is so you become attached to the pokemon. Then later on in the story, the main bad guy kills your starter. I never really thought what happens after that, I assume the player then goes on to get revenge for the death of their first pokemon.

But yeah, here's an idea XD Maybe it might inspire you to think of something.

Oooh, that's interesting. I may be able to do that. Thanks. I'm going to open up a Google Docs page so we can all collaborate on ideas.

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Alright, Here's the link. If you want to contribute something, give me your email address and I'll add you.
EDIT: If you can't see the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JMMZR94gEWjGA_RPsO04x8xdz-7KmqBtpNk3M270MNA/edit

when your starter pokemon dies it's soul should combine with yours to access the heavenly accession ability. You then use your new heavenly attacks and kill the main evil dude. When your pokemon dies then you take its' place in the party.

That's a pretty good idea as well, although thinking about it it sounds a little difficult to implement. I haven't gotten to experience my boundaries yet though, so we'll see.

you kill pokemon instead of making them faint

class cannon wrote:you kill pokemon instead of making them faint

print that shit

I understand. Also I remembered that there's a little tutorial showing you how to catch pokemon. A scene like this would be good for having a pokemon die.

kill trainers too maybe?

Possibly. Dunno.

dunno why you need a gimmick though

shush
gimmicks make everything better

class cannon wrote:shush
gimmicks make everything better

i wouldn't say that applies all the time...
just look at the virtual boy for an example

You have a point, but a gimmick and/or plot twist are something that all the Pokémon games are missing. Will it make or break the game? Who knows. Let's just get a few more ideas rolling before we make decisions we'll regret.

tbh it'd probably break the game

We'll see. Before I go making this entire thing, I'm definitely going to make simple modifications to the original game (ex. make it so the three starters are legendaries (Groudon, Rayquaza, Kyogre) and all the Pokémon in the grass which is supposed to contain low level Pokémon will be ones that are supposed to be rare and powerful (starters from other games, legendaries from other games, etc.))

You guys should really check out the Google Docs page ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JMMZR94gEWjGA_RPsO04x8xdz-7KmqBtpNk3M270MNA/edit ). We got a lot of good stuff, but only two and a half contributors. All you need to do is give me your email address for you to be able to contribute. It's not like I'm going to send you 30,000 spam emails.

who the hell is the half contributor?

Jesyka or however you spell it

how can you be a half?

i dunno

Because she contributed but she's not actually part of the notes page. So it's like a half contribution