I Made the PERFECT Pokémon Yellow Romhack!

NEW MERCH:
➤ smithplays-pokemon-shop.fourt...
Download 1.0.9 Patch:
➤ drive.google.com/drive/folder...
FULL TUTORIAL on How to Play :
➤ • How to Play Pokémon Ye...
Full Yellow Legacy Guide:
➤ Make a Copy (Recommended): docs.google.com/document/d/1J...
➤ Download as PDF: docs.google.com/document/d/1J...
Rom Patching Tool:
➤ www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatche...
GAMESHARK CODES:
➤ Rare Candies - replaces the first item slot with 99 rare candies. If you have no items, you will break your game. If it's a key item, you may softlock your game. Be smart, be careful, have fun!
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➤ Walk Through Walls - save regularly and expect chaos.
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Join the Discord:
➤ / discord
Reddit:
➤ / pokemonlegacy
My Instagram:
➤ / thesmithplays
➤ Music Tracks used:
Camping Trip ~ Persona 5 Strikers
Living in the City ~ Sonic R
Vacation ~ Persona 5 Strikers
On Your Way ~ Ridge Racer Type 4
Butterfly Kiss ~ Persona 5
Can you feel the sunshine? ~ Sonic R
Sophisticated Fight ~ The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
LEE's ending ~ Tekken 5
Mementos Upper Area ~ Persona 5 Royal
One-Eyed Dancer ~ Yakuza 0
Funk Goes On ~ Yakuza Kiwami
Lullaby of Outlaws ~ Yakuza Like a Dragon
Rocket Nuts Groove (I wasn't kidding dude it's a great song) ~ Yakuza 0
B-side track 5 05. 唖然呆然 ~ Yakuza 0
Receive and slash you ~ Yakuza 5
Flirt with Bomb ~ Yakuza Kiwami
Fish on ~ Yakuza 3
Interplanetary Spark ~ Yakuza 0
Receive You ~ Tech Trance Arrange
Growling Hound ~ Yakuza 0
Cynthia Battle theme demake ~ Credit to @Porygonal64
Camping Night ~ Persona 5 Strikers
Credits: Craig Livingstone (Production), Weebra (Editing)
0:00 Intro
1:16 1: Quality of Life
7:50 2: Moves
14:46 3: Pokémon
20:20 4: Gym Leaders
25:06 5: Team Rocket
29:27 6: Elite 4
32:55 7: Rival
35:34 8: Post Game
43:36 Update & How to Play
Business Inquiries: [e-mail]

[@smithplayspokemon]

We have a new 1.0.9 bug fix update now live! The new patch is in the 1.0.9 link in the description. Old saves SHOULD work fine, however please save in a pokecenter before updating otherwise you risk corrupting your save. You should again patch your own legally acquired CLEAN BASE YELLOW ROM, do NOT apply the patch to an already patched Yellow Legacy ROM. Please be smart, take a backup of your save before updating just to be safe. New Patch: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZIWtHvyn51snAM4lFJEyuDyLrLt-TF-i?usp=drive_link Patcher: www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/ PSA: Before you get started patching anything, load your base yellow ROM into rom patcher js (or a hash checker) and check the SHA-1 hash. The base yellow hash should be SHA-1: cc7d03262ebfaf2f06772c1a480c7d9d5f4a38e1. If it is not exactly this, you have a modified or bootleg yellow ROM and you will have to find a real one. Similarly the hash of your 1.0.9 patched ROM should be SHA-1: 5cedd531b157ccebc74dbaae25f7945711975624, again if this is not exactly this, you have done something wrong and should repatch. Changelog 1.0.3: - Fixed trade pokemon crash when not on hard mode - Fixed mixed up HP and attack on DV screen - Multiple-level-up learnset skipping bug fix - Reverted Viridian Gym's music to base, and made the unused song giovanni's encounter music - This fixes the TM and sound bugs in viridian gym - Seafoam Islands' palette doesn't change to cave when you talk to pikachu - Fixed Oak's lab pokeball gift typo from base game - Persian can learn cut - Nidoking and Nidoqueen get dig as a level 1 move, so you can use the move reminder to re-obtain it later - Doduo sprite - Fixed a bug with type effectiveness - Fixed daycare normal mode bug - Meowth and Persian get cut - Switched bug catcher texts on route 9 to match their teams - Fuchsia fossil mon flag doesn't get set if you don't have box space - If this bug happened to you before, unfortunately it can't be reversed. You can however fish both fossil mons in Seafoam Islands B4F with a Super Rod. - Touch ups for mr mime, kangaskhan and doduo overworld sprites - Route 14 hm text modified - Psywave does between 100% and 150% the user's level - Exeggutor and Exeggcute get mega drain via tm - X items, dire hit and guard spec added to celadon mart 5f marts - DV screen doesn't break cinnabar gym anymore - If this issue happened to you already, fighting a trainer/rematching blaine inside of cinnabar gym will fix it Changelog 1.0.9 - Fixed evolution level up moveset bug - Razor wind item description fixed - Fixed neeed typo - Fixed eeveelution in champions room rematch - Fixed large decrement underflow if on 10 - Changed easy/hard mode messages to start with "Are you sure?" - Gastly poison gas to 23 - Vermilion trash puzzle resets when you leave the gym - Erika 4 victreebel gets stun spore - Fixed super rod encounters showing wrong locations on the pokedex area page - Fixed buffer overflow bug with pokedex old/good rod encounters - Fixed exp all party display bug - Fixed Fuchsia signs displaying pokedex move page - Fixed a bug where the oak catching pikachu scene breaks boxes - Switched badge boost text in gyms that were wrong - Fixed item description for flamethrower tm

[@Ted_the_Dragoon]

Love the changes, really enjoying the rom. My only complaint is the red (low) HP bar noise, would be really nice to cut that down to only a few chimes as it can get really annoying on hard mode sitting on low HP. Great work!

[@theSBC1409]

Ok, hear me out, Pikachu should learn double kick. Idk in case the player doesn't want to mons available around Brocks gym.

[@mordredstein9553]

Where is Poliwag before Brock?

[@macAaronE]

@@mordredstein9553 You can obtain the Old Rod in the Viridian PokeMart. It now allows you to encounter Pokemon other than Magikarp.

[@mordredstein9553]

@@macAaronE Thank you!

[@verymelonman12]

As one of the blind testers for this romhack, I can guarantee to everyone watching this video you'll have a great time playing this if you're a gen 1 fan.

[@SymmetricalDocking]

Easily in the top 10 of Gen 1 romhacks

[@HangrySnorlax_]

"Hey look at me I played first "

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@HangrySnorlax_ No, Negative Nancy, it's "I liked playing this, so you probably will too". Are you subject to the Law of Jante or something?

[@maniga6763]

Oh shit, I had no idea smith was using blind dudes to test the room hack!

[@BelugaTheHutt]

@@maniga6763 Budget cuts.

[@DTPVH]

- “All status moves are bird - type under the hood” This game really is held together by duct tape and dreams. That, more than anything, truly carries on the spirit of gen 1. Ridiculous problem require ridiculous solutions.

[@Dragonsbrethren]

Brilliant solution. This is the kind of ingenuity you’d only get from a ROM hacker

[@AKAAndreas]

Does that mean they will never use a status move if they have a super effective attack?

[@jeroenvdw]

So if you have a grass pokemon it will always go for the status move? Lol

[@moe5177]

@@AKAAndreasexample: AI sees Agility as being super effective against poison and fighting By making agility a “bird type” it’ll never see it as being super effective against anything so thus won’t spam it like it usually would. Bird type is a scrapped type that can only be found on missingno and…. missing no number two that is a bird/normal type…? Huh. First time I learned there’s apparently a second missingno. Gen 1 is so fascinating.

[@AndroJonny95]

​@@jeroenvdwno, bird type isn't flying type. bird type was unusued but remained in the game and has no presence on the type effectiveness chart, so it's neutral against everything

[@chefref5027]

This romhack makes the game feel like I thought it felt when I was 6.

[@ragingraichu219]

As a certified Raichu fan, I will be hunting for that 1% Raichu.

[@50zezima]

I actually don't like Raichu sprite in the other games, but it's Gen 1 Sprite is epic and if we are basing it on that Raichu, I'm with you. Definitely gonna find it.

[@JohnCollins-gh6mj]

Wasn’t terrible to find. Finding Clefairy at Mt. Moon was worse

[@Someguy-ym4qx]

​@@JohnCollins-gh6mj Kind of depends of the floor. 1st floor 1%, 2nd floor 5% and 3rd floor 15%

[@captaincharisama94]

Where is it?

[@JohnCollins-gh6mj]

@@captaincharisama94 power plant

[@finderfinder4290]

22:24 “We have actually made status moves bird type under the hood” ah yes, a perfectly normal statement

[@deoxysandmew2162]

Its... actually a big brain move on their part ngl. Typeless move that went unused, being used for something.

[@skipspik1571]

I memory recall, BIRD was a different type laying unused in the code, that was an early FLY type. So good way of reusing it I suppose.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

@@skipspik1571 Precisely.

[@KainaX122]

Out of context, yes, it’s very interesting. However, it does allow the team to deal with the issue of “smart” AI where certain trainers would use super-effective-type moves against you endlessly… even if those moves don’t do any damage For a prime example, one of Lance’s Pokémon can be cheesed by throwing in a poison type pokemon - even at a super low level - and Lance’s Pokémon will continue to use Agility, which is a Psychic type attack, and because trainer Pokémon don’t have to deal with PP limitations like the player does, it will continue to do this until you either switch Pokémon or Struggle out

[@brucepotter8817]

@@KainaX122twitch plays Pokemon comes to mind LOL

[@zuperzach]

I hope you all like the sprites me and the sprite team made! Absolutely my favorite part of this hack, and it was a blast to work on!

[@xbane5109]

thank you very much greetings from germany

[@maniga6763]

*literally 15 minutes after the new spirits were revealed* "can we have an option to get the old sprites again?" Great job on the new sprites, they are so good and unobtrusive that they feel part of the original game

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

Pikachu specifically bothers me because he doesn't look fat. I like the rest of the sprites, but what's even the point of playing Yellow if you don't get fat pikachu?

[@NitroDS]

i apprechiate the effort I wonder if guys will try to update them again because i think the backsprites still look too much like ther janky green gen 1 style yellow is extremely clear and crisp on that part. i think the backsprites could be even better

[@mannather]

Is there some place where we can get thefull page of the "Before & After" back-sprite comparison? I've been trying to find but to no avail ;^^. They look good enough, I'd like to kinda show it off to some people in the future >u

[@travv88]

Just started it and it already feels way better than the original. I like that the Pokemon center just heals you right away instead of yapping for 5 text boxes every time.

[@Laezar1]

Started playing and I LOVE that you're having NPC explain some new changes aswell as obscure mechanics like stat xp and DV!

[@trentteyema1761]

Note: Petal Dance was buffed from 70 to 90 BP to match crystal legacy. This is not in the video because it was a last minute alteration they made after I myself noticed a couple days ago that the team forgot to make that parity change.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

Thanks for the info. I will have a look out for grass types then. ;)

[@YuyuHakurei]

Grass is still extremely redundant though. Water covers the same weaknesses, except it also beats fire. You can say the same for rock and lightning as well. Fixing the accuracy for those is a nice change though because rock moves are good if they had higher accuracy. Though by fixing some of the type weirdness and weird moves that does change the meta a little bit. Grass still isn't going to be non redundant, but they might have more use in the end game content that was added. If they limited the types so that each type can only be good against 2 types. Then that might have fixed some of the huge problems the type chart still has today. In a way that makes it so you don't need to add more types to the game. Yet still could for flavor anyway.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

@@YuyuHakurei Agreed. Grass in Gen 1 is not AS useful in terms of coverage, but my gosh! Do NOT underestimate it in this hack... Some sleepers if you dont have an answer... its hard hole to crawl out from. Other than that I agree. Gen 1 has NO Water/Ground dual types.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@deoxysandmew2162 Gen 1 does have Water/Rock though and it's relevant in this game.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

@@ShiningJudgment666 you can still zap water/rock with electricity tho. Water/ground only weakness is grass.

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

It's wild how a PokeTuber is behind one of the best romhacks in the entire community(Crystal Legacy) and on his way to enshrining himself in the community with another good one. Props to you, good sir. For those of you wondering about the Nurse Joy from Fuchsia City who dreams of being a trainer, it's from the anime episode "Ultimate test" where Ash enters the Pokémon League Admissions Exam and battles the instructor with random mons (he uses Team Rocket's mons while the instructor uses the Eevee line).

[@Angel-Amari]

and don't forget he plans to do the same with emerald as well

[@matiasjosecardenasrodrigue8174]

Wow Carmine you really do show up everywhere, I thought you were kidding on Prestons streams.

[@davion4777]

What’s wild about it? Is it strange that a Poketuber is also a rom hacker? I don’t see anything strange about it.

[@budsmokinpandaz]

Zombies tuber bro. 😎 lol jk

[@TheGary2346]

@@Angel-AmariWhich is odd because I’d argue Emerald needs the least amount of change out of any mainline Pokémon game. Like maybe some encounter changes and buffing up some trainers, but that’s about it. Gen 3 is pretty balanced overall.

[@grrman]

Great job! Seriously impressed with all the things you've achieved, first with Crystal, and now with Yellow. Well done to you and the team behind you!

[@boffyrox2]

I couldn't help but smile throughout this entire video. Excellent work @SmithPlays Pokémon team! I'm currently in the middle of re-playing Generation 1 - 5. But, when I'm finished, onto the ROM hacks I shall head! Keep chugging bossman.

[@LiShuBen]

2:08 That’s rhyhorn, one of my favorites of the gen. I’d recognize that abomination of a back sprite anywhere lol

[@Frank-qt3yn]

And here I was thinking it was a slowbro... 😢

[@afonsocesar3692]

Wtf, I really thought it was arcanine😂

[@amiciyopre]

I only knew it from one of the live streams before they implemented the new back sprites.

[@runegodguthix]

100% thought it was cloyster.

[@nappeywappey]

yay i got it correct

[@sgtpickles1319]

*SmithPlays Thanos with his Poke-finity Gauntlet* “Two down….one to go”

[@BruhMoment-mn9kn]

Wdym "one to go". What about Platinum Legacy? 👹 Nah mate, just kidding

[@sgtpickles1319]

@@BruhMoment-mn9kn I am secretly hoping for a ‘SpiritCrystal’ based on HGSS but with all Crystal Legacy features 👍

[@deoxysandmew2162]

Emerald will be tough as nails to crack... Abilities, more moves, more mons, more interactions and team bulding... it will be rough.

[@grassyoverated]

Three to go,theres also balck and white 2 legacy

[@deoxysandmew2162]

@@grassyoverated ngl... I WOULD love to see Platinum Legacy... its my fav game in the whole franchise. One can dream haha.

[@rubenbrugel]

I adored and played through your crystal legacy hack twice, cant wait to start this. Thank you for this brother. No better watch to re experience the old gens

[@brendancurry9808]

I cant explain how great it is to give basically a secondary starter trio in the early game is

[@jaimdeines5141]

Yes! Do you remember which ones those were? I’ve re watched the vid a few times to find this part that I know was mentioned and I can’t find it! 🥲

[@brendancurry9808]

@@jaimdeines5141 Vulpix, Oddish, and I think poliwag

[@CarlosMoreiraAbreut-oh3ex]

as a person who liked crystal legacy, i can almost guarantee this romhack can bring gen 1 to it's full potential without making it look like not gen 1

[@JP5150_]

This legacy project is incredible. As an experimenter in Pokémon romhacks I legit love when someone puts their passion into a gaming franchise that is 25+ years old and try to make the gaming experience as best it could be. Even us OGs of Gen 1 have a better appreciation to the old gaming classic

[@deoxysandmew2162]

Indeed. I was wondering what Paper Mario TTYD would looks like, if it was absolutely perfected in content and balance. I imagined it like Gen 2 was with Johto and Kanto. Johto being main game, and Kanto being the Mushroom Kingdom portion thats simplified after you beat final boss of the game. One can only dream...

[@captainthursday]

I'm five minutes into this video, and as somebody who's been playing Pokémon since '99, this is already one of the greatest things I've ever seen somebody do for one of my favorite games ever.

[@HornerHunts]

This series has been incredible! You and your team have done an amazing job on both games

[@magmamuffz1246]

making all the status moves bird type is the funniest part of the whole romhack

[@jwill294]

It’s to confuse the AI or better yet control/direct the AI trainers to make better decisions. And not spam status moves bc they appear less effective

[@magmamuffz1246]

@@jwill294thanks. I know.

[@wherethetatosat]

Given how spaghetti Gen 1 is, Craig needs a raise for dealing with all that coding.

[@thomasmilburn199]

YES! I have been so excited for this. You're crystal legacy was spectacular so I can't wait to give this a playthrough! Thanks for the instructional video. Helped me again too!

[@AmandaTheJedi]

I’m so excited I just finished the Crystal legacy dex

[@fearfulwastaken1765]

18:23 I am one of thede absolute mad lad Raichu lovers and I will get the 1% Raichu as soon as possible.

[@creamreviews1607]

JRose shoutout was my favorite! Thank you Smith and Team for doing this project! Yellow was definitely the game I had the most hours in as a kid. Nice to see it getting its due here. Keep up the great work!

[@calamelli209]

I'll bet JRose plays this on his channel at some point in the not-too-distant future. He played and really enjoyed Crystal Legacy, and considering his primary focus is the gen 1 games, he'll almost certainly be on board with this one too.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

Heh heh... Jrose better make ANOTHER solo 151 pokemon in pokemon Yellow Legacy and see how THESE pokemon hold up now. XD

[@skipspik1571]

I didn't get it. Was it the bug catcher in victory road ?

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

It'll be funny to see him bug out when he sees Lt. Surge's Raichu. 😂

[@nickdaiz1111]

Havent even played it and im blown away by how incredible you guys have done, amazing work please take pride in this project ❤

[@woolpuppy]

I am so grateful that your team has worked on this. Thank you so much for the absolute blast that I'm sure to have. ❤

[@Eric-gp3hi]

This is amazing! I’m looking forward to seeing Emerald Legacy.

[@graysonbogert5288]

I think one fun thing to mention for Agatha's team is that her having Marowak fits in 3 ways. First it's spooky as you mentioned. Second it's a reference to it Alolan Ghost type cousin. And third it's a reference to her sister, Bertha, being a ground type specialist

[@agata6337]

damnnnnn thats so dopeeee

[@christopherfu2169]

Wait, is that canon? Bertha being Agatha’s sister?

[@graysonbogert5288]

@@christopherfu2169 Not explicitly but Charm using both their Pokemon, Rhydon (although Bertha uses Rhyperior as her ace) and Gengar, in Legends Arceus is about as close as you can get. At the very least they are related in some way

[@grunkleg.3110]

Agatha also uses the Alolan form in her Let's GO rematch team

[@khaos_theorem7842]

What about number 4 and the most obvious and probably only real reason being that there is a Ghost Marowak in the game...

[@bobvillia69]

Oak story ,1 of a kind. Maybe your Greatest feat in Gen.1 . VERY WELL DONE

[@tabbender1232]

I actually like the mutual super effectiveness of bug and poison in gen 1. That's something we never got again in pokemon

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

same

[@Aerogod223]

we did too and had to argue a lot in the behind-the-scenes testers chat. But came to the decision it balanced the game really well to remove it.

[@tabbender1232]

@@Aerogod223 I would have just removed the poison type from the Victreebel line tbh (since Erika being too easy to sweep with cut seems to have been the main issue). Do we really need half of the grass type lines in the game to be grass/poison?

[@moe5177]

@@tabbender1232I don’t think Smith is the type of guy that would want to change any Pokémon’s type. Doesn’t mesh well with his goal of improving upon Pokemon, but not making it unrecognizable.

[@tabbender1232]

@@moe5177 I think it's a much less major change than altering the entire type chart

[@ricardotemporalgrein4482]

Instructions were clear. Already managed to install and run Yellow Legacy. Thanks Patrick, for your work and dedication!

[@thomasmilburn199]

The variety of mons you've given us access to is amazing! Not everything all at once, but gradually. Just made it to the game corner and am remaking my whole team....again. Loving this playthrough!

[@sarcastic4694]

Thank you to the whole team ✨🥳 we really appreciate your efforts ❤ I've been waiting for yellow legacy and now that it's finally here I'm sure it's gonna be an amazing playtime. Looking forward to Emerald Legacy as it's literally my favourite game and the first ever pokemon game I completed. Thank you again ✨🥰

[@sumguyfromutah]

Yes, please work on the Kanto post-game in Crystal legacy. Make the Kanto gym leaders rematchable, bring back Viridian Forest, and maybe put some other goodies in there too. Anyway, Yellow Legacy looks amazing!

[@Magma-Idiot-2001]

Slow your role, my guy. Stuff takes time.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Viridian Forest being cut down fits storywise though

[@cleverman383]

It would be great if Crystal Legacy felt like an actual sequel to Yellow Legacy

[@LPcrazy_88]

When you first talked about this project and how you weren't initially planning to go as hard with Yellow as you did with Crystal I was a little reserved on hope for this to be a banger. But holy crap as time went on you made it clear you guys were giving this ROM hack every bit of love and care as I could have ever hoped. I would have been blown away enough just the addition of that Pokedex and minor changes, but you guys completely overhauled every lack luster part of Yellow and made a masterpiece. Thank you so much!

[@MrShdutchy]

Thank you Smith and all the team! Awesome work!

[@zerosama5743]

Man this is awesome! I can’t wait to play this rom hack. I started rom hacking with yellow version and my goodness you guys killed it and inspired me to play around with what can be done in gen 1

[@greil7392]

Rhyhorn back sprite at 2:10

[@Reapehify]

Rhyhorn was my first thought, but as I went through all the Pokémon in my head I came to Slowbro, and talked myself into saying the front triangle is an ear and Rhyhorn doesn't have ears. Just double checked; surprised at how recognizable Slowbro is. Props if you did it blind. :)

[@CheckUnderYou]

Looks like Omastar.

[@Reapehify]

@@CheckUnderYou there's a few Pokémon it could be in theory: Cloyster, Slowbro, Lapras, Rhyhorn, Omastar, I knew from experience it was Rhyhorn but talked myself out of it. Anyway, it's Rhyhorn.

[@stanieldoe]

Arcanine maybe?

[@PKMLabTech]

Let's go back in Time. Thanks for the great work on the ROM.

[@evansmith1829]

WOW!!! You did such an amazing job! I am genuinely excited to try out this rom hack!!

[@Cceptus]

I literally love passion projects like this so much. Truly incredible work and I was so excited even though I've never played Yellow ver LOL

[@seroserog1356]

That last Giovanni fight looks broken af. Love it 🤣

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Fast and strong Water type to the rescue. But it makes sense. Access to black market TMs and all.

[@PixelPikmin]

So glad to see this mod finally released! Can’t wait for Emerald legacy and whatever else you do in the future

[@cleverman383]

Platinum Legacy?

[@PixelPikmin]

@@cleverman383 Maybe👀

[@21frostfall]

So stoked to see this! Loved Crystal Legacy and have been following ever since. So stoked to experience this next chapter of the Legacy trilogy. You, Craig, Weebra, all the play testers… you are heroes. Hats off to you all. Also, going for the bonus points and guessing Slowbro. *uses internet* …it’s not slowbro, guys.

[@korges2590]

This is insane. As i huge pokemon old games fan i cant believe i havent found this channel yearlier. Thank you for what you do!

[@austinesser]

Can't wait to play! One idea for Pikachu learning surf or fly, is that it's sprite changes if it knows one of those moves to Pikachu on a surfboard or pikachu with balloons. Would be pretty fun for this game

[@Brandon-pw6cl]

Thanks for the rom hack! Crystal legacy was awesome, and I can't wait to get into this one! So much nostalgia.

[@sebastienr7852]

This is so cool. You're the real MVP Smith ! And the people who worked with you in this too of course.

[@foshizzle9458]

Hey mate ! Just wanna say a thankyou to you and the team for this version of yellow ! Thoroughly enjoyed the crystal one to. Haven’t played pokemon in years and these new versions have given me the nostalgia I craved haha keep up the good work and thanks again 👌

[@mapleunix1]

24:50 - Holy crap! They actually used my suggestion of giving Jump Kick/High Jump Kick to the Ponyta/Rapidash line! 😭 Although someone did point out that HJK has a different name in Japanese which doesn't make sense for quadripeds but I still think it's cool! ❤

[@ShiningJudgment666]

The line is literally based on a horse. Horses kick when they're spooked so it makes sense. The added coverage is welcome for it otherwise it's another bad Fire type limited to Fire and Normal coverage (and Fire type has it rough enough in Gen 1 though it's useful in some parts of the game at least).

[@mapleunix1]

@@ShiningJudgment666 yes I'm aware, that's why I suggested the move. What I'm saying is that someone replied to my OG comment saying that HJK's original name in Japanese is more akin to a knee strike instead of a kick, and that HJK is a mistranslation. Something like that, I haven't re-read his comment. Anyways, point being that Jump Kick would've made more sense than HJK since horses kick with their legs and not their knees.

[@kwpineda5663]

I want to thank the whole team for finally sharing this with us. I cant imagine how much effort went into this even when SmithPlays tries to explain it to us. Im sure its just a mild percent. I can assure you we will enjoy it!

[@Amainville93]

I had other plans for this weekend, but this might take their place. Very excited to try this.

[@Legendoftherock]

I'm genuinely intrigued about this and excited to play it with the QOL upgrades. Well thought-out, team!

[@firenzeathriel6198]

The learn set in the Pokédex is a game changing QOL upgrade.

[@PerryTheOneArmLegend]

Hearing this video in full has now made me super excited to play through Yellow for the first time in well over 15 years. Well done to everyone for their hard work. 🎉

[@bobvillia69]

Nurse getting Blastoise because of SSquad is absolutely AMAZING. LOVE IT

[@lythd]

man im really excited to play through this, good job!

[@edunevasca2554]

I am really excited to play this Rom because of the fact yellow was the first Pokémon game have played, I played in my PS2 using a Game Boy emulator my father bought. I still remember my team and was 3 starters, Nidoking, Pikachu and Jolteo ((Pikachu was more like a mascot that a party member)

[@TheKarlosOSRS]

Super hyped for the release! It was a pleasure to work on the game and help out the team, Smith is underplaying his role in everything as well, he was a stellar lead here. Really hope everyone enjoys the game as much as we did making it!

[@CesarR1037]

Wow you guys are incredibly talented and deserve not only recognition but compensation for your passion and talent. I’m going to buy some merch and support any way I can. Cant wait to finally play this and crystal legacy!

[@ChuxMcFlux]

I got to say the one thing I love about your Legacy games is the way you guys handled the types. It's actually kind of amazing how simply switching the category of damage Ghost and Dark types do in Crsystal Legacy drastically changes the balance for the better. Fighting types get a reliable option against psychics depsite not being stab and as a consolation Psychics got Shadow Ball to deal with ghost types. Also Dark and Ghost types benefit simply due to the fact Dark or Ghost type pokemon stats always felt counter to what the type of damage their stab moves do. Dragon being physcial and getting Slam is also amazing and I can't wait for Emerald legacy later this year. You guys did an amazing job as always!

[@eclipsesaber5954]

Pokémon Yellow was the first pokemon game and that I ever owned and was what got me into Pokemon alongside the anime, but never finished due to the save file being lost to time. So hearing that you and the people behind Crystal legacy are making something similar with Yellow made me happier than ever Thank you so much for doing this and I will play the game to my heart’s content

[@sometimesjoeyplays]

Thank you Smith and team! Crystal Legacy had been fun but now it’ll be put on pause because THIS is the one I was looking forward to! And now, let the playthrough begin!

[@smithplayspokemon]

Thanks so much for your support!! :)

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

​@smithplayspokemon Scott's thoughts did a livestream of your game Scott loved the game but found some annoying bugs, aerogod and another playtester noticed a random crash in Giovannis gym after a save And some trainer sprites are bugged usually the first 1 on a floor or route Aerogod knows about this n we did see a GET CRAIGED moment when someone wanted an early zapdos Also in the nuzlocke community 5 attempts 2 died to surge 1 lost to brock and the other 2 wiped by misty

[@rolandarey7823]

I was able to go around it by playing on the original patch. Loving the game!!! You and the team did an amazing job

[@StarGazerTom1991]

Absolutely increduble work to everyone involved! Ill be keeping an eye out on that Emerald Legacy patch in the future.

[@valafrax7481]

Love your romhacks keep them coming :)

[@ivanbluecool]

Can't wait for smithplays to play and review the game smithplays games made.

[@GothicMatt17]

Omg I love you! This is my favorite childhood game on game boy color. I spent sooo much time playing it and I’ve been waiting for something like this for awhile

[@frijolitoazul4343]

well i got sold this when i saw the new backsprites, i was just looking the other day for gen 1 romhacks and this just pops out some days later, truly blessed

[@secretshadow9515]

3:36, this should be a feature in every Pokémon game. It's so convenient for players and makes sense since the Pokédex is suppose to record data for all Pokemon.

[@MrHeisenb3rg]

This is the fastest I’ve clicked a video in a long time. KZbin’s algorithm knows exactly how hyped I’ve been for this shit.

[@MimictheRaft]

These edits are absolutely amazing, you guys did a fantastic job on this!

[@Purgatoriesify]

I have so much praise for your development team and editors of this video. Plus hearing Jamie’s theme in this was a treat haha Great job and I can’t wait to dive into it. You guys respected Gen 2 so much and I loved the Crystal mod.

[@competitively3315]

I’m looking forward to future projects going forward from you

[@Thentiar]

I really like the change of Agatha having a Marowak. But I think it would be cooler, if it wasn't the 100th late game Pokemon having Earthquake as its ground move but rocking one of its signature moves you mostly won't see in your entire playthrough

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Its signature moves are objectively worse than Earthquake though.

[@Thentiar]

​@@ShiningJudgment666That's true but I think it would be more fun to have a theme. Having 10 Pokemon in the Elite Four with earthquake getting quite repetitive real quick

[@DowneyOrrick]

Wow I’ve been playing the game nonstop for the last few days; you all really outdid yourselves! 🔥🔥 thanks so much for making this timeless game THAT much better 😇

[@XellossBoi]

The work all of you do is so beautiful! It's like a dream come true!

[@georgeo8710]

LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!

[@Quigimon64]

Downloading this and playing it immediately!

[@isaac7030]

just began the PostGame, aweome game dude, I was playing Crystal Legacy just a few months ago, now with Yellow Im sooo satisfied, Emerald Legacy would be awesome for sure. Your team and you are making one of the best HackRoms I ever played, thanks for this work and dedication.

[@flysart]

Been playing for hours upon hours now and I LOVE it!

[@matthewchristopher16]

I want a game where you play from the POV of a pokemon and you live your life trying to dodge trainers

[@Tetzll123]

Create

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@Tetzll123 ?

[@Magma-Idiot-2001]

The closest fangame that I know of to work like that is Pokémon MewYou (I think that's the name).

[@hydraciano]

There is one in the making where you play as a Ditto, but it's not avoiding anyone, is a Ditto who wants to be strong an battle everyone. It copies the whole team of the trainers to use.

[@moe5177]

@@mokarokas-1727they’re advising them that if they want that type of game to exist, they’re going to need to create it themselves.

[@wesREVIEWSit]

This is honestly amazing. Most Roms are half assed but this looks like a true evolution of what the game should have been back in the day. Hell yeah ❤️❤️❤️

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

most roms are half assed?

[@wesREVIEWSit]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 older ones that I’ve played, yes. They usually change one or two little things and call it good. This one is way more detailed.

[@JakobAndrews]

Incredible!!! please never stop making these so good!! cant wait for emerald legacy gonna be insane currently playing through crystal legacy and will be playing yellow legacy after (i know backwards but found out about yellow later lol) thanks to all whos made this game much better used to kick myself and say all these changers as a player in my younger years and its finally happened amazing work

[@RipperJack77]

Good timing! Just finished my Crystal Legacy Nuzlocke :D

[@jordanmorrissey3921]

14:27 merch drop (you can't buy yellow legacy but you can still support the channel)

[@denis2381]

I hope Nintendo will dmca you

[@denis2381]

Actually I am going to move, everything related to this Rom hack including this channel, forward to that company sending dmca takedowns lately to stuff like gmod community made stuff etc. Also made Screenshots and captured some questionable stuff he said in his videos over time regarding this project .

[@ziggydadon4368]

@denis2381 you need to chill it’s not that serious

[@denis2381]

@@ziggydadon4368 that's not for us to decide if it's serious or not.

[@ziggydadon4368]

@@denis2381 it’s a rom hack everyone makes them if you don’t like it then don’t watch it that simple. Going around starting stuff isn’t gonna help your case. Just seems like a snitch to me. I support the game so you are like the only one in the comments that is against it. Go find something to do

[@dirtydan4492]

we are GAMING

[@shubhammanchekar972]

Thank you for Smithplays Pokemon and team (wonderful and amazing people) to keep pokemon og games alive.

[@jimbothompkins]

This is absolutely amazing. I, for one can't wait for a Crystal Legacy. Thanks for everything you do.

[@yourreward]

LET'S GOOOO

[@geflashione1319]

Thank you so much for your work, i love legacy

[@gamingwithfoss]

Thanks for all the time and effort putting this together! Can’t wait to get into this one myself

[@Brianaxel44]

Just beat yellow legacy, great work Pat and team, this is really Pokemon Yellow perfected. The team changes, being able to use pokemon I previously couldn’t and all the QOL changes really make this a joy to play.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

Alright! I figured this would be the BEST place to post the team as I completed everything this great project had to offer. This IS the best way to experience the AUTHENTIC Pokemon Yellow. Thank you Smith and the team! 💛💛💛 This was my team I've used through my journey: (Guys, post YOUR teams down below if you completed this great adventure!) Lv.77 Vaporeon - Surf, Ice Beam, Double Team, Rest Lv.74 Pikachu - ThunderBolt, Double Team, Surf, Thunder Wave Lv.73 Pinsir - Twineedle, Submission, Strength, Swords Dance Lv.71 Ninetales - Flamethrower, Confuse Ray, Night Shade, Fire Spin Lv.71 Exeggutor - Psychic, Sleep Powder, SolarBeam, Softboiled Lv.76 Nidoking - Earthquake, Sludge, Rock Slide, Double Kick EDIT: Im looking forward to do some MONOTYPE runs in the future. ;)

[@W0odie]

I appreciate the jrose11 representation ❤❤❤

[@TheYordleLab]

Those alterations to the rival battles are so unique! I love that you can fight different teams based on if you won or lost to him earlier

[@gellosan]

Ive just started my playthrough and I have to admit I am blown away. I was a huge fan of gen 1 and played every gen up until black and white. I love the improvements and I have no notes. Its perfect, down to the minute details.