Pokémon Yellow is Broken, So I'm Fixing It!

[@smithplayspokemon]

Yellow Legacy is LIVE May 4th! Go watch the video ‘I made the Perfect Yellow Romhack’ to get the download the patch link!!

[@aaabe_T]

it is good to find this after the release

[@shoefly91]

I'm really hoping you find a way to incorporate the Prof Oak glitch fight into yellow. Just another fun little Easter egg post elite four fight.

[@treebush]

Yes please hope he does this

[@adamhamrick1491]

It would make for a perfect post game boss tbh

[@Hydraina]

He's mentioned that he would of course do this In a stream! I watched the vod. I think it's the recent one where he was just taking a look at Yellow

[@SkydrawnIV]

This is a necessity, you can't go completely crazy making up a massive post-game but damn, Yellow needs something.

[@Alienldr]

Right. Especially since with work, you could play it in the original gen 1. So we can't complain it changes the game too much.

[@SinisterPixel]

Alongside the badge boost change, you could simply improve Pikachu by changing it's leveling rate from medium fast to fast, so instead of needing 100,000 EXP to hit level 100 it only needs 80,000. In GSC, Red's Pikachu is significantly higher level than the rest of his team, so having it grow faster than most Pokemon would make sense

[@calebrobinson6406]

Seems like a more seamless fix than 25% badge boost

[@LinkNinjaMaster]

​@@calebrobinson6406I think it needs both, because even at higher levels, Pikachu is pretty underwhelming in the late game.

[@MLPIceberg]

Yes, but the Pikachu in Yellow isn't Red's Pikachu, it's supposed to be Ash's Pikachu. That's the main Protag in Yellow. R/G/B? It's Red.

[@gumi6286]

​@@MLPIcebergin which gen 1 Game you can get all three starters in the same playthrough? Yellow. We could say he found someone with a starter they didnt want and traded, but we don't have any reason to asume that the complicated answer is better than the simple one

[@adolforibeiro3739]

But people play with lvl caps

[@sthylen96]

Would love to see additional lore of Mewtwo and Mew, adding to what is already in the Pokemon Mansion. Also, getting Mew in the post-game, similar to what we got with Mewtwo in Crystal, would be sweet.

[@emkalina]

Mew could be in the Cinnabar Mansion. That would make sense lorewise

[@TheSlyRomano]

If he put mew under the truck imagine

[@Raze_134]

I may be dumb but I thought Mewtwo wasn't in crystal

[@reginlief1]

At some point you cross the line from enhancing the base game to making your own canon. Essentially, I don’t think he should touch anything about the story or lore.

[@emkalina]

@@TheSlyRomano not gonna happen. you would need to have surf before 3rd gym. without trade not possible

[@chiropteran2966]

Having an organised bag would be a huge QoL improvement in gen1 increasing how much it can hold would also be great

[@kyleellis1825]

But does that actually fix the game, or has adding more than 20 items made the game TOO easy?

[@silversteel8160]

What about increasing the PC item storage? That way Player get to have more items without it affecting what they can do in battles

[@mralkholik9957]

​@@kyleellis1825 it's goal isn't to fix the game but to make it a but less infuriating

[@kyleellis1825]

@@mralkholik9957 I feel like a key items bag, TM bag, and a regular items bag, is enough. the medicine and ball bags make it too easy without hold items.

[@LBerti96]

This as well as the way PC storage works

[@greil7392]

part of yellow version had special rare encounters like level 9 pidgeoto in the grass in viridian forest with like a 5% or less chance to encounter that, it would be fun to have more special encounters like that with different pokemon.

[@ItsGamingFancy]

I always thought doing that with the starters would be fun. And having all the gift starters be Eevees. That way you could legitimately do a living dex

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

​@@ItsGamingFancythat would defeat point of them being starter haha

[@solidzack]

Another cool encounter is the Lv. 31 Dugtrio in Diglett cave, which at this point is SO much stronger than most of your Pokémon

[@bewearstar9462]

Difletr? Do you mean Diglett

[@MicoDossun]

One thing I liked in Pokémon Yellow is that there’s a few NPCs that allude to characters of the week that Ash battles. Not even named characters like Team Rocket or the new Blue but just unnamed NPCs who have a Pokémon and maybe a line of dialogue that built to their purpose in the episode. It doesn’t necessarily improve the functionality of the game but if the vision of Yellow is to reference the anime it would be cool to have more frequent teams referencing one of those characters of the week, and it would probably encourage more NPC team variety while also only really being if you know you know nods rather than making more overt anime connections.

[@Alienldr]

Route 6 had this with sandshrew. Yeah, maybe victory road could include some teams from the mewtwo strikes back movie, or Butch and Cassidy could have a team in silph Co, or things like that. The biggest crime is Blaine not having a Magmar. If only one gets an anime team, it should be him.

[@DisplayThisOkay]

@@Alienldr Blaine not getting his Magmar was because Yellow came out before Ash got that far in the anime. If you remember there was a huge gap between Ash fight Koga and Blaine like nearly half the series.

[@Alienldr]

@DisplayThisOkay yeah. I know that much. But now would be a good time to fix that. Lol

[@GM_.]

​@@AlienldrYes, the characters they show in the Orange Islands opening (which already includes Giselle and A.J.) are probably the most iconic.

[@Purble]

A big part of the appeal for Yellow is how it often references the anime. I think part of the process for this should include watching all of Indigo League to find more obscure references to put in the game

[@darlhiatt8136]

It would be cool if we could play through the Indigo Leage ourselves, rather than the Elite 4. Course, that would be way too big a change.

[@treespawned7844]

Yeah and then add the orange isles as post game content. Wouldn't that be amazing? Probably too much work though.

[@jake-oo8sv]

this is definitely the thing for me

[@jake-oo8sv]

@@darlhiatt8136 or... first the leage and once u beat all those league opponents in knockout rounds, then u battle the elite 4 as an upgrade

[@SilentWindODoom]

Came here sad I'd never gotten around to watching this earlier and thought I was too late to say this. I absolutely, wholeheartedly agree. The Yellow we got has a lot of little nods, but creating the perfect Yellow in tune with its true mission statement should include more overt links to the anime. I'm glad someone said this from the jump, that it got so highly upvoted, and I hope in the Discord there's a faction supporting this.

[@HyperArmyboy]

I’d love to see more dialogue or events between the trainer and Pikachu when following you. Ex. Pikachu zapped you when you tried to pick him up or pikachu ran around you playfully. I feel having a game based in traveling with one specific Pokémon needs more connection with said Pokémon.

[@supersaiyaneevee1573]

Agreed. Maybe it gives you items every now and then similar to modern games.

[@mikedougan6849]

Would love to see the ability to rematch gym leaders in the post game. This time with pretty much full teams at E4 levels. I always appreciated that in HGSS.

[@patrickcauthers8449]

I'm glad you are considering HMs for Pikachu. One thing which may not take much work, if any work at all, would be to have the Pikachu Surfing mini game playable if your Pikachu gets Surf. This would be nice for the people who may have never gotten a legitimate Surf Pikachu through Pokémon Stadium, and therefore never had the chance to play that fun mini game.

[@keepkcool]

Maybe Pikachu can keep more than 4 moves if they are HM moves. But I think it's not possible

[@starleaf-luna]

if your pikachu knows surf, no matter how, you can play surfing pikachu minigame.

[@keizervanenerc5180]

Since you are keeping the 256 glitch, how about adding one of the school-myths: make Spash have a 1/256% chance to do massive damage! (Basically even riskier guilotine/sheer cold)

[@doctorxawesomestop-motion1234]

that is awesome lol

[@Frassboss90z]

💯

[@lopendebank3613]

Yes 😂

[@keepkcool]

Yeas and the truck should not lead to Mew, it should lead us to the ORANGE LEAGUE

[@davidwintterle1331]

It would be fun to see the team rocket sprite to include meowth with Jesse and James. Loved Crystal legacy by the way!

[@RDH3Thunder]

something that i would love to see is having all the RODs obtainable earlier in the game (for example the GOOD ROD in cerulean and SUPER ROD in celadon). Gen 1 has so many unique water types that go unused in any playthrough cuz they're all locked to the 2nd half of the game

[@kyleellis1825]

Old Rod in cerulean, so the majikarp scam still works. Then good rod on the otherside of Diglett tunnel/right before rock tunnel. Super Rod should still be right after you deal with Snorlax, since it give pretty high level encounters.

[@bettyunicorn6132]

@@kyleellis1825 it gives level 15 tops

[@kyleellis1825]

@@bettyunicorn6132 I just meant it's kind of pointless to have it in Pewter/Viridian. You just get the ocean/pond. So Cerulean is the earliest point it makes sense to hand out. Any later than Viridian city and it ruins the magikarp scam.

[@mjc0961]

@@kyleellis1825 I don't think the Magikarp scam is worth preserving. Anyone who knows Pokemon enough to play this romhack also knows enough to not buy the Magikarp at Mt Moon. Absolutely nobody in this comment section would fall for the scam, so no need to preserve the scam.

[@Soh962]

As a kid, I always wanted NPCs to recognize and act differently when I had a strong pokemon that there was only one of or very very hard to get. It might be too messy to do this, but that would be such a cool feature!

[@darlhiatt8136]

Yeah, it felt so cool in the Scarlet/Violet DLC when one of the characters recurred and on that later meeting commented on the fact that I'd evolved the gift Pokémon she gave me and that it looked happy. Something like that here, like if Blaine recognized Moltres if you had it would be really cool.

[@owengonzalez6819]

I think it’d be cool to see Cerulean Cave as a challenge cave with trainers. This might seem odd, but it’s preposterous to think that with Giovanni being absent for (probably) years, that no trainer was able to enter the league because a leader was absent. Also, why is there a trainer blocking the cave? It would make a lot more sense if there were trainers also searching for Mewtwo like how Green is in Let’s Go.

[@willphoenix7012]

Maybe make that trainer blocking the cave the previous champion? Have to battle him to gain entry to the cave?

[@Toast_94]

Lance's quote after you defeat him in this game seems to imply that there was no champion prior to Blue. "You are now the Pokemon League champion! ... or you would have been, but you have one more challenge ahead. You have to face another trainer! His name is Blue! He beat the Elite Four before you. He is the real Pokemon League champion!" It heavily implies that had blue not beaten the elite four before you did you would've just been crowned champion without any further battles beyond the elite four.

[@GM_.]

I can think ir a few: Bill (with eeveelutions), Janine (foreshadowing gen 2 Fuschia gym), Misty (it's her town afterall), Blue (still attempting to 💯% that dex)...

[@lucasfialho1374]

I think it would not make sense with anime lore, as gary didnt defeat giovanni, but have about 10 badges, 3 which he won from unseen gyms

[@sam_bamalam]

It would be interesting to create some small side quest about how Pikachu won't evolve and help another trainer evolve their Raichu, who then wants to join you. That might be a bit much, but that kind of spirit aligns with the game.

[@Alienldr]

Even if it's simple, like an In-game trade with a few extra dialogue boxes. Or if it was Surge's Raichu. But the 2nd one risks it changing from the original too much.

[@blehnameless8096]

Just make it catchable in varidian forest like red and blue and problem solved. Your starter Pikachu is a stubborn headache but the wild ones don't need to be.

[@panda_boy_103]

⁠@@blehnameless8096 That might require a rework of the Identification system. If you somehow obtain a wild Pikachu in Yellow, both it and your starter will still have identical O.T.s and Trainer IDs, which results in the game treating them virtually the same. Both are unable to evolve, be released, etc., as Yellow literally cannot distinguish them apart. Most bafflingly however, is if you then link the Pikachus-both on the same save file-to Pokémon Stadium, the N64 title will actually make a distinction. One will have unique animations and cries akin to the Anime-e.g. saying its own name-while the other still uses the default programming (like the Rentals). What’s my source? I actually encountered this when ROM hacking myself.😅 Could this quirk come from my subpar skills? Maybe,🤷…it’s definitely a possibility. Note that someone more technically experienced is needed to make any definitive conclusions.

[@blehnameless8096]

@@panda_boy_103 makes sense. maybe just make raichu catchable in the powerplant low encounter rate

[@thatguyrome6045]

honestly I'd love to see more ways to interact with the Pikachu. I know in base game you can look at it and interact by pressing A and having the full sprite on the screen with a little blurb about how it feels atm, but I'd like a bit more, like being able to pet with it or more sprites as it has more to say on things happening in the plot. I'd love more over world interactions with npc's and trainers and gyms.

[@AZ-697]

Add to the story about how you get the starters: - Bulbasaur: after Mt. Moon, maybe girl gives it as a gift for saving her from team rocket. Currently she gives it to you if Pikachu is happy. Give Misty’s Starmie Confusion or Psybeam to deal with Oddish, Bellsprout, and Bulbasaur, encouraging the use of Pikachu; - Charmander: after beating Misty and talking to Bill. You now have to battle the trainer that gives it to you (his team: Electabuzz, Jynx, Magmar - which aren’t available in Yellow); - Squirtle: after Thunderbadge (as is) and a Team Rocket encounter at Diglet Tunnel. Team Rocket has Weepinbell on team for this battle. Yellow also had some wild encounters that weren’t in Red/Blue (found in trades instead): Lickitung in Cerulean Cave; Farfetch’d on Routes 12 & 13. Put Raichu in Cerulean Cave. Suggestions: Viridian Forest: Oddish Route 2: Poliwag Route 3: No Fire Type. Ones not really needed yet. Vulpix is a Game Corner Exclusive in Yellow. Route 5 or 9: Ponyta Rock Tunnel: Cubone Route 13: Lickitung (Give it Lick via level up) and Tangela Add Weepinbell/Victreebell and Lickitung to Team Rocket’s Team.

[@XellossBoi]

You and your team are getting up to such fun stuff! It's so wonderful to watch the whole journey and process!

[@TheAtomicEwok]

You could make Bite into the new ghost power move at like 70-80 damage. Normal has plenty of strong moves.

[@melfice999]

More accurately, Gen1 has Normal have body Slam, the hyper beam of early-to-midgame.

[@connordarvall8482]

@@melfice999 Slam, slam, beam. The mantra of competitive gen 1 Tauros.

[@dvillines26]

I was thinking Night Shade could be a Ghost type Swift clone. compensate for being only 60 BP by never missing.

[@benmidnightflame]

Dude needs to make Mega punch and Mega Kick into fighting moves as well but still let so many pokemon learn it.

[@Gojira-ri6rj]

it could also be a bug type move

[@saithanb233]

I would love to see Meowth walking with Jesse and James like Pickachu is following you and seeing Mewoth even in their sprites!

[@EleanorDrapeaux]

Yellow wasn't meant to improve Red/Blue but to be more like the anime, so I think that should be the priority

[@qyxgames]

I'd love to see the post game expanded! Maybe some locations here and there (re-used from Crystal Legacy) and a gym leaders rematch

[@GroundThing]

This feels like maybe a post-EL idea, but I'd love to see a Gen I Sevii Islands. Obviously couldn't do any of the later pokemon there, but its appearance in FRLG made it part of the definitive Kanto for me

[@ItsGamingFancy]

Like he said, they're severely limited by the game itself. Idk that that's possible without completely changing the infrastructure

[@saltyseacaptain2257]

The biggest thing I'd like to see you pretty much covered with changing up bug type moves a bit. It would be interesting to see just how useful bugs could be against the op gen1 psychic types

[@MrFoxbane]

One of the things id like to see is a change to the elemental punches so that they are actually usable on hitmonchan. I wish he had buffed special in crystal for this reason.

[@narv1513]

I understand that this would be a huge undertaking, but since Yellow is the gen 1 game that's supposed to feel like the anime it would be really cool to have some iconic episodes happen in Yellow Legacy.

[@Benbeersby]

There’s a rom called “Ash Grey” that’s basically that if you were interested!

[@KamenRiderGumo]

If that's what you're looking for, try the Pokemon: Ash Gray romhack. You CAN play it like standard Fire Red, but if you make some choices you get a totally different story path (like deliberately losing to the Elite Four will not end the game, but send you to the brand-new Orange Islands you won't see otherwise).

[@Devin7Eleven]

I would like Mt Silver in Yellow to see how Red got there from his view. Johto in Gen 1 graphics would be interesting

[@erik19borgnia]

@@Devin7Eleven Gen 2 graphics aren't THAT different tho xD

[@narv1513]

@@Benbeersby Oh wow thanks!

[@Alienldr]

I feel studying the changes between the gen 1 games with Pokémon Stadium may bring up an idea or two. Also, Focus Energy could be fixed, and probably raising Hitmonchan's Special stat would be good, since he comes across as the defensive counterpart to Hitmonlee and it would make his elemental punches not useless anymore. And since specially defensive pokemon like chansey hit hard in gen 1 because of the special stat being one stat, it would be ok for hitmonchan to hit harder on the special side now and get a weaker special attack in gen 2. Keeping Cut as a bug type would be cool since Psychic was OP in gen 1, and that alone may balance it a lot, even without a power boost. Plus it'll make it worth considering putting on a pokemon, where before it literally was used only for its out of battle effect. And maybe adding more places to recieve gifts based on Pikachu's happiness, like the Bulbasaur gift, since in the base game that's the only reason to even care other than the players liking Pikachu's animations changing. Something to make that happiness counter worth it. Maybe receiving a good item or a good Pokémon with max happiness, and make it available early so maxing it out and receiving it early would be an extra reward. Hopefully one of those spring up an idea. Good luck.

[@twjohnsun]

In the same spirit of your first and last suggestion you could add a happiness linked buff to pikachu's stats since it feels like this is what the game is telling you when it stressed your bond with your pokemon making you a strong trainer...

[@Alienldr]

@@twjohnsun that too. Literally anything other than just Bulbasaur being a reward for the happiness is good. Lol

[@pmrobin8]

An idea for the gift could be that it’s Tauros. Make it so that the only other way besides the gift is the safari zone and that being nice to pikachu gets you a really good early-ish game reward. (I’m thinking right before/right after surge this would unlock)

[@MLPIceberg]

Maybe stat boosting items you can use on Pikachu only or something. I feel giving a really good Pokemon for max happiness is kinda overkill. Especially when you'll get 3 starters from properly managing Pikachu's happiness.

[@JaharNarishma]

​@@MLPIcebergBulbasaur is the only thing dependent on Pikachu's happiness. Charmander and Squirtle are given to you even if Pikachu is unhappy.

[@rjgy4289]

It would be interesting to flesh out a post game story tying into crystals story with red and silvers position, gym leader rematches with advanced teams and more anime oriented teams. Potentially having Togepi or other Johto Pokemon who showed up in the anime before Orange Island ended.

[@rjgy4289]

Actually saying orange Islands it might be cool to try and include small islands with post game battles with the orange Island League leaders. I don't think any games included them. They did the sevi islands but I'm not sure that they are from the anime.

[@patrickweyland-smith1023]

Yellow was my first one. I love the ethos you’ve got to preserve it. I’m excited to see how you adapt the moves to add more of a md-tier moves and maybe even a change or two in typing for moves? Looking forward to it. Love your work

[@patrickweyland-smith1023]

Also I always thought I was just bad at Pokemon and had no friends for trading. But now hearing again about the lack of wild encounters and the limitations of a team you can build...I feel better

[@codyssmith73]

Not sure if you’re paying attention to the Discord but discussion surrounding ideas as well as people testing to see what’s possible (mainly me 😂) in Yellow is underway. But yeah, a lot of it is learnsets and moves in general.

[@montyeggman3075]

Since Yellow is based on the original anime, I think you should put in more references to the anime, which can either serve as additional features or quality improvements, or simply be cosmetic (for instance, I would like to see more unique overworld sprites for characters like Brock and Misty).

[@hedonyable]

He's said in streams he kinda wants to stray from the anime connection and rather focus on being definitive gen 1, but yeah, cosmetics would be cool

[@mourka01]

that why i play fire ash it is exactly like following the anime it is awesome

[@RetroSmoo]

​@@mourka01is that similar to ash grey version

[@MageLeaderInc]

I don't get why he would do a yellow legacy and lean in more towards gen 1 than towards the anime. If you want gen one then do red, blue, or green. Yellow should lean into the anime more.

[@mourka01]

@@RetroSmoo maybe im not sure tbh i havnt tried that one yet is ash grey any good? Ash red done in rpg maker so it has every pokemon from the anime all pokemon ash would have are gift pokemon

[@SpoilerGoblin]

I'd like to see more anime-exclusive characters or events make appearances. Jessie and James showing in Yellow has always been a treat, and with the game being so clearly influenced by the anime, it only makes sense to mine from that well a little more.

[@loverofbigdookies]

This is actually a really good idea since the creator claims to want to preserve what makes yellow special. And one thing that makes it special is how much it follows the anime

[@beatrizkarwai6763]

exactly. i made a comment explaining how much i want a game where you are forced to lose to sabrina in the first fight, and be imediately sent to her dollhouse. it's perfectly fint to have creepypasta if it's according to the canon. you would only be able to win against sabrina by bringing a ghost type pokemon in your party, otherwise she'd throw a lvl 100 kadabra with psychic at you.

[@thepulseman7154]

If they are going to make it even more like the anime, speaking of Jessie and James, I guess one could make a GB rendition of their actual theme from the anime as an encounter theme. I would love to say I could do it myself, relearning GBMC and sending the converted MML to assemblee before March so that perhaps it could be included just fine, but the truth is I really won't have time. Hell, just figuring out which values to enter to the Wavetable channels so that it sounds like Gen 1 seems like it would be painful enough. But there are a few talented hackers who could make it work, for sure.

[@bajabicycle]

Very excited for 2024 Legacy content. Y’all are doing a great job breathing life into these classics and can’t wait to see how y’all bring them together.

[@mcash232]

I really love that your adding the EXP bar and UI changes. That's one of the biggest things for me. Would be nice if we could also scroll through our Pokemon like you do in the gen 2 games. Not sure if it's possible, but I also love the Pokedex upgrades you guys recently did, so those would be awesome to see as well. You guys are awesome!

[@waveysamurai7673]

All the ideas you put out are great so far, and I’m definitely thinking of adding the prof oak fight if you can. That would go hard. Maybe gym leader rematches beforehand too to give you some more to do before the oak fight

[@ulka5703]

I'd love to see an AI fix on status moves so that it doesn't always prioritize them ie Lorelei and rest. Like even just giving them a 25% chance not to select them if they are of a super effective type would be great as it is more a quality of life thing imo.

[@ilovepokemon-fe6hd]

The Lorelei Rest thing was fixed in Yellow, but specifically for the Dewgong

[@Alienldr]

​@@ilovepokemon-fe6hdright, but for all other Pokémon with good AI too.

[@erik19borgnia]

Welp, the Lorelei one IS fixed on Yellow xD But some other trainers also can use that AI modification.

[@raptors11111]

Yeah for sure, i agree that this is something that needs fixed and isnt just a quirky gen 1 glitch. Whats fun about beating the Champion's flareon team with a grass/poison type because he just spams reflect till the cows come home

[@JeepLeader]

Since the starters are already gifts, you should make them wild encounters in the area so that it makes sense where you get them and makes the world feel like, "Yes, you can find Pokemon everywhere" not just one time limited. It's part of the reason I like Pokemon Go so much 😊

[@kylespevak6781]

A static battle like a legendary would be cool

[@benmidnightflame]

A static battle. Or maybe a trade for them? They could make it where they appear as rare pokemon in their retrospective spots, with you also having a choice to get only one them early as a gift pokemon on the SS ann or whatever.

[@greilthelegendaryhero252]

I love the badge boost glitch. Im glad that those small glitches are gonna still be in the game. I'll definitely be following this and looking forward to the release when that time comes.

[@dreklarvisarian]

As Yellow was my first game, excited doesn't even begin to describe my feelings for this. I really enjoyed what you did to Crystal, making it feel like a more complete game. Increased bag storage I think would be a massive upgrade by itself. More balanced teams with improved move sets for more of a challenge. A level scaling system similar to what you did with Crystal as you can fight many of the gym leaders out of order. Incorporating the Professor Oak Glitch as a post game fight similar to Red. So many more things that I can't even think of right now. Keep up the outstanding work dude! Looking forward to the finished product!

[@TheWub77]

The third games (now finding out yellow is 4, 5 including green too I guess) are all my favorite. Hyped to see what you do to these. Buffing Pikachu is huge. Make Giovanni a harsh battler in each encounter would be awesome. Show why he really is Boss Rocket.

[@JonnySpec]

5? I think Yellow's either 4th or 6th depending on if you count international RB

[@Brewski007]

I’m so glad you did yellow first!! The games a shattered mess, and needs love, also Idc what’s changed as long as Mew is under the truck using strength after getting the other 150

[@jaceclegg530]

What I would like to see in Yellow Legacy is Mew being officially captureable at Nugget Bridge through story events as a nod to the Mew Glitch there

[@TheKilopoo]

This sounds pie in the sky, but I’d love for a way to access the scrapped final Oak fight legitimately to give Yellow the postgame climax that Crystal has with the Red fight

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

Platinum probably needs a Legacy polish-up than Emerald does. It suffers from the same problems the rest of Gen IV does while Emerald fixed basically everything from Ruby, Sapphire, and Fire Red and Leaf Green.

[@andrewluvender2984]

I would love to see the implementation of raichu be a one time boss encounter like a legendary. Maybe in Viridian forest After the 8th gym it could just be there

[@DarkCloudLightFF7DCL]

That’s fun

[@ludgerkres.1437]

I think adding other anime elements specifically buffing Pikachu might be interesting. For example, the anime version of agility not only increases speed, but increases evasion too. If this could be coded somehow into the game that would be hilarious but also realistic to the anime. Or just for the Brock fight alone, Onix can be hit by thundershock as a reference to the anime fight where the sprinklers goes off and the water doused Onix. Much like Soak does in later generations, changing the Pokemon's type to water.

[@ludgerkres.1437]

Also don't forget that famous quote from Brock. "Both of Ash's pokemon are water type, and are totally weak against fire type!"

[@dvillines26]

lmao Pikachu having natural +1 evasion at the beginning of every battle would be funny as a way to buff it.

[@TheMikekessler1991]

I don't know how possible this would be but one thing I'd love to see in yellow more encounters with Jesse and James even if they just randomly show up on a route ahead of you

[@lolcobra128]

I'd like to see bug and ghost be viable options for a playthrough. There is a lot o QoL changes you did for crystal legacy and I'm excited to see yellow and emerald get the same treatment!

[@jackmorrow7617]

Yellow ideas (I hope you read this) yellow was my childhood passion. Pikachu with fly- would his balloon animation be possible in game Pikachu with surf- maybe the character surfboards with pikachu Obviously it would be amazing to compleate the pokedex Maybe you get the extra starter pokemon from the gyms you beat after you beat them. Misty- squirtle ect A healthy way to catch mew or professor oak gives you mew if you get 150 pokemon "this pokemon found me on my travels, it deserves a trainer as adventures as you" I have so many more ideas but these would make the game sweater withought really changing the game

[@Firnen13]

Consider looking at what they did with the starter Pikachu and Eevee in the remake where they buffed the stats. That may be a good place to get some ideas for how to balance Pikachu.

[@Chucklin_]

I remember reading somewhere that Yellow's Pikachu is buffed compared to a wild gen 1 Pikachu to make up for the fact you can't evolve him. Idk by how much.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Hot take: Make Pikachu's base stat total equal to or rival Raichu's but with different distribution. Give Pikachu better Special and Speed but its HP, Attack and Defense are all lower. That way you have a reason to use it over Raichu while also not completely outclassing it. It kind of makes sense with how Ash initially beat Surge's Raichu with his Pikachu by out-maneuvering it. I don't think Pikachu in Yellow got buffed beyond getting Thunderbolt by level up (the only Pokemon in Gen 1 that got that treatment as every other Electric type had to be taught it by TM) honestly.

[@MageLeaderInc]

​@@ShiningJudgment666yellow Pikachu got buffed about as much as a normal Pikachu with light ball would be.

[@Alienldr]

​@@Chucklin_in the original Yellow, the starter Pikachu's base stats were not buffed. That rumor may have come about because of Red's Pikachu, or the fact that if you trade a yellow starter Pikachu to Gen 2, it's holding a light ball. The only buff yellow Pikachu got was a better moveset and you faced more flying and water types in the original. You also faced more ground types so it's not much of a buff.

[@0Yukarin]

Since it's a definitive version where you can get everything, I'm interested in what will happen to the 2nd fossil that isn't claimed at Mt Moon. I know the other fossil pokemon is pu on display in Fuchsia city. but you still want it to b a meaningful decision, so they shouldn't just give it to you there, it's too close to when you get your first fossil processed. maybe during post game you could get it from the nerd in fuchsia city, maybe you have to abttle him for it and he has a whole fossil team? or something

[@alexandrabond-johnson5243]

I’d love to see Lickitung get a chance to shine as an early-game boss! It’s statted similarly to Onix and may have been conceptualized as an ace for a cut first gym. Obviously implementing new gyms is outside of this project’s scope, but it’d be fun to get to challenge Lickitung at a point in the game where it’s actually a decent challenge!

[@benmidnightflame]

wasn't there an episode of the pokemon anime where Ash fights against a gym leader not in the games? Who uses an overleveled sandshrew and stuff? And Yellow is supposed to be the anime version of gen1. I wouldn't say it's entirely impossible~

[@darlhiatt8136]

Yeah, I mean, even in base gen 1 we can fight a former extra gym in the fighting dojo so other failed gyms that give non badge rewards like TMs would be cool.

[@roscoes-wetsuit1]

you should add an NPC playing Crystal Legacy and talking about how great it is

[@mac25293]

I like the difficulty of yellow, such as the gym levels. Really gave that added extra to the game compared to Red and Blue. Something I would love to see stay, or even increased with new encounters being available early in the game

[@BriskWalkZombie]

I’d love to see the ability to have the other starters follow you in Yellow Legacy!

[@TensaWolf]

Can't wait to see what you do with Yellow, Crystal Legacy is such a well thought out upgrade

[@georgerogers2120]

Alakazam has always been a favorite of mine- and there's something so awesome about facing Sabrina with an Alakazam. All the leaders getting a boost would be awesome, but that always felt like a good place for a kind of jump in difficulty to me.

[@beatrizkarwai6763]

i think sabrina should have a lvl 100 kadabra for your first fight with her, so that you'll lose and be sent to her dollhouse. that would be similar to the map of saffron, but without anybody. you could enter the houses, but nobody would be there either, no items, no pokemon. the song would be the same as lavender town, just for the sake of it. some buildings like the sylph co and the gyms would be locked. the outside parts of the city would also be locked. you would have to find her father somehow and get the hell out of it.

[@audiolive5931]

Honestly really excited to see what post-game content you guys can cook up to tie into crystal legacy. Maybe some event with the legendary birds as well, like with the legendary dogs?

[@Erylea]

I a couple of ideas so here my list: - really want truck mew - speaking meowth npc - maybe do something with the burned lab except arena key - Make missingno into a questline - Let giovanni have the trapped mewtwo pokemon like in the anime for garry - make eevee a safari zone spawn - Add sufing and flying pikatchu to the roster - probably way to much work but are you area that there have been plans for 1 more city? maybe add that - fix the xaccuracy mechanic - fix the ball cacherates? (greatball being better somethimes then ultraball) - fix gen 1 miss

[@haydenhill607]

Love the videos and the work you all do! I think a nice addition is definitely a VS Seeker as grinding in Gen 1 can take a while on wild Pokémon

[@MercilessRaven613]

Learnsets are the biggest and most obvious change that's needed in Yellow. But I also feel that the Team Rocket fights need some help. Without the dark type in Gen 1 all the fights feel even more similar to one another than they did in gen 2. I think later fights could include some of the more menacing pokemon like Scyther and Dodrio

[@sirjdog21]

The main thing I want to see in Yellow Legacy is a fix for the ghost type (aka Gengar) to make them more viable against psychic types considering they were supposed to be a counter to them. Outside of that I think fixing movesets for pokemon in general is the biggest problem. Also I don't know if this would be a good change or not but being to use HMs with teaching pokemon like they were just an item. Surf is pretty much the only HM you want to teach unless required. Strength is above average but everything else is meh

[@kevin-cy3cf]

Don't forget fly lol a lot of flying Pokémon in general have bad flying stab so your force to use fly for the base power unless they get Drill peck

[@Alienldr]

​@@kevin-cy3cfright. If you didn't have Drill Peck, then Fly was the only other option other than Peck. Wing Attack was weaker than Peck too, and learned at a high level by the pidgey line too.

[@loganwassill7003]

Yellow Legacy! So hyped for it. I love that you're opening up the selection. It will lead to more diversity. Fantastic work Pat ❤

[@steelthunder7782]

A lot have already been addressed but ill put down my thoughts anyways Changes made in Pokemon Stadium, since that was their "fixing" of the mechanics Make ghost Special and mabye change Bite to a ghost type move for a stronger one. The intention was that psychic was weak to physical moves but that doesn't work when the Gengar line has bad physical. Pikachu definitely needs a moveset rework to stay relative to the rest of the game

[@protagkun]

Honestly I don't know what exactly would I even want from Yellow Legacy. I guess I what I really want to see, and that goes for all the Legacy trilogy games in some way, is that we could actually transfer our pokémon from gen to gen through each legacy game. So if I start Yellow Legacy I could transfer my pokémon to Crystal Legacy later and eventually (I think another youtuber managed to do that iirc) transfer them to Emerald Legacy in the future. That would be really cool and create the a feeling of continuity between the projects and, you know, passing on our ~Legacy~ with each game.

[@Alienldr]

I know a lot of rom hacks are compatible with trading with the original games already. I'm not 100% sure, but they may already be able to trade with each other as is, so your request could already have been done.

[@protagkun]

@@AlienldrIt’s hard to be sure when Crystal Legacy’s 1.2 required a new game because of all the changes, never played CL outside of emulation but that’s something to be out on the look for in case someone plays on repro cartridges.

[@sonnyrust8479]

I think some more story centric additions that really tie to the anime could be cool. Yellow is already half way there with the Rockets, Pikachu, but maybe rather than just being given Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur, they become short quests to get!

[@SymmetricalDocking]

I'd love to see a dialogue or place hinting towards Gen 2/Hoenn added in. I'm sure the OGs would have done it if they had a plan.

[@Chatterbox1237]

Or maybe Will makes a cameo?

[@daAnT1990]

Love that you're keeping "Wrap" as is. In my final Red playthrough (that was so into my 20s in 2016 I think) I just loved to paralyze opponents with Jolteon and then slowly kill them with Arbok 😈

[@Just_Howling]

I really hope to see the gym leaders difficulty improved in both versions! I love myself a challenge!

[@cytruam]

The normal type in gen 1 is very strong, the most reliable way to counter that at the moment is to use a rock type. So i think that working on the fighting type would be a good idea as they are famously really bad in this generation.

[@emkalina]

low kick / mega punch / kick / strenght could be fighting

[@Alienldr]

​@@emkalinaKarate Chop at least must be fighting. It's a crime that it's not this gen.

[@christophermcdowell6704]

Interested to see what you'll do with the Pokemon Mansion. Was always disappointed those journals about Mew and Mewtwo never paid off so would like to see that lead to a Mew encounter.

[@Eric-gp3hi]

I would like to see a Mew event where you can catch Mew at Cinnabar Mansion.

[@Hydraina]

Yessss!! I'm so happy to see you chose Yellow first! This made my day! If it's possible, would you be able to add a female player character? I don't think that the lack of gender choice could be considered something "unique and charming" about Yellow; it's always been really upsetting to me, ever since I was a little girl.

[@parin3140]

What I've always wanted in Yellow was window pop-ups that had sprites of the anime characters doing scenes from episodes at appropriate points. Battling Professor Oak. Going to the Orange Islands as a new region. Post-Game Mewtwo Strikes Back story events. Togepi added to the pokedex after Mew, but in-game as a Pokemon unable to be traded. The Official Pokemon Handbook from 1999 had Togepi on the cover. Mew's sprite to go back to the Red/Blue version, but add the extremely subtle light pink color to it. That would be the perfect version of Yellow for me.

[@JNguyen07Max]

Thank you for all the work you and your team does. Maybe adding more lore would be good?

[@thekat3489]

I would love to see more ghost moves in Yellow Legacy, and ghost moves hitting psychics.

[@LPcrazy_88]

Man I can't wait to see what you guys cook up for Yellow Legacy. I know you already said the Good Rod should come sooner than Fuscia but I would really like to see it as soon as possible really since the Old Rod is basically useless and I would love to be able to have an option to play with a Water Pokemon other than Squirtle early on.

[@emblemwarrior11]

Agree on that. Base Crystal did the cool thing, where the Old Rod got you Pokémon that weren't named Magikarp, and I'd love to get mons like Goldeen and even Psyduck earlier.

[@EleanorDrapeaux]

It would be more interesting to have the old rod catch a couple more pokemon and that each rod would only target certain pokemon from each zone so thta it makes sense to have all three

[@LPcrazy_88]

@@EleanorDrapeaux Oh absolutely, I was just trying to suggest the least amount of work solution given they want to pump this out in a few months. 100% agree tho.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Gyarados I'd argue is better than Blastoise but Squirtle is definitely more useful than Magikarp.

[@LPcrazy_88]

​@@ShiningJudgment666 Personally I'd much rather have Blastoise over Gen 1 Gyarados. Gyarados only has 60 base special and water is Special in Gen 1. The only phsyical moves he has access to are all normal, and honestly Body Slam or Strength would be the best option for his main move. Gen 1 Gyarados makes me sad tbh.

[@rubenstarmans116]

I would love to see interesting in-game trades in Pokemon Yellow!

[@Yhosy03]

For me pokemon yellow is the homage version to the anime. Every kid already played red or blue and they already knew how different the anime was to the game, so the biggest selling point for this versión was to re-live the events in the anime with your own twist. Of course I played with pikachu, charmender, squirtle and bulbasaur, but not because they were overpowered but because those were ash's pokemons, same with Butterfree and pidgeotto. Every time an anime event poped out it was like "whooooa, is this moment!", and that's what makes this version special and fun to me.

[@TM2DB]

There was a one page webcomic years ago that explained that Missing No. was actually a pokemon that's trainer died in the wilds, and so Missing No. sat in it's pokeball for decades, maybe even centuries, it's save data slowly corrupting, until you the trainer finally free it and encounter whatever save data is left. It adds an excellent horror element to what was already a scary encounter when you were a kid. That idea could easily be added in with a few lines of text. I would love to see something creative like that. And, of course, add in the Prof. Oak battle. Yellow is my favorite game. Looking forward to it!

[@kingkairos]

Loved Crystal Legacy and can't wait to see what YL and EL have in store!

[@redcap5343]

Please add a system where the higher your affection with pikachu the stronger he/she is in battle. I think this would be a great solution to the problem of a weak starter while still fitting in the games formula.

[@Zeninnnnnnnn]

Like a built in Return?

[@redcap5343]

@@Zeninnnnnnnn more like his base stats increase as his affection increases.

[@XxbelligerentxX]

Glad you’re not making a physical/special split. That’s a CORE component to Gen 1’s identity. Changing that would completely turn the game on its head. I’m excited to see what the end product looks like! As for something I’d like to see in Yellow Legacy is a slightly stronger homage to the anime. Why not give your rival a Gary Oak team? Sure he uses Johto moms by the time he’s battling Ash, but he has good enough options that could enhance his Yellow or Blue/Red team. Maybe have a bit more of a postgame. Not saying program more scenarios and such but maybe have a way to rematch gyms with different, full 6 party teams (something like Brock using the zubat and vulpix line in the rematch team etc.) and maybe stronger E4 battles whenever you go to face them again.

[@anibalm93]

I'm really excited to see where you decide to put all the late game wild encounters! It always felt scuba shame to run into stuff like Magmar and Tauros so late when I've really wanted to use them

[@HurdleHunter]

I always thought Gen 1 had a really cool Route to Victory road with those guards as a checkpoint for each badge collected. It always made me feel like going there before I had 8 badges would be worth something. Maybe they test you, or some battle, or some give items, or a route unique pokemon. Something to make that cool feature rewarding before the cave.

[@InfernosReaper]

honestly, that should be a bit shorter just because it feels like pointless padding after the first time. The HMs already serve as an effective badge check for the middle badges, so one for the entrance and 1 for the exit make sense. Let someone get to the league HQ on 7 and then be disappointed they can't without #8, which would make them have a reason to know to check the last gym if they didn't already but reward them for getting several badges.

[@dorianpage9593]

If their is one change is when you add trade evos to be level ups is make gengar a plain ghost type to counter the psychic types. As ghost was supposed to be the counter psychic but thanks to its poison type it became a weakness.

[@Mevestos]

Having lost my copy of Crystal long ago, it would be fantastic to have a tangible copy of something even more special. For Yellow Legacy, I would love it if you could add some easter eggs from the classic Lavender Town-centric creepypastas.

[@magu360]

It would be fun to include some kind of missing no easter egg or keep old glitches or make the mew encounter under the truck reality!

[@gamersofawesomeness7524]

I hope that some of the fun glitches stayed in the game without the chance to corrupt your save data. Those original games were super buggy but that’s what gave them charm.

[@goldensun03]

I love that badge boost idea for pikachu. As for what id like to see: an enhanced safari zone based on badge progress (before 8 and after 8 badges). I would like to see better stat changes for pokemon like onyx to actually make them a solid team member. I would also like a hard mode similar to CL. Can't wait to see what you guys do.

[@cuetsnowy2222]

Could you please update the sprites for the teams in the menu list, so each pokemon has its own unique sprite. Would be AWESOME!

[@ONLY_RR7]

He did it for Crystal, I don’t see why he wouldn’t do the same for Yellow

[@big_axolotl_]

I kinda hope we have the option in yellow legacy to start the game with a starter even if that means we can’t get the other 2 later.

[@BakeneCore]

Since Yellow is the only main line game I can think of that features Jessy & James, giving them more to screentime etc. could be really fun.

[@MageLeaderInc]

I always felt that they didn't utilize them enough.

[@dylanzlol7293]

You forgot pokemon lets go pikachu and eevee

[@BakeneCore]

@@dylanzlol7293 I don't consider those main line titles

[@dylanzlol7293]

@@BakeneCore why

[@ryanbruch206]

Some thing I might like to see is making Pikachu‘s voice less terrible because we already have a high-quality versions, although I know that it’s quite a technical challenge just to play them at all

[@ConchobarJ]

Maybe Pikachu's base stats could increase with it's happiness? And to balance this, it's happiness caps at a certain point after the first four gym badges. increasing with each one. After the fourth one, when you're officially in the mid to late game and your bond is strong, his full potential can be unlocked, having amazing speed, great special and good attack with weak defense and HP, making him a glass cannon. Full potential Pikachu's stats would be higher than Raichu's, but maybe Raichu could learn moves like Hyper Beam that Pikachu can't. Raichu would also have better bulk. Also, making Raichu an available encounter in The Power Plant would be perfect since it's late enough in the game and thematically appropriate. Red and Blue had Raichu as an encounter in Cerulean Cave so he could also be there. IDK if this is even remotely possible to program but it would be a good concept for incentivizing happiness.

[@Outlaw4188]

It would be fun to see the team rocket sprite to include Meowth with Jesse and James.

[@Fuzzycuffsqt]

I suggest changing the location of some TM's, particularly Body Slam, Thunderbolt and Ice Beam. These are available too early for how powerful and commonly learnable they are. They will totally outclass the level-appropriate stab moves painstakingly added by this romhack. Body Slam belongs behind some Bikers on the Cycling Road imo. Thunderbolt could be with the Silph Scientists, and Ice Beam obtainable by surfing to it in the Safari Zone.

[@DarioDeFrancesco-ef9op]

Scyther could be found at route 7 to give some unique pokemon to that useless area

[@LegitScar]

I would love to see more/better wild pokemon earlier on/in the safari zone. very excited for this new project!!

[@RedneckRacerJake]

Super hyped to know that emerald is being worked on as well. Totally understandable that yellow will be finished much faster. The thing I find most interesting with crystal legacy is the improved teambuilding options. By the time I usually reach areas like the safari zone I usually already have my team mostly set, so I would love to see some of the rarer pokemon accessible earlier. Maybe through npc trades or special areas.