Pokemon Light Platinum DS

Pokémon Light Platinum DS
Pokémon Light Platinum DS
General
Author	Mikelan98
Type	Game Hacks
Version	Beta1-0.1.5
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2016/03/07
Links
	Download
	Website

Pokémon Light Platinum is a GBA ROM hack based on Pokémon Roby launched in 2011 by the ROM hacker WesleyFG. Due to its success, the ROM hack has been remade for people who have not played the GBA version yet, and partly to encourage people to start in this new platform; begin to investigate further and explore it.

Pokémon Light Platinum DS is made using Pokemon HeartGold as a ROM base, it has 107 Pokemon from six different generations. In the game, you can encounter fairy type Pokemon and also there is an increased chance of meeting shiny Pokemon on wild. There are plenty of noticeable improvements in the game compared to its original rom base version.

Features

The two regions will be bigger.
Larger routes and more decoration.
Drastic reshuffle in many other areas.
Pokémon up to Generation VI.
107 more Pokémon than GBA version (a total of 493 Pokémon from all generations).
Pokémon will follow you wherever you go.
Story has a different beginning from the original.
New puzzles in the plot.
A lot of legendary Pokémon (from all generations).

Installation

Game information
Spanish title	Pokémon Edición Oro HeartGold
English title	Pokémon HeartGold Version

ROM information
File	Pokemon - Edicion Oro HeartGold (S)
MD5	f247e7aa0757828f55fda49eef5c65e9
SHA-1	29F9682B7F08F9EE94FE9FA74F2A6CB7C64B0505

Pokémon Light Platinum DS is available in English and Spanish (both are based on the Spanish region ROM), you can use either xdelta UI or Delta Patcher to apply to patch.

User guide

Although the plot, locations, characters and other features are almost the same, there are many changes (some small, some more noticeable) with respect to the original version:

There are 107 Pokémon more than in the original version. All those that appeared in the GBA version will appear in this version, these new Pokémon come from the six different generations. This leads to the Pokédex will be a little more difficult to complete, having a total of 493 Pokémon to capture from all generations.

Fairy type inserted (with all its weaknesses and strengths). All Pokémon that in the sixth generation possess this kind, they will in the hack (Gardevoir, Sylveon...). In addition, the weaknesses and strengths of other types have also been updated to the sames they have in the sixth generation.

Due to these new Pokémon, now trainers have different Pokémon parties from the original game, and in the majority of cases, they will be much stronger. Similarly, the wild Pokémon will differ (although to a lesser extent) the original, with more variety in the different towns and routes and other ways to find wild Pokémon (such as honey trees, Headbutt, fishing...).

Slight changes in the game's plot, although they are minor and the only reason they were made is to adapt the scripts to the capabilities of the base ROM.

A new system of berries are introduced, that was lost in both original Light Platinum and HeartGold & SoulSilver. Now berry trees will be stationary on the different routes, and they will give one berry each day (at 00:00 everyday there are new berries on the trees which didn't have). The trees of all 64 different berries are hidden throughout the Zhery and Lauren regions, so you have to look very well to get them all.

Other small changes, such as increasing the chance of finding a shiny Pokémon (from 1/8192 to 1/257), or changing the stats of some Pokémon that increase them in the sixth generation.