Pokemon Star 3DS

Pokemon Star
Pokemon Star
General
Author	rusyaas
Type	Game Hacks
Version	0.2
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2018/09/07
Links
	Download
	Website

Pokémon Star is a mod for Ultra Sun and Moon by Rusyaas. The game serves as a sequel for Sun and Moon, it is made using Pokemon Ultra Moon as its base and only meant to be used with Citra emulator for full experience.

Features

More Pokemon available.
Ultra Evolutions.
Ultra starter.
Lillie Valley.
Brand new trainers.
Four new trails.
New Pokemon gyms.
A more festive PMC.
UBER ride is back.
Lusamine and Minilego.
Ultra Recon Squad.
Necroma's Ruins of light.
Discover secrets.
Elite four and Title Defense.

Installation

Original link is no longer valid, for now, according to the author, anyone who would still like to play can find the complete Pokemon Star ROM through search engine.

Alternatively you can try one of following mods, make sure to follow the instructions:

Pokemon Star 0.2 Console Edition (v1.1 2020/11/02) by RadoMiami - Taking Pokemon Star and turning it into a 3DS/CIA file that is console-playable.
Pokemon Star 0.2 Console Edition Mod (v1.2 2021/03/25) by AquaSamurott - Fork of RadoMiami's mod. Attempts to fix a083 garc for console (WIP).

User guide

Explore the all new Alola, now filled with Ultra Beasts and more mysteries.

Your partner this time is none other than the sweet little Lillie and the other Aether members, who return from Kanto after a failed attempt at restoring Lusamine back to her normal self.

Lillie's starter will be the one that has a type advantage over yours, a-la classic rival style. Her parties include Starter, Alolan Vulpix, Zeraora, (Wishiwashi/Bounsweet/Salandit), an Ultra Beast and Nebby.

Zeraora, Marshadow, UBs and many other new Pokemon such as Alolan Voltorb and Machamp are now available in the wild.

The mythicals now have similar stats to those of a regular Pokemon, making them not OP for regular playthrough.

All gen1-6 starters are now available at Route 1. While their second evos are available outside of Po Town.

Almost all regular Pokemon are available in the wild. And some of them, for example,

Combee, Cherubi and Wimpod, now have better movesets and stats. Oh, Cherubi is now a Grass/Fire type too.

New Pokemon

New Alolan Seviper (Poison/Fairy)

Alolan Voltorb (Elec/Fire)

Alolan Electrode (Elec/Fire)

Alolan Machoke (Fighting/Dark)

Alolan Machamp (Fighting/Fire)

Harambe (Fighting/Ghost)

Ice Form Lycanroc (Ice)

Wariocorio (Poison/Flying)

Splatooneon (Poison)

Spookeon (Ghost)

Tentaquil (Bug/Psychic)

UB-Solar (Fire/Steel)

Catchable at Yellow Wormhole

UB-Lunar(Ice/Ghost)

Catchable at Red Wormhole

Ultra Rowlet, Litten...Ultra Brionne (Same Typings)

Decidueye-X (Grass/Water)

Decidueye-Y (Grass/Flying)

Decidueye-Z (Grass/Fairy)

Decidueye-EX (Grass/Dark)

Decidueye-SP (Grass/Dragon)

Incineroar-X (Fire/Grass)

Incineroar-Y (Fire/Water)

Incineroar-Z (Fire/Flying)

Incineroar-EX (Fire/Ghost)

Incineroar-SP (Fire/Dragon)

Primarina-X (Water/Electric)

Primarina-Y (Water/Grass)

Primarina-Z (Water/Ice)

Primarina-EX (Water/Dark)

Primarina-SP (Water/Dragon)

UB-Queen (Psychic)

UB-Queen Ultra Forme (Dragon/Dark)

UB-Queen Ultra Totem Forme (Dragon/Dark)

Removed Pokemon

Rattata 1, Raticate 1, Hoothoot, Noctowl, Ledyba, Ledian.

Spinarak, Ariados, Chinchurn, Lanturn, Natu, Xatu, Aibom.

Ambipom, Pineco, Forretress, Snubbul, Granbul, Remoraid.

Octillery, Murkrow, Honchkrow, Delibird, Dunsparce, Corphish.

Crawdaunt, Luvdisc, Trubish, Garbodor, Lilliepup, Herdier.

Stoutland, Shellos 2, Gastrodon 2, Lycanroc 1, Jangmo-o, Ribombee.

Normal Size are replaced with the "new" Pokemon/for cutscene purposes.

Swapped - Replaced Pokemon

Shellos and Gastrodon - Voltorbs and Electrodes.

Rattata 2 and Raticate 2 - Rattata 1 and Raticate 1 slots (cutscene purposes).

Nihilego - Araquanid (Totem size/cutscene purposes)

Xurkitee - Togedemaru are swapped (Totem size/cutscene purposes)

Kartana - Lurantis are swapped (Totem size/cutscene purposes)

Kommo-o - Jangmo-o (cutscene purposes)

Necrozma - Kommo-o (Totem size/cutscene purposes)

Lunala - Cosmoem (cutscene purposes)

Solgaleo - Murkrow (cutscene purposes)

Necrozma-Lunala and Necrozma-Solgaleo - regular Lunala and Solgaleo (story purposes)

Stat/Type Changes

Farfetch'd, Swellow, Gardevoir, Combee, Wimpod and some other Pokemon now have better stats and movesets.

Alolan Muk now learns Swallow at Level 50 for evolution purposes.

Cherrim's typing is changed into Grass/Fire. Her sunshine form is now her default form.

Poipole now learns Dragon Pulse at Level 30 and 40.

Necrozma's typing is changed into Dragon/Psychic. Regular Necrozma can use Guardian of Alola, while Totem Necrozma can use Light that Burns the Sky.

Latios, Entei, Meloetta, Zeraora and other legendaries/mythicals have reduced stats due to their availability during regular playthrough.

All UBs except for Lunalas, Solgaleos, Necrozmas, Poipole and Naganadel now have reduced stats due to their core involvement in the game.

Other Notable Changes

Phione, the Therians and Shaymin, among others can be captured in the wild.

Various Alola Pokemon have their movesets improved.

More Pokemon learn Fire Lash.

By recreating the extreme condition in the Ultra Spaces, you can force certain Pokemon to evolve into Ultra Beasts.

These requirements are gradually informed to you as you progress through the mod, mostly by Gladion.

These Pokemon have their unique regular abilities while having Beast Boost as their HA.

Only Totem Beasts, Poipole and Naganadel still have Beast Boost as their regular abilities.

Feeding Ultra Malasada to certain Pokemon will evolve it into its Totem form.

Also Carbink can now evolve into Diancie.

Lists of evolution requirements and abilities

Nihilego

Tentacool + A Pokemon with Drought in your party

Ability: Protean/Limber

Buzzwole

Cutiefly + Work Up

Ability: Vital Spirit / Sheer Force

Pheromosa

Wimpod + Brick Break

Ability: Speed Boost / Emergency Exit

Xurkitree

Sudowoodo + Blush Mountain

Ability: Motor Drive / Reckless

Kartana

Fomantis + Smart Strike

Ability: Infiltrator / Hyper Cutter

Celesteela

Alolan Diglett + Flame Charge

Ability: Heatproof / Flare Boost

Guzzlord

Alolan Muk + Swallow (learnt naturally at level 50)

Ability: Gluttony / Thick Fat

Blacephalon

Alolan Electrode + Mimikyu in party

Ability: Flame Body / Aftermath

Stakataka

Magneton + Magneton

Ability: Sturdy / Analytic

Feeding an Ultra Malasada to your starter will evolve it into its Ultra Form, which has different stat spreads, movesets and abilities.
Decidueye, Incineroar, and Primarina have 5 different Ultra Forms each, which can be accesed by levelling up while holding an Ultra Malasada or Beast Ball during daytime and nighttime.
You can simply change it back into its regular form by feeding it another Ultra Malasada.
P/S: This is a feature from Trendy Sun and Moon series.

Pikachu Valley? How about Lilliechan Valley?

Check the trailer and see if you can find the rare Lollie-chan.

Many new trainers join the fight:

Kunoichi - A ninja class trainer.
Kartenvoy - The guy from Ultra Forest.
Spooky girl - Acerola with Emoji overdose.
Shadow boy - A shadow trainer.
Super Saiyan - Lysandre with yellow/red/blue hair and orange gi.
Ultra Instinct - Lysandre with black hair and orange gi.
Scratch Cat Girl - Elio/Selene's mom who returns to Alola to spread her cat facts.
Captain David - Steel-type expert who is a good friend of Kiawe.
Captain Raika - Ryuki's sister who is also from a faraway region. A Zeraora expert.
Aether Wicke - The Pokemon Professor this time.
Kahuna Moon - A kahuna from an alternate Alola. Title Defense only.

Additional notes:

Most trainers who used to have one Pokemon now have two.
Route Leaders are now replaced with Cynthia, who has different niche at each route.
Captains, Kahunas, and Elite Fours now have Ultra Beasts.

Totem Pokemon are now replaced with Totem Beasts - Ultra-sized Ultra Beasts. And so Alola needs Ultra Captains for these TBs:

Bug Captain Guzma (Pheromosa).
Poison Captain Plumeria (Nihilego).
Steel Captain David (Celesteela).
Electric Captain Raika (Xurkitree).

Two of the eight Alola gyms are ready for you to challenge.

Kahili Gym in Malie and Skull Gym in Po Town.

The Pokemon Center is livelier than ever with the cute Poipole selling stuff.

Also check out the Skull grunt spouting mixtapes at the all new Skull Cafe.

The infamous Kukui Uber Ride makes an upgrade in this mod. Professor Kukui now integrates the all new Uber Ride in Alola.

As silly as it sounds, the Ultra Recon Captain Phyco seems really interested with the idea...Uber Rides are listed below:

Tauros - Kukui.
Stoutland - Hala.
Lapras - Lana v.01C /Naganadel v0.1D+.
Charizard - Celesteela.
Mudsdale - Spinda v0.1C/The Royal v0.1D+.
Sharpedo - Guzma.
Machamp - Charizard.

Lillie managed to put Lusamine in Bill's seperation machine in Kanto.
Lusamine and Nihilego were seperated, but not in the way she expected.
Lusamine now only has a portion of her body - she is now a Mini Lusamine. And apparently suffers from amnesia...
Nihilego now has Lusamine's body, contained at the Aether Paradise.
Travel with Lillie and help recover Lusamine to her old self. Meanwhile, Nihilego might have a plan of her own...

Ultra Recon Squad now serves as villains, replacing Team Skull for most of the parts.

Their mission is to capture all the Ultra Beasts that have been released into Alola. Regular Dulse and Soliera are the grunts.

Commander Soliera - Leads the Sol squad. Bashful. New Fire-type Expert.
Commander Dulse - Leads the Luna squad. Calm and collected. Ice-type Expert.
Commander Zossie - The cheery commander who just dilly dallies around. UB expert.
Captain Phyco - A strict captain who would do anything to achieve his goal. Furfrou + UB expert.

In this mod, Necrozma is the first island guardian - the Guardian of Light.

As an evil approaches, the fate of the world lies in the hands of Nebby and Lusamine's Solgaleo.

You must travel to a secret Ultra Space - Ruins of Light, and go through Necrozma's trial.

Use Necrozma's light to power up your Nebby and Solgaleo.

As you progress through the game, you'll meet a peculiar duo who are trying to figure out their true origins.

They call themselves Fallers, and you agree to help their cause.

In return, Looker will give you Totem Beast/AZ-Floette at Heahea Beach.

Meanwhile, Anabel will trade some Legendary Pokemon at certain locations.

Stop the Ultra Recon Squad and figure out their true identities.

A lot of them have been modified. E4 levels remain unchanged. Some Title Defense Pokemon have different level. Spoilers below:

E4 and Title Defense Changes

Elite Four

Molayne - Hau (Dragon Type)

Olivia's team now includes Stakataka.

Acerola - Nanu (Dark Type)

Kahili - Guzma (Bug Type)

Title Defense

Hau - Lillie

Ryuki - Ilima (Normal Type)

Kukui - Wicke (Kanto theme)

Guzma - Dulse (Ice type)

Plumeria - Captain Raika (Electric type)

Sophocles - Zossie (UB theme)

Lusamine - Kahuna Moon (Lvl 100 Trendy Sun and Moon team)

FAQ

Q. How far does this mod cover?

It covers almost all the story/trainers/battles until vs champion and title defense.

Postgame UB-catching, Rainbow Rocket, Battle Tree/Royal/Agency remain unchanged.

There are plans to turn them into Smogon-tier facility, but unlikely for now.

Some sidequests have been changed too. For example, The Vulpix and Team Skull sidequest is now replaced with Litten and Scratch Cat Lady.

Q. Console users cant really use the a083 garc? No workaround?

Yep. A083 garc just crashes on console. No workaround that I know of.

Q. Hey, this [particular area] is super laggy on Citra.

Cant do nothing. Its just how emulator and cpus/gpus work.

Q. There's yellow rays of lights on my screen! What do?

Change the resolution or swap screens in Citra's settings. That should fix it.

Q. My Eevee doesnt learn Octazooka or Shadow Ball what to do?

Just pkhex the moves or catch them in the wild.

Screenshots

Media

Pokemon Star Nuzlocke Let's Play in HD with aDrive! Ep01 (aDrive)

Known issues

Alola Photo Club and Pokemon League/Hall of Fame will crash the game on some Citra builds. When you get to this part, do either of these three methods:

Get an unofficial build of Citra, which is often referred as Chinese build Citra.
Use the save files provided to skip the Alola Photo Club part.
Using PKHeX, edit the save file, edit flag 470, change the value from 8600 to 8700 (for Alola Photo Club).

Changelog

v0.2

Pokemon:

Added Alolan Misdreavus and Mismagius (Ghost/Normal) Abilities: Pressure/Prankster/HA Levitate
- Note1: Misdreavus and Mismagius learn slightly different moves.
- Note2: Only catchable at Hauoli Cemetery, Memorial Hill and Abandoned Mart.
Furfrou Star Trim is a Dragon type
Furfrou Star Trim has better stats and movesets
Furfrou Star Trim, Turtonatur and Golisopod now have special shiny version
Silvally Type: Dark now has Ultra Arceus model and texture. Cant apply animation for whatever reason.
Silvally Type: Fairy now has Type: Lollie texture
Comfey retexture added.
Fixed Finneon (Darwin) and Tentaquil texture.
Fixed the Therians' stat reductions not properly applied.
The Egg you receive at Paniola Ranch now hatches into a Cobalion
Cobalion stats reduced
Togepi, Spritzee, Swirlix and Shiinotic lines now have Misty Surge as abilities

Trainers:

Fixed some trainers having Pokemon not meant for them (such as UB-Lunar, etc)
Fixed some trainers having wrong classes
Z-Trainer Makana at Route 3 properly changed into Cynthia
Anabel mini event at Konikoni now has proper dialogue and team.
Ryuki and another trainer mini event at Hano Grand Hotel now have proper dialogues and teams.
Mina's battle model is replaced with the one from Trendy series.

Evolutions:

Alolan Muk can now properly evolve into Guzzlord when learning Swallow
Regular Rockruff now evolves into Dawn Lycanroc at daytime and into Midnight Lycanroc at nighttime.
Special Rockruff (Ice/Rock) now evolves into Ice Lycanroc at level 25
Wailmer evolves into Wailord at level 20 (previously 40)
Phantump evolves into Trevenant at level 30
Pumpkaboo evolves into Gourgeist at level 30
Silvally can evolve into Arceus by feeding Ultra Malasada at Ultra Wormhole

Overworld:

Dimensional Research Lab now displays images of a certain trainer from another world.
Swapped the Punk trainers at Ruins of Light with a Kartenvoy and a PMC Lady.

Battle stages:

Abandoned Mart now have a candy battle stage
Abandoned Mart Totem Battle and Misty Terrain now have candy batle stages

Text:

Pokedex entries have been updated for the new Pokemon and some retextured Pokemon.
The event at Alola Photo Club now has proper dialogue.
More spelling fixes.
A few trainer tips board are now changed into new pokemon and evolution tips.
More dialogue edits for Skull Cafe.
End credits now display tools used for the creation of the mod, awards for certain players and story endings.
Included a disclaimer for crash at Alola Photo Club and in the Pokemon League.

Wild encounter:

Fixed various strong Pokemon being available at Route 1 and Melemele Sea Fishing spots.
Marshadow added to Hauoli Cemetery
Cherubi added to Paniola Ranch
Sudowoodo added to Route 12 and Blush Mountain
More Magnetons added to Mount Hokulani
Alolan Muk added to Poni Wilds
More variety of Pokemon at Mount Lanakila
Various wild encounter and SOS additions

Trial:

Fixed Pheromosa in Lush Jungle trial.

Credits

The creators of the modding tools:

pk3DS - Kaphotics, SciresM, KazoWAR, Firefly, Drayano, magical, ProjectPokemon community.
HackingToolkit3DS - Asia81.
Ohana3DS - gdkchan.
gbatemp.net - for providing me the encessary tutorials to mod the game.
Rosieplier - for making this thread for easy reference.
Citra - for easy testing and emulating.
Everyone who watched my videos, followed my Trendy Sun and Moon series.

Pokemon is owned by GameFreak, Nintendo, Creatures Inc.

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