Well, I’m about 3 months behind the actual release and I didn’t even realise! Still, as you may guess, the !Strongest!
Shut up Cirno newest, shiniest version of Touhoumon has been released in English.
You can get it HEREOnline Touhoudex wiki is HEREChoose the link there for ‘Touhoumon Blue Version Final’. Its a pack that includes everything you need already; VBA, a Text Touhoudex, Locations Chart, and a Changed Strength/Weakness Diagram, so I don’t have to provide a starter pack myself this time.
This is a now fully complete hack of FireRed; so as usual, please don’t DL if you don’t own a copy yourself.
Can’t say I’ve got too far yet, as I’ve not had time, but here’s some initial shots:
First of all the proper Intro with a Chen attacking a Wriggle has been added:
And of course, all of the menus and speech are now fully ‘Touhou-ised’ by the looks of things, as in all the NPC dialogue has been changed so that it mentions Touhou instead of Pokemon. And the fact that only female avatars are now available (Renko and Maribel) has been noted and added during the initial speech from the Touhou Professor:
Another fabulous invention is immediately apparent upon starting the game: you can run immediately, and also run indoors, a feature still sorely missing for some reason from all Pokemon games (though I haven’t played Black/White yet).
Also, the forced linear nature of the game has been removed; and you’re only restricted by the HM skills you have now.
Personally, I’ve chosen to start my quest with a Marisa again:
I like her new sprites. Especially the new EX Form:
And maybe its because I love having an Electric/Fire type Sweeper as my starter, who knows? But then, I guess having an Ice/Steel Sakuya or a Flying/Normal Reimu is fine too.
Its a little odd to see that Gary is back, rather than the opposing trainer sprite; but then I guess thats sticking closer to the original.
Edit 1: Well… had less time than I thought I would for this; my team is only in the low/mid teens at the moment, but here they are:
I did also have a Suwako, but I’ve just switched her out for Kisume, since I love the bucket girl (and moreover, I immediately found one with a +DEF/-ATK nature, which is absolutely perfect for her with her base 140 DEF she has later on her final evolution (which will buff to 154! And only making ATK go from 40 to 36 in the process). Talk about tanking!
Finding Alice early was also nice; I’m quite sure she only used to be available in the Safari Zone, but is now in Veridian.
Ah, and another thing thats good so far with this version; it seems like after reaching Pewter you do indeed gain a bit more freedom than before: You’re no longer forced to fight Brock before proceeding East; and you can immediately access Yamame Cave (old Diglett cave) and skip the usual order. Of course, Yamame Cave is still full of lvl 15- 25 wild Touhou’s which can seriously give you some smackdown (I found a level 35 Parsee in there that proceeded to OHKO my Marisa!) so you’ll have grind a bit if you do want to break the sequence. Nevertheless, having the choice is always nice.