Completed Pokémon Battle Citadel (v1.5)

[CrimsonTy]

Made by CrimsonTy and Flavio

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The Citadel
Take on the a new Battle Sim featuring trainers from the Kalos Region!
Gym Leaders, Team Flare, Elite 4, and even the Champion
Use your creativity with preset Movesets and with the new battle gimmick-

Sub-Abilities!
This allows you to equip Abilities to your Pokémon based on the Pokémon you've obtained
From the weakest of Tangled Feet to the power of setting up Trick Room at the end of your turn
There are over 100 Sub-Abilities for you to choose from!
There's even a Randomizer Function to change what Sub-Ability a Pokémon gives

Other Features
1/30 Shiny Chance
Removed "Player Bump" (Good devs do this)
Removal of IVs, EVs, and Natures boost
Independence Day.
New Abilities and Moves​

Made Using: RPGMaker

(Non-Devs Ignore)
Resource Pack

Credits: ​

Spoiler: Credits

"Pokémon Essentials" was created by:
Flameguru
Poccil (Peter O.)
Maruno

With contributions from:
AvatarMonkeyKirby
Marin
Boushy
MiDas Mike
Brother1440
Near Fantastica
FL.
PinkMan
Genzai Kawakami
Popper
Golisopod User
Rataime
help-14
Savordez
IceGod64
SoundSpawn
Jacob O. Wobbrock
the__end
KitsuneKouta
Venom12
Lisa Anthony
Wachunga
Luka S.J.

and everyone else who helped out

"mkxp-z" by:
Roza
Based on "mkxp" by Ancurio et al.

Trainers Battle Sprites,
Ace Trainer Female: Kyledove,
Ace Trainer Male: Kyledove,
Ace Trainer (Alola): Kyledove
AZ: KyleDove
Bugcatcher: GameFreak,
Diantha: Kyledove,
Dustin: CrimsonTy,
Drasna: Gnomowladny,
Malva: Gnomowladny,
Siebold: Gnomowladny,
Wikstrom: Gnomowladny,
Fairy Girl: Kyledove,
Fisherman: Kyledove,
Lysandre: Drawnamu,
Gardener: Kyledove,
Hex Maniac: KyleDove,
Clemont: Gnomowladny,
Grant: Kyledove,
Korrina: Gnomowladny,
Olympia: Gnomowladny,
Ramos: Gnomowladny,
Valerie: Gnomowladny,
Viola: Kyledove,
Wulfric: Gnomowladny,
Hiker: KyleDove,
Lady: GameFreak,
Lass: Kyledove,
Serena: Kyledove,
Calem: Kyledove,
Sycamore: Kyledove,
School Boy: GameFreak,
Sky Trainer Female: Kyledove,
Sky Trainer Male: Kyledove,
Swimmer Girl: Kyledove,
Team Flare Grunt Female: Kyledove,
Team Flare Grunt Male: Kyledove,
Youngster: ArkewEditor,

Trainers Overworld Sprites,
Ace Trainer Female: Aveontrainer & Zender1753,
Ace Trainer Male: Aveontrainer & Wergan,
Ace Trainer (Alola): Aveontrainer & Mid117,
AZ: Aveontrainer & Izzyvicious,
Female Breeder: Kalarie,
Diantha: Lolw3e932,
Dustin: CrimsonTy,
Drasna: Miguel_Horo,
Malva: Miguel_Horo,
Siebold: Miguel_Horo,
Wikstrom: Miguel_Horo,
Fairy Girl: UlithiumDragon,
Lysandre: Aveontrainer & Zender1752,
Gardener: CrimsonTy,
Hex Maniac: Aveontrainer,
Clemont: Aveontrainer & PurpleZaffre,
Grant: Aveontrainer & PurpleZaffre,
Korrina: Aveontrainer & Purple Zaffre,
Olympia: Aveontrainer & PurpleZaffre,
Ramos: Miguel_Horo,
Valerie: Aveontrainer,
Viola: Aveontrainer & PurpleZaffre,
Wulfric: Aveontrainer & PurpleZaffre,
Hiker: Aveontrainer & Wergan,
Lady: Young-Dante,
Lass: Aveontrainer & Wergans Mega Pack,
Serena: Aveontrainer & Avatar,
Calem: Aveontrainer & spritestealer,
Sycamore: Aveontrainer,
School Boy: Young-Dante,
Sky Trainer Female: Aveontrainer & Mademoiselle-Serena,
Sky Trainer Male: Aveontrainer & Mademoiselle-Serena,
Team Flare Grunt Female: Aveontrainer, PurpleZaffre, & Izzyviscious,
Team Flare Grunt Male: Aveontrainer, PurpleZaffre, & Izzyviscious,
Youngster: JAOV46,

Pokémon Sprites,
Scobellion: SkidMarc25 & WolfTaiko,
Carbknight + Mega: BiggusWeeabus,
Carbknight Icon: CrimsonTy,
Mega Aegislash: WolfTaiko & CrimsonTy,
Mega Torkoal: GetaZ (Including WolfTaiko for Back Sprite)
Mega Mamoswine: EndlessTGX,
Mega Starmie: EndlessTGX,
Mega Staraptor: Remains anon,

Gym Badges: JcFerggy

Scripts:,
-Caruban,
-Lucidious89,
-Eskiss (Original Legend Plate script),
-StCooler (Original PLA Expansion script for Gen 8 Project in v18 and Status sprites),
-PorousMist and curryofthepast (Adapting the PLA Expansion script script for v19.1 use),

PBS:,
-Caruban,
-Lucidious89,
-PorousMist (Updated the abilities, items, and moves description),
-DJChaos (TM Items),
-Futuresushi (Shortened abilities and moves description)

Pokemon Battler Sprites:,
-Gen 1-5 Pokemon Sprites - veekun,
-Gen 6 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon X/Y Sprite Project,
-Gen 7 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project,
-Gen 8 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project,
-PLA Pokemon Sprites - Smogon Sprite Project,
Blaquaza, KingOfThe-X-Roads, KattenK, Travis, G.E.Z., SpheX, Hematite, SelenaArmorclaw,
-Gen 9 Pokemon Sprites - KingOfThe-X-Roads, Mak, Caruban, jinxed, leParagon, Sopita_Yorita, Azria, Mashirosakura,,
JordanosArt, Abnayami, OldSoulja, Katten, Divaruta 666, Clara, Skyflyer, AshnixsLaw, ace_stryfe,
-Gen 9 Vanilla style sprites - KingOfThe-X-Roads, Mak, Caruban, jinxed, leParagon, Sopita_Yorita, Azria, Mashirosakura, JordanosArt, Scept, NanaelJustice, SoyChim, KRLW890, AnonAlpaca, PokeJminer, Red7246, Carmanekko, Eduar, Lykeron, GriloKapu10, Mesayas, Erkey830, QDylm, PorousMist, OldSoulja, AlexandreV2.0, Z-nogyroP, lennybitao, Ruben1986, GRAFAIAIMX,
Blaquaza, KattenK, Travis, G.E.Z., SpheX, Hematite,

Pokemon Icon Sprites:,
-Gen 1-6 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Alaguesia, harveydentmd,
-Gen 7 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Marin, MapleBranchWing, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository,
-Gen 8 Icon Sprites - Larry Turbo, Leparagon,
-Shiny Icon Sprites - StarrWolf, Pokemon Shattered Light Team,
-PLA Pokemon Icon Sprites - LuigiTKO,
-Gen 9 Icon Sprites - ezerart, JordanosArt,
-PLA Vanilla Icon Sprites - LuigiTKO, Pikafan2000, Cesare_CBass, Vent, Cesare_Cbass, MultiDiegoDani, leParagon, JWNutz,
and thanks for Pokémon Icons Act 2.9 - Teracristalizando,
-Gen 9 Vanilla Icon Sprites - Vent, Katten, leParagon, Cesare_CBass, AlexandreV2.0, Carmanekko, GRAFAIAIMX,
also thanks to Axel Loquendo, CarmaNekko, Divaruta 666, Okyo, JLauz735, and ClaraDragon for Iconos 9na Gen gba completos,

Pokemon Gen 9 Overworld sprites:,
-Gen 1-5 Pokemon Overworlds - MissingLukey, help-14, Kymoyonian, cSc-A7X, 2and2makes5, Pokegirl4ever, Fernandojl, Silver-Skies, TyranitarDark, Getsuei-H, Kid1513, Milomilotic11, Kyt666, kdiamo11, Chocosrawlooid, Syledude, Gallanty, Gizamimi-Pichu, 2and2makes5, Zyon17,LarryTurbo, spritesstealer, LarryTurbo,
-Gen 6+ Berry Tree Overworlds - Anarlaurendil,
-Gen 6 Pokemon Overworlds - princess-pheonix, LunarDusk, Wolfang62, TintjeMadelintje101, piphybuilder88,
-Gen 7 Pokemon Overworlds - Larry Turbo, princess-pheonix,
-Gen 8 Pokemon Overworlds - SageDeoxys, Wolfang62, LarryTurbo, tammyclaydon,
-PLA Pokemon Overworlds - Boonzeet, DarkusShadow, princess-phoenix, Ezeart, WolfPP,
-Gen 9 Pokemon Overworlds - Azria, DarkusShadow, EduarPokeN, Carmanekko, StarWolff, Caruban,

Pokemon Footprints :,
-Gen PLA-9 Pokemon Footprints - Caruban,

Pokemon Cries:,
-Gen 1-6 Pokemon Cries - Rhyden,
-Gen 7 Pokemon Cries - Marin, Rhyden,
-Gen 8 Pokemon Cries - Zeak6464,
-PLA Pokemon Cries - Morningdew,
-Gen 9 Pokemon Cries -,
Edited from Lightblade Absol's Gen 9 Cries compilation video,
Edited from HeroLinik's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Cries video,
Edited from HeroLinik's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - All Teal Mask Cries video,

Item sprites:,
-Gen 9 item sprites - lichenprincess, Caruban, jinxed,
-PLA item sprites - AztecCroc, 3DJackArt, Caruban, lichenprincess,

Pokeballs battle animation and summary icon:,
-Caruban,
-WolfPP (Beast ball battle animation),

Compilation of Resources:,
-Gen 9 Pack - Caruban,
-Gen 8/9 Resized Sprites - http404error,
-Gen 8 Pack - Golisopod User, UberDunsparce​

 

[Altarax]

Hey, I've been enjoying this game so far.
Just to let you know you can buy anything from the guy at the left even without having the required number of coins.
edit: got this error on the first gym battle

Spoiler: error

 

[CrimsonTy]

Updated to Version 1.1

Changes

Spoiler: Changes/Fixes

1.1
After beating a trainer, their gifted Pokémon are send to your PC
Fix Shop giving you everything for free
Fixed versus numbers being wrong
Double and Triple Battles now result in 1v2 or 1v3/2v3 if player brings less than
Sections now have different battle backgrounds
Fixed an event not having a warp resulting in softlocking the player
Pressing the Menu button in the Sub-Ability Menu now puts them Alphabetically (sort of)
Stars & Strikes no longer gives an error

[Sub-Ability Fixes/Changes]
Cheek Pouch now only has a 30% chance to give an Oran Berry at the end of the turn.
Para-Charge now mentions Electric-types gaining Charge on entry
Medic's Touch heals 1/5 instead of 1/4, and doesn't work with Multi-Hit moves.
Volcarona can't have Player Bump
Player Bump is more annoying (It's Optional Annoyance)

 

[CrimsonTy]

Hey, I've been enjoying this game so far.
Just to let you know you can buy anything from the guy at the left even without having the required number of coins.
edit: got this error on the first gym battle

Spoiler: error

Glad you're enjoying the game, I'd like to ask how to feel about Sub-Abilities?

And for the shop and Stars & Strikes error, those have been fixed in the newest update
Also, activate windows

 

[Flavio]

yo no way, thats me

 

[Penelope]

i like the concept, it is really cool, tbh this is the kinda game i wanna make!
love it.

 

[Geoswag]

I think this is a really fun game and it feels pretty polished considering the short time limit! (allowing for the bugs that have now been mostly fixed). Some thoughts:

Spoiler: Thoughts

I really like the concept of the Sub-Abilities, and I think it's implemented well into the menus. I do think a lot of the Sub-Abilities are too niche or kinda useless though?

For example, I have just beaten the second leader and I have 4 Sub-Abilities that only effect Bug types, but by this point in the game I have so many better options than Beedrill and Ariados that I'm not really thinking of using any Bug types that could benefit from these Sub-Abilities.

It would also be useful to be able to see a description of the Sub-Abilities before they're applied? The only way I could find to actually see what they do was to temporarily apply them to a Pokemon (unless I'm being stupid and have missed a menu option somewhere, sorry if this is the case!)

I found it a bit strange that the trainers don't say anything to the player before battling (very minor problem). The gym leaders did though which was nice.

Also, has fairy been made weak to Bug? I couldn't find this change in any of the logs (again, sorry if it is somewhere and I've just missed it!)

Some of the battles have had really interesting strategies that are fun to come up with a way to beat. I struggled for a while with School Boy Luke's Swalot and it was fun to trial and error my way to eventually beating it!

I also really like a lot of the music choices you made, it would've been nice if the audios were looped though.

 

[HumbleScotsman]

did a wee video on it on the first couple of battles to showcase and found it fun! well expect from one pokemon ha think some people will know the 1 . the Sub-Abilities is a great idea and interesting concept looking forward to seeing what other combos and strategies i can figure out in the future. well done on the game :) !

 

[CrimsonTy]

Updated to Version 1.2

Fixes

Spoiler: Fixes

Prompt to Randomize Sub-Abilities now moved to the intro and removed from the Cheats menu. This caused an issue where any Pokémon received before turning on the randomizer would not show up in the "Recently Added" menu
Cheats menu now only Unlocks all Sub-Abilities
Fixed Secticare not working
Fixed Secticare not activating during Viola's fight

 

[CrimsonTy]

I think this is a really fun game and it feels pretty polished considering the short time limit! (allowing for the bugs that have now been mostly fixed). Some thoughts:

Spoiler: Thoughts

I really like the concept of the Sub-Abilities, and I think it's implemented well into the menus. I do think a lot of the Sub-Abilities are too niche or kinda useless though?

For example, I have just beaten the second leader and I have 4 Sub-Abilities that only effect Bug types, but by this point in the game I have so many better options than Beedrill and Ariados that I'm not really thinking of using any Bug types that could benefit from these Sub-Abilities.

It would also be useful to be able to see a description of the Sub-Abilities before they're applied? The only way I could find to actually see what they do was to temporarily apply them to a Pokemon (unless I'm being stupid and have missed a menu option somewhere, sorry if this is the case!)

I found it a bit strange that the trainers don't say anything to the player before battling (very minor problem). The gym leaders did though which was nice.

Also, has fairy been made weak to Bug? I couldn't find this change in any of the logs (again, sorry if it is somewhere and I've just missed it!)

Some of the battles have had really interesting strategies that are fun to come up with a way to beat. I struggled for a while with School Boy Luke's Swalot and it was fun to trial and error my way to eventually beating it!

I also really like a lot of the music choices you made, it would've been nice if the audios were looped though.

Spoiler: Reply

I'm glad you enjoy the Sub-Abilities, and thank Golisopod User for implementing them into the menus, my concept was worse.

And your comment on Sub-Abilities being too niche or kinda useless, I do have to kind of agree. I tried to make interesting ones that would work for certain Pokémon, but then I found myself using much better Sub-Abilities. It's the issue where I could make those Sub-Abilities more available, but then that results to already strong Pokémon being stronger instead of bring up the weaker Pokémon to their level.

I have seen a friend mention that he'd like to see the Sub-Abilities before being applied, and I didn't think about that until then since I would know what each Sub-Ability does. I'm hoping to add something that would let you see them in the future.

Originally each trainer was going to say something, but due to time, I wasn't able to.

My mistake not mentioning that, I did make Fairy weak to bug; as well as Ice resists Water, Grass, and Dragon; Rock resists Rock; and Water no longer resists Ice. I wanted Bug, Rock, and Ice to be stronger since they're usually the weaker of the types.

Everyone struggles with the Swalot fight, I've had to nerf that thing twice.

Glad you enjoyed the music choices, and as for looping, I don't know how to do that...

 

[Geoswag]

Spoiler: Reply

I'm glad you enjoy the Sub-Abilities, and thank Golisopod User for implementing them into the menus, my concept was worse.

And your comment on Sub-Abilities being too niche or kinda useless, I do have to kind of agree. I tried to make interesting ones that would work for certain Pokémon, but then I found myself using much better Sub-Abilities. It's the issue where I could make those Sub-Abilities more available, but then that results to already strong Pokémon being stronger instead of bring up the weaker Pokémon to their level.

I have seen a friend mention that he'd like to see the Sub-Abilities before being applied, and I didn't think about that until then since I would know what each Sub-Ability does. I'm hoping to add something that would let you see them in the future.

Originally each trainer was going to say something, but due to time, I wasn't able to.

My mistake not mentioning that, I did make Fairy weak to bug; as well as Ice resists Water, Grass, and Dragon; Rock resists Rock; and Water no longer resists Ice. I wanted Bug, Rock, and Ice to be stronger since they're usually the weaker of the types.

Everyone struggles with the Swalot fight, I've had to nerf that thing twice.

Glad you enjoyed the music choices, and as for looping, I don't know how to do that...

You can find looped Pokemon music here, courtesy of ENLS: Music!

 

[Flavio]

You can find looped Pokemon music here, courtesy of ENLS: Music!

to be fair i was in charge of that, i do have enls on my bookmarked tabs but forgot it existed so i went to khinsider, my bad

 

[CrimsonTy]

Updated to Version 1.3

Changes

Spoiler: Changes

Intro Cry is now Diancie instead of Random
Due to Snore's unusability on Pyroar, it has been replaced by Uproar
Lysandre's Pyroar is now always Male
Added Type Matchup Changes to "Pokemon Changes" in the Changes Folder

 

[Radical Raptr]

Aside from a few graphical issues and Galarian Rapidash not have any moves this was an amazing and perfect experience. I loved how the sub-abilities were not stingy and you got access to such great ability synergy and combos, and even had a few trainers utilize specific combos to hint at possibilities.

Idk if it was because of luck, if the sub abilities are given out randomly or if it was planned, but I heavily relied on a Malamar contrary wonderguard set, carried me to the end it was amazing.

I was genuinely shocked at how fun the game was and how amazing of an experience it all was considering the rather simple premise, the tools and utilities available to the player just made it so accessible I couldn't stop playing once I picked it up LOL.

I will say the overworld sprite for Serena bothered me, there was a minor alignment and graphical error I had to fix lol - also did no one on the team test playing as the female player? Because I went through the entire game like this.
[ x ] [ x ]

That and a few issues,

Spoiler: spoilers in case people don't want to have things spoiled

The ui was not able to properly display the text for abilities or sub abilities which made it difficult when there were new mechanics being introduced, that and the minor issue of having the sprites not be a proper resolution when being displayed. Further with the sub icon menu, there were issues with sub abilities where certain pokemon were unobtainable such as certain forms only accessible in battle like xerneas not unlocking their ability despite having the base form. The menu had a few hiccups where I unlocked different pokemon's sub abilities despite not owning the pokemon which caused minor issues in the list if and when I obtained the pokemon - that and I noticed a few abilities were tied to badges, but other abilities that weere designated as badge abilities had a different pokemon associated. Finally, there was an issue with the trainer who you can battle and test strats against, I was told I could run from the battle at any time, but I was not allowed to run lol. And when I reached the elite 4, I didn't have to fight any of the other trainers, and could skip straight to Diantha by interacting with the white teleporter.

 

[CrimsonTy]

Updated to v1.4

Spoiler: Changes/Fixes

v1.4
Fixed Serena Trainer Sprite always being on screen if chosen to play as her
Fixed Galarian Rapidash not having any moves
Fixed conditions for the teleporter to enter champion room not being properly set
Removed dialogue saying that the player can run away from Lass Testin's battle. (A feature removed due to not working properly)
Added dialogue to a trainer for an inside joke
You can talk to plants.

[Sub-Ability Fixes/Changes]
Buffed Shed Skin to heal 1/4 HP after curing status instead of 1/8
Shed Skin is now incompatible with Sub-Abilities that heal based on type
Buffed Self-Antidote to heal 1/2 HP after curing poison instead of 1/4, and increased activation rate to 50% instead of 30%
Olympia's Sigilpyh has Keen Eye and Fireball Sub-Abilities replaced with Goopy Orb and Self-Antidote
Wikstrom's Klefki has Goopy Orb Sub-Ability replaced with Fireball

 

[CrimsonTy]

Updated to v1.5

Spoiler: Changes/Fixes

v1.5
Fixed the game version saying v1.6 when v1.5 was the next update
Added pre-battle dialogue for Sky Trainer Junpei and Pokémon Trainer Justin
Triple Kick's BP increased from 10 to 20 to match Triple Axel
Klefki's Sub-Ability now Synchronize instead of Prankster
Drasna's Dragalge has Prankster Sub-Ability replaced with Mitosis
Siebold's Palafin has Prankster Sub-Ability replaced with Cheek Pouch

[Sub-Ability & Ability Changes]
Due to Priority Abilities not working, the following Pokémon have had their Abilities changed to match their Ability
(Sadly this requires you to restart game to use these)
Talonflame: Gale Wings -> Tempest Wings
Braviary: Gale Wings -> Independence Day
Sableye: Prankster -> Quick Start
Banette: Prankster -> Justified
Mega Bannete: Prankster -> Justified
Honchkrow: Prankster -> Tempest Wings
Meowstic: Prankster -> Quick Start
Klefki: Prankster -> Quick Start

[Updates]
Justified: Now resists Dark-type moves.
Quickdraw: On entry and at the end of the turn, there's a 30% chance Speed may increase by 1

[New]
Tempest Wings Increases Speed after hitting a Flying-type move
Quick Start: Maxes Speed on entry

[New with Updates]
Gettings Seconds: Raises Speed +2 after using a Stockpile move, instead of increased Priority
Detach-a-Tail: Raises Speed +1 after using a Tail move, instead of increased Priority

 

[ranko]

Sub-abilities were EXTREMELY fun to play with, and I had a lot of fun playing through the mid-game (around the time I got 2 Slots). I will say and agree that the early fights were a little hard to tough through. Haxy matches coupled with strong consistent threats on enemy teams while we didn't have a lot of options to play with yet made some of these matches frustrating.

Around where I started getting better Pokemon and sub-abilities to play with, I started having more fun with the game. While I do enjoy the level of care that went into making the Abilities balanced against each other (to avoid any real Exodia combinations), I felt a lot of the sub-abilities (especially early) had a hard time working with each other, forcing a lot of my mons to sometimes just had a Sub-Ability that didn't do anything lol. I do also think some of them starting to become a little samey, with a lot of later sub-abilities being reskins of other ones for other types. I definitely liked the ones where they buff a Type in a fun in interesting way (Rock-type ones were fun).

The game also makes people go through multiple instances of choice paralysis, where you are offered so many options it becomes hard to pick any of them haha, this only kind of went into play when you started to unlock multiple teams of 6 super quickly combined with 3 sub abilities. I'm so glad this game doesn't have items because of that (i'd want to die lol).

Eventually, I did find an Exodia strategy (Volcarona + Heliolisk), and I did end up beating the whole game! This was a fun thought experiment for competitive battling, and I enjoyed it.

 

[CrimsonTy]

Sub-abilities were EXTREMELY fun to play with, and I had a lot of fun playing through the mid-game (around the time I got 2 Slots). I will say and agree that the early fights were a little hard to tough through. Haxy matches coupled with strong consistent threats on enemy teams while we didn't have a lot of options to play with yet made some of these matches frustrating.

Around where I started getting better Pokemon and sub-abilities to play with, I started having more fun with the game. While I do enjoy the level of care that went into making the Abilities balanced against each other (to avoid any real Exodia combinations), I felt a lot of the sub-abilities (especially early) had a hard time working with each other, forcing a lot of my mons to sometimes just had a Sub-Ability that didn't do anything lol. I do also think some of them starting to become a little samey, with a lot of later sub-abilities being reskins of other ones for other types. I definitely liked the ones where they buff a Type in a fun in interesting way (Rock-type ones were fun).

The game also makes people go through multiple instances of choice paralysis, where you are offered so many options it becomes hard to pick any of them haha, this only kind of went into play when you started to unlock multiple teams of 6 super quickly combined with 3 sub abilities. I'm so glad this game doesn't have items because of that (i'd want to die lol).

Eventually, I did find an Exodia strategy (Volcarona + Heliolisk), and I did end up beating the whole game! This was a fun thought experiment for competitive battling, and I enjoyed it.

Glad you had fun with the Sub-Abilities!

And yeah, I also noticed that early game there's not a lot of options but as you go on there's more, which I knew that was bound to happen due to how you acquire Pokémon in this game.

If you don't mind, could you show what that "Exodia strategy" was? I'm really curious

 

[Munit]

This looks great! Does this have all mons and gym leaders? Would love some characters from all the gens too like ash, may, Cynthia etc