After finishing Ruby and Sapphire, Game Freak realized that not every Pokemon could be captured in the game anymore since these were no longer compatible with the previous two generations. And so from that came FireRed and LeafGreen, faithful and complete remakes of the original Red/Blue/Green versions. Because these games were remade from scratch on the GBA games' engine, nearly every single bug the original had was fixed up and the visuals get a very noticeable update. There are also the added features of the past two generations of Pokemon which means hold items, running, new moves and movesets (in exchange for the existing TMs, tutors around the region teach you some moves from the originals), female protagonist choice, all that stuff. The game was also noticeably changed to be easier in some ways (for example you can catch a Mankey before Brock and Charmander can learn Metal Claw, making him a breeze with any starter). There is the addition of the Sevii Islands; a set of new areas for both towards the end and at postgame that enable Pokemon from the Johto region to be captured. This is also the first game to include the VS Seeker, a key item that allows you to challenge almost every minor trainer in the game again.

It's not all shiny and cool however; though FR/LG are major improvements Game Freak had a weird notion of what in this game should be updated and what shouldn't. A boatload of all-but-needless tutorial functions were put in these remakes, and there are some odd regressions from previous installments like the trainer not turning to face an opponent when challenged, newer evolutions being completely barred until postgame, censoring of Gamblers to Gamers, and no internal clock (meaning no berry growing, though you can find these as hidden items in darker patches of grass or trade them over from another game).

However these flaws are all minor, FR/LG is a straight and complete upgrade from the originals in almost every way.

Pokémon - Faria Version is a ROM hack of Pokémon - FireRed Version (USA, V1.0). The story and gameplay are the same as the original Pokémon game, with some new features and changes done along the way, like a new storyline on top of the main one, a new rival as the antagonist and Sandshrew as the hero. The starters have been changed and the difficulty of the game has been increased, so trainers, your main rival, gym leaders and the Elite Four will have different teams and strategies. The Pokémon on the wild will change as you progress the game and find new areas, so it's possible to catch 'em all (386 Pokémon + Riolo & Lucario + Giratina Origin Form) through one entire playthrough, as long as you finish the new storyline.

Features:

- New storyline involving Sandshrew and a new powerful rival;
- Harder overall difficulty, with different teams and strategies for trainers, main rival, gym leaders and the Elite Four;
- New areas to discover and explore with rare Pokémon to find;
- Some evolutions are unlocked even before you have the National Dex;
- All 386 Pokémon are possible to obtain, as well as Riolo & Lucario + Giratina Origin Form;
- All Legendary Pokémon have been implemented in the overworld;
- Almost all items can be obtained and bought eventually, including all TM's;
- Fixed Pokedéx species text only showing the first word when there were 2 words to show;


Changes:

- Changed both male and female main characters sprites;
- Changed the starters Pokémon to Abra, Dratini and Eevee;
- Kadabra and Alakazam stats boosted to a total of 405 and 510 respectively;
- Changed Sandshrew/Sandslash, now a Legendary Pokémon;
- Changed the Bicycle to a Skateboard;
- Mew and Deoxys will obey your commands;
- The move Triple Kick was changed to Force Palm;
- The move Teeter Dance was changed to Aura Sphere;
- The move GrassWhistle was changed to Ominous Wind;
- The move Dive was changed to Shadow Force;


Changed Evolutions:

- Kadabra to Alakazam by happiness;
- Graveler to Golem by happiness;
- Machoke to Machamp by happiness;
- Haunter to Gengar by happiness;
- Feebas to Milotic by happiness;
- Poliwhirl to Politoed using King's Rock;
- Slowpoke to Slowking using King's Rock;
- Onix to Steelix using Metal Coat;
- Scyther to Scizor using Metal Coat;
- Seadra to Kingdra Using Dragon Scale;
- Eevee to Espeon using Sun Stone;
- Eevee to Umbreon using Moon Stone;
- Porygon to Porygon2 using Up-Grade;
- Clamperl to Huntail using Deepseatooth;
- Clamperl to Gorebyss using Deepseascale;
- Sandshrew to Sandslash using Earth Stone;


Know Bugs:

- Some places show a wrong position when you check your position in the world map;
- Giratina's Shadow Force is double damaged by Surf and Whirlpool, just like dive;

Enjoy!

Database match: Pokemon - FireRed Version (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20180816-092117)
File/ROM SHA-1: 41CB23D8DCCC8EBD7C649CD8FBB58EEACE6E2FDC
File/ROM CRC32: DD88761C

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