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Pokemon Umbra Moon (2017)

Pokemon Umbra Moon cover
Developer
Dio Vento
Platforms
Nintendo 3DS
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Main story
about 64 hours
Completionist
about 139 hours
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A fan-made Pokémon Moon romhack that redesigns every trainer for a tougher, more engaging challenge while preserving the core adventure.

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About

Pokémon Nova Sun and Umbra Moon are mods for Pokémon Sun and Moon. Similar to the author's Rutile Ruby and Star Sapphire hacks, their main purpose is to provide a more challenging game experience while not artificially limiting the player. The premier feature of Nova Sun and Umbra Moon is the ground-up redesign of Pokémon Trainers in the world to increase the game’s challenge. Every trainer in the game has been edited, and the level curve expects use of the Experience Share, which means that the player levels up very quickly. Every Pokémon in Trainers’ teams has a hold item and a proper moveset. The end-game of the main story features trainers with Levels in the mid-nineties. Nova Sun and Umbra Moon’s secondary focus is inspired by Super Smash Bros. Melee’s “20XX Hack Pack” which enables features for competitive players to practice and grind. In Nova Sun and Umbra Moon’s Legit Build, everything obtainable is 100% legal and legitimate for real online battles or trades. In all Builds, some features are designed to make preparing competitive teams much less of a hassle. Competitive hold items are much more available, a 6IV Ditto is available through an in-game trade (holding a Destiny Knot), Eggs hatch in one cycle, and Level 100 Memento Blissey battles are available in the Battle Buffet once the main story has been beaten.​

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Screenshots

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