Pokemon Red Version: Pokémon Satin

Once upon a time, back when Pocket Monsters was still in its early stages, there was a piece of artwork drawn which showed the main characters, Red and Green, standing on a floor with a Pokéball-like design. They had with them two of three starter Pokémon and seemed intent on staring the other down. However, over in the corner was a third Pokémon trainer -- a female in a black dress and white gloves with long, brown hair. This character was discarded at some point in development and, outside of the Pokémon Adventures comics (as "Blue") and a paper-craft art book, was more or less forgotten about... until today!

This hack, Pokémon Satin, changes the main character of Pokémon Red/Blue Version into the lost character of Blue and brings her to her rightful place one of two youths from Pallet Town in addition to making some other minor changes to the storyline here and there.

Also included in this hack is a patch to put Blue in the game without changing anything else, thus giving players the full experience from 1996 completely unchanged, aside from playing as a girl.

POK?MON RED/BLUE SATIN
A Pok?mon Red/Blue Version ROM Hack
by Joseph "Lithius" Collins
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[WITR] Document Index - "What's in this readme?"

#. [FIND] Section Title --------------- Section description.
0. [WITR] Document Index -------------- You are here. Silly.
1. [WITT] Explanation of ROM Hack ----- Explanation of the hack.
2. [WDYC] ROM Hack Features ----------- A brief list of changes from Red/Blue.
3. [WSBI] Complete File List ---------- Everything that comes in the ZIP.
4. [HDII] Installation Instructions --- How to install/run this mod.
5. [WDBV] Change Log ------------------ See PkMnSatin_ChangeLog.TXT.
6. [ATAB] Known Bugs and Glitches ----- Hack-specific bugs I or others found.
7. [WMTP] Special Thanks -------------- These people are super-awesome.
8. [HCCY] Contact Information --------- My contact information.
9. [CWSA] Copyright Information ------- Legal stuff and such.
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1. [WITT] Explanation of ROM Hack - "What is this thing?"

Simply put, "Pok?mon Red/Blue Satin" (or just "Pok?mon Satin") is a ROM
hack that replaces everyone's favorite mute player character, Red/Ash, with a
character created during the early development days of Pocket Monsters.
This character was dropped from the game early on and no particularly useful
information about her exists. She only appears in one piece of official art,
though her design was re-used for the character "Green" (or "Blue" in Japan)
in the Pok?mon Adventures comic as well as a different version appearing in
the Pocket Monsters Craft DX books.
In any case, I decided it was high time that "Green" made her playable
debut in the Pok?mon universe. And so... work on this ROM hack began.

The intention of this hack is to allow players to play through Gen I games
as the discarded female character. That's all. There's no gameplay changes,
no (base game) bug-fixes, nothing like that. However, I did end up changing
some dialogue here and there... since I can't leave well-enough alone. I
also may have changed a couple of minor, non-game engine-related things...
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2. [WDYC] ROM Hack Features - "What exactly did you change?"

[FULL VERSION]
- Play as Green!:
This is the big one. Ash/Red/Jack is no longer in the game. Instead,
you now play as Green ("Blue"), the missing girl character from the
development artwork of Pocket Monsters!
- Some changes to dialogue:
Some story elements have been enhanced or fleshed-out while other bits
have had minor tweaks done to them, either for clarity or pronoun reasons.
- A couple of sprites changed here or there.
- Some in-game events may be ever-so-slightly different.
- There's also one somewhat out-of-the-way easter egg... Can you find it?

[PLAYER-ONLY VERSION]
- Play as Green! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE IS CHANGED ANYWHERE.
This version should be compatable with other ROM hacks... but not all!
(See Bugs below.)
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3. [WSBI] Complete File List - "What should be in this ZIP file?"

PkMn_Satin ChangeLog.txt -------------------- A history of the ROM hack.
PkMn_Satin Readme.txt ----------------------- GREEN: ...
[Full Version]
PkMnBlue_Satin (Full) vx.xx.ips ----------- The full ROM hack.
PkMnRed_Satin (Full) vx.xx.ips Changes player graphics 'n more.
[Player Only]
PkMnBlue_Satin (Player) vx.xx.ips --------- A scaled-down version.
PkMnRed_Satin (Player) vx.xx.ips Changes ONLY player graphics.
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4. [HDII] Installation Instructions - "How do I install it?"

NOTE: These instructions assume you have Lunar IPS and the appropriate ROM
file(s). Do not ask me where to find ROM files. I will not tell you.

-------------------------- ** EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ** -------------------------
Make sure to use THE APPROPRIATE COLOR PATCH for the APPROPRITE COLOR ROM!
The "Red" patches WILL NOT WORK on a "Blue" ROM and vice-versa!
Applying the wrong patch to the wrong game will NOT update the player sprites
at bare minimum, or in the worst case, make the game unstable or unplayable.
In addition, these patches WILL NOT WORK ON YELLOW VERSION OR JAPANESE ROMS.
These patches MUST be applied to US/European Red/Blue Version ROMs ONLY.
-------------------------- ** EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ** -------------------------

STEP 0: Make sure your ROM file(s) and patches are somewhere you can easily
find them. (For example, "C:\Downloads" would be a fine place.)
STEP 1: Open Lunar IPS.exe and click "Apply IPS Patch."
STEP 2: Find the appropriate patch for the appropriate ROM.
Select it and click the "Open" button.
STEP 3: Find the appropriate ROM for the patch you just selected.
Select it and click the "Open" button.
STEP 4: Lunar IPS should display a dialogue box reading:
"The file was successfully patched!"
Your should be ready to play your newly-patched game.
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5. [WDBV] Change Log - "What's the differences between versions?"

I've gotten into the habit of making seperate documents for my change log.
That said, if you want to know the history of this hack, pop open this file:

PkMnSatin_ChangeLog.txt

It shows every step of the hack's history to the most recent version! But
it may also show some spoilers for things later on... so if you're fine
that, go ahead and pop it open!
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6. [ATAB] Known Bugs and Glitches - "Are there any bugs?"

As far as I can tell, this thing works just fine on BASE Red and Blue...
It also works on some US-based ROM hacks such as Pok?mon Brown and Indigo.
However... I haven't had much luck getting it to run with the Sanqui's
Online Pok?mon Randomizer. It DOES work fine Dabomstew's Universal Randomizer,
both BEFORE and AFTER randomizing a ROM, so there's that, at least.

Otherwise? There may be a typo here or there that I missed.
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7. [WMTP] Special Thanks - "Who made this possible?"

- Chaos Rush of ROMhacking.net
(http://www.romhacking.net/?page=submissions&action=submissions&id=20235)
He directed me to the Pok?Community Forums. More specifically...

- Mateo/Luna of Skeetendo (http://skeetendo.nfshost.com/user/4/)
She directed me to the PokeRed GitHub project -- a disassembly of the
original Pok?mon Gen I games. Without this, the ROM hack would've been
significantly harder to do, if not impossible for my skill set.

- The Skeetendo Community (http://skeetendo.nfshost.com/)
They disassembled Pok?mon Gen I and made hacking the thing INCREDIBLY
simple and easy compared to earlier methods.

- ShantyTown of the Pok?Community Forums
(http://www.pokecommunity.com/member.php?u=419788)
He made an EXTREMELY helpful video about getting the PokeRed GitHub
project installed on your computer. I was really having a hard time with
the instructions given on the project itself, but his video got me goin'!

- D.C. (No relevant link)
For helping me name the hack and creative input.

- BohepansTheThird (https://www.youtube.com/BohepansTheThird)
As always, his moral support of my silly projects is always appreciated.
Also kind of the spell/grammar-checker for this one.

- Nintendo, Game Freak, Ape/Creatures Inc., The Pok?mon Co.
(Do I really need to link these guys?)
For an awesome game series that even to this day continues to be loved by
people of all ages, walks of life, and everything in-between.
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8. [HCCY] Contact Information - "How can I contact you?"

Unfortunately, I don't like giving out much contact information. A 100%
guaranteed way to contact me, though, is through the ROMhacking.net forums:

http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=6607

Any messages sent to me there WILL be read and will likely get a reply.
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9. [CWSA] Copyright Information - "Any copyrights we should know about?"

Pok?mon, Pocket Monsters, and related properties are created
by and ? Nintendo, Ape/Creatures Inc., and The Pok?mon Co.

Some original sprite-work created by Joseph Collins.
and based on art created by and ? Ken Sugimori.

ROM hack created from the hard work and dedication of the
Skeetendo Community and their PokeRed GitHub project.

ROM hack created by Joseph "Lithius" Collins for
non-profit entertainment purposes.

Use of any part of this ROM hack for your own ROM hack is
perfectly fine, but if you use the original sprite-work I've created,
please do give me credit. I would greatly appreciate it!

No-Intro Name: Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced)
(No-Intro version 20130802-061634)
ROM/File SHA-1: D7037C83E1AE5B39BDE3C30787637BA1D4C48CE2

No-Intro Name: Pokemon - Red Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced)
(No-Intro version 20130802-061634)
ROM/File SHA-1: EA9BCAE617FDF159B045185467AE58B2E4A48B9A