| Pokémon Blaze Black & Volt White | |
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| General | |
| Author | Drayano |
| Type | Game Hacks |
| Version | 3.1 |
| License | Mixed |
| Last Updated | 2011/12/24 |
| Links | |
| Blaze Black & Volt White Download | |
| Website | |
Pokémon Blaze Black and Volt White are ROM hacks of Pokémon Black and White, respectively. While renowned mostly for making all 649 Pokémon obtainable on a single file, they are also known for overhauling the stats and movesets of Pokémon, as well as making the game significantly more challenging and adding a new post-game.
They were the first pair of Pokémon overhaul romhacks created by Drayano60, followed by Fire Red Omega, Sacred Gold & Storm Silver, Blaze Black 2 & Volt White 2, and Renegade Platinum.
Installation
Included are the patches for BB/VW, documents of all the changes, a list of Action Replay codes, with supports for the Liberty Ticket and National Dex (via Pokémon Mystery Gift Editor and PokeGen).
European ROMs are recommended, though it is not 100% guaranteed to fail or anything if you use the American one. You should probably only have one ROM in the folder at a time when you're trying to patch.
| ROM information - Blaze Black | |
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| File | Pokémon Black Version (No-Intro) |
| Serial | IRBO |
| ROM information - Volt White | |
| File | Pokémon White Version (No-Intro) |
| Serial | IRAO |
There are two versions available for both BB/VW:
- Full - Everything including changes to Pokemon.
- Clean - Just the basics (Wild, Trainer, Evolution, Items) are changed. Actual Pokemon, their level up moves and attacks are left unchanged.
To apply the patch, place a ROM of Black or White into the folder containing this Readme and the xdelta patches, and run the appropriate batch file for your choice of game.
Note that your ROM must be clean. That is, no anti-piracy patch (the BB/VW patch covers the exp problem) and no other changes, either. Doing so may alter the checksum, which will prevent the patch working.
User guide
Wild Pokemon
As aforementioned, the hack allows you to catch all 649 Pokémon in some way or another.
This is unaffected by the version chosen to play; encounters are the same in both.
Trainers
Every single trainer in the game has had their Pokémon edited, fitting a new level curve and increasing the difficulty overall.
While not mind crushingly tough, they're sure to provide more of a challenge than the original games were able to.
The level curve takes full advantage of the new experience system in Black and White.
Stats/Movesets
A vast number of Pokémon have had certain statistics about them edited.
This can be a number of things, including experience rate, typing, base stats and abilities.
A lot of Pokémon have been given their Dream World abilities as an option, where applicable and/or useful.
Pokémon have also had additions to their moveset, including additions or alterations to their level up movesets as well as TM and HM compatibility.
Level up movesets in particular have been edited for 600+ Pokémon.
Evolutions
There has also been editing of many evolutions, generally involving those Pokémon who generally had to be traded to be evolved.
Blaze Black and Volt White are entirely self-contained; no outside contact is required for anything.
Items
Items found in the field have been changed considerably, to include TMs, evolution items and fossils previously only found post-League.
The items have been adjusted in such a way that makes it convenient for the game's progress.
Where applicable, text has also been changed to reflect these changes.
Multiples of certain items, such as the evolution stones, the Lucky Egg and the EXP Share are also given out, all in the name of convenience.
Others
It isn't just trainers and wild Pokémon who have had their levels changed; event Pokémon such as Reshiram and Zekrom have also had their levels changed, ensuring that they don't become useless due to the sharp increase in levels.
All five in-game trades have also been edited, giving you new possibilities for your team.
A small number of attacks have also been changed to make them more useful, generally in terms of power (and rarely, type).
Screenshots
Media
Pokémon Blaze Black & Pokémon Volt White V3 Out (Drayano60)
Known issues
The exp is weirdly low from certain high levelled opponents. This is to do with the game, though, and is not fixable.
It appears to be possible for an error to occur at Driftveil from repeated fishing then leaving... not sure about this one, but be sure to save around there just in case.
Changelog
V3.1 2011/12/24
- A few level up moves added, including those missing from the Rugged Mountain pack, Zap Cannon for Electabuzz (as a counterpart to Magmar's new Heat Wave) and Nasty Plot for Togekiss.
- Evolution levels edited for Scraggy, Elgyem, Litwick, Mienfoo, Golett, Pawniard, Rufflet, Vullaby, Deino, Zweilous and Larvesta to counteract their earlier appearances. Level up moves have been adjusted accordingly.
- Koffing and Weezing can now learn Sludge Wave by TM.
- Problems with Cheren having the wrong monkey have been fixed.
- The important trainer rosters document has had its layout edited to now be viewable properly in WordPad.
V3.04 2011/11/18
- Some trainers corrected, notably the manga cameo trainers.
- Juniper & TM79 problems fixed.
- New moves added to the following Pokémon: Gastly, Drowzee, Spinarak, Misdreavus, Mawile, Shuppet, Chimecho, Duskull, Stunky, Meowth, Volbeat, Illumise, Alakazam, Rotom, Spiritomb.
V3.03 2011/09/23, V3.03b 2011/09/25, V3.03c 2011/09/25
- Magby / Magmar now wild in Route 7.
- Gothitelle and Reuniclus now wild in Route 9.
- Mamoswine now wild in Giant Chasm.
- Leavanny and Unfezant wild in Route 6.
- Rattata and Raticate now learn TM01, Hone Claws.
- Hitmonchan now learns Drain Punch at Level 36.
- Lenora rematch text fixed.
- Roughneck Johnny fixed.
- Happiny evolution method fixed (b).
- "Diamond"'s team fixed. (b)
- Chili rematch fixed. (b)
- Lenora rematch text ACTUALLY fixed. ©
- Regigigas actually available. ©
V3.02 2011/08/31
- Numerous Pokémon have had some level up moves fixed, including Wartortle, Blastoise, and Samurott.
- Keldeo now learns Secret Sword at Level 1.
- Meloetta now learns Relic Song at Level 1.
- Typhlosion now learns ThunderPunch at Level 1.
- Persian now learns Water Pulse and Icy Wind at Level 1, and Snarl by TM.
- Absorb is now 30 power. Mega Drain is now 50 power.
- Pin Missile, Arm Thrust, Comet Punch and Spike Cannon are now 25 power.
- Tyranitar's ability has been fixed.
- Morimoto no longer attacks himself.
- Problems with trainers having missing/extra Pokémon have been fixed.
- Drayden's rematch has been fixed.
V3.01 2011/08/13
- Duplicate moves out of Arbok to be on the safe side.
- Fixed the problem with the trainers that give you berries.
- Bianca's duplicate Musharna fixed.
- Problem between a trainer's dialogue and roster corrected.
- Fixed the problem that made Cheren attack you.
- Rotom-H's incorrect statistics fixed.
- Level up move errors fixed on Ponyta, Rapidash and Samurott.
- Gave Drowzee/Hypno some extra things to work with.
- Emolga now learns HM02, Fly.
- Aerial Ace, Faint Attack, Magical Leaf and Swift are now 60 power again.
V3.0 2011/08/07
- Wild Pokémon and Trainers have been redone. Wilds are mostly the same with some new additions here and there, trainer rosters have been redone entirely.
- There is now a greater variety of battle types; in fighting the Gym Leaders, Elite Four and Rivals you will find a mix of Single, Double, Triple and Rotation Battles.
- There are now level up move changes for 600+ Pokémon.
- Further enhancements and reconsiderations to the 649 Pokémon have been done.
- Further TM/HM compatibility changes have been performed.
- A couple more items have had their locations swapped around, and the text edited as necessary.
- Gym Leader rematches have been added in the form of disguised leaders in eastern Unova. Careful where you step!
- Bugs such as the Slowking evolution problem have been fixed.
- Trainers and Vicitni's level on Liberty Island have now been edited.
- Legendaries have returned to being found rarely in different places around the region.
- There are now a small number of Wild Pokémon differences between Blaze Black and Volt White. Specifically, it's to do with the two originally version exclusive legendaries, and the colours of Shellos, Gastrodon and Basculin.
- Further attack changes have been done.
- The Clean version of the hack has returned.
- The Documentation is now full of images, making it look better than before.
- There are new documents detailing the level up move changes and the rosters of the regular trainers up to Ghetsis.
- The Important Trainer Rosters document now details the battle type, rewards and new teams of the important cast.
- Support has been added for the Liberty Ticket and National Dex in the downloads.
Credits
- elementking - It was thanks to him and the post about Wild Pokemon editing that this ROM hack exist.
- Project Pokémon Forums - The ROM editing help section is a great way to find out if certain ideas are possible, and if so, how. Numerous people on there (as well as being found in other places) have made or stated discoveries that this hack uses, including Andibad, kaphotics and KazoWAR. Kazo in particular can also be thanked for the 1.1a incarnation of the trainer editor, a key tool for making this hack.
- twistedfatal - His tools help to simplify things significantly, cutting down on the amount of hex editing required.
- neltazero - His tools are also very helpful and quite easy to use, making Wild Pokemon and trainer editing that much easier.
- SegNin - It's thanks to him we have the current .bat patching system for this, and by extension for Pitch Black and Pure White.
- knivez69 - The banner up top is his incredible work.
- Various Members of GBAtemp and GameFAQs - For ideas on additions/changes to make.