Pokemon Nova Sun

Pokemon Nova Sun and Pokemon Umbra Moon are mods for Pokemon Sun and Moon. Like my 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.

Trainer Changes

• Harsher Level Curve: Balanced to the EXP Share!
• All-new Trainer teams, designed from the ground up, many featuring six Pokémon!
• All Captains, Kahunas, and other bosses have six Pokémon!
• Every fully-evolved non-Legendary Pokémon (and Mega Evolution) will be encountered in a Trainer’s team during the main story!
• Totems are powered up and pack new strategies!
• Post-game Memento Blisseys added to Battle Buffet in Hau’oli City!
• Trainers are capable of EV Training their Pokémon!

Wild Pokémon Changes

• Wild Pokémon are altered so that every non-Legendary (Tapu/UB/Mythical Pokémon count as Legendary) species is available, at the same level as the Leveled Build.
• Legendary encounters are not changed in this or any Build. Click here to see where you can catch every Pokémon!

Item Changes

• Less useless junk in Poké Marts!
• All Poké Balls and Repels are on sale for 90% off!
• Sacred Ash available in addition to Revive. Revives cost much more, to discourage their use in battle (Sacred Ash is unusable during battle).
• Certain healing items cost more, to balance the drastically increased money gain due to higher-level opponents.
• Competitive consumables are available in standard Poké Marts!
• Thrifty Megamart is now the go-to place to purchase competitive items like Leftovers and Life Orbs. Don’t forget to grab a Discount Coupon at the door!
• Konikoni’s Incense Shop sells the six EV Reduction Berries. Removing unused EVs (SpA on Machamp, etc.) is a great way to passively optimize your team!
• Full list of Shop Changes.

Evolution Changes

• Trade Evolutions now have alternate methods. You can still evolve them through their normal trade methods.
• Non-Eevee Pokémon that evolve in specific areas now have alternate methods. You can still evolve them through their normal level-up locations.
• Version-based Evolutions now Evolve using the Sun or Moon Stone.

Other Changes

• Custom Title Screens!
• Eggs now hatch incredibly quickly. Every species now has a 1-cycle hatch rate. Note this doesn’t apply to Event eggs or Traded eggs.
• Switch Mode no longer reveals the incoming Pokémon.
• An in-game trade for a 6IV Ditto (holding a Destiny Knot) now exists!
• Learnsets have been adjusted to provide better access to moves, particularly in Expanded and Leveled Builds. Species no longer “miss out” on moves because they were encountered at a high level, and most “Level 1” moves have been added to the standard level-up learnset. All Pokémon movesets remain 100% legal. Only moves in the Level-up learnset have been adjusted.
• New, improved Pickup tables!
• All species can now SOS call.
• Custom Banner and Icon for .cia installs!

Change Log

• Fixed Anabel’s team having an incredibly underleveled Pokémon
• “Continue” on the main menu replaced with “Pokémon Nova Sun / Umbra Moon v1.9” in all languages except German (PK3DS crashes when editing the German language game text)
• Minor Trainer changes

V1.8

• Ace Trainer Yuki now uses the correct Rotom Forme.
• Minor Trainer changes
• Minor text changes

V1.7

• Adjusted price of some healing items.
• Fixed one of Hiker Thomas’ Pokémon using the moveset of a different Pokémon.
• Minor Trainer changes
• Minor text changes

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