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Pokémon Dark Cry: the Legend of Giratina
Category: GBA
Author: mitchel1
Date: 2025-08-14
Description
You play in the mysterious Trion Region, starting with a strange dream about a dark ritual and the "Shadow Plate," only to later find that dream becoming a reality. Featuring a new story, day-night mechanics, mini-games, and side quests, the game focuses on an intense narrative involving Team Rocket, legendary Pokémon, and a world-altering prophecy.
Features
- Custom Region: Trion Region
- New Story: Shadow Plate prophecy, dream becoming reality, Team Rocket involvement
- New Hero/Heroine: Playable male and female characters
- 4 Never-Shown Fakemon
- Two Rivals
- New Professor
- New and Better Scripts
- Custom ASM Routines
- Day & Night System
- Time-Based Events
- Side Quests
- New Tiles & Palettes
- New Textbox Design
- New Intro Sprites
- New Music and Soundtracks
- New Gym Leaders
- New Battlegrounds
- Ruins of Alph Puzzle Enabled
- Harder Than FireRed
- New PokéPaper System (In-game news)
- Interactive Environment: Trees, radios, windows have behavior byte scripts
- New Way to Choose Your Starter Pokémon
- Custom Trainer Battle Backgrounds (Planned)
- Pokéathlon Mini-game
- Custom Pokédex with Minimap (WIP)
- New Scripted Intro with Shinx Event
- Better Graphics & Maps than Thunder Emblem
- Exploration Changes by Time of Day
- New Capture Animation with Flash Dex
- Custom Headbutt System Based on Time of Day
- Grammar and Dialogue Polishing in Progress
- Improved Bag UI (Color & Layout Changes)
- Event-Based Area Access (Morning/Afternoon/Night)
- Mystery and Prophecy Driven Plot
- Full Story Implementation (No Cutoff Mid-Hack)
- No Reused Scripts from Thunder Emblem
- Behavior-Scripted Objects (adds gameplay depth)
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Pokémon Dark Cry: the Legend of Giratina
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PlatformGBA
Authormitchel1
PostedAugust 14, 2025
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Game Description
You play in the mysterious Trion Region, starting with a strange dream about a dark ritual and the "Shadow Plate," only to later find that dream becoming a reality. Featuring a new story, day-night mechanics, mini-games, and side quests, the game focuses on an intense narrative involving Team Rocket, legendary Pokémon, and a world-altering prophecy.
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https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pokemon-dark-cry-the-legend-of-giratina.242588/
Thanks to jiangzhengwenjzw, a few potential glitches of the Ruins of Alph puzzle and day/night system were fixed. (by hacksrepairman)
Key Features
Custom RegionTrion Region
New StoryShadow Plate prophecy, dream becoming reality, Team Rocket involvement
New Hero/HeroinePlayable male and female characters
4 Never-Shown Fakemon
Two Rivals
New Professor
New and Better Scripts
Custom ASM Routines
Day & Night System
Time-Based Events
Side Quests
New Tiles & Palettes
New Textbox Design
New Intro Sprites
New Music and Soundtracks
New Gym Leaders
New Battlegrounds
Ruins of Alph Puzzle Enabled
Harder Than FireRed
New PokéPaper System (In-game news)
Interactive EnvironmentTrees, radios, windows have behavior byte scripts
New Way to Choose Your Starter Pokémon
Custom Trainer Battle Backgrounds (Planned)
Pokéathlon Mini-game
Custom Pokédex with Minimap (WIP)
New Scripted Intro with Shinx Event
Better Graphics & Maps than Thunder Emblem
Exploration Changes by Time of Day
New Capture Animation with Flash Dex
Custom Headbutt System Based on Time of Day
Grammar and Dialogue Polishing in Progress
Improved Bag UI (Color & Layout Changes)
Event-Based Area Access (Morning/Afternoon/Night)
Mystery and Prophecy Driven Plot
Full Story Implementation (No Cutoff Mid-Hack)
No Reused Scripts from Thunder Emblem
Behavior-Scripted Objects (adds gameplay depth)
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