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Pokémon Grueling Gold
Category: RPGXP
Author: phantombass
Date: 2025-08-14
Description
YOU NEED TO DELETE YOUR OLD SAVE TO USE THIS UPDATE. As this is a fresh release, please pardon any bugs you encounter.
How many have played through Gen 2 and thought: "Wow that would have been much better with a logical level curve." Or just wanted a remake of Johto with a higher difficulty? Welcome to Grueling Gold, a difficulty fan game of Gen 2, developed in v20.1 of Pokemon Essentials.
Features
- mega evolution, including some custom megas
- updated base stats and movesets for normally underused Pokemon
- competitively challenging boss battles, gym leaders and rivals
- added story elements to combine the nostalgia with a fresh take
- custom moves and abilities to give a more interesting competitive battling scene
- 2 difficulty levels
- an option to removing grinding and EVs
- a nuzlocke option
- A Dexnav that works with day and night cycle so you can chain hunt encounters for shinies or egg moves and hidden abilities
- use of Essentials Deluxe to insert boss Pokémon and certain gimmicks within battles
- a completely reworked and custom AI to optimize the battle experience and make the game actually difficult
- Pokémon from gens 1-9 (DLC mons released as of 2.0! Kanto later!)
- a fully working randomizer that can randomize encounters, static and gift mons, trainer teams, level up moves, abilities and base stats
- Expert mode now plays a good bit differently from normal mode! (1.2.0 update)
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YOU NEED TO DELETE YOUR OLD SAVE TO USE THIS UPDATE. As this is a fresh release, please pardon any bugs you encounter.
How many have played through Gen 2 and thought: "Wow that would have been much better with a logical level curve." Or just wanted a remake of Johto with a higher difficulty? Welcome to Grueling Gold, a difficulty fan game of Gen 2, developed in v20.1 of Pokemon Essentials.
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Project Version 4.0.64 - Kanto story fully completed!
Key Features
mega evolution, including some custom megas
updated base stats and movesets for normally underused Pokemon
competitively challenging boss battles, gym leaders and rivals
added story elements to combine the nostalgia with a fresh take
custom moves and abilities to give a more interesting competitive battling scene
2 difficulty levels
an option to removing grinding and EVs
a nuzlocke option
A Dexnav that works with day and night cycle so you can chain hunt encounters for shinies or egg moves and hidden abilities
use of Essentials Deluxe to insert boss Pokémon and certain gimmicks within battles
a completely reworked and custom AI to optimize the battle experience and make the game actually difficult
Pokémon from gens 1-9 (DLC mons released as of 2.0! Kanto later!)
a fully working randomizer that can randomize encounters, static and gift mons, trainer teams, level up moves, abilities and base stats
Expert mode now plays a good bit differently from normal mode! (1.2.0 update)
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