Trainers, this was not the year we would end up getting Black and White remakes. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t multiple ways to enjoy the Unova region. Just like his Blaze Black and Volt White games, Drayano has made enhancement hacks of their sequels. In this piece, players will learn what Pokémon Blaze Black and Volt White 2 are and how to download them.
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The Sequels That Followed Naturally
Pokémon Blaze Black 2 and Volt White 2 are sequels to Drayano’s Volt White and Blaze Black games. These hacks essentially do the same as their predecessors; enhancing the experience provided to players by the original Black and White 2.
All Pokémon are available, along with a variety of fights and edited story events. Features can be found below.
Features and Aspects
- Drayano edited the wild Pokémon in every area of the game. Most areas now contain at least 8 Pokémon species, and in most cases, more! You’ll be able to attain a complete PokéDex within the limits of the game itself.
- Drayano changed the rosters of almost all of the trainers in the game. This has also raised the level curve of the game, meaning you can expect to beat the first round of the Elite Four somewhere in the 70’s. Dray also made the Gym Leaders, rival, and the Elite Four significantly tougher.
- Gym Leaders will also have differing Pokémon amounts depending on the mode you play; Normal Mode will have them with anywhere from 3 to 5 Pokémon, whereas Challenge Mode will pit you against a full team of six. The Elite Four and Champion also hold some surprises in Challenge Mode…
- There’s been a large number of edits to Pokémon. These can include the level-up moves they learn, the abilities they get, their compatibility with Move Tutors and TMs, and even their base stats. This also makes Dream World abilities significantly easier to obtain. However, if this particular point doesn’t appeal to you, the Vanilla version of the hack cuts it out.
- Developers changed some attacks.
- Changes to evolutions; the majority of these involve editing the trade evolutions; in most cases, players will now simply be able to ‘Use’ the item like an evolution stone.
- For those who evolve by trade but don’t need an item, Drayano added a new item called the Covenant Ore. It is available in several places throughout the game; it works like an evolutionary stone, so you’re still able to evolve them at any time.
- Players can now obtain Leafeon and Glaceon through new items known as the Woodland Ore and Frozen Ore, to get around their areas being postgame.
- Shelmet and Karrablast instead follow a Mantyke routine where the other needs to be in the party for them to evolve.
- Some of the Unovian Pokémon such as Scraggy, Mienfoo, and Larvesta have had reductions to their evolution levels to make them more usable in comparison to the older species.
- Drayano changed receivable items for convenience.
- A couple of the Poké Marts around the region have had some edits.
- Drayano made text edits. For the most part, it’s to make the item changes make sense with the dialogue.
- Drayano changed Juniper’s speech at the beginning. This is the tip-off that players have got the hack working correctly.
- There’s a much bigger variety of one-time encounters, mostly dealing with legendaries. Ever thought you couldn’t find Articuno in front of Twist Mountain, or Kyogre within the Abyssal Ruins? Well, now you can. You’ll be able to unlock a fraction of these around the eighth gym badge, then the rest sometime after the Pokémon League.
- Some of the trades within the game have also been edited, and given much better IVs. Note that any trades with Yancy and Curtis are not changed.
- New events have been added to the game. Apart from the aforementioned overworlds, there are also Gym Leader rematches outside the PWT, the ability to challenge Hoenn Leaders at various points in the game, Harlequins who will give out starters, and even the ability to battle with Hilbert and Hilda! You’ll also be given the keys for Easy Mode and Challenge Mode almost right at the beginning of the game!
- The Pokémon that appear within the Hidden Grottos around Unova have also been changed. This is a primary way to get the starter Pokémon that you don’t receive, but also has a large assortment of other Pokémon.
How to Install
Like any ROM hack, people need an emulator to play this ROM hack. They can do this on their laptops or any handheld devices. For computers, players can use DesMume. On iPhones and other devices, they can use the Delta emulator.
Players can go to any number of sites to download the ROM as a whole on their computers. For mobile, players need to download a clean ROM of Pokémon Black 2 and/or White 2. They then need to download the patch to make the file into the ROM hack.
Using a website for patching GBA and DS Roms, players can patch their ROM and then open it in Delta. It’s super easy to and players can find the link to the patcher here.
Conclusion
This is all the information players need for Blaze Black and Volt White 2. Just like their predecessors, these games revamp the BW2 experience for those looking for a new game +. Drayano went all out to make an imaginative and thrilling experience. These hacks will not leave Unova fans disappointed.
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