Pokémon SacredGold and StormSilver- How to Download

Trainers, ROMhacks made by Drayano are some of the best in the community. Following the pieces on Renegade Platinum, this piece will inform players of what Pokémon SacredGold and StormSilver are and how to download them.

What Are SacredGold and StormSilver?

Pokémon SacredGold and StormSilver are enhancement/difficulty hacks for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. They are a more perfected hack of Drayano’s previous hack, Spirit Gold. It is in the same vein as Renegade Platinum and comes with new story events, the ability to get all of the starter Pokémon, and rebalanced Pokémon.

Attributes and Features

• All 493 Pokémon can be obtained somehow within the game.
• Trainers have received new rosters to tie in with the greater variety of Pokémon available (explained by a ‘migration wave’ to the regions).
• All significant trainers use a full team of six.
• New Trainer battles have also been added where appropriate; examples include the option to battle Ethan/Lyra, Cynthia, and Steven.
• The data of a lot of Pokémon has been changed; this can mean just extra level-up moves, but features such as abilities, experience rates, TM compatibility, and even types might be changed.
• Drayano edited evolutions to make Sacred Gold and Storm Silver more self-contained (i.e. you do not need to trade to obtain all the Pokémon).
• Drayano changed the availability of items wildly. All evolution items and TMs are now available before the first round of the Elite Four.
• QoL updates to make the game a lot more convenient.
• Drayano added and edited a wide variety of scripted events. The levels of most event Pokémon that already existed were raised. There are also new events to give players new Pokémon, items, or TMs.
• Every newly added legendary has also had some sort of script concocted for it, so you won’t be just finding them in the wild.
• Drayano edited the Game Corner’s prizes.
• Drayano has edited the trades within the game to make getting some hard-to-place Pokémon a bit more convenient. Examples include the ability to trade for Pokémon such as Gligar, Skarmory, Beldum, and Smoochum.
• Extra story of a ‘Legendary Trainer’ who can meet the ‘creator’ and the hunting down of the Plate items added.
• The game has had a variety of blockades added to it to increase the linearity of the story. While this may sound odd/bad, it serves as a way to increase the level curve of Johto, which in the original games was quite poor.

These features are from Drayano’s post in GBATemp in 2012. However, current copies of the ROM still reflect these features as advertised.

How to Download and Install

As usual, 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 now legally supported 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 HeartGold or SoulSilver. 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 how players can download and play Drayano’s Pokémon SacredGold and StormSilver. As much love as HeartGold and SoulSilver get, they are not perfect remakes when stacked up to the likes of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. ROMs like this can show both the community and developers how improvements to these games should work.

Hopefully, new players find these hacks enjoyable.

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