Pokémon Light Platinum DS
mikelan98's DS remake of the classic GBA hack Light Platinum, rebuilt on HeartGold with hundreds more Pokémon, the Fairy type and a working berry system.
What it is
Light Platinum was a popular GBA hack by WesleyFG from 2011, set in the Zhery and Lauren regions. mikelan98 is remaking it on the DS, using Pokémon HeartGold as the base, both for players who missed the original and to show what DS hacking can do. It is still a beta, released in English and Spanish.
What's different from the GBA version
- The story, places and characters stay close to the original, with small script changes forced by the new base game
- Hundreds of extra Pokémon from later generations, so trainers and wild encounters are new and generally tougher, with honey trees, Headbutt and fishing as extra ways to find them
- The Fairy type and the newer type chart
- Berry trees that stay in place and regrow every day, with all 64 berries hidden across the two regions
- A much higher shiny rate and other small tweaks
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Spanish release of Pokémon HeartGold, as explained in mikelan98's release thread. The latest beta is 0.15.