: Found items on the ground and TM/HM compatibility can also be randomized to keep every discovery a surprise. How to Create Your Own Randomized ROM
Browse the tabs to customize your settings (Starters, Wild PokГ©mon, Trainers, Items, etc.).
Field items, hidden items, and TM locations are randomized, making exploration rewarding again.
Watching a cute Cyndaquil waddle behind you is charming. Watching a grotesque, glitched-out sprite of a Shedinja float ominously behind you as you explore the Burned Tower is peak psychological horror. The following PokГ©mon feature turns randomizer runs into an unintentional comedy show.
Give Gym Leaders and random trainers unexpected, randomized teams.
You can only catch the very first randomized PokГ©mon you see on each route.
PokГ© Balls, healing items, and TMs found on the ground are completely shuffled. рџЏ† Why Play a Randomized Game?
Emulators can occasionally crash, especially during heavily randomized Rom hacks. Make frequent use of both in-game saving and emulator "Save States" to protect your progress.
However, after playing through Johto and Kanto multiple times, the standard route progression, trainer battles, and wild encounters can become predictable. This is where the comes in. By using a software tool called a randomizer, you can transform this classic game into a completely unpredictable, highly replayable, and custom-tailored adventure.
Many players combine the Randomizer with (where a PokГ©mon is considered "dead" if it faints). A Randomized Nuzlocke of HeartGold is considered one of the hardest challenges in the fandom because you never know if a random trainer on the road is hiding a PokГ©mon with a one-hit KO move.
