Yeah, Nintendo isn't really picky about that. As someone who has hacked and still is hacking Pokémon, I can first hand say that... Most Pokémon hacks do NOT get finished. So, Nintendo doesn't seem to care. Plus, most hacks are ones of Generations 1 (Green, Red, Blue, Yellow) 2 (Gold, Silver and Crystal) and 3 (Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald). Nintendo is currently on Generation 4 (or DS Generation), which is made up of: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver. So, other than the chance of a Generation 3 hack's Pokémon being traded to a real game, than Pal-Park(ing) it, it doesn't affect Nintendo at all, at this point. Plus, I don't even think the sell even the Generation 3 games in stores anymore.Onikage725 wrote:Nono, that was a vicious rumor spread by a certain person I won't name who was trying to get the project shut down. They had no plans to release ROMs or charge. They were going to distribute a free patch, the same as any other fan project of that nature. I think it is somewhat ironic that SquareEnix goes to such lengths when they have no interest in continuing the series (if certain comments are to be taken seriously), and to my knowledge Nintendo has taken no action against the very large Pokemon mod community. I've come across a half dozen Ruby or FireRed hacks used to recreate the G/S/C generation, and Nintendo actually HAS remakes of that generation in production. Yet those projects continue unmolested.Velasa wrote:Weren't those guys going to charge as well for the product? It would have been an awesome game, but I can't help like feeling it could have survived if they hadn't decided to do that.
Even though there's so many tools, hex, and ASM you can do, most just quit. I have, I've attempted a remake of GSC (gave up), now I'm just doing an original story hack (on FireRed), but I'm taking it slowing and only working on it when I have an idea. I remember hacking endlessly to the point where I started getting depressed because either (the game glitched or) I just got stressed from it.
The way hacks are distributed as you said, are not ROM's. The ones used most commonly around the Pokémon hacking community are .IPS files. Which you need a program to patch it to a clean ROM of whichever game the hack's based on. It's up to you to find the ROM yourself.
But, it still baffles me that Square would go after a hack of a property they have absolutely have no interest in going back and doing.
Also, I know it's kinda late to comment on the FAQ, but I had no problem understanding Kaio-sama, and I'm looking forward to the surprise.
