Randomize a Pokémon Game

Imagine this scenario: you're a budding Pokémon master walking on Kanto's first route, and when you go into the grass to find wild Pokémon, instead of the normal Pidgey or Rattata, you find... a Mewtwo? Yes, it's possible, with the use of a program called the Universal Pokémon Randomizer. This article will explain how you can use this program to randomize your Pokémon games.

Steps

  1. Download the ROM of the Pokémon game you want to use. Any Pokémon game from the 1st generation of games (Red/Blue/Yellow) to the 5th generation of games (Black/White/Black 2/White 2) can be randomized.
  2. Download the emulator that corresponds to the Pokémon game that you want to play.
  3. Download the Universal Pokémon Randomizer. You can download the program at its official website.
  4. Open the program, and click on "Open ROM." Select the Pokémon ROM that you want to randomize.
  5. Select the randomization settings that you want to use. There are a myriad of options, including the randomization of wild Pokémon, the randomization of a Pokémon's types, movesets, and abilities, and the randomization of the Pokémon that opponents use. There are also other options available, including changing Pokémon games to lowercase, changing the way that some Pokémon evolve, and giving the National Pokédex at the start of the game.
  6. Click on "Randomize (Save)" to save your settings to the ROM.

Tips

  • You can combine this with a self-imposed challenge such as the Do a Nuzlocke Challenge in Pokémon to make things more interesting.

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