Digimon Nova Red ROM

Additional Information

Digimon Nova Red is a GBA Rom Hack based on Pokemon Fire Red but with Digimon instead of Pokemon! It was last updated on November 27, 2023.

Also, be sure to check out Pocket Monsters Scale x Fang.

Description

Are you tired of the same old batch of starters?

The same Legendaries and Pseudos fought and caught again and again and again?

The same archetypes you know like the back of your Pokewatch?

Say hello to a whole slew of new monsters to fight and catch! No Pokemon here, I’m talking about DIGIMON – DIGITAL MONSTERS! 

Features

350 new monsters with unique stats, abilities, Typing, and movepools built from the ground-up!

Every single Digimon is viable! Don’t be afraid to build a team out of your favourite Digimon!

Five evolution stages for prominent Digimon!

Unique attacks from the Digimon canon with unique animations (courtesy of ortz3’s excellent Animation Editor

Pokedex descriptions list requirements for evolution, so you never need to feel out of the loop!

Gen V Abilities and Moves

Fairy Type

Physical-Special Split

Poison Survival

BW Repel System

Reusable TMs

Forgettable HM moves

HM Buffs

Repels are cheap as heck now.

Streamlined postgame

Prof. Oak’s aides give more useful stuff

Minor dialogue tweaks

Advice

Don’t go “Shiny hunting” because there are no shinies in the game.

No need to go fishing more than once. Only one Digimon can be caught via fishing: Manbomon.

While all Digimon are viable, some have higher stats than others. They generally run on “short-term gain, low investment” vs. “high investment, high payoff” archetypes. If you come across a horribly weak baby Digimon, chances are it will grow up to be a total monster if you put in the time.

The game is about 1.5x to 2x times harder than the original Fire Red, so casual players should have a good time with it. It’s no pushover, but hardcore nuzlockers and such might want to come up with their own rules to make the game more challenging. Expect a considerable difficulty spike at the Elite Four.

Changelog

V3.2

Minor bug fixes

V3.1

All item pickups edited, some graphical polish, VS Seeker removed

V3.0.2

More bug fixes

Known Bugs

Professor Oak’s Aides will only count Digimon from #1-150 in the DigiDex when it comes to giving you rewards.

Loreli is the strong silent type before your battle

Not every single reference to Pokemon has been swapped out for a Digimon. Get off my back lol