History VideoGame / PokemonCrystalClear

** If you're not too far away from it, you can obtain a free Spearow from a security guard in the checkpoint/transitional building north of Goldenrod City. This Spearow knows Fly right off the bat, which allows you to fly to any of the major Pokemon Centers in both Johto AND Kanto, regardless of if you have enough badges or not.

* JokeItem: The "BIG ROCK" item found in the Route 24 Cave. What does it do? Absolutely nothing, except get an extra line from Brock in a pre-fight speech. You can also place it in your house if you want.

** Two residences in particular are essentially underground Hideouts that were formerly operated by Team Rocket (The Goldenrod Underground, and the Hideout beneath the Mahogony Town Bazaar).

* SmallNameBigEgo: Shockslayer's name is well more than twice the size of the game's name on the title screen.

** Generally speaking, a lot of player's responses (including the developer's) to any question about the hack is to just read the documentation... [[FailedASpotCheck even for things that aren't actually mentioned there.]]

* BackgroundMusicOverride: Can be done with the radio by pressing Select and forcing the current song to constantly play in the overworld and even in battles. Some events in the game [[UpToEleven override the music override]] and to force music in the Underground Arena, you first need to get a 100 win streak.

** You can Fly to Mt. Moon, which now has a Pokémon Center.

** You can Fly to Mt. Moon.

** You can Fly to almost any city in Kanto or Johto regardless of whether or not you've already visited them.[[labelnote:note]]You are still required to visit New Cinnabar, Indigo Plateau, and Mt. Silver to Fly to them, and you still need three badges to acquire the HM[[/labelnote]]

** The ROM hack works with ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium 2''. The hack also tricks ''Stadium 2'' into thinking it's a complete save file, so the player can utilize ''Stadium 2's'' transfer functions in their entirety without completing the [=PokéDex=], and can use the speed-up functions in the GB Tower without needing to beat the Elite 4. It's also no longer required to have last saved inside a Pokemon Center in order to use the Pokemon Lab. Lastly, the new areas are programmed in a way as to not break the Poké Seer.

** HM moves are not required to traverse the overworld. You are also not required to have certain badges to use them outside of battle.

** You can Fly to almost any city in Kanto or Johto regardless of whether or not you've already visited them.[[labelnote:note]]You are still required to visit New Cinnabar, Indigo Plateau, and Mt. Silver to Fly to them.[[/labelnote]]
** You can Fly to Mt. Moon, which now has a Pokémon Center.

*** Depending on where he's encountered, Fibbef's battle theme is either Zinnia's from ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', or one of Miror B.'s battle themes from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' and ''PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''.

** Professor Oak talks about how he traveled in Ilex Forest as a youth, and has a GS Ball, just like how his anime counterpart had an encounter with Celebi in the [[Anime/Pokemon4Ever the fourth movie]].

*** Fibbef's battle theme is Zinnia's from ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire''.

** A meta example, version 2.1.0 came out on the [[Music/EarthWindAndFire 21st of September]].

* StarterMon: You can choose from ''30'' different starter Pokémon, including several "hard" ones. In the latest update, it's possible to, with the assistance of [[https://inject.fm1337.com/ this site]], inject your own custom starter into the game.

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* AbandonedLaboratory: Pokémon Mansion from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedandBlue Pokémon Red and Blue]]'' returns as part of the new Cinnabar Tunnel. [[spoiler: You have to do a sidequest here to capture Mew and Mewtwo.]]

Taking place one year after the original, the player is thrust into the world of Pokémon with the choice to start in any town or city they want in Kanto or Johto. Because many of the [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence obstacles]] and [[{{Railroading}} railroads]] have been removed, the player is now free to challenge and face the 16 gym leaders of Kanto and Johto in any order they like. It is authored by [=ShockSlayer=], who released the latest major update for the game (2.4.4) in September 2021.