Pokémon Platinum Unlocked

Gohan's Tips
Nov 10
3 min read

Author: Yosammy.

PROGRESS: Project Version 1.4 - 11/09/2025 (Completed)

It is the definitive "vanilla+" experience for Pokémon Platinum, designed for players who love the original game but want more content, replayability, and quality-of-life features. This ROM hack's goal is to make Platinum even more enjoyable while ensuring every Pokémon you catch remains "legal" and transferable to future generations. All event-exclusive Pokémon are now available without waiting, all static and roaming legendaries can be repeatedly caught, and trade evolutions have been removed. The game features a massively convenient Pocket PC that acts as a portable Pokémon Center, shop, and move tutor. With an insane 1/257 shiny rate, custom shiny palettes, revamped boss battles inspired by BDSP, and a host of crucial QoL updates, this is the ultimate way to re-experience the Sinnoh region.

🛑Features:

➡️Infinitely Re-Catchable Legendaries: After completing the Stark Mountain event and defeating Cyrus in Turnback Cave, all static and roaming legendary Pokémon in the game will respawn every time you beat the league, allowing you to catch them an unlimited number of times.

➡️Dramatically Increased Shiny Rate (1/257): The shiny encounter rate has been massively boosted to 1 in 257. The game also features new, custom-made shiny palettes for almost every Pokémon.

➡️Pocket PC - Portable Hub: A new key item, the Pocket PC, is given to you at the start of the game. It allows you to access your Pokémon storage, buy items from an online shop, heal your party, use move tutors, and teleport from almost any outdoor location.

➡️All Event Pokémon Unlocked: All time-gated and event-exclusive Pokémon encounters—including GBA insertions, swarms, daily Great Marsh Pokémon, Trophy Garden Pokémon, Drifloon, and Spiritomb—are now available at any time without needing to wait.

➡️No More Trade Evolutions: All evolution methods that required trading (with or without an item) have been replaced with new, accessible in-game criteria like leveling up, using an item, or leveling up while holding an item.

➡️Revamped Boss Battles (BDSP Inspired): All Gym Leader, Elite Four, Champion, and Galactic boss battles have been revamped with new team members, with some teams mirroring their counterparts from Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

➡️Revamped Trainer Rematches: The Battleground trainer rematches have been updated with stronger opponents who can give you rare rewards. You can also rematch Gym Leaders directly in their gyms.

➡️National Pokédex from the Start & Streamlined Post-Game: You receive the National Pokédex at the beginning of the game. After beating the league, you can immediately access all post-game content without needing to complete the Sinnoh Pokédex first.

➡️Infinite Sinnoh Starters: A new NPC is added who will give you a new Sinnoh starter Pokémon every single time you beat the Elite Four.

➡️No HMs Needed for Exploration: You can use field moves like Cut, Strength, and Rock Smash without needing to teach them to a Pokémon, as long as you have the required badge.

➡️Reusable TMs & Forgettable HMs: All TMs can be used an unlimited number of times, and HMs can be freely forgotten without the need for a Move Deleter.

➡️Visual Overhauls: Pokémon now have slight color variations depending on their individual values (this also applies to shinies), and the game features new, updated visuals for menus and battles.

➡️Challenge Mode Option: An optional patch is included that makes the game harder by enabling Set mode by default, disabling item use in trainer battles, enforcing a level cap, and removing EVs.

➡️Major Quality of Life Upgrades: Includes faster HP bars, instant honey trees, a repel reuse prompt, faster egg hatching, no cap on vitamins, and the removal of fog from all areas.

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