History VideoGame / PokemonCrystalKaizo

''Pokémon Crystal Kaizo'' is a [[NintendoHard super-hard mode]] [[GameMod ROM hack]] of ''VideoGame/PokemonCrystal'' and the official sequel of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlueKaizo''. These titles were inspired by ''VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld'', though the game's difficulty was inspired by Drayano60's ''Firered Omega'', as well as ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium''. Everything about the game, including the wild Pokémon, the teams of trainers and gym leaders, and even the layouts, has been changed to make the game a much more difficult experience. It is authored by Sinister Hooded Figure.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The bosses, and even Pokemaniacs, have access to shinies. [[spoiler:After Victory Road, all of the bosses will have Pokemon above level 100, whereas the player cannot, even when some {{Non Player Character}}s can do the same, though not as high as the bosses]]. However, the player does have Gym Badges to boost their stats. [[spoiler: And the highest leveled enemy in the game is level 127, while the bosses on average are on level 120, which means they have stats slightly less than the badge boosted Pokemon, while the bosses on level 127 are slightly higher.]]

* StandardStatusEffect: Your will see ''a lot'' more status effects in this game, such as Thunder Wave and Hypnosis, and sometimes Toxic. Almost every trainer will use a status move every chance they can get, and some bosses incorporates status as their strategies, such as Morty, Erika, and Koga.

''Pokémon Crystal Kaizo'' is a [[NintendoHard super-hard mode]] [[GameMod ROM hack]] of VideoGame/PokemonCrystal and the official sequel of VideoGame/PokemonBlueKaizo. These titles were inspired by ''VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld'', though the game's difficulty was inspired by Drayano60's ''Firered Omega'', as well as ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium''. Everything about the game, including the wild Pokémon, the teams of trainers and gym leaders, and even the layouts, has been changed to make the game a much more difficult experience. It is authored by Sinister Hooded Figure.

!!Tropes used in Pokémon Crystal Kaizo:

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The bosses, and even Pokemaniacs, have access to shinies. [[spoiler: After Victory Road, all of the bosses will have Pokemon above level 100, whereas the player cannot, even when some {{Non Player Character}}s can do the same, though not as high as the bosses]]. However, the player does have Gym Badges to boost their stats. [[spoiler: And the highest leveled enemy in the game is level 127, while the bosses on average are on level 120, which means they have stats slightly less than the badge boosted Pokemon, while the bosses on level 127 are slightly higher.]]

* EasterEggs: The Safari Zone is actually accessible for starters, though you won't encounter any Pokemon in there.
* EliteMooks: The Cool Trainers, who are usually much more dangerous than any trainers in the surrounding area. The female Team Rocket grunts are usually much tougher than the already difficult male grunts, with one female grunt having a full team of six, and guards the Slowpoke Tail password. The gym trainers count as well, as they can be considered extensions of the Gym Leader.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Unlike the original, about 95% of the in-game trainers are completely unavoidable, and all of them have decent Pokemon, and they have decent AI, so you are in danger of losing at all times. Even the wild Pokemon have really dangerous movesets, and are somewhat close to the trainer's levels, and if you can't escape from them, chances are, they will bring you down too.
* ForcedLevelGrinding: PlayedWith. The level curve is rather steady, but it increases towards Level 100. You can gain access to Lucky Eggs around Mahogany Town, and near the end of Johto, you can fight high level Magikarp which gives off EXP comparable to Blissey. Averted around Kanto, where 98% has wild Pokemon at level 100 with good movesets, so you can just capture them instead.

* CantCatchUp: The learnsets of every Pokemon is modified with powerful moves, but this changes, usually are coded for a fairly low levels, which make it all but impossible for trained Pokemon to acquire naturally. As a result, for the most part, Pokemon that is trained from their base form won't be able to compare to those caught in their mid or final evolutionary level, some of which can be acquired way later than their base form. This change encourages you to catch a wide variety of new Pokemon in the area, while also reducing the ForcedLevelGrinding that could happen otherwise.
* CompositeCharacter: More like composite movesets, as not only do the Pokemon have access to Gen 1 movesets, but some Pokemon do have access to Gen 2 and Gen 1 moves from different generations. For example, Aerodactyl can learn rock slide as a default set, but it gets it in Gen 3. This also includes events, so you might see Lovely Kiss on Pokemon you wouldn't expect, but they come from obscure Gen 2 events. [[spoiler: Espeon can learn sing, but only from a ''Gen 6 event'' Eevee.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Champion Lance, and by extension, the Elite Four, are the last enemies you face until you complete Johto... and then Kanto unlocks, and you have to fight eight more gym leaders, and one true final boss.

* ActionBomb: Any Pokemon, wild or trained, that can learn Self-Destruct or Explosion, they will have it in their movesets. Special mention goes to the super nerds, who's entire gimmick is using Pokemon with Explosion or Self-Destruct, and often, they will use it first turn.

** Bug Catcher Arnie has a team of four Pokemon, that cannot be run down only by Fire types. The sole female Rocket grunt in the hideout has a full team of six pretty powerful Pokemon.

* HundredPercentCompletion: You can obtain all 251 Pokemon in the game. And its made easier, since by the end of Clair, you can see almost 240 Pokemon already, apart from some legendaries, but by the end, you will eventually see 251 Pokemon, or [[spoiler: 252 if you fight the optional boss, but you can only catch 251]]. However, to even get 100% in the Pokedex, you would have to beat all of the Kanto Gym Leaders, since there are wild Pokemon exclusively located in the Mt. Silver area. Certain legendary Pokemon can be obtained in Crystal Kaizo by trading one of those exclusive Pokemon. As for the roaming legendaries, they can be very difficult to encounter since their levels are actually a bit lower than the wild Pokemon beyond Ecruteak, but, you won't need to rely on RNG to encounter them for the first time [[spoiler: if you fight Red and Blaine, since these two trainers have Raikou and Entei respectively.]] However, this still makes Ho-Oh one of the hardest Pokemon in the game to catch, as you can only get it by capturing all of the legendary beasts, and then climbing one of the most difficult dungeons in Crystal Kaizo.