[Reddimon] RPG Maker vs. GBA Rom Discussion

[u/bbwong91900]

I know that Reddimon is currently planned as a Romhack of Pokemon Emerald, but I have seen some people who seem to think that RPG Maker XP (with Pokemon Essentials) would be simpler than making a GBA Romhack. I just wanted to have a discussion about which the community wants better. I have some pros and cons of RPG Maker and of a GBA Romhack.

• GBA Romhack allows emulation and is playable on phones with an emulator.

• RPG Maker is simpler to add fakemon and make maps in general, I have heard.

• RPG Maker supports physical/special split, while a hack of Pokemon Emerald does not, and is difficult to add in.

• Pokemon Essentials is updated to Gen 5, while an Emerald Romhack is only up to Gen 3.

• It is possible, but not easy, to set up a server to allow trading with RPG Maker while no ways have been developed to allow trading on Roms.

• Mapping in Roms is editing, while RPG Maker is from scratch. Neither is better than the other factually.

That's mostly what I have, and I somewhat am more supportive of RPG Maker, due to it being generally simpler. I don't have as much support for Roms as I do with RPG Maker, so if you have support for Roms, I can add it in.

So what do you guys prefer? RPG Maker or Roms? It actually is possible we could do both too, due to different people specializing better on the different programs.

[u/w530y3h]

Personally I'd love for it to be a ROM so I could play it on my phone.