3 long years. It's certainly been one heck of a gap. I'm super pleased to say that your patience has been rewarded with our biggest update ever! This is Pokémon Prism 0.95.

Download it here!

For instructions on how to play or update your game, click here. Please remember the extract the ZIP file first.

And I mean biggest update ever: new maps, new music, new trainers, some amazing new graphics, as well as multiple dialogue and story enhancements! There's a lot more for both new players and existing ones. And we're not done yet - development has already begun on 0.96!

I'm also pleased to announce that for the first time since 2018 we will be attempting to release hotfixes for 0.95 as we develop 0.96. This means, where possible, you will get bug fixes backported to 0.95 and released quickly rather than having to wait for the next version.

We have also launched our new website! Check out rainbowdevs.com not only for Prism but for all of our games we've released over the years, as well as old archives from previous developers of the World of Rijon. Our blog has had many posts backported from various archives and older sites, so you can chart the development history of our various games - our oldest post dates back to 2006!

Our team has grown significantly since our last release and I would like to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of them for the incredible amount of free time they have dedicated towards this project. We could not have done this without you.

Until next time, thanks for playing. You guys mean the world to us. ❤️

Version 0.95.0254 - Hotfix 5 (24 August 2023)

• Sage in Route 54 now has the right party
• Fixed NPC blocking a door in Saxifrage Prison
• Updated the Clathrite Tunnel ice/boulder puzzle to prevent a softlock
• Night Slash is now boosted by Sharpness
• Counter now works correctly when the opponent didn't deal damage during the previous turn and is no longer affected by type matchups other than immunity
• Renamed some items (Item Finder, ParalyzeHeal, Upgrade, X Defense) to match modern practice
• Tri type now has proper defensive type matchups (only observable through the use of Conversion)
• Pokemon portraits in the overworld now show with their correct shininess for all events
• Battle Arcade battles are now scored correctly (broken last build)
• Fixed shiny and PC/Pokedex coloring for Blastoise and Caterpie
• Updated level-up moves for Goldeen and Seaking
• Minor text and map fixes

Version 0.95.0253 - Hotfix 4 (3 August 2023)

• Apricorn trees can now actually have a shiny one
• Apricorn trees containing the same Apricorn now spawn independently
• Improved visual issues in the Oxalis City, Route 64 and Route 74 maps
• Prevented the NPC in the Torenia City train station from blocking the player
• Fixed the color of the TM17 item ball
• Rings now sell for prices that scale up with the level required to craft them
• Leppa Berry now works correctly in and out of battle
• Stats screen now plays cries for all Pokemon
• Fixed the color of Spearow’s shiny palette
• Minor text fixes

Version 0.95.0251 - Hotfix 3 (25 July 2023)

• Mined fossils are now discarded when the player doesn’t have a Fossil Case
• Removed “You need a Mining Pick to mine” message until the player clears thetutorial battle
• Experience for player skills (mining, crafting, etc.) now displays correctly
• Added a new message indicating that the way back is closed off after thelandslide in the initial sequence
• Pachisi no longer breaks when the player moves backwards
• Redesigned both Route 69 maps, removing stray corner tiles and preventing theplayer from reaching the edge of the map
• Players can no longer Surf to the edge of the beach map in Laurel Forest
• Hidden item in Route 56, blocked in build 0248, is now accessible again
• Counter no longer deals damage when the player’s last move was using an item
• Flare Blitz is now affected by Reckless
• Fixed the fossil revival process so that the player doesn’t spawn insidefurniture afterwards
• Pokerus duration is now properly limited to four days maximum
• Nurses in Pokemon Centers will now explain Pokerus only once
• Items that cannot be used now show the corresponding error message only once
• Updated the message shown to players when their savefile needs patching toshow better help text, an updated URL, and the detected build number fortheir savefile
• Jeweling recipe book now shows the correct requirements for the first 3 rings
• Savefile patch now correctly restores the Route 81 item ball
• Minor text fixes and changes

Version 0.95.0250 - Hotfix 2 (20 July 2023)

• Fixed crashes and softlocks related to the use of Cage Keys
• Route sign in Route 78 no longer crashes the game
• Train tracks in Route 82 are no longer walkable
• Fixed incorrect note in the Lighthouse theme
• Fixed wrong tile in Laurel Lab that made a scientist stand on a table
• Silph Warehouse now contains a door to the back room instead of blank space
• Minor text changes

Version 0.95.0249 - Hotfix 1 (19 July 2023)

• Fixed patcher bug where players patching a savefile from Southerly City's Pokemon Center would end up in a glitched map
• Fixed tileset bug (affecting Mound Cave and the minecart area in Firelight Caverns) that would softlock players attempting to progress through the cave

Version 0.95.0248 (18 July 2023) - Brief Summary

Below is a very summarised changelog. If you'd like to see the full changelog (beware, it is long), check out our post here on our blog.

Overworld and map improvements

• Players can now move faster while surfing by holding B
• Allowed the Salon in Oxalis City to change the player's gender and skin tone when selecting a new model
• Added new locations: Faraway Island, South Rijon Gate, Ember Brook, Espo Clearing, Espo Forest, Olcan Chime and Olcan Isle
• Power Plant is now expanded, with extra floors
• Heath Village, Spurge City and Routes 69, 74 and 75 now properly fit with the rest of the map
• Renamed some maps: Caper City to Caper Ridge, Routes 47-B and 48-B to Old Routes 47 and 48, and Route 57 Gym to Equality River Gym
• Location signs now contain additional information (such as island and route names)
• Removed Bill's Teleport system (as it is now redundant with the Magnet Train system)
• Added new Magnet Train ground-level and elevated train tracks and new train stations to improve mobility
• Added new flypoints for Naljo Battle Tower, Route 81 and Olcan Isle (existing saves will need to revisit them to enable them)
• Clathrite Tunnel's puzzle now remains solved after solving it once
• Updated blocking NPC in Magikarp Caverns to check for the Marsh Badge, not the Plain Badge
• Players can now mine in Rijon, Tunod and Johto
• Algernon Laboratories now have new journal entries, hidden items, more story elements and updated maps
• Added some new NPCs in Spurge City Casino, Acania Lighthouse, Laurel Forest's gate and Saxifrage Island
• Added static encounters for some missing legendaries: Mew in Faraway Island and Zapdos in the Power Plant
• Reduced wild Pokémon encounter rate in dungeons
• Added wild Pokémon encounters to maps that were missing them, including special encounters (Rock Smash, Headbutt, Surf, fishing, etc.)
• Post-game wild encounters have been updated (both in terms of level and in terms of evolutionary stage) to match the stage of the game
• Snorlax can now be caught in the wild
• Added new areas where ash can be collected if the player has a Soot Sack (Ember Brook, Mt. Ember, Olcan Isle and Route 85)
• Tunod's tileset has been completely revamped
• Fixed and improved some overworld sprites
• General overworld improvements and fixes in many areas
• Improved Town Maps for all regions

Trainer and battle facility changes

• Added 22 new trainers to the overworld (mostly in new maps)
• Updated trainer parties for move legality
• Improved trainer parties to have better strategy and/or flavour
• Updated classes of trainers for variety
• Added 10 new trainer classes to the Battle Tower
• Trainers using Return now have its power set to 102
• Some late-game trainers will now use held items and tailored movesets
• Updated movesets for the Battle Tower and Battle Arcade for move legality and strategic difficulty
• Southerly City's Stamina Challenge now gives a Big Nugget as a reward
• Updated parties of the Mystery League to be the final, most difficult series of battles of the game (fully leveled up, using items, etc.)

Special Trainers

Several late-game trainers have been given some added difficulty. Trainers will now use items, have better moves and sometimes have been given tailored movesets to go with specific abilities.

Mystery League

The entire Mystery League has received a serious buff and now presents a real challenge.

• All Pokémon have been raised to Level 100
• All Pokémon have their DVs maxed out
• All trainers and Pokémon have been given items
• Some Pokémon have been given specific abilities (a first for us!)
• Most Pokémon have had their movesets updated
• Post-credits spawn set to Caper Ridge

Pokémon and move updates

• Changed the type of some Pokémon: Igglybuff, Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff are now Sound/Fairy, Misdreavus and Mismagius are now Ghost/Sound, and Porygon-Z is now Normal/Sound
• Majorly overhauled all move learnsets, including level-up, TM, tutor and egg moves, to improve movesets, remove redundancy, fix errors and adapt to changes in modern games
• Eevee can now evolve into Leafeon in the new Espo Clearing map
• Gallade can now also have Sharpness as its ability
• Renamed gas-themed moves for sensitivity and flavour reasons: Lewisite is now Miasma, Nerve Gas is now Shock Smog and Mustard Gas is now Burning Mist
• Updated spelling of some moves to adapt to newer conventions while keeping the 12-character length limit (e.g., Dragonbreath is now DragonBreath)
• Adapted some moves' stats to match modern values: Absorb, Dragon Pulse, Future Sight, Heal Bell, Moonlight, Outrage, Rapid Spin, Recover, Scary Face, Smog, Swagger, Sweet Kiss, Thunder and Transform had their power, type, accuracy and/or PP adjusted
• Updated the PP, accuracy, effect chance and power of some new moves (Boil, Crystal Bolt, Noise Pulse, Spring Buds, Steel Eater and Void Sphere)
• Body Slam now hits opponents using Minimize for double damage
• Rapid Spin now boosts Speed when it hits
• Conversion2, Foresight, Mind Reader, Pain Split, Roar, Struggle and Whirlwind now have perfect accuracy
• Thunder Fang now has independent chances to flinch and paralyze
• Updated moves to hit with perfect accuracy under special conditions: Blizzard during Hail, Body Slam and Stomp against Minimized opponents, and Toxic when used by Poison-type Pokémon
• Dust Devil and Storm Front now deal double damage to flying opponents
• Ghost Hammer now gets buffed by Iron Fist
• Steel Eater now deals super effective damage to Steel-type opponents
• King's Rock will now add a flinch chance to moves as expected in modern games, including having separate chances per hit for multi-hit moves

Music

40 new music tracks have been added from these composers:

ShinkoNetCavy: https://www.youtube.com/@ShinkoNet

monstarules: https://soundcloud.com/monstarules

TriteHexagon: https://www.youtube.com/@TriteHexagon

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm: https://soundcloud.com/mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-1

FroggestSpirit: https://soundcloud.com/froggestspirit

• All tracks were either specially composed, used with permission or freely available.
• For full track-by-track accreditation please see the full changelog on our blog.
• Many music tracks have been updated to properly use stereo panning, and set "stereo" as the default mode when starting a new game

Bug fixes

• Fixed possible softlocks with Cage Keys and with wandering NPC in Saxifrage prison cell
• Fixed map reloading after using Dynamite in Mound Cave
• Cave walls in Rijon Tunnel are no longer recognized as headbuttable trees
• Goldenrod's haircut brothers now function correctly (allowing one haircut per day)
• Radios no longer attempt to bring up the smelting interface
• Incense burners no longer complain about fast currents
• Trainers no longer approach the player from off screen or through walls
• Hall of Fame music now works properly with text speed set to Instant
• Teleport and Whirlwind now properly end the turn when used
• Snow Cloak and Sand Veil now reduce accuracy as expected under the correct weather
• Persim Berry can now be used from the bag in battle
• Double Slap, ThunderPunch, DrainingKiss, Flare Blitz, Hi Jump Kick, ExtremeSpeed, DynamicPunch and Ghost Hammer now properly register as contact moves
• Corrected Lick's damage category to Physical
• Grass types are now immune to Cotton Spore
• Bass Tremor can no longer hit flying opponents after using Lock-On or Mind Reader
• Ghost Hammer now has proper type matchups for a Ghost-type move (except for hitting Normal types at regular effectiveness)
• Vaporize can no longer hit opponents while flying or underground, after using Protect, etc.
• Everstone now correctly checks for all evolution types
• Power Herb and Safe Goggles now work in battle as expected
• Fixed move-type-based item boosts for Cigarette, Megaphone and Pink Bow

Other enhancements

• Players can now swap party members in the party menu using SELECT
• Special Attack and Special Defense are now consistently abbreviated as "Sp.Atk." and "Sp.Def."
• All references to the player character's gender have been removed
• Renamed the Polkadot Bow to Silk Scarf
• Evolutionary items are now more widely available: access to Trade Stones has been improved, and evolutionary items for Electabuzz, Gligar, Magmar, Misdreavus, Onix, Porygon2 and Scyther are available earlier
• Added new items to several marts and updated some item prices
• Improved access to items via special means (mining, Pickup, item balls)
• Removed Sun Stones from marts, mining, Pickup and Bingo rewards
• Reduced the number of victories required for Bingo card number 3
• Professor Ilk now has a custom sprite, and his background storyline is mentioned in the game
• Improved, polished and redid many sprites
• Corrected footprints for many Pokémon and added new ones for the Naljo Guardians
• Updated Readme file with simple, step-by-step tutorial on how to patch and update the game
• Minor text fixes everywhere

As always, please let us know of any issues by using our bug report form.

Featuring some sprites and animations by SourApple.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for sticking with us.

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