Tolerable Reshef of Destruction

Original game : Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction

Platform : GBA

Author : Ephraim225

Release date : 22 April 2017

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G, T, P

Downloads : 1303

ROM Information

Database match: Yu-Gi-Oh! - Reshef of Destruction (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: DAD3AA7DD470C9B475236FED2EA867B04AB1B089
File/ROM CRC32: 9E0C559

Hack description

Reshef of Destruction became infamous for numerous, numerous frustrations throughout its gameplay. This patch makes numerous balance and quality of life changes to the vanilla game, and also introduces a few new cards as well as balancing existing cards. The following changes are made:

-Selling a card gives you 50% of the card's price
-Cards can be sold even at 1 copy remaining
-Card prices never change
-Life points always start at 8000 for the player
-Life points always start at 8000 for all opponents outside the Hall of Eternity
-Duelist level no longer does anything
-Permanent effects show text only once per card
-The permanent effect cursor no longer has to take 2 seconds of your time to scan the board
-New Deck Cost formula implemented with adjustments

And the following changes to the cards themselves:
-Dark-Eys Illusionist, Nightmare Penguin, Barox, Dark Chimera, King of Yamimakai, Castle of Dark Illusions, Reaper of the Cards, and Metal Guardian now have accurate TCG stats
-Exodia and the Petit Moth cards now have orange card colors
-Fire Reaper, Ooguchi, Rainbow Flower, Jinzo #7, and Queen's Double can now attack directly
-Infinite Dismissal was given Negate Attack's graphic
-Torrential Tribute was given Mirror Force's graphic
-Former Ritual Monsters are no longer Divine attribute
-Ritual Summoning no longer possible. The Ritual spells were replaced with three brand new cards.

Note that a second patch is included that applies ONLY quality of life changes, without the changes to the cards or card effects. This is for players who want to keep the original game experience pure, but without the cursor lag as mentioned.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Ephraim225	Original Hacking	Primary hacking, ASM, design

Reviews

Does what the name implies!	gamblawheela	2024-01-12	Version 1.0
This mod is amazing. It does exactly what it sets out to do- make Reshef of Destruction a tolerable game to get through. I had an absolute blast playing this game with this mod, and going forward it is the only way I will play it. It is also the only way I'll recommend others play Reshef! I loved a lot of the changes. I disliked some of them at first, but by the end of the game I understood why they were made. This includes things like releasing the Limited List (which should be more clearly stated in the mod description) and the final boss of the game not having the iconic 60,000 Life Points he normally has. The only things I can think of that would improve this mod are twofold: Consider adding a third install option that has the gameplay changes but keeps the Limited List, and PLEASE consider increasing the Deck Capacity earned in the Hall of Eternity (the post-game Duel Arena). Every other Duelist went from +1DC to +5DC after each victory against them, but each of the HoE duelists still only grant +20DC despite having 30,000 or 60,000 LP and 3 copies of the best cards in the game, making them MUCH tougher to defeat. I'd recommend increasing the awarded Deck Capacity to 200DC after a victory, since it would vastly improve the post-game grind and make them worth dueling several times.

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