Type Changes

August 1, 2022
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| Pokémon Renegade Platinum         |
| Type Changes (v1.3.0)             |
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General Changes
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- Fairy-type is now in the game, replacing what was previously the ??? type.
- All Pokémon that are Fairy-type in Gen VI onwards are also Fairy-type in Renegade Platinum. This is true for the Complete and the Classic versions.
- Rotom's five alternate forms take the secondary type that they have in the Gen V games and onward (i.e. they are not Ghost-type like the normal Platinum).
- For other type changes, they are only present in the Complete version of the hack. If you don't like these changes, use the Classic version patch instead.

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Pokémon Type Changes (Complete version only)
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Pokémon                 Old Type            New Type                Justification
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#006 Charizard          Fire / Flying       Fire / Dragon           Inherited from Mega form; draconic appearance.
#038 Ninetales          Fire                Fire / Fairy            Inherited from Alola form; generally quite 'mystical' in appearance.
#055 Golduck            Water               Water / Psychic         Canonically uses Psychic-type moves; commonly mistaken as a Psychic type.
#083 Farfetch'd         Normal / Flying     Fighting / Flying       Able to attack using leek as a weapon; gives it a niche over Normal/Flying Pokémon.
#154 Meganium           Grass               Grass / Fairy           Heavy on the flower aesthetic; heavily voted for by community.
#160 Feraligatr         Water               Water / Dark            Looks intimidating; Pokédex claims it to be savage; voted for by the community.
#164 Noctowl            Normal / Flying     Psychic / Flying        Canonically uses Psychic-type moves; commonly thought that it should be a Psychic type.
#181 Ampharos           Electric            Electric / Dragon       Inherited from Mega form; Japanese name means "Electric dragon"; was Dragon in early G/S development.
#200 Misdreavus         Ghost               Ghost / Fairy           Design inspiration from mythological creatures; mischevious nature; evolved form has a witch aesthetic.
#254 Sceptile           Grass               Grass / Dragon          Inherited from Mega form; commonly requested.
#284 Masquerain         Bug / Flying        Bug / Water             Pre-evolution has Water type; Bug/Water is a fairly unique type combo; still looks a lot like Surskit.
#313 Volbeat            Bug                 Bug / Electric          Learns a lot of Electric attacks; has illumination powers; design looks fitting for Electric.
#314 Illumise           Bug                 Bug / Fairy             Firefly lights look similar to how other games display the Fairy-type; counterpart to Volbeat.
#328 Trapinch           Ground              Bug / Ground            Based on an insect; is in the Bug Egg group; evolved forms also look very Bug-like.
#329 Vibrava            Ground / Dragon     Bug / Dragon            Based on an insect; in Bug Egg group; aesthetic is very Bug-like; learns Bug-type moves; unique type combo.
#330 Flygon             Ground / Dragon     Bug / Dragon            Based on an insect; in Bug Egg group; has Bug-like features; learns Bug-type moves; unique type combo.
#333 Swablu             Normal / Flying     Fairy / Flying          Inherited from Altaria's Mega form; fluffy cloud appearance fits with Fairy.
#334 Altaria            Dragon / Flying     Dragon / Fairy          Inherited from Mega form; fluffy cloud appearance fits with Fairy; common request by community.
#336 Seviper            Poison              Poison / Dark           Evil and intimidating looking; gives it more of a niche; common request by community.
#350 Milotic            Water               Water / Fairy           Elegant aesthetic and mythological mermaid inspiration fit with Fairy-type; heavily voted for by community.
#362 Glalie             Ice                 Ice / Rock              Pokédex entries state Glalie has a body made of rock with ice on top; unique type combo.
#370 Luvdisc            Water               Water / Fairy           Heart and love aesthetic fits with Fairy-type; makes it just a little more noticeable.
#405 Luxray             Electric            Electric / Dark         Intimidating look and general dark coloured aesthetic fit with Dark-type; unique type combo.
#428 Lopunny            Normal              Normal / Fighting       Inherited from Mega form; has a humanoid appearance and learns lots of Fighting-type moves naturally.
#429 Mismagius          Ghost               Ghost / Fairy           Inspired by witches and mages from fairy tales; unique type combo; gives it a specific niche.
#466 Electivire         Electric            Electric / Fighting     Stats are physically focused; learns lots of Fighting moves naturally; Pokédex states it uses fists.
#480 Uxie               Psychic             Psychic / Fairy         Likely inspired by a pixie, a mythlogical creature.
#481 Mesprit            Psychic             Psychic / Fairy         Likely inspired by a sprite, a mythological creature.
#482 Azelf              Psychic             Psychic / Fairy         Likely inspired by a pixie (possibly a gnome..?), a mythlogical creature.