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.
