In fact, these NPCs can comprise the Elite Four and Champion battles. There are a few unique NPCs with interesting teams.You can even find Mew and Celebi, two mythicals that are normally event-exclusive. This effectively means that you can have a 100% complete Pokédex without trading or special events. You can buy an unlimited number of all evolution items, and an NPC known as the Tradeback Guy can help you evolve Pokémon that require trading to evolve, such as Kadabra into Alakazam, Haunter into Gengar, or Scyther into Scizor. You can catch literally every single Pokémon in the first two generations.Pokémon can show their DVs on the menu screen, and along with them, their Hidden Power type and power.These sprites are even properly colored for shiny Pokémon. Each Pokémon has a personalized miniature sprite as opposed to generic miniature sprites when displayed in menus.No specific badges are required for the use of HMs. However, you can still use HMs for optional exploration to find various items and Pokémon. You can explore the entirety of both regions and cross over across regions without the need of any HMs.A later version even allows you to choose the town you start at, with a difficulty of one to three stars depending on the surrounding pokemon. You can choose to start your journey in either Kanto or Johto, and can get to explore either region freely while crossing regions.You can even be a grunt in Team Rocket if you so choose. From the beginning of the game, trainer customization is vast, and you can choose from a variety of trainer classes and even color combinations.There are 30 options for a starter Pokémon in Crystal Clear, including the original starters for both the Kanto and Johto regions.The following list is either features that were not included in Crystal or improvements on features included in Crystal.
Note: A lot of the reasons why Pokémon Crystal rocks also apply to this romhack.