Balancing
Santa's Presents now exchange for 3 Big Robot Parts, up from 1
Bosses in Twist Mountain now give an additional Big Robot Part for each boss defeated in the instance's run, scaling from 1 up to 6 per win
The amount of elfbots which may be summoned by SOS battles has been reduced from 2 to 1 in early waves
Aggro distance for coop partners has been slightly increased
Updated movesets for several elfbot and boss configurations
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where losing to Bosses in Twist Mountain would cause double life reduction
Return to Twist Mountain
Twist Mountain is a Christmas-themed co-op event for 2-4 players
Trade with your friends and build the best bots you can to defeat the rogue elves
Collect Big Robot Parts and clear as many waves as possible to win prizes
This instance is accessible in Vermilion City, Slateport City, Hearthome City, and Castelia City
This event will be active from December 24th until January 6th. Enjoy your holidays!
General
Client mods now support gendered battle sprites. The format for battlesprites are now ID-back-shiny-gender-frame.png
Not all fields are required. The game client will attempt to handle all files with at least 3 parameters.
Undefined genders will result in the same sprites being given to both genders.
Frame parameters are only used for PNG arrays.
(Monster icons are currently unsupported, but will be handled Later™)
Client mods now support limited coordinate modifications for battle sprites. See table-coordinate-mods.txt
Client mods now support customized frame timings for GIF files. See table-sprite-timings.txt
Client mods now support PNG arrays for animations. PNG arrays require defined sprite timings. See table-sprite-timings.txt
Gift Shop
The Snow Globe Hat is now available for a limited time
The Santa Hat & Santa Suit, Rising Star Particle, Earmuffs, and Scarf items have returned for the Winter Season. These items will be available for a short time this year and will return next.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where very old players could have their daycare slots become stuck
Fixed an issue where name fields for nicknames and team names would not accept the correct characters
Fixed an issue where Me First, when cast against a target with Me First, would lead to an infinite loop in battle
Notes
Previously, this event was scheduled to end on January 3rd. Due to gameplay / difficulty balancing issues, we have extended the event by 3 days. It will now end on January 6th 00:00 UTC.