Zombreon

A friend once told me that there was supposed to be 4 new evolutions for Eevee in Pokemon Gold and Silver. The two that are already in the game are Umbreon (psychic) and Espeon (Dark). The other two were dropped from the game, these were poison and ghost types. I wasn't convinced this was true, so I decided to see for myself by trying a beta version of Pokemon Gold.

The beta rom was hard to find, because most of the roms were either normal (not beta), japanese, or didn't work. When I finally found a working rom, I loaded it up to search for the new Eevee evolutions. I wasn't quite sure what to do to get an Eevee to evolve into the poison or ghost type, so I just played the game normally and I figured I would find out at some point. I eventually ended up beating the elite four, and all of Kanto. The game was pretty much the same, other than a few different locations, dialouge, etc. Oh, and Dunsparce didn't seem to appear, but I won't complain too much about that, I don't really like Dunsparce.

But, by the time I beat the game I still hadn't figured out how to evolve my Eevee. I tried leveling up at night, day, in caves, etc. After hours of trying, I finally decieded to find the evolutions the easy way. By cheating. I tried to use Gameshark codes, but most of them did nothing. So, I decided to ask for help online, and someone on Newgrounds said he could work on a code that should give me all the items.

After a few days, he sent me back a code that I put into the Gameshark. I loaded the beta rom, and sure enough, the code gave me every item in the game. I looked through the items, and everything was the same... Except for an item called "Toxic Stone". I knew this was the item I was looking for. I used it on my Eevee and...

Nothing happened. The game simply told me "It has no effect.". I tried over and over, but nothing. I was pissed. Was this all I got after I went through this damn game? There had to be something that I did wrong, so I thought maybe NPCs could help me out. I got the typical text from the NPCs "Man, That TEAM ROCKET sure is persistant." "I love my JIGGLYPUFF." "Have you visited the RADIO TOWER in the KANTO region?", but one NPC told me something that stood out. "Did you know there's a stone that can evolve a pokemon after it has fainted?" This was where I went wrong! I had to use the toxic stone on my Eevee after it fainted... at least I hoped so.

My Eevee didn't take any time to be defeated, especially since it was around level 40, and I was in a level 60 area. After it was defeated, I went into my bag and used the stone on my fainted Eevee. "What's this? EEVEE is evolving!" YES! YES! FINALLY! "EEVEE has evolved into ZOMBREON!"... This was not what I was thinking.

Zombreon looked like a normal Eevee, but was green colored, and parts of it were missing. Also, it's cry was just a lower version of Eevee's. Oh, and once it evolved it learned an attack called "ZOMB. BITE". But, this was all I  worked for? A recolored Eevee? COME ON!

I calmed down a bit, and decided to test it out in the tall grass near Silent Hill (Called New Bark in the final game.). A wild Sentret appeared, and I threw out Zombreon. I figured it would be pointless to use a move I have used a million times, like Tackle or Flash. So, I used "Zomb. Bite" instead. The attack animation was odd. It looked like bite, but with two poison symbols flashing near the teeth. The attack was a one-hit KO, according to the text box. But what was strange now, was that the game asked me if I would like to nickname Sentret, and it told me Sentret was sent to the PC.



I didn't use a pokeball, so why did the game say I caught the Sentret? I rushed over to the PC, and checked for the Sentret. It was not a normal Sentret anymore. It was now green, a poison type, and it had the move "Zomb. Bite". Wait. I know what's going on. Every time I use the attack "Zomb. Bite" (which I figure means Zombie Bite), the enemy pokemon will get infected, joining my team. This was pretty obvious, considering Zombreon was basically Zombie + Reon.



I wondered... What would happen if I infected a trainer's pokemon? I walked over to one of the routes in Kanto that I skipped most of, and ran into a trainer. The battle started, and I immediately chose "Zomb. Bite". It was a one-hit KO. But, rather than throwing out the next pokemon, the opposing trainer just came out and said "What did you do to my pokemon?!". The battle was won, and I recieved the EXP and money.

At this point I was done with the game, I think I had enough of it for one day. I still love pokemon, and every now and then I jump on the beta to level up Zombreon. But... I realized that I only found Zombreon, there was still the Ghost evolution. But, I didn't find a ghost stone, so... maybe this evolution was a Silver exclusive?