[beta] Major graphics upgrade and Russian & Spanish translations

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

What's new:

• A lot of graphics have been upgraded
  • Most of the app has proper backgrounds now instead of just flat colors
  • Now uses the font from Pokémon generation 5 (except for Cyrillic characters)
  • Black on white text now looks a lot better (except for Cyrillic characters)
• The app has been translated to Spanish and Russian
  • As noted above, the Cyrillic font is still WIP so some text will not as good in Russian
• The app now has a spinning chest animation while loading
• Pokémon center songs from generation 4 and 5 have been added

Changes:

• The alternate form selection bar now has an outline
• The German translation has been updated for new additions since it was last updated

Known bugs:

• Version number still says v0.7
• On flashcards you get a Guru Meditation Error when loading a save (I think that's when) as it runs out of RAM
• Check the Issue tab of the GitHub repo

Side notes:

• Nightly builds are available here & here
• This is a beta, while backups are made, it is possible something could go wrong and break your saves
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here

[beta] Italian translation and improved editing

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

What's new:

• The app is now translated to Italian
• When editing a Pokémon's Pokéball, nature, or form it now has a proper menu to choose with
  • For Unown it has you type the letter/!/? on a keyboard

Known bugs:

• Check the Issue tab of the GitHub repo

Side notes:

• Nightly builds are available here & here
• This is a beta, while backups are made, it is possible something could go wrong and break your saves
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here

[beta] Music & sounds and alternate forms

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

What's new:

• Pokémon with alternate forms will now show the correct form
  • [WIP] The form can be changed by tapping the Pokémon on the edit screen (or press Right → A) (There's no limits yet, so just don't go too high ;P)
• Sound effects and background music have been added
  • They're off by default, you can turn them on in Options
  • There are four songs currently: Pokémon Center, Elm's Lab, Oak's Lab, and Game Corner.

Changes:

• More things have been translated to French, German, and Japanese

Bug fixes:

• Fixed using the wrong colors for gender in a few places
• Text no longer clips into other text
  • On some screens (options & trainer info) it gets the width of the current label text and puts the variable text after it, on others it scales the text width down if it's too long
• Pokémon from newer generations can no longer be put into saves

Known bugs:

• Check the Issue tab of the GitHub repo

Side notes:

• Nightly builds are available here & here
• This is a beta, while backups are made, it is possible something could go wrong and break your saves
• Check out the wiki for what numbers Poké balls / Natures are
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here

[beta] Fixed on flashcards, French & German translations, and backups

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

What's new:

• French and German translations have been done for most of what I've made translatable
• Now whenever you save it will make a backup of your bank & save file
  • Can be disabled in Options by setting Backups: to 0
  • For the save file you can have 0-9 backups, the bank will have 1 if Backups: is not set to 0

Changes:

• The default exception handler is now set. This means a Guru Meditation Error will be shown if the app crashes even if another app has not set it.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the app crashing/freezing when run on a flashcard in DS mode!
  • This is currently done by using a half size version of the sprite sheet scaled up 2x

Known bugs:

• Check the Issue tab of the GitHub repo

Side notes:

• Nightly builds are available here & here
• This is a beta, while backups are made, it is possible something could go wrong and break your saves
• Check out the wiki for what numbers Poké balls / Natures are
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here

[beta] Translations* and pk4/pk5 dumping/injecting!

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

What's new:

• The app is now partially translated to Japanese (kana only for the time being as I have no kanji in the font yet) and Poké balls, Natures, and Pokémon Species names will be shown in the app's language of English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish
  • Poké ball / nature names will be shown, however they are still chosen using numbers, check the wiki for what number is what Poké ball / nature
  • Note: The Japanese translation was done by me + a bit a Google Translate so it may not be great ;P
  • If you're interested in translating to French, Italian, helping with Japanese, or another language I could do with the current font, join our Discord and let us know. (I could probably add Cyrillic, but I don't think I could easily do Korean currently)
• Stats are now colored by the Pokémon's nature
  • Red is the increased stat, blue is the decreased stat
• Added dumping to pk4/pk5 files
• Added injecting from pk4/pk5 files
• Added a menu when you press A on the box screen
  • On a Pokémon you can edit, move, copy, release, or dump to a pk4/pk5
  • On an empty spot you can inject, or [wip] create a Pokémon
  • On the box title you can rename the box, swap all Pokémon in the box with the Chest, or dump the whole box to pk4/pk5 files
  • Press Select to change to blue cursor mode where you can directly pick up Pokémon
• Added viewing & modifying the trainers's info
  • Note: Changing OT name/gender/TID/SID will make all of your Pokémon not obey you, only do so if you are at the beginning of your save and want to have Pokémon from a previous save obey you or similar situation

Changes:

• The game card will show as red if it is not detected as a Pokémon card. Try reinserting if it is a Pokémon gamecard
• Saves on the favorites menu will be red if not found on the SD
• When removing a save from favorites, it will ask if you are sure
• The yes/no dialogue when whether to save was changed

Bug fixes:

• Fixed being able to choose Poké ball 25 (dream ball) in gen 4, which set the Poké ball to 4 (Poké ball)

Known bugs:

• On flashcards running in DS mode, it currently freezes while loading boxes
• Anything else with an Issue here on GitHub

Side notes:

• Nightly builds are available here & here
• This is a beta, making backups of your saves is recommended
• Check out the wiki for what numbers Poké balls / Natures are
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here

[beta] Improved Pokémon editing and party Pokémon editing

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

What's new:

• Editing Pokémon has been improved
  • You can now change a Pokémon's Species, Nickname, Gender (if applicable), Ball*, Level, Nature*, if it's Shiny, and if it has Pokérus
    • *(no proper menu yet, so it's just a number entry)
  • You can change it's OT's Name, Gender, Trainer ID, Secret ID, and friendship
  • And finally you can change all of that Pokémon's IVs and EVs
  • (press L/R to change pages on the Pokémon info screen)
• Added viewing party Pokémon
  • All of the same editing can be done to party Pokémon
• Added the ability to create new, rename, delete, and change bank files
  • Note: Changing most of these will save the bank

Changes:

• Changed how items are stored in config.ini, this will reset the keyboard position and style, but it'll be saved when changed again

Bug fixes:

• Added the Park Ball's sprite

Known bugs:

• On flashcards running in DS mode, it currently freezes while loading boxes

Side notes:

• Nightly builds are available here & here
• This is a beta, making backups of your saves is recommended
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here

[beta] Second beta!

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

What's new:

• Added managing Pokémon on a gamecard's save file
• Added top menu with drives, gamecard, and favorited saves
  • Press Y on a save to favorite it, X on it in the top menu to remove it
• Added renaming boxes
• [WIP] Added a Pokémon summary screen where you can edit some of that Pokémon's information
  • To see this press Y on a Pokemon
• [WIP] Added an X menu when in the boxes to save and exit

Changes:

• Changed color scheme to gray

Bug fixes:

• Fixed not always showing Pokémon after moving them
• Fixed not reloading bank when exiting a save

Known bugs:

• On flashcards running in DS mode, it currently freezes while loading boxes

Side notes:

• Thanks to edo9300's ndsi-savedumper for the save dumping and injecting code
• Azure Pipelines now builds every commit and releases a build here & commits it here
• This is a beta, making backups of your saves is recommended
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here

[beta] First Release

This is the first release of Pokémon Chest!

Pokémon Chest, a Pokémon bank for the Nintendo DS(i)

Currently, Pokémon Chest is able to:

• Load Pokémon DPPt, HGSS, BW, B2W2 save files from DSi/3DS SD card
• Move Pokémon between boxes in the save and the "chest"

Known bugs:

• On flashcards running in DS mode, it currently freezes while loading boxes

Side note:

• Special thanks to Flagbrew and specifically PKSM for most of the save file and bank interface code ❤️
• This is a beta, making backups of your save is recommended
• Report any bugs you find here, and you can join our Discord server here