Wild data refinements

Some of the wild data on these routes needs to be looked at long and hard. Many of them have an extreme amount of variance that ends up making it harder for players to find what they actually want - note that in these games, it does take a while to get through a single one. In general, reduce the variance. Some areas feel a bit chaotic as well, I noticed Barunda in a few places that felt off.

Victory Road has been refined, with the Hitmon repeats made more accurate to LGPE - they are encountered individually on different floors. I have upgraded much of the area's residents, such as adding Rhydon from FRLG and turning Onix, Graveler, and Marowak into Trampel, Crocky, and Guardia. Steelix is a worthy consideration. I've kept Machoke and Golbat to serve as "blanks" to KO for exp on weaker Pokemon the player may have. It could still be refined, but this is a step in the right direction.

I've decided to put Kotora in the "Pikachu slot" in Viridian Forest as a compromise for the lack of an early Electric-type when Pikachu isn't chosen. It's at Level 3, so it will take longer to train by comparison - thus, by this point, it cannot compete with the starter Pikachu, as that will be around Level 10-12.

data/wild/maps/Route12.asm

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Route12WildMons:
 	db 25, PIDGEOTTO
 	db 23, BLASTYKE
 	db 24, ODDISH
-	db 22, SQUIRTLE
+	db 22, BARUNDA
 	db 26, BARUNDA
 	db 26, GLOOM
 	db 27, FARFETCHD

data/wild/maps/Route17.asm

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Route17WildMons:
 	db 27, RATICATE
 	db 26, DODUO
 	db 28, DODUO
-	db 29, GRIMER
-	db 25, PUCHIKOON
+	db 29, PUCHIKOON
+	db 25, PONYTA
 	db 27, DODRIO
 	end_grass_wildmons
 

data/wild/maps/Route23.asm

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Route23WildMons:
 	def_grass_wildmons 10 ; encounter rate
 	db 41, ARBOK
-	db 40, TANGELA
+	db 40, SANDSLASH
 	db 38, FEAROW
-	db 38, RHYHORN
+	db 38, RHYDON
 	db 38, EXEGGCUTE
 	db 40, PRIMEAPE
-	db 41, PINSIR
+	db 41, EXEGGCUTE
 	db 43, EXEGGCUTE
-	db 41, WEIRDUCK
+	db 41, CHANSEY
 	db 38, TAUROS
 	end_grass_wildmons
 

data/wild/maps/Route7.asm

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Route7WildMons:
 	def_grass_wildmons 15 ; encounter rate
-	db 22, PIDGEOTTO
+	db 22, PIDGEY
 	db 19, ODDISH
-	db 17, MANKEY
+	db 17, PIDGEOTTO
 	db 22, BELLSPROUT
-	db 19, EEVEE
+	db 19, MANKEY
 	db 18, MEOWTH
 	db 18, GROWLITHE
 	db 20, JIGGLYPUFF

data/wild/maps/VictoryRoad1F.asm

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 VictoryRoad1FWildMons:
 	def_grass_wildmons 15 ; encounter rate
 	db 34, MACHOKE
-	db 36, GRAVELER
+	db 36, RHYDON
 	db 32, GOLBAT
-	db 36, ONIX
-	db 39, ONIX
+	db 36, SANDSLASH
+	db 39, SANDSLASH
 	db 42, GOLBAT
-	db 41, GRAVELER
-	db 41, VENOMOTH
-	db 42, MAROWAK
-	db 43, MAROWAK
+	db 41, CROCKY
+	db 41, RHYDON
+	db 42, GUARDIA
+	db 43, HITMONTOP ; LGPE Rare Spawn
 	end_grass_wildmons
 
 	def_water_wildmons 0 ; encounter rate

data/wild/maps/VictoryRoad2F.asm

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 VictoryRoad2FWildMons:
 	def_grass_wildmons 10 ; encounter rate
 	db 32, MACHOKE
-	db 34, GRAVELER
+	db 34, TRAMPEL
 	db 36, GOLBAT
-	db 36, ONIX
-	db 39, ONIX
+	db 36, SANDSLASH
+	db 39, SANDSLASH
 	db 42, MACHOKE
-	db 41, VENOMOTH
-	db 40, GOLBAT
-	db 40, MAROWAK
-	db 43, GRAVELER
+	db 41, CROCKY
+	db 40, RHYDON
+	db 40, GUARDIA
+	db 43, HITMONLEE ; LGPE Rare Spawn
 	end_grass_wildmons
 
 	def_water_wildmons 0 ; encounter rate

data/wild/maps/VictoryRoad3F.asm

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 VictoryRoad3FWildMons:
 	def_grass_wildmons 15 ; encounter rate
 	db 34, MACHOKE
-	db 36, GRAVELER
+	db 36, TRAMPEL
 	db 32, GOLBAT
-	db 42, ONIX
+	db 42, SANDSLASH
 	db 40, VENOMOTH
-	db 45, ONIX
-	db 43, GRAVELER
-	db 45, HITMONCHAN ; LGPE encounters
-	db 45, HITMONLEE
-	db 45, HITMONTOP
+	db 45, SANDSLASH
+	db 43, CROCKY
+	db 45, RHYDON ; LGPE encounters
+	db 45, GUARDIA
+	db 45, HITMONCHAN ; LGPE Rare Spawn
 	end_grass_wildmons
 
 	def_water_wildmons 0 ; encounter rate

data/wild/maps/ViridianForest.asm

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ViridianForestWildMons:
 	db  5, WEEDLE
 	db  7, KAKUNA
 	db  7, METAPOD
-	db  5, KOKANA ; FIXME: Add considerations for STARTER4/Pikachu so it isn't rendered redundant. For now, it's a Kokana.
+	db  3, KOTORA ; A replacement for the early starter Pikachu. I think this is an amazing compromise that helps actualise Kotora's "mascot status" when it comes to prototype Pokemon.
 	db  9, PIDGEOTTO
 	end_grass_wildmons