data: add Hidden Place, Crippling Medical Debt, + 3 demo watchlist hacks

Catalog 399 -> 404. New: Pokémon Hidden Place (Essentials PC, MexaJ) and
Crippling Medical Debt Edition (Emerald/GBA, GMars) placed in RomM; plus
watchlist pages for Grimm, Conviction, and Miragea's Traveler (no download).
Crystal Inheritance restored to its shipped v1.0.3 Complete entry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ginnoir
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
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},
{
"stem": "Conviction",
"title": "Pokémon Conviction",
"platform": "PC",
"base": "RPG Maker XP / Pokemon Essentials",
"version": "1.0.2",
"status": "Beta",
"generation": "Joiplay/RPGXP",
"fakemon": "No",
"developer": "wardenzero",
"release_date": "2026",
"banner": "https://images2.imgbox.com/38/e9/3sKrlK0q_o.png",
"homepage": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/9512/",
"source": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/9512/",
"library_path": "—",
"play_status": "Backlog",
"generations": [
"Gen I",
"Gen II",
"Gen III",
"Gen IV",
"Gen V",
"Gen VI",
"Gen VII",
"Gen VIII",
"Gen IX"
],
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"QoL"
],
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"platform/pc",
"base/rpgmakerxp/pokemonessentials",
"status/beta",
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"type/qol",
"source/eeveeexpo"
],
"summary": "Pokémon Conviction is wardenzero's story-driven Essentials fangame set in an authoritarian prison state, where you navigate faction politics and moral choices inside an interconnected penitentiary instead of the usual gym circuit. The demo covers 3 of 10 planned chapters (~100 of a 338 Pokédex available) — tracked here on the demo watchlist.",
"notability": "",
"story": "\"Under the Premier's rule, peace comes at the cost of freedom. When you are accused of breaching this peace, you are sentenced to Northspire Penitentiary.\" Convicted of helping rebels escape, you receive a Pokémon from a sympathetic cellmate and must survive gang affiliations, a reputation system, and the Dog Tag Challenge while uncovering the truth about the regime.",
"features": [
"Prison-based exploration with progressively unlocking areas and a choice-driven, branching narrative.",
"Dynamic reputation system tracking faction and character perceptions; three starters — Scraggy, Sneasel, or Murkrow.",
"Enhanced battles via the Deluxe Battle Toolkit; mature/dark (non-graphic) themes.",
"QoL: HM key items, speed-up toggle, autosave, visible IVs, 1/1024 shiny rate, reusable TMs, nature mints, and anytime nicknames.",
"Planned for the full release: multiple reputation-based endings, difficulty options, New Game+, Mega Evolutions, and a 35+ hour main story."
],
"links": [
{
"label": "Eevee Expo",
"url": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/9512/"
}
]
},
{
"stem": "Cope",
"title": "Pokémon Cope",
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}
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{
"stem": "Crippling Medical Debt Edition",
"title": "Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition",
"platform": "GBA",
"base": "Emerald",
"version": "1.1",
"status": "Complete",
"generation": "Multi-gen",
"fakemon": "No",
"developer": "GMars",
"release_date": "2026-06-17",
"banner": "https://romhacks-files.ginnoir.com/_meta/Pokemon_Crippling_Medical_Debt_Edition/boxart.webp",
"homepage": "https://www.pokeharbor.com/2026/06/pokemon-crippling-medical-debt-edition/",
"source": "https://www.hackdex.app/hack/pokemon-crippling-medical-debt-edition",
"library_path": "roms/gba/Pokemon - Crippling Medical Debt Edition [Hack].gba",
"play_status": "Unplayed",
"engine": "pokeemerald-expansion",
"generations": [
"Gen I",
"Gen II",
"Gen III",
"Gen IV",
"Gen V",
"Gen VI",
"Gen VII",
"Gen VIII",
"Gen IX"
],
"type": [
"New Experience",
"Difficulty",
"QoL"
],
"tags": [
"hack",
"platform/gba",
"base/emerald",
"status/complete",
"type/newexperience",
"type/difficulty",
"type/qol",
"source/hackdex"
],
"summary": "Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition is a lighthearted decompilation romhack of Pokémon Emerald. Take on the world as an uninsured Trainer and enjoy a custom story and region as you fight your way through the Pokémon League to earn enough to clear your debt. It's a solo-development hack, finally complete for public release after about two years of on-and-off work, built on a very heavily modified version of the 1.10.2 Pokémon Emerald Expansion Base from the ROM Hacking Hideout.",
"notability": "",
"story": "You play an uninsured Trainer buried in medical debt: take on a custom region and its Pokémon League to earn enough prize money to clear what you owe. Consequences for your actions?",
"features": [
"Custom region and comedic story on a heavily-modified pokeemerald-expansion (RHH 1.10.2) base.",
"Every Pokémon through Pecharunt is available; Mega Evolution is in (excluding the Legends: Z-A megas); battle mechanics follow Generation 9.",
"Difficulty aimed well above normal games but below Kaizo — a standard playthrough should require thought for gym battles. Soft level caps and Set are default and can be changed in settings.",
"Four XP-cap difficulty settings: **Soft** (intended, light overshoot), **Hard** (no overlevelling past a Gym Leader/story battle), **No Cap**, and **EZ** (No Cap plus a 30% XP boost).",
"Nuzlocke-friendly, with an optional Nuzlocke Conveniences menu for challenge runners.",
"Full (spoiler-heavy) documentation: [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15m-rzWRi28mNzDpIOQvWjBVt34F3jAvsoopBfS6vIC4/edit?usp=sharing)."
],
"links": [
{
"label": "Hackdex",
"url": "https://www.hackdex.app/hack/pokemon-crippling-medical-debt-edition"
},
{
"label": "PokéCommunity",
"url": "https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pokemon-crippling-medical-debt-edition.542559/"
},
{
"label": "Info / thread",
"url": "https://www.pokeharbor.com/2026/06/pokemon-crippling-medical-debt-edition/"
},
{
"label": "",
"url": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15m-rzWRi28mNzDpIOQvWjBVt34F3jAvsoopBfS6vIC4/edit?usp=sharing"
}
]
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{
"stem": "Cross Stadium",
"title": "Pokémon Cross Stadium",
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"generation": "Gen 2+",
"fakemon": "Yes",
"developer": "dwg",
"release_date": "2026",
"banner": "https://www.pokeharbor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Pokemon-Crystal-Inheritance.webp",
"homepage": "https://www.hackdex.app/hack/pokemon-crystal-inheritance",
"source": "https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/crystal-inheritance.542431/",
@@ -4251,7 +4383,7 @@
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"links": [
{
"label": "PokeCommunity",
"label": "PokéCommunity",
"url": "https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/crystal-inheritance.542431/"
},
{
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}
]
},
{
"stem": "Grimm",
"title": "Pokémon Grimm",
"platform": "PC",
"base": "RPG Maker XP / Pokemon Essentials",
"version": "0.6.2",
"status": "Beta",
"generation": "Joiplay/RPGXP",
"fakemon": "Yes",
"developer": "Almeidarts",
"release_date": "2026",
"banner": "https://i.imgur.com/ZjC8ccp.png",
"homepage": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/8442/",
"source": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/8442/",
"library_path": "—",
"play_status": "Backlog",
"generations": [
"Gen I",
"Gen II",
"Gen III",
"Gen IV",
"Gen V",
"Gen VI",
"Gen VII",
"Gen VIII",
"Gen IX",
"Fakemon"
],
"type": [
"New Experience",
"QoL"
],
"tags": [
"hack",
"platform/pc",
"base/rpgmakerxp/pokemonessentials",
"status/beta",
"type/newexperience",
"type/qol",
"source/eeveeexpo"
],
"summary": "Pokémon Grimm is Almeidarts' traditional-style Essentials fangame set in the Faerie Region, where you chase the League championship over summer break. The current demo (v0.6.2) runs past the third gym — roughly 3-4 hours — tracked here on the demo watchlist until a complete build ships.",
"notability": "",
"story": "Fresh out of trainer school, you have the summer free to challenge the Pokémon League. Crossing Faerie you meet rivals and allies and uncover a brewing conflict between Team Riot and NW Corp, the League's new sponsor.",
"features": [
"382 hand-picked Pokémon from Gens 1-9, plus ~50 new regional forms and ecologically-similar variants.",
"Level caps (soft or hard) that gate exp until the next badge, configurable autosave, and flexible exp-share options.",
"Overworld wild encounters with follower Pokémon and a sidequest system with exclusive Pokémon and item rewards.",
"\"Charm system\" collectibles, separate appearance and pronoun customization (incl. they/them), visible boss dialogue, and location-specific battle backgrounds."
],
"links": [
{
"label": "Eevee Expo",
"url": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/8442/"
}
]
},
{
"stem": "HGSS Sevii",
"title": "Pokémon HGSS Sevii",
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}
]
},
{
"stem": "Hidden Place",
"title": "Pokémon Hidden Place",
"platform": "PC",
"base": "RPG Maker XP / Pokemon Essentials",
"version": "1.1",
"status": "Complete",
"generation": "Joiplay/RPGXP",
"fakemon": "Yes",
"developer": "MexaJ",
"release_date": "2024-12-02",
"banner": "https://www.pokeharbor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Pokemon-Hidden-Place-.webp",
"homepage": "https://www.pokeharbor.com/2024/09/pokemon-hidden-place/",
"source": "https://www.pokeharbor.com/2024/09/pokemon-hidden-place/",
"library_path": "roms/windows/Pokemon - Hidden Place [Hack].zip",
"play_status": "Unplayed",
"generations": [
"Gen I",
"Gen II",
"Gen III",
"Gen IV",
"Gen V",
"Gen VI",
"Gen VII",
"Gen VIII",
"Gen IX",
"Fakemon"
],
"type": [
"New Experience"
],
"tags": [
"hack",
"platform/pc",
"base/rpgmakerxp/pokemonessentials",
"status/complete",
"type/newexperience",
"source/pokeharbor"
],
"summary": "Pokémon Hidden Place is MexaJ's completed RPG Maker XP / Pokémon Essentials fan game set in the Arial Region, with an English translation by Raizen (v1.1, December 2024). You join Professor Fresna's research mission and work through eight Sacred Trials while meeting the guardians of the region's paradises, with Pokémon from Generations 1 through 9 plus new fakemon starters.",
"notability": "",
"story": "Professor Fresna is seeking assistants for her latest research in the Arial Region. You and your childhood friends volunteer to join her mission. As you embark on your journey, you'll encounter the guardians of the paradises within the region, advancing the storyline with each encounter.",
"features": [
"New Arial Region with an original storyline, protagonist, and cast.",
"New fakemon starters alongside a roster spanning Generations 1-9.",
"8 Seals gated behind Sacred Trials, plus challenging battles against the 4 Heirs.",
"Postgame Guardian revenge battles.",
"Redesigns, new animations, and animated sprites."
],
"links": [
{
"label": "Info / thread",
"url": "https://www.pokeharbor.com/2024/09/pokemon-hidden-place/"
}
]
},
{
"stem": "Hisui Red",
"title": "Pokémon Hisui Red",
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}
]
},
{
"stem": "Miragea's Traveler",
"title": "Pokémon Miragea's Traveler",
"platform": "PC",
"base": "RPG Maker XP / Pokemon Essentials",
"version": "Rank 4",
"status": "Beta",
"generation": "Joiplay/RPGXP",
"fakemon": "Yes",
"developer": "CinnaYva",
"release_date": "2026",
"banner": "https://files.catbox.moe/2umarg.png",
"homepage": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/8824/",
"source": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/8824/",
"library_path": "—",
"play_status": "Backlog",
"generations": [
"Fakemon"
],
"type": [
"New Experience",
"QoL"
],
"tags": [
"hack",
"platform/pc",
"base/rpgmakerxp/pokemonessentials",
"status/beta",
"type/newexperience",
"type/qol",
"source/eeveeexpo"
],
"summary": "Miragea's Traveler is CinnaYva's character-driven exploration fangame where you join the Trainer Union to solve missing-person cases and protect people, Pokémon, and nature. There are no gyms — mentors let you enter rank battles once you've proven yourself through solo and team missions, across six ranks total. Rank 4 is the current public build; tracked here on the demo watchlist.",
"notability": "",
"story": "Missing-person cases are on the rise, and as a Trainer Union recruit you investigate them while the cast's arcs unfold. The developer describes it as \"not grimdark\" — serious subjects handled without trauma-piling.",
"features": [
"Exploration-focused design with areas unlocking per rank and mentor-based progression instead of gyms.",
"A big variety of Pokémon across multiple generations plus custom starters and other original designs — \"no need to fill the dex.\"",
"Minimal grinding via an accessible leveling cave; toggleable advanced battle AI and an easy mode.",
"Shiny-hunting friendly with custom shinies."
],
"links": [
{
"label": "Eevee Expo",
"url": "https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/8824/"
}
]
},
{
"stem": "Modern Emerald",
"title": "Pokémon Modern Emerald",