Pokemon Bat

This is an idea for a Pokemon Rom Hack.  I’d like it to be a Third Generation Romhack (Mainly LeafGreen) in-spite of the fact that one 4th generation Pokemon gets name dropped.  I can't make it myself so I encourage someone else to elaborate on the basic ideas I'm laying out here.

The region is called Gotham

You play as Bruce Wayne, a ten year old.  It is the two year anniversary of your Parents being gunned down in front of you by Pokemon thieves.  After having a nightmare about it you run into the woods behind your house and fall into a cave where you befriend a Zubat, and decide to go off on a Pokemon journey with the Zubat as your starter.  Your Butler Alfred Pennyworth will function as both Bill and Oak, managing all the PC stuff for you.  And Jim Gordon will play the role of Looker.

The rival character is Selina Kyle, who’s starter Pokemon is a Meowth.

The evil team in this one is more like Team Rocket, being mainly interested in money as opposed to later Teams that are basically cults.  It is called Team Umbrella, and it’s leader is known as The Empoleon of Crime.  His real identity is Oswald Cobblepot, a trainer of Bird Pokemon who runs a Pokestop called the Iceberg Lounge, that among other things houses the Ice Type gym.  He won’t actually have an Empoleon on him though, this game’s roster should be limited to Pokemon you can use in FireRed/LeafGreen.  He is particularly obsessed with the Bird Type Legendary Pokemon, which includes the Kanto Trio and Ho-Oh.

The Gym Leader of the IceBerg Lounge gym is Victor Fries.

The other 7 Gym leaders include, Drury Walker, the Bug Type Gym leader, Lester Buchinsky, the Electric Type Gym leader and Joe Rigger, the Fire Type Gym Leader.  I like including the three filler bosses of the Batman 89 NES game in any Batman video game ideas I come up with.

Pamela Isley, the Grass/Poison Type Gym Leader.

Jonathan Crane, the Ghost Type Gym Leader.

Jervis Tetch, the Psychic Type Gym Leader.

Natalia Mitternacht, Dark Type Gym Leader.

The Elite Four will be League of Assassins Members, Bane (Fighting type), Onyx (Rock Type) Bronze Tiger (Steel Type), and Lady Shiva (Dragon Type).

And the Champion will be Ra’s Al Ghul. Who’s Pokemon team will actually be the Legendary Beasts, Lugia, Celebi and Mew who he mentions was his starter centuries ago.  I feel like that fits his Eco Terrorist agenda.  What I'm doing with Ra's here is the most unprecedented in Canon Pokemon, having any NPC use Legenderies.  (Though in Stadium a Rocket Grunt has a Moltress).  Ra's Immortality is why I feel it works.  It's sometimes implied that Mew is something that wasn't so rare in the distant past.  I thought about referencing that immortality gimmick with an all Fossil Pokemon team, but decided that'd be more Vandal Savage, plus Fossils are all part Rock so don't have enough type variety for a Champion.  The Johto Legendries have been the most strongly tied to the franchise's environmentalist themes so I see them fitting Ra's the best.  Plus in this version of the Universe these characters are not necessarily Evil.

There will be an Unnown cave in the game where they are being researched by an Edward Nygma who trains them exclusively, you can battle him but it’s not required. 

It’s companion Game is Pokemon Cat, where everything is basically the same except you play as Selina and Bruce is the Rival.  And a different Origin story, someone else will have to write that.  And Holly Robinson (your friend with benefits) will replace Alfred.

I made a conscience decision not to shoehorn in every Batman villain, Black Mask, Two-Face, Deadshot, are all ones that wouldn’t work in this premise.

And that goes double for The Joker.  There are many great Batman stories with no Joker in them.  So given the Joker overload of the Arkham Games I figured a video game Batman universe that opts out of forcing in The Joker would be nice.

Those left out can also be viewed as being saved for a possible Sequel.  I was limiting this to the Pokemon available in the Advanced Generation games which are what I’m most Nostalgic for. 

It would be easier to come up with a Two-Face story-line in the Black and White Generation where the core Legendary Pokemon are Yin-Yang themed which makes them a fitting target for Two-Face.  Other Pokemon that tend to come in duality themed pairs include Plusle and Minun (the first Pika clones), and Espeon and Umbreon the second Gen Eveelutions who are thematically day and night, (that factors into why they’re used in Pokemon Colosseum).  He could also be someone who only fights in double battles.

Hell, thematically the Sun and Moon generation fits my Bat & Cat contrast better with the Mascot Legendaries being a Solar Lion and a Lunar Bat.

A Joker based Pokemon trainer would likely have a pair of Poochyena/Mightyena as homages to The Joker’s Hyenas, and maybe he'd have interest in a Mr.Mime or Mime Jr.

Update: I've decided to change my mind on giving Ra's Legenderies. Instead I've decided his team should be all three Hoenn starters fully evolved, a Tyranatar, a Tauros and a Slowking.