.beans/nuzlocke-tracker-6lud--audit-and-fix-route-ordering-for-gen-1-4-games.md

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# nuzlocke-tracker-6lud
title: Audit and fix route ordering for Gen 1-4 games
status: scrapped
type: task
priority: normal
created_at: 2026-02-10T08:59:16Z
updated_at: 2026-02-11T13:54:47Z
parent: nuzlocke-tracker-rzu4
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Review the existing route ordering for Gen 1-4 games that already have ordering defined. The current ordering may not accurately reflect typical game progression.

## Games to audit:
- [ ] FireRed/LeafGreen (and aliased: Red/Blue, Yellow, Let's Go)
- [ ] HeartGold/SoulSilver (and aliased: Gold/Silver, Crystal)
- [ ] Emerald (and aliased: Ruby/Sapphire, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
- [ ] Platinum

## What to check:
- Routes are in correct progression order (match typical walkthrough)
- No routes are missing from the ordering
- No routes are listed that don't exist in the encounter data
- Aliases make sense (e.g. Red/Blue may have slightly different progression from FR/LG)
- Post-game areas are placed after main story areas
- Sub-areas (children) inherit parent ordering correctly

## Notes:
- Cross-reference with Bulbapedia walkthrough pages
- The Platinum ordering currently starts with cities and mines rather than the starting town/routes — this may be incorrect
- Diamond/Pearl currently aliases to nothing — check if it should alias to Platinum or needs its own ordering
Add Game Data Cleanup epic with subtasks Track the work needed to audit and complete encounter data and route ordering across all supported games. Covers automated source exploration, Gen 8+ stub population, ORAS/Let's Go completion, route ordering for Gen 5+, Gen 1-4 ordering audit, and special encounters review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-02-10 10:00:14 +01:00			`---`
			`# nuzlocke-tracker-6lud`
			`title: Audit and fix route ordering for Gen 1-4 games`
Fix and complete route ordering for all games Rewrote route_order.json with correct progression ordering for all 15 version groups (Gen 1-9), validated against encounter data files. Added generate_route_order.py script for reproducible generation and validation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-02-11 15:21:18 +01:00			`status: scrapped`
Add Game Data Cleanup epic with subtasks Track the work needed to audit and complete encounter data and route ordering across all supported games. Covers automated source exploration, Gen 8+ stub population, ORAS/Let's Go completion, route ordering for Gen 5+, Gen 1-4 ordering audit, and special encounters review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-02-10 10:00:14 +01:00			`type: task`
Fix and complete route ordering for all games Rewrote route_order.json with correct progression ordering for all 15 version groups (Gen 1-9), validated against encounter data files. Added generate_route_order.py script for reproducible generation and validation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-02-11 15:21:18 +01:00			`priority: normal`
Add Game Data Cleanup epic with subtasks Track the work needed to audit and complete encounter data and route ordering across all supported games. Covers automated source exploration, Gen 8+ stub population, ORAS/Let's Go completion, route ordering for Gen 5+, Gen 1-4 ordering audit, and special encounters review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-02-10 10:00:14 +01:00			`created_at: 2026-02-10T08:59:16Z`
Fix and complete route ordering for all games Rewrote route_order.json with correct progression ordering for all 15 version groups (Gen 1-9), validated against encounter data files. Added generate_route_order.py script for reproducible generation and validation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-02-11 15:21:18 +01:00			`updated_at: 2026-02-11T13:54:47Z`
Add Game Data Cleanup epic with subtasks Track the work needed to audit and complete encounter data and route ordering across all supported games. Covers automated source exploration, Gen 8+ stub population, ORAS/Let's Go completion, route ordering for Gen 5+, Gen 1-4 ordering audit, and special encounters review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-02-10 10:00:14 +01:00			`parent: nuzlocke-tracker-rzu4`
			`---`

			`Review the existing route ordering for Gen 1-4 games that already have ordering defined. The current ordering may not accurately reflect typical game progression.`

			`## Games to audit:`
			`- [ ] FireRed/LeafGreen (and aliased: Red/Blue, Yellow, Let's Go)`
			`- [ ] HeartGold/SoulSilver (and aliased: Gold/Silver, Crystal)`
			`- [ ] Emerald (and aliased: Ruby/Sapphire, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)`
			`- [ ] Platinum`

			`## What to check:`
			`- Routes are in correct progression order (match typical walkthrough)`
			`- No routes are missing from the ordering`
			`- No routes are listed that don't exist in the encounter data`
			`- Aliases make sense (e.g. Red/Blue may have slightly different progression from FR/LG)`
			`- Post-game areas are placed after main story areas`
			`- Sub-areas (children) inherit parent ordering correctly`

			`## Notes:`
			`- Cross-reference with Bulbapedia walkthrough pages`
			`- The Platinum ordering currently starts with cities and mines rather than the starting town/routes — this may be incorrect`
			`- Diamond/Pearl currently aliases to nothing — check if it should alias to Platinum or needs its own ordering`