This is just like Pokémon Gold just remastered and brought up to date with today expectations. The creator(Zel) took his time and put in a lot of effort to make
this hack lay ed out to the T, just like original Gold. The only minor
difference I noticed was  that this is an  incomplete hack and if you
verse a certain trainer in kanto in this game,( no matter if you beat
the trainer or not)the game brings you back to the main menu. Another
difference I noticed was the new rival named Carlos that's in this hack
and also Pokémon evolve by stones or levels instead of trade or
friendship! I would definitely
play this hack  again to simply enjoy a well, up to date in color version
of Gold, and it's not that long of a hack so it would be a simple fast
journey to replay so that means its less time consuming.It's really not that difficult of a game, no trainers
levels of Pokémon were boosted/edited, that goes for gym leaders
Pokémon, elite 4's Pokémon as well. And quite frankly it was a nice and
easy game were you could beat it at your own pace, and for you old
school Pokémon players like me take it nice and easy and enjoy an older
school game on a Pokémon Firered graphic and color wise platform!

I really like the fact that you pointed out in this hack how the Pokémon do not need to level up by trading which be impossible since we are not all together playing on Game Boys due to the fact that Vizzed is a website that we play on for Computer ROMS.  I which the friendship would have stayed because really it is not that hard to get your Pokémon to like you. Other than that I think that Pokémon Shiny Gold is a really fast and fun hack to play through and complete.