Quickly Run from a Battle by Holding Right While the Wild Pokémon's Name Appears

By devolov

Goal: Make running from a wild battle 10x faster. The video of this hack also uses the simplistic battle intro. Holding the right D-pad button while pressing A or B when the Wild Pokemon's name appears will immediately cause you to run.

------------------------------ src/battle_main.c ------------------------------
index 4f82d8d75..fd3986fe8 100644
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ static void BattleIntroPrepareBackgroundSlide(void);
 static void BattleIntroDrawTrainersOrMonsSprites(void);
 static void BattleIntroDrawPartySummaryScreens(void);
 static void BattleIntroPrintTrainerWantsToBattle(void);
 static void BattleIntroPrintWildMonAttacked(void);
+static void BattleIntroQuickRun(void);
 static void BattleIntroPrintOpponentSendsOut(void);
 static void BattleIntroPrintPlayerSendsOut(void);
 static void BattleIntroOpponent1SendsOutMonAnimation(void);
 static void BattleIntroOpponent2SendsOutMonAnimation(void);
@@ -3664,14 +3665,26 @@ static void BattleIntroPrintTrainerWantsToBattle(void)
 static void BattleIntroPrintWildMonAttacked(void)
 {
     if (gBattleControllerExecFlags == 0)
     {
-        gBattleMainFunc = BattleIntroPrintPlayerSendsOut;
+        gBattleMainFunc = BattleIntroQuickRun;
         PrepareStringBattle(STRINGID_INTROMSG, 0);
     }
 }
 
 
+static void BattleIntroQuickRun(void)
+{
+    if (gBattleControllerExecFlags == 0)
+    {
+        if (JOY_HELD(DPAD_RIGHT)){
+            if (!IsRunningFromBattleImpossible()){
+                gBattleMainFunc = HandleEndTurn_RanFromBattle;
+                return;
+            }
+            PrepareStringBattle(STRINGID_CANTESCAPE, 0);
+        }
+        gBattleMainFunc = BattleIntroPrintPlayerSendsOut;
+    }
+}