I've created a Mod that allows battling wild pokémon in Pokémon Let's GO Eevee & Pikachu, before attempting to catch them. It uses the same system as the Legendaries, Snorlax & Voltorb line.

More details and download on the mod page on gamebanana.

I was searching of Pokemon Odyssey on Hackdex but found nothing of official hackdex website. Please inform the creator about this friends...

Hi guys,

I’m working on a new simple ROM Hack that expands the Battle Frontier with a new Battle Facility. I always wanted the Trainer Hill to be part of it so the question is, who should be the brain for this Battle Facility?

Some suggestions I have:

- Max (May’s little brother)

- Wally

- Emerald (from Pokémon Adventures)

- A different choice

Expect also a final battle when obtaining the eight symbols.

This is now my favorite rom hack. I didn't think Unbound would be dethroned, but here we are.

The narrative is amazing; and yes, I am biased because the various horror flic easter eggs, the gritty realism towards addiction and crime etc, and the FEAR AND HUNGER reference made me fangirl- nonetheless, it was written beautifully.

And while the dev had no way of knowing such- could not have, even- my dad passed away October 29, 2020. He was my very best friend. And when his terminal illness set up shop the main way we spent time together was watching old movies together. So reaching the end screen where you decide to not fulfill the... grey soulstone prophecy? Or whatever? Where you decide life is worth giving a chance? And coming home to "hey, I know you're busy, but there's a good movie on, wanna watch it with me?"

Made a grown man cry. Thank you.

And for anyone out there struggling with depression, grief, addiction, ptsd, any and all of the above or anything else that is digging its teeth and nails into your body and mind- don't give up!!! Even if you have no one and nothing to live for and if you are in this abyssal place- and I've been there!- don't let it take you that easily! If you're reading this it means you're yet drawing breath and that breath can fuel muscles to fight. Even if you are fated to lose, drag that which haunts you kicking and screaming down with you.

But you don't have to lose, you don't have to consign to... accepting that because the limited future we have is bleak, that you must also be bleak or give up. There's still cheesy movies to watch and remember loved ones as you do. There's still pumpkin pie out there. There's still good music to hear.

as I said, this time of year is always hard for me, and this did strike a heavy chord emotionally but in a positive way. and I wanted to share that, maybe it helps someone.

Art and music are amazing and the balancing around Ghost pokemon and the fakemon are great. And Crow Mauler made me fangirl like a swiftie going to their first concert.

Thank you!!!

Watch the trailer and let me know what you think!

There are so many ways to play the classic era of Pokemon games to the point where we are spoiled for choice. I can't count at the top of my head all the FRLG and Emerald Rom Hacks that just want to make for a better experience. So that being said, let's say someone wanted to experience the stories of the first 5 generations of Pokemon and get the best gameplay experience while doing so. What are the games you are recommending? We can include official titles as well if you truly believe no ROM Hack has improved the experience of the original. Which may be true for the DS Era of games where there's not a huge amount of ROM Hacks to play.

I'm very curious if you guys believe the Gold/Silver ROM Hacks are a better way to experience Johto than Heartgold and Soulsilver are.

Bonus Question: Are there any ROM Hacks you recommend that cover generations past Gen 5 and do they do anything that you believe make for a better experience than the original game?

i really do think its awesome that there’s essentially a version of emerald and crystal for everybody. im used to there being like, a definitive hack for every game, and its nice to see that a game as diverse as pokemon doesnt fall into that :) sorry if this is poorly written i just like to gush sometimes

like, for emerald, we have modern emerald, which.. well, modernizes emerald with a whole bunch of stuff! it was a great time with the built in randomizer BUT i was looking for something more vanilla and turns out revelation emerald was what i was looking for! and then i fell down the rabbit hole of emerald hacks and its so many!! like in a good way there’s so many of them!! emerald legacy, emerald flow, emerald cross, even ruby and sapphire get a lil bit of love :)

and crystal hacks get really crazy sometimes! i never got to finish it, but polished crystal blew me away when i gave it a test run! what a fantastic retake of pokemon crystal! i like that they added the green boy from the Chronicles anime as a playable character, and all the different remakes of the game for the GBA are soooo cool.

now i will say that im not huge on hacks that add every single pokemon. its not that theyre bad!! but i personally like to use and see pokemon from the same gen when im playing a pokemon game (unless i just dont like the regions pokemon lmaooo) so im a little put off by, say, if Erika had a leafeon, or a leavanny. STILL its awesome that if people want to play classic Pokemon games with their favorites from newer gens they can play a hack that adds them in!

it gives me a great way to replay my favorite pokemon games without wiping my old save file, while also getting to see the difference in design philosophy between the original games and the people reworking the games for play in the modern era!!! thank you all for making these cool games!!!!

Pokémon Shifted Spectrum is an alternate-reality version of Pokémon Platinum! It’s the same Sinnoh Region we all know and love, with completely redesigned Pokémon, altered encounters, more strategic battles, and a completely new way to experience the game from start to finish!  

Features:

Every Pokémon has a completely new “Shifted” typing!

Custom abilities, learn sets, and recolored palettes to match new identities – including brand new shiny forms.

Increased shiny odds to 1/1024!

Expanded wild encounters featuring Pokémon from the first 4 generations.

Wild Pokémon can hold useful items, chosen to help with evolution requirements or to improve caught Pokémon in battle.

All special battles, gym leaders, and the E4 use full teams of 6 along with useful held items, coverage and setup strategies.

All gyms and E4 retain original typing’s aside from the 1^st gym which is now a “Fossil Pokémon Gym”. Only Cynthia retains her iconic team.

Team Galactic has redesigned teams that grow stronger as you progress. Galactic grunts have more variety.

NPC trades have been changed, and all received Pokémon have perfect IVs.

Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup remain the starts, but have been reworked.

Selected moves have been rebalanced or redesigned including changes to power, accuracy, typing, and possible secondary effects.

Difficulty is increased, but NOT a difficulty rom hack.

A gym leader/ E4 guide is nearly complete, and a Shifted Spectrum pokedex along with other additional documentation to help you on your journey are also being worked on.

The goal was not to change a great game altogether, but to alter the Pokémon and challenge us to rethink the game while replaying a classic we all know and love! Shifted Spectrum is meant to feel like rediscovering Platinum again for the first time, with plenty of surprises and changes to keep you on your toes.

Thank you for reading and please join the Discord channel to stay up to date on the progress of the testing. Follow me on twitch @ Director_Smitty to see us live testing and enjoying the first playthrough of Pokémon Shifted Spectrum!

The dev mentioned on discord that the final complete release will be before October ends and a release date announcement will be made 1-2 days before release

Started the year with Ghost Grey being my most anticipated hack but that changed with MM's trailer which was so sudden but absolutely banging. Can't wait to finally be able to play it

Random thought, but this, gta6, zelda oot, avengers doomsday and dune all within 2 months is kinda crazy... we're eating good

I just finished Pokemon Unbound after playing it on and off for about 5 or 6 months. All in all I had a great time. I used to be big into rom hacks in high-school but I fell out of them pretty hard in college, but now I am trying to play more.

I find myself constantly comparing rom hacks to Pokemon Insurgence. While its not a rom hack, it is a fan game that I find myself constantly re playing because I enjoy it so much. In terms of story, I did really enjoy Unbound. It was about on par with insurgence with me. The only thing I didn't like was the switch from Zeph as the main villain to Aklove. I don't hate Aklove, it just kind of felt like he came out of nowhere and I liked Zephs story more.

In terms of mons I really enjoyed the variety of Unbound. I like that I had basically every pokemon to choose from, I just had to try hard to find some (namely ferroseed). I do kind of wish this hack had some new regional variants. I really like delta pokemon from insurgence and regional variants scratch that same itch for me. It just kind of felt like Unbound didn't have anything unique in terms of pokemon. I did really enjoy the dex nav though. I liked that I could shiny hunt during the story with just a little bit of work, and it paid off, letting me get a shiny of one of my favorite pokemon.

The difficulty was annoying at times. I played it on the middle difficulty ( I can't remember if it was called normal or hard, it was whichever one was the easiest with level scaling), and I felt like it made the game unfun in some of the early gyms. Those gym gimmicks made me crank the difficulty down and just beat them by overlevelling, which was frustrating. Maybe that was due to not having a good team comp early or not ev training yet, but personally I don't feel like the early gyms should demand that, even on higher difficulty. A lot of the gyms felt like the fight against east immediately into Jaern in insurgence with how unfair they felt. In the late game things mellowed out, which is what makes me think it was due to not ev training or having a cohesive team, because I did both of those in the late game. I felt like by the time I got to crystal peak and the end of the game I had the tools to handle basically anything.

In conclusion, I'd give the game a 10/10 for mechanics and graphics, 7/10 for story, a 9/10 for pokemon, and a 5/10 for balance between battle difficulty and fun. Overall, I'd give the game an 8/10 and I would absolutely recommend it to people. I feel like it is a must play rom hack and largely embodies what a rom hack can be at its full potential. Most of my critiques are largely my personal preference and not objective, so certainly others experiences may differ.

Goodbye for now, Pokemon Unbound, I can only imagine I'll play you again, possibly as a nuzlocke. I'm really gonna miss this team. I feel like it's one of the truest to myself teams I've ever made and I wish modern pokemon games would let me have all these pokemon at once in a playthrough. I hope someone finds this helpful and maybe tips them over the fence to try the game if maybe they weren't going to before. I'm moving on to pokemon gaia next, so if anyone has any advice about that, let me know. Peace.

What is the truly the most beautiful Pokémon romhack? A romhack where the regions look aesthetically beautiful and pleasing, where you can just walk around and enjoy the world. Also preferably that there is some sort of life around the world, like Pokémons walking around, many NPCS etc.

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It gets very tedious when I catch a pokemon and try to evolve it later for either using it or dex completion but spend way too long trying to find it.

Playing through Emerald Imperium right now. There’s 11 boxes of Pokemon and I’m only through gym 4. Almost every ROM hack is like this now. I’m fine with a large Pokédex but I wish ROM hacks made it easier to find them in the PC.

Example of this is when I was playing Soul Gold. I had around 18 boxes of Pokemon and was running out of room. I tried to start the dex completion process but finding each pokemon to evolve them felt like a different task all on its own. Especially if the game requires you to have multiple teams due to the difficulty.

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Pokemon Boundless Black 2 is a rom hack releasing this November for Pokemon Black 2 with the following features and much more.

• Every Pokémon from Gens 1–9, plus regional forms
• Mega Evolution and Primal Reversion (Gigantamax Pokémon become Mega variants)
• Dexnav
• Following Pokemon
• Modern moves, abilities, items and battle rules
• Global exp share
• Increased difficulty and level caps
• Expanded storyline with all legendaries and mythicals incorporated.

Discord here for more frequent updates I will release everything on reddit though https://discord.gg/uwBWUePvqe

Credits:
White2Upgrade
Animated Pokemon System
The Gen 9 Move Animation Project
Following Pokemon EX

AI assistance was used. AI did not "generate" code or content it was used with human review find call sites and read assembly for me to work with and help debug my code. I've worked on this myself for 2+ years and built systems like followers ect by hand. AI has been used for example to help to get my follower code working on the bw2 bridges which aren't tile based maps, for certain abilities which I couldn't find hooks too, complex move effects ect. It was never used for art, music, scripts, story, pokemon edits, sprites etc.

hey y'all, been a min. wanted to show off a feature a year in the making, felt a bit pushed to show it off due to all the other sinnoh based multiplayer developments being advertised. no ai in this one. uses the underground system as the initial base and has tons of new features. this will be released with relumi day one.

Hey everyone. I made a post about two weeks ago showcasing a mod in my gen 4 rom editor where you can add lava surfing. Well, I've been working tirelessly since then to continue to improve this rom/map editor for gen 4 games, and I wanted to showcase one of my favorite tools: the terrain painter.

Instead of placing every edge, corner, and middle tile by hand for things like water, cliffs, and paths, you can just paint the shape and the edges fill in automatically. It works directly on the maps in the ROM with no other tool needed. I also added lava painting to go along with my lava surf mod.

Also showcased in this video is walk mode, where you can walk around the map you just made in 3D to get a feel for it before booting up the actual game.

This tool is still a work in progress, and I'm still working on some very exciting features like procedural route generation for adding new routes, so let me know what you guys think!

An update of my Gen 2 Xerneas sprites from last month. Done mainly to make it more natural when mirrored and to make everything feel more proportionate overall. Spriter's resource sheet can be found here: https://www.spriters-resource.com/custom_edited/pokemoncustoms/asset/606078/

Small development update on my still secret project. Seasons are now available! Soon you'll be able to interact with them more directly (such as petting) and get unique responses based on the environment around you!

Gen 9 Terastal forms are incomplete but working in pokemon usum

Hey everyone, from the creator of Roaring Red, my new Romhack Enigmatic Emerald is released now! This game keeps a lot of design philosophies from my first hack, while expanding on it's features and making some positive changes, the key features are:

- All 386 Pokemon Obtainable, including all legendaries.
- Physical/Special Split and Fairy Type introduced.
- Gen 6 Style Toggleable EXP.All (Intended for casual players.)
- All major boss battles revamped with new teams, type diversity and higher difficulty that can be approached casually or as a challenge.
- All Pokemon received curated handcrafted move sets, and many Pokemon received balancing adjustments (No fully evolved Pokemon under 430 BST.)
- Many new moves, as well as most moves receiving some adjustments.
- EVs/IVs can be viewed through a key item in the bag.
- Hidden Power will now display what type it is in the move menu.
- Healing berry rebalancing (Berry Juice and Sitrus Berries now heal more to fit more later game)
- TMs/Held Items/Berries/Evolution Items now populate the marts of Hoenn.
- 1/1000 Shiny Rate.

You can download the patch for the game here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/n2xnnvttqqulj6y/Enigmatic_Emerald_-_1.0.ups/file

If you want to discuss the game further, or have any questions, you can join the discord here:
https://discord.gg/yPhzcDFZq

I wanna make this VERY clear. It's not that I don't think enhancement or difficulty hacks shouldn't exist at all, I just think majority of the ones already made or still being made were almost pointless cuz they don't change much or add anything new that another hack already did outside of the more vanilla feeling or increase in difficulty

Enhancement hacks are great. Honestly they're probably the best ways to play the game normally and a decent way of bringing people who are new to pokemon into the series. The pokemon Legacy series with Yellow, Crystal, Emerald and upcoming X Legacy are great examples because these hacks fix any bugs, make things more balanced and less pointless but still keeps you feeling the majority of feel of the generation you're playing like how non of the legacy hacks they made don't have physical special split which will change once X Legacy since it's a gen 6 hack. A few other Enhancement hacks can be made that do make things less vanilla and more like the ultimate version of that game such as ROWE, Quetzal and maybe even elite redux (more extreme examples but they're still emerald at the end of the day just with more stuff)

Difficulty hacks work in much the same way or at least to me. You can make a vanilla FRLG hack, you can make one that included megas, you can make one with Gen 1-9 pokemon etc but at a certain point what else can you add and why continue making FRLG difficulty hacks or other hacks of other games/regions without something to make it unique like a new region or story or battle gimmick

Ultimately once you've played 1 Enhancement or difficulty hack of a game/region, do you really need to play another? Difficulty hacks have more of a reason to play another because you can leay increase the difficulty but there will be a limit reached at some point and again you'll be stuck at nothing else needing to be played. At least with something like water blue or aesthetic red you get a visual overhaul of the game to make it look much better when you want to replay Kanto all over again

This is half in case anyone wants to use these, half as practice for my own hack, where I'll (hopefully) be redesigning Kanto. I've been working a little with Polished Crystal as a base as well as regular Crystal. Can you tell what each of the maps are? I've left some of the more relatively obscure ones towards the end.

By the way, if you want to use any of them in your own hack, let me know and I'll send you a folder with all the .blk files (so long as you give credit, of course), and if you've got a map you think would look cool in my style, let me know and I might try to make it.