Pokemon Emerald Hack

What is this hack

This hack is a personal upgrade/modification of the original Pokemon Emerald. It uses the pokeemerald Expansion as its base and introduces new Pokemon as well.

Features

• pokeemerald Expansion features
  • Generation 4 Pokemon
  • Fairy Type
  • Physical/Special/Status Category Split.
  • New moves and abilities up to Sword/Shield. (Used depending on the Pokemon available.)
  • Updates Hoenn's Regional Dex to match ORAS' with various changes.
  • Updates National Dex incorporating all the new species.
  • Base stats have been updated.
  • New evolution methods.
  • Hidden Abilities.
  • Items from newer generations.
• New Features (COMPLETED)
  • The unused ability Cacophony has been re-added as an alternative to Punk Rocker.
    • Pokemon with Cacophony do 1.5x damage with sound-based moves.
    • Pokemon with Cacophony will get a 10% boost to accuracy with sound-based moves.
    • Currently only the Whismur and Kricketot line has Cacophony as their second ability.
  • Pokemon that evolve by trade can now evolve through the use of a Link Cable.
  • Pokemon that evolve by trade while holding an item can now evolve through the use of a Link Cable while holding that item.
  • Altering Cave's wild Pokemon changes every day.
  • Stats that change from a Pokemon's nature will be shaded.
  • Phione evolves into Manaphy at high friendship.
  • Certain Pokeballs in the world will give a higher amount of that item.
  • Certain moves have type changes.
    • Splash
      • Water
      • Does damage during rain based on the user's weight.
  • Swarming Pokemon may now hold other items.
  • The Rival's gender can now be chosen. (Can't be renamed.)
  • Castform gets a Sandy Form. (No sprite/design yet)
  • Hidden Trees. Hidden Grotto-like interactable trees where each day, a Pokemon or item may drop from the tree.
    • All Hidden Tree Pokemon will have their hidden ability.

New Features

• New Features (PENDING)

  • Certain Pokemon will know moves as a baby just like Pichu and Volt Tackle.

    • Farfetch'd - Leek - Tailwind
    • Chansey/Happiny - Lucky Punch - Mach Punch
    • Cubone - Thick Club - Bone Rush
    • Sneasel - Razor Claw - Night Slash
    • Gligar - Razor Fang - Leech Life

  • A baby egg lotto will be available. Basically an updated Odd Egg.

  • New low-hp type abilities.

  • 18 trainers are scattered throughout Hoenn, one for each type. Defeating them will give a bonus to damage done by their type.

  • Certain Pokemon have type changes. To help decide if these changes are good or not, visit this form to give me your thoughts on them.

    • Gen 1
      • Charizard
        • Fire/Dragon
      • Arbok
        • Poison/Dark
      • Ninetales - Normal Form
        • Fire/Fairy
      • Psyduck
        • Psychic/Water
      • Golduck
        • Psychic/Water
      • Primeape
        • Fighting/Dark
      • Hypno
        • Psychic/Dark
      • Kangaskhan
        • Normal/Fighting
      • Gyarados
        • Water/Dragon
    • Gen 2
      • Bellossom
        • Grass/Fairy
      • Sudowoodo
        • Rock/Fighting
      • Sunflora
        • Grass/Fire
      • Wobbuffet
        • Psychic/Ghost
      • Dunsparce
        • Normal/Steel
      • Ursaring
        • Normal/Fighting
    • Gen 3
      • Sceptile
        • Grass/Dragon
      • Skitty
        • Fairy
      • Delcatty
        • Fairy
      • Manectric
        • Electric/Dark
      • Volbeat
        • Bug/Fairy
      • Illumise
        • Bug/Fairy
      • Swalot
        • Poison/Fairy
      • Torkoal
        • Fire/Rock
      • Glalie
        • Ice/Rock
      • Huntail
        • Water/Dark
      • Gorebyss
        • Water/Psychic
      • Luvdisc
        • Water/Fairy
    • Gen 4
      • Luxray
        • Electric/Dark
      • Rampardos
        • Rock/Dark
      • Pachirisu
        • Electric/Fairy
      • Lopunny
        • Normal/Fighting
      • Carnivine
        • Grass/Dark

  • Beta mon from previous generations. To help me name the unnamed beta mon, visit this form.

    • Gen 2 - https://tcrf.net/Proto:Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver/Spaceworld_1997_Demo/Pok%C3%A9mon
      • Beta Bayleef
        • Blossomole
          • Grass/Fairy(?)
      • -Beta Fire type starter line - New Fire starter
        • Flambear, Volbear, Dynabear
          • Fire, Fire/???, Fire/???
      • -Beta Water type starter line - New Water starter
        • Cruz, Aquis, Aquaria
          • Water, Water/???, Water/???
      • Beta Noctowl - Hoothoot split evolution - Use Wurmple's evolution
        • Owldurn
          • Normal/Flying
      • -Beta Vulpix baby
        • Trifox
          • Fire
      • Beta Tangela baby
        • Tangel
          • Grass
      • Beta Tangrowth - Tangela split evolution
        • Tangrath
          • Grass/Fighting(?)
      • -Beta Mantine
        • Rayleep
          • Water/Fairy(?)
      • Beta Qwilfish evolution
        • Numpuff
          • Water/Poison
      • -Beta Goldeen baby
        • Golpy
          • Water
      • Beta sunfish line
        • Sunmola, Anchorage, Grotess
          • Water, Water/Steel, Water/???
      • Beta Paras baby
        • Para
          • Bug/Grass
      • Beta Ditto evolution - Metal Coat + Trade
        • Animon
          • Normal/Steel
      • -Beta Doduo baby
        • Chiks
          • Normal/Flying
      • -Beta Meowth baby
        • Meowsy
          • Normal
      • -Beta dark cat line
        • Rinring, Belloyant
          • Dark/Fairy(?), Dark/Fairy(?)
      • Beta Ponyta baby
        • Minicorn
          • Fire
      • Beta Slowbro shell pokemon
        • Turbann
          • Rock(?)
      • -Beta Grimer baby
        • Grimey
          • Poison
      • Beta Tyrogue
        • Gohng
          • Fighting/Fairy(?)
      • -Beta Growlithe baby
        • Puddi
          • Fire
      • -Beta Hoppip line
        • Lefneko, Dandeneko, Cottoneko - New Grass starter
          • Grass/Fairy, Grass/Fairy, Grass/Fairy
      • Beta Weepinbell branching evolution - Moon Stone
        • Belmitt
          • Grass/Dark(?)
      • -Beta seal Pokemon
        • Bomsoaker
          • Fire/Water
      • -Beta electric tiger line
        • Kotora, Raitora
          • Electric, Electric
      • Beta Farfetch'd evolution
        • Madame - female only
          • Normal(?)/Flying
      • -Beta Ghost line - They will evolve into each other every 10 levels
        • Kurstraw, Pangshi
          • Ghost/???, Ghost/???
      • -Beta Pinsir Evolution
        • Plux
          • Bug/Dark
      • -Beta Ice wolf line
        • Wolfman, Warwolf
          • Ice, Ice/Dark
      • Beta Porygon2 - Branching evolution for Porygon - Dubious Disc at Porygon
        • Porygon-C
          • Normal
    • https://tcrf.net/Proto:Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver/Spaceworld_1999_Demo/Pok%C3%A9mon
      • Beta Dunsparce - Baby Dunsparce?
        • Duneslet
          • Normal
      • -Beta Sneasel
        • Swievel
          • Ice/Normal
      • -Beta Celebi
        • ???
          • Steel/???
      • Beta Wooper -
        • Woober
          • Water/???
    • https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver/Sprites/990613
      • -Beta Azumarill - Branching evolution for Marill
        • Kirorill
          • Water/Fighting
      • Beta Gligar - Branching evolution for Gligar
        • Stingbat
          • Flying/???
      • Beta Blissey - Branching evolution for Chansey
        • Whimsey
          • ???
      • -Beta Girafarig pre-evolution
        • Twinz
          • Ghost/Fairy

  • New incense items for use with beta baby mon.

    • Rich Incense - Meowsy
      • An exotic-smelling incense that makes the holder move first occasionally. (Quick Claw)
    • Flame Incense - Trifox/Minicorn/Puddi
      • . (Charcoal)
    • Grime Incense - Grimey
      • . (Poison Barb?)
    • Grass Incense - Tangel/Para
    • Water Incense - Golpy

  • Ice - Resist Dragon and Ground

  • Electric - Super effective to Steel

  • Bug - Remove Fairy Resistance - Resist Psychic

  • Poison - Super effective to Bug

Changes

• Changes from Emerald
  • Shiny odds have been increase by 2x.
  • Friendship evolutions only need 200 instead of 220.
  • Pokemon can get 255 EVs in each stat similar to STAT EXP in generation 1 and 2.
  • Pure Power now doubles Special Attack instead of Attack. To differentiate from Huge Power.
  • Minus now raises Attack instead of Special Attack. To differentiate from Plus.
  • Mr. Mime's name is changed to Barrierd.
  • Mime Jr.'s name is changed to Barrie
  • Castform shows its shiny color when transformed.
  • Obedience is increased with each badge.
  • Pickup table has been modified.
    • Due to this change and that plenty of useful items are now possible to get from Pickup, some pokemon get the Pickup ability.
      • Vulpix line
      • Plusle and Minun
      • Starly
      • Manaphy and Phione
  • Mew and Deoxys will behave normally regardless of how they were obtained.
  • The number of spots Feebas can be found has been doubled.
  • More bag space. 120 spots now.
  • Wave Incense and Sea Incense have been combined into a singular Incense. It's now called the Water Incense.
  • Rose Incense has been renamed. It's now called the Grass Incense.
  • Starting money has been changed to 5000.
• Changes from the pokeemerald Expansion
  • Critical hits do 2x damage. (Gens 1 - 5)
  • Trainers give boosted EXP. (Gens 1 - 6)
  • Pokemon receive split EXP. (Gens 1 - 5)
  • Badges boost stats. (Gens 1 - 3)
  • Binding damage does 1/16th damage each turn. (Gens 1 - 5)
  • Hidden Power uses IVs to determine power. (Gens 3 - 5)
  • Rough Skin/Iron Barb damage is 1/16th. (Gen 3)
  • Dark Type Pokemon are no longer immune to moves affected by Prankster. Dark types just nullify the priority boost.
  • Roost will make a pure Flying-type Pokemon typless instead of Normal.
  • Binding moves last for 2-5 turns. (Gens 1 - 4)
  • Uproar lasts for 2-5 turns. (Gens 3 & 4)
  • Hi-Jump Kick does recoil damage based on the damage done. (Gens 1 - 4)
  • Conversion picks a move at random. (Gens 1 - 5)
  • Spite reduces PP by 2-5. (Gens 1 - 3)
  • Sheer Cold has normal accuracy if the user is not Ice type. (Gens 1 - 6)
  • Rapid Spin does not increase speed. (Gens 1 - 7)
  • Minimize only increases evasion by 1 stage. (Gens 1 - 4)
  • Hi-Jump Kick will not recoil if the target is immune. (Gen 4)
    • My reasoning is they still hit the target but it does no damage.
  • Damaging healing moves won't heal the user that's under the effect of Heal Block. (Gen 5)
    • The move will still damage the opponent.
  • Teleport will not allow the user to switch out. (Gens 1 - 6)
  • Dark Void will not fail if used by any Pokemon besides Darkrai. (Gens 1 - 6)
  • Weather abilities will last until the weather is changed. (Gens 1 - 5)
  • Nest Ball's catch rate is from Gen 5.
  • Sport Ball has a catch rate of 1.5x.
  • Serene Grace will not boost the chance of flinching from Razor Fang or King's Rock. (Gens 3 - 4)
  • Health recovery items heal as they would pre-Gen 7.
  • Incense items work as they would normally.
    • New items will be added for use with Beta Mon.
  • Rotom's normal form has modified base stats. Closer total to the forms.
• Bug Fixes
  • RNG will now be seeded like it should.
  • Landing on grass will show the grass sprites correctly.
  • Pokedex entries will not show without the Pokedex.
  • The snow weather has been fixed.
• Shiny Color Changes
  • PENDING
    • Abra
    • Articuno
    • Blissey
    • Burmy (All forms)
    • Chingling
    • Combusken
    • Diglett
    • Dugtrio
    • Elekid
    • Gabite
    • Gastrodon
    • Gengar
    • Igglybuff
    • Kadabra
    • Kangaskhan
    • Leafeon
    • Mantyke
    • Meowth
    • Nidoqueen
    • Persian
    • Pichu
    • Pikachu
    • Plusle
    • Poliwag
    • Poliwhirl
    • Scyther
    • Shellos
    • Skitty
    • Smoochum
    • Snorlax
    • Sunkern
    • Togepi
    • Togetic
    • Venonat
    • Wormadam (All forms)
    • Zapdos

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Documentation on features can be found here for the pokeemerald Expansion

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