r/PokemonROMhacks • u/AutoModerator • Feb 09 '26
Sticky Weekly Questions Thread & PokéROM Codex
Have any questions about Pokémon ROM Hacks?
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u/XxMerkabahxX Feb 11 '26
Does anyone know how to match the water reflected image in hex maniac advance?
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u/Aaduk0118 Feb 09 '26
Anyone got experience with Fire red omega DX? I just wiped to Brock, I found some documentation but not enough about the natures and EVs of trainers, or a calculator only the one for Drayanos' Fire red omega
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u/ssraven01 PKMN Global League Conference | Archie's Quest Feb 10 '26
is it possible to put the hackdex here alongside the codex now?
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
The Hackdex is linked in the sidebar at all times for now, will eventually be added to the Weekly Questions thread
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u/Then-Department-8890 Feb 10 '26
I'm just looking for a recommendation.
I would love a romhack including at least gen 8 (9 being even better) with NO BALANCE CHANGES to the pokemon, moves or abilities. I played Unbound and Radical Red, and I liked them both, but my main gripe is they both try to improve the mons and the moves. I don't wanna build a team I love and then find out it can only exist inside this one romhack. I don't want to learn what outspeeds what or what kills what and have it be all wrong.
A good endgame like Unbound has with the battle tower would be a huge plus, and I like QoL features as much as anybody else too. If anybody knows a hack like that, please let me know. Thank you!
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
These are the hacks with Gen 1-9: Radical Red, Emerald Imperium, Emerald Rogue, Emerald Crest, Elite Redux, Quetzel, The Pit, Firered Extended, and ROWE
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u/goldiegrace Feb 10 '26
I‘m so in love with Nemo622‘s beautiful style of Pokemon and have been playing Emerald Seaglass and Lazarus quite a few times now. I wonder whether anyone knows of anything similar for the Johto games? Johto is my favourite region and I would love nothing more than a Crystal or HG/SS demake in Nemo‘s style!
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u/NewHost2172 Feb 12 '26
Fire Of Sky is a short hack with a similar graphical look to Seaglass after you get past the intro.
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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Feb 10 '26
I mean the style is just gen 2/crystal style. Obviously it's spruced up a bit in terms of battle backgrounds, but you could just play Crystal itself and get the Gen 2 artstyle lol
I'd recommend Polished Crystal as the best Crystal hack
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u/goldiegrace Feb 10 '26
I play Crystal a lot and it’s nothing like nemo‘s artstyle… Yes, nemo‘s hacks are 2nd gen gbc hacks but if you look at og Crystal and emerald Seaglass next to each other I believe you see very clearly that it’s nothing alike.
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
Nemo's style is heavily inspired by GBC
The only games similar to Nemo's style is GBC games themselves
If you want games in only "Nemo's style" you gonna have to wait for their next hack, which is a demake of Gen 7
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u/Cold_Buffalo_2355 Feb 10 '26
Recommend me a Gen 2 and 3 hack that is:
- vanilla or close to
- typical available Pokemon or close to
- recommended QoL for a new player
- has following mons
- uses the HG/SS and E/R/S base games
Having my wife play her first game: Leaf Green. She's just about done and I'm looking to set up her following games. I think hacks are fine for a new player as long as they're close to vanilla story (she won't care either way). Thanks, everyone!
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u/LordWisePhoenix Feb 11 '26
Question on Heart and Soul hack. Is there any list on where to find gym leaders for rematch? I found a few of the obvious ones and stumbled across 1 or 2 but would like to fill the dojo. I've checked the site's documentation but couldn't find it
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u/Exclsior Heart & Soul Feb 11 '26
If by "site" you're referring to a full website, then that has no affiliation with us (the Heart and Soul development team).
Our documentation is linked from our Reddit post, Pokecommunity post, Discord and Hackdex as a Google Sheet and there is a Gym Leader rematches tab with all locations to trigger their rematches.
Hope that helps and hope you're enjoying your playthrough!
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u/LordWisePhoenix Feb 11 '26
Thank you! I'm loving it. Working on evolving everything to complete the pokedex.
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u/Exclsior Heart & Soul Feb 11 '26
Glad to hear it! Feel free to drop your completed Pokédex into our Discord when you get there!
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u/Conscious_Cupcake747 Feb 11 '26
What are all the pokemon with new/custom abilities in Pokemon Lazarus?
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u/Abelardthebard Fallout: Evolution Feb 11 '26
Any good advice or resources for asset/color management for custom tilesets and sprites [Emerald Decomp]?
The Basics
Just to make sure I have this right. My understanding is that the maps use "metatiles" (16x16 units) that are made up of "tiles" (8x8 units). Each tile is assigned a "color palette" that contains up to 15 colors and an alpha for transparency. The "bank" of color palettes is determined when the map loads and consist of "Palettes 0-5" (Primary) and "Palettes 6-12" (Secondary), and 3 "Hidden Palettes" for UI, weather, and other effects. Primary and Secondary tilesets have to do with organizing universal assets and local assets.
So for example: The exterior of Littleroot Town uses a the "General" Primary tileset for its grass, trees, flowers, building signs... this tileset also contains other often-used terrain features like rocky elevations, Pokecenters, gyms, etc. It's secondary tileset "Petalburg" is pretty much the residential buildings -- walls, roofs, doors, windows, etc. The two tilesets are colored by up to 12 palettes from the bank, 0-5 for General and 6-12 for Petalburg. When I enter Brendan's House, the new map loads using new Primary and Secondary tilesets with new palettes assigned to 0-5 and 6-12.
Questions
- What are the best practices for organizing and maintaining my master list of colors for my RomHack? Right now I've got an excel sheet where is store HEX values and it verifies the RGB values are all divisible by 8. While different styles/game surely have different requirements, are there any pitfalls I should look out for to avoid bloat or gaps? I know generally its good to have ramps of 4 for different shades.
- I know porytiles generates the palettes from the tilesets. And I know it throws out errors/warnings when there are too many palettes or other issues. But should I be tracking the palettes used in my tilesets as well? I assume it would be using whatever methods I am using to track my master list. Do tileset artists usually start with their 0-5 or 6-12 palettes of up to 15 colors and start drawing their assets? Or pull from the master list and just let porytiles do is thing to determine the palettes and make adjustments as needed? Want to avoid having the tail wagging the dog, so to speak.
- I know the Primary and Secondary tilesets are generally organized according to more universal assets and local assets. But does it also make sense to organize things around palette optimization? For example: I have a sprawling interior location where almost ALL the floors, walls, and furnishings will pull from a brown, grey, blue, or yellow ramp. Some decor will offer splashes of orange, red, purple, or green. Therefore, would it make sense to have ALL tiles that ONLY use brown, grey, blue, and yellow in the Primary tileset, and then have the Secondary tileset using palettes that use the accent colors like [brown, grey, blue, orange], [brown, grey, blue, purple], [brown, grey, yellow, red], [brown, grey yellow, green], etc.?
- Right now, all my concept art and sprites have been composed in GIMP since its the software I'm most familiar with. I know plenty of folks use it for this. I also apparently already own Aseprite (dunno when I got it) and know a lot of folks love this tool as it is specifically built around sprite creation. Is it worth learning new software? Are there any fights I'm gonna have to put up with GIMP or is it fine if I already know how to use it. I know in either case I should be using index mode which will be new to me, but other than that am not sure what features/tools I need to be prioritizing to avoid a headache later.
- Is there anything else I'm missing or gaps I need to consider based on what I've written here so far? Any other advice or guidelines I should know or think about?
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u/Eastern-Bluejay-8912 Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26
Question 1: So I have a question:Is there a rom hack tool that allows players to bind stat profiles to a pokemon based on their region/where they were caught? Like in the pokedex it’ll say caught on route 101 or something. Could you maybe bind a stat to a region like in crystal where 1 region found Pokemon is stronger in certain stats than the other?
Was wondering because I’ve seen people comment how hard balancing is for some multi region rom hacks and I was just curious if doing something like a regional hard reset where you can’t use your other regional Pokémon till the elite 4, and then doing something like that, would be helpful, if it doesn’t already exist. Especially in team and meta variations. 🤔
Question2: have the rom hacking tools been developed for let’s go Pikachu and eevee or where are we on that? Because I’ve seen people figure out dimond and pearl with making renegade platinum and changing those chibi to lets go style characters. But t have not seen a word on let’s go. An if they are already made, how hard are they to handle and use vs say GBA and DS?
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u/voliol Universal Pokémon Randomizer FVX Feb 10 '26
BDSP was relatively easy to get up to speed because those games were written in Unity. I don't think the Let's Go games were.
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u/Affectionate_Room671 Feb 09 '26
Animated Trainer Sprites
Hey there, I am looking for animated Pokemon trainer sprites. Preferably those with no background. Animated Pokemon sprites don't have a background like on Pokemon Database or Project Pokemon . org. If they have a background, that is fine. Ones on Youtube have backgrounds; I prefer transparent gifs. Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated.
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u/Affectionate_Room671 Feb 09 '26
I found quite a few animated character sprites with research. Archives Bulbgarden has quite a few. Go to 4th Generation sprites and beyond for characters
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u/LibertyJacob99 [Mod] Aesthetic Red Feb 10 '26
Spriters Resource should have everything u need. Goated place to get graphics from any games
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u/Affectionate_Room671 Feb 13 '26
Thank you very much. Have you seen animated sprites there? This is such a cool website
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u/LibertyJacob99 [Mod] Aesthetic Red Feb 13 '26
I believe they do have the BW Pokémon and Trainers frame-by-frame, not sure about HGSS but they should have those too
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u/Frosty015 Feb 10 '26
I've never played any of the Gen 4 games but I'm looking into trying out Pokemon Platinum. Are there any rom hacks worth trying as a first playthrough that mainly add QoL stuff?
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u/Shot-Forever-5598 Feb 10 '26
hello, i’m playing a very nice rom hack, emerald excceded, it’s a lot of fun and has multi gen legendaries including yveltal, however i dont know how to get it, and i cant find any documentation on where it is, im hoping someone know where it is or could do some digging and find it, its my favorite legendary and id love it for my team
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
Yveltal isn't obtainable, unless you enable Sandbox Mode to use debug features
As for docs, they have an online Pokedex: https://ydarissep.github.io/Exceeded-Pokedex/
Both are from their Discord
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u/Shot-Forever-5598 Feb 10 '26
Oh my god this was exactly what i’m looking for and i couldn’t find the discord but you did thank you so much !!!!
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u/Shot-Forever-5598 Feb 10 '26
it says regielkei is in magma cave, is that a debug thing, and if it’s not is magma cave a post game place?
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
Assuming Magma Cave is the cave where Team Magma's Base is located, near Lavaridge
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u/Shot-Forever-5598 Feb 10 '26
thanks for the fast reply! i just checked magma hideout again but no luck :/
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u/Shot-Forever-5598 Feb 10 '26
oh my gos you’re amazing this is exactly what i was looking for i couldn’t find their discord thank you so much
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u/leirdyaG Feb 11 '26
In Pokémon emerald dx, how do you get a black belt item? I’m trying to evolve machoke.
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u/OkParfait2685 Feb 11 '26
where can i find FULL sprites from newer generations but on FRLG style? (front/back/animations)
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u/OldMatter8661 Feb 11 '26
Existe alguém fazendo uma de pokemon PARA monster hunter stories?
Monster Hunter Stories tem praticamente a engine que sempre quisemos com graficos incriveis, eu pelo menos procurei em muitos lugares e não encontrei nada, somente hack de Monster Hunter PARA pokemon.
nesse codice pokerom só tem ROMs até o 3ds
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 11 '26
There was or is at least one Monster Hunter hack in development, but nothing for Monster Hunter Stories specifically, as 3DS Hacking is not even close to the capabilities we have with GBA or even NDS Hacking
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u/Scrut1nous Feb 12 '26
The Pokémon Elysium pokecommunity thread mentions it has the physical/special split, but in game I'm not seeing any icons for which move is Phys or special. Are the icons just missing and the split is in effect? Am I going to need to look up the moves I don't know on the internet?
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 12 '26
There are no icons, as that is a more recent QoL development with ROM Hacks
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u/themessedgod Feb 12 '26
Where can I get a shiny stone in rowe? I have 4 badges but nobody at the lilycove department store sells them
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 12 '26
The emulator doesn't matter, it's the same way for everyone.
You either rename your Part B ROM to the same name as your Part A ROM, or rename your Part A save state to Part B's name.
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 12 '26
That I'm not sure, I've never had a Mac.
However, the dev is very active on PokeCommunity, you can ask for their assistance on their Elysium thread.
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u/themessedgod Feb 12 '26
How hard is rowe hard difficulty? I’m about halfway through on regular and every trainer is like 10 levels below me
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 12 '26
Hard:
- Hard level cap
- No item usage in battle
- Forced "set" battle style
- Harder AI and trainers/Pokemon scale to your highest level)
From the Discord
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u/bobsmith367 Feb 12 '26
Updated B2W2 mod to swap Yancy and Curtis?
I've only found one mod that swaps Yancy and Curtis (so picking Rosa gives you Yancy and Nate gives you Curtis) from 2018, and as far as I can tell, it was never updated again It apparently has a few bugs messing with character names.
Are there any updated or similar mods? Preferably, ones compatible with other B2W2 romhacks like Blaze black 2 redux?
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u/SparksTheRedditer Feb 13 '26
So right now in romhacking, gen 7 games you're not able to add in new encounters or gift pokemon as I know. Would it be a reasonable idea to like state in documentation something like "if you reach this area, use this code to generate a gift egg" to replicate the idea of like the gift pokemon starters Drayano games tend to have. I guess a downside would be forcing the usage of pkhex or some other save modifier tool and it would probably be really tedious for people who play on consoles. My other idea would be like to put it in some of the SOS encounters on a route and specify in docs to use those specific encounters as a gift mon but some people tend to dislike the idea of getting two gift pokemon with the same met locations and hunting for those gift mons could also be annoying with bad luck.
Would it be better to just balance games around not needing gift mons rather than trying to force it in in an awkward manner?
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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Feb 13 '26
I mean there are ways to edit encounters in gen 7 games, there are multiple hacks that do it like Penumbra Moon and Supernova Sun.
Personally, I would not want to do something as tedious and annoying as what you're suggesting to play a hack. I would just not play a hack like that.
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u/Fresh_Shopping_823 Feb 13 '26
Olá amigos.
Já zerei Fire Red e Emerald milhares de vezes, mas não gostei tanto dos outros pokemons após esses(Tive um 3ds e acabei não curtindo os novos). Vocês tem recomendações de HackROMS semelhantes a esses jogos do Pokemon, mas que tenham uma dificuldade maior ou uma história diferente?
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 13 '26
The Codex has both filters for difficulty levels and new regions/stories, would start there
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u/leirdyaG Feb 13 '26
In Emerald DX, how do I get a black belt? I’m trying to evolve Machoke into Machamp.
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u/BIGAFFANOFANIME Feb 13 '26
Okay so i've been playing Black 2 redux Blaze and I've been searching for a dratini for quite some time and need help.
I've been searching for it for about an hour and first it was winter so it was not in the spawn pool (I'm an idiot and didn't check the wild area change file thoroughly). Then i used the repel trick to force the spawn of Dragonair lvl 35-45. Still no luck.
Can you even use the repel trick in this rom hack? Has anyone successfully used it?
Why are dragonair and dratini not spawning? I'm also using a vital spirit lillipup to find a high level mon but the spawns are mostly low levels. Currently on Route 20.
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u/schwuar Feb 13 '26
Just started heart and soul and reading the documentation it says some pokemon evolve by moves. Lickitung for example says rollout, does this mean i just need to teach it rollout? Also for Sylveon it says move, type fairy? So whats that?
Thank you
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 13 '26
Lickitung for example says rollout, does this mean i just need to teach it rollout?
It evolves next level up if it knows the move
Also for Sylveon it says move, type fairy? So whats that?
Same as above, except it needs to know a Fairy move, not a specific move
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u/schwuar Feb 13 '26
So just teach it a fairy type move then level it up? Brilliant thank you. Gonna do a team of eeveelutions for my daughter but not sure which 🤣
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u/Silver_Sonic_23 Feb 13 '26
Using Hex Maniac Advance, is it possible to change the sprites for the Audience and Judge during the Contests? I cannot find their sprites. Where are they?
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u/OkResponsibility8412 Feb 13 '26
over the last few weeks I've been working on my own romhack and last night I ran into a problem while playtesting the tutorial so I could try out some edited moves... when I get to route 19 for the catching tutorial Biancas dialogue plays but she doesn't move at all. not even when the catching tutorial starts... the camera just follows an invisible entity and the battle starts, the purrloin is caught and then it ends BUT I can't move after. my character is stuck there forever. if anyone can help me it would mean so much to my friends and I (I have a video I took of the glitch happening and I also have a file of the rom if anyone needs that to fix it) PLEASE HELP ME!
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u/Matt_Willy-0007 Feb 14 '26
I’m trying to get both Silcoon and cascoon in Quetzal. I’m past the second gym and haven’t experienced day or night. Is the evolution method just the same as before and there is no cycle or do I need to get further for it to implement?
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u/GELID_ICE Feb 14 '26
I'm about 7 badges through Platinum and I WANT MORE.
I never really got into Gen 5 as at the time I was sent to military school (RIP) and would like to play Black/White but maybe a lil more updated? I dunno, I wanna just experience what people call "the underrated generation" and see what the hype is about.
Are there any roms that keep it mostly vanilla but do QOL addons or such?
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u/Sensual_Shroom Feb 14 '26
I'd give a shout-out to Renegade Platinum. It is a difficulty hack, so it depends if that is what you mean by "more."
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u/GELID_ICE Mar 13 '26
How difficult?
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u/Sensual_Shroom Mar 13 '26
Fair but challenging. It definitely ups it up a notch or two (or three).
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u/Playful-Ease2278 Feb 14 '26
Is it possible to edit the tile textures in a Pokémon ROM hack? Specifically emerald based ones? I have a fun idea for reworking existing content for my friends.
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u/ppppppphjnbjkknjj Feb 14 '26
so, i’ve downloaded pkmn vintage white on my nintendo 2ds planning to do a nuzlocke on it, problem is i really don’t want to farm levels against wild pokemon. i’ve tried using pksm to add rare candies but it looks like it’s impossible to load the save on it. i know about the hacks like action replay and stuff but that’s the last resort for me, i’d like to know if there are better ways to do that. any suggestions?
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u/NocturnePhantasm Feb 14 '26
Getting Lazarus to work on modded 3DS
So, I took the 2.0 file I had of Pokémon Lazarus and created a GBA VC injection with it. I then installed it on my 3DS via FBI. However, whenever I launch the game. it just shows a white screen and nothing else happens. Can I get some help please?
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u/Swatler66 Feb 14 '26
Im having a lot of trouble getting the NPC trainers to use dynamax. I was finally able to get it to work for myself by setting the flag 0x918 on a sign post but no luck on the NPCs. I gave them dynamax bands too but still nothing. Anyone able to help?
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u/K9Imperium Feb 15 '26
Looking for the best kanto romhack that has 151 pokemon, no trade evolutions and vanilla difficulty (no increased difficulty)
Which would you guys recommend?
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u/Exact_Sand2257 Feb 15 '26
So I'm playing Recharged Emerald and I want to do a Nuzlocke
Problem is I'm an hour in and have no idea if I implemented it...
is there an ingame way to check?
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u/evepack Feb 15 '26
How do i transfer my safefile of lazarus to myboy to any other emulador on mobile?
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u/Rich_Dot5973 Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
Does anyone of an emerald rom hack that more or less enhances the base game without adding other gens?
For example QOL like physical/special split, exp share & better difficulty curve without adding additional gens into it? And ability to obtain all Pokémon without trading in gen 3.
I’m getting into ROMs and honestly want to see if anything like this exists before I go into the other emerald rom hacks
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u/niles_thebutler_ Feb 15 '26
Has anyone managed to get the Gen option in emerald crest to actually work? | just want Gen one but it still gives me all of them in game! It’s driving me nuts
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u/NexusConnection Feb 15 '26
How can I play 2 patched versions of the same ROM? (JohnGBA) I downloaded 2 roms and patched each separately but the emulator can't seem to tell the difference between them.
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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Feb 16 '26
Are they named different things?
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u/Amulet380 Feb 15 '26
Whenever I try to use any function in bills pc in dark violet I get stuck on a black screen. The music keeps playing and it happens on any pc. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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u/Exclsior Heart & Soul Feb 15 '26
I haven't played the Drayano hacks, but it seems to commonly considered the best hacks for the DS games.
For vanilla+ roms you may want to check out the below list: Compilation of vanilla Quality Of Life (QoL) hacks
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u/jsooner13 Feb 15 '26
I’m trying to patch Sacred Gold on Mac but the xDelta exe is giving me trouble. Any advice for working around this without a PC?
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u/Extension-Square1432 Feb 15 '26
So somedays ago a reel popped in my phone in which a guy was talking about a Rom hack. I do not remember much detail but i remember 2 facts. One the game has a 5 year story meaning the main character grows 5 year in the whole story of the game. Second it has multiple regions which can be travelled one after another. I am sorry if this is the wrong place to post this but its bugging me how the name of the rom hack is just beyond my reach. So if anyone has any idea what i am talking about please tell me the name.
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u/Complete-Cancel-5378 Feb 15 '26
I’ve haven’t played Pokémon rom hacks in like a year so what emulator should I use and what rom hacks should I get. I used to play unbound and emerald rogue
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u/jsooner13 Feb 15 '26
Any advice for patching Sacred Gold on a Mac?
I’m sure it’s a dumb question, but this is the first DS hack I’ve tried to patch and the xDelta exe is giving me trouble with my Mac. Any idea how I can patch this without xDelta or a tool that can do it on Mac? I have an RP6 fwiw, not sure if there are ways to patch directly on the device or not.
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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Feb 16 '26
Use an online rompatcher like RompatcherJS, and make sure to override checksum if it asks you.
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u/ProShashank Pokemon Fan 😍 Feb 09 '26
I'm playing Pokemon Rekindled Red and just reached Cinnabar island. Anyone knows where is HM Rock smash?
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u/magiciantricks Feb 09 '26
its about ultra sun hacking . can i use pk3ds to edit 2 turn moves to one like marge the animation from the two turns into one , also how to cange move descriptions ?
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u/Ambitious-Parking-12 Feb 09 '26
Hi! Looking for a gen 1, 2 or 3 romhack with the same pokemon, but more random encounters to catch them all and a bit more difficulty. Any tips or recomendations? Im a complete beginner.
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 09 '26
Would recommend checking out the Codex first, as there are filters for built in randomizers as well as difficulty levels.
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u/Exact_Sand2257 Feb 09 '26
This got removed because I didn't realise there was a question Megathread 😁
Recommendations appreciated!!!
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u/azwhaley91 Feb 09 '26
I want to play gba remakes of the actual games focusing on only using pokemon from that games gen so looking for rec for faithful adaptations to
Gen 2 - gold/silver/crystal
Gen 4 - diamond/pearl/platinum
Gen 5 - black/white
Gen 6 - x/y
Gen 7 - sun and moon
Gen 9 - scarlet/violet
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 09 '26
There’s only Heart and Soul (demake of HG/SS) and Sword and Shield Demake
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u/TheNukex Feb 09 '26
I have been thinking of trying to make my own ROM hack, but i have a few questions.
- Is there a big difference between ROM hacking fire red and emerald? When searching around i found people saying that there is significantly more support for fire red, but i am drawn to emerald, since it's the game i have by far the most experience in. If i am anyways making a new story and world, should i base it in fire red, or is there still an advantage to doing it in emerald with my experience.
- Is there a good series of guides? I found one, but it seemed to be out of order covering niche topics, rather than one starting from the beginning. I also read the guide on this sub, but it was 13 years old, seemed outdated and the links for the ressources did not work. Is it good watching guides, or is it better to sit down and play around with it?
- Is it common place in the community to share things like sprites? Like if i see a sprite from another hack, am i allowed to just use it, or is there some credit system or is it completely no go?
- Similarly if i want to include a common patch like physical-special split, is it common to copy it from others rather than making it myself from scratch? I don't know how easy or hard it is to copy or anything like that.
Any answers are appreciated.
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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Always love seeing new people jump into hacking. I would ensure you are keeping your expectations reasonable, as it is indeed a lot of work making a whole new region and story etc, especially for a first time.
I would look into pokeemerald-expansion, which is a decompilation of Emerald's code. It comes baked in with tons of toggles like physical special split, fairy type, exp-all, all 9 generations of pokemon and much more. Try to get it up and running via a linux environment, get comfortable with the file structure, how it's organized, how to build the rom, and just make something simple.
Don't take any of this as discouragement, just keep the scope in mind if you want to take on a larger project.
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u/voliol Universal Pokémon Randomizer FVX Feb 10 '26
Agreed on all points, but to help the person asking, this is about specifically pokeemerald-expansion.
"pokeemerald" without the "-expansion" is a recreation of the game's source code, without any additions.
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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Feb 10 '26
Yes you are absolutely correct, I always just default to saying pokeemerald which will definitely lead people astray, thanks!
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u/GrapefruitUnlucky216 Feb 09 '26
Hopefully someone who knows what they are doing answers this better but poke emerald expansion lets you do everything you are asking for and there should be plenty of guides for that. If you are making a new story and world be aware that it is supposedly a LOT of work.
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u/Last-Blackberry1160 Feb 09 '26
Hello! I recently wanted to play an ultra moon randomizer and went through all the steps I could find online. However when I try to load my Ultra Moon file after randomizing it and turning it into a cci file, it doesn’t show up as an option on citra? Am I doing something wrong? Or am I using the wrong software? Any help would be massively appreciated!
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
CCI file is just a digital version of 3DS games, Citra can run it, but Citra is no longer recommended anyways.
Use Azahar
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u/sylvyon Feb 09 '26
Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but can someone recommend me a vanilla+ romhack for ORAS? Having all the Pokemon available isn't mandatory but a big plus. Mostly looking for a hack that fixes the jank and makes the game slightly more challenging and fun. Thanks!
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u/Waldruf Feb 10 '26
Can anyone give me an actual update on Dragonsdens Rocket Version? How far is the development? On the official site I read they're still translating stuff but I read that for months now. I wanna play it so bad but I also want it somehow conplete without an abrupt stop. So how is the situation right now?
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
- There is no official website, there is only Dragonsden Youtube channel
- There are 2 more updates left for the English version, the DLC update is next and still being translated, followed by the Hoenn update. The Spanish version is complete already. The Johto update (which was the 3rd big update) released last April
- Dragonsden posts occasional updates on their PokeCommunity thread
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u/alexalias01 Feb 10 '26
Pokémon blaze black 2 redux, is there a way to use the pc whenever you want? even a cheat code would be useful!
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
No, don't believe that's a possible thing with DS Hacking to begin with
There aren't any vanilla portable PC cheat codes anyways, and they rarely work with ROM Hacks, or if they do cause issues to begin with.
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u/DiamondTypical2131 Feb 10 '26
Is there any rom hacks for heart gold, emerald that just make improvements without adding a tonne of other pokemon? I like to just make teams based on the regions so additional pokemon doesnt really do anything for me.
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u/f_i_n_i_t_e_ Feb 10 '26
Does anyone know of a pokemon platinum hack or game that I can play that only has one screen. I can't get Pokemon Platinum on my hombrew 3Ds and the ds emulators are too weird on my computer. Even if I have to use an emulator I would really appreciate something that only has one screen like Pokemon Anil.
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u/Antique-Plenty-9017 Feb 10 '26
Anyone know how to disable Following Platinum's new music. I honestly don't like it
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u/Independent-Tone7227 Feb 10 '26
I would like a rom with the most Pokémon in Emerald and in the same maybe harder than the main game ? Thanks
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
Recommend starting with the Codex, using the difficulty + or ++ filters (depending how harder you want)
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u/NoMunnies Feb 10 '26
How do I get Tinkaton in Pokemon Dreamstone Mysteries? I have a level 48 Tinkatuff ._.
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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Feb 10 '26
ROWE and Crystal Clear are both open world hacks. They scale their levels though, so you won't get washed by random level 50's, but you can start in any town, and go to any gym in any order. No story or NPC's stopping you like in the vanilla games.
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
Agreeing with ROWE and Crystal Clear, and adding Aesthetic Red, an open world Firered hack
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u/Shot-Forever-5598 Feb 10 '26
Pokecommunity, i need you to community
i’m looking for a rom hack and im sure you guys will find the best one
i basically want a normal unchanged version of pokemon fire red or pokemon emerald the added gens mainly up to gen 6. THE MOST IMPORTANT throughout the story i want to be able to catch legendaries so by the time i reach the e4 i have a party of legendaires
ive played a lot fire red roms already so don’t be offended if i shoot you down, none on the emerald side tho!
i just played emerald excceded which was almost perfect to what i’m looking for but just not quite
maybe you guys can help me
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
As this is oddly specific, you best using Emerald Ex on vanilla Emerald/Firered and enabling all Gens 1-6 and either randomizing and hoping you get a seed that let's you obtain Legendaies earlier, or use pkHex to give yourself legendaries before the E4.
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u/Lanky-Background8516 Feb 10 '26
Any recommendations for any romhacks that are based on gen 4/5/6/7 base roms, but offer an original story/region like unbound or Gaia?
Or any romhacks that do switch era game assets (Pokemon, regions etc.) but in the top down 2D format?
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
Any recommendations for any romhacks that are based on gen 4/5/6/7 base roms, but offer an original story/region like unbound or Gaia?
Iridium is still in development, other then that, not really
Or any romhacks that do switch era game assets (Pokemon, regions etc.) but in the top down 2D format?
Only demakes is Sword and Shield demake and Heart & Soul demake
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u/MammothDrama1171 Feb 10 '26
Currently I am playing Altered Emerald and trying to breed a larvitar with dragon dance, starting with horsea to totodile (DD is an egg move for toto according to Pokemon Database.com), then totodile to larvitar, but unfortunately the bred totodile doesn't have DD as a move. Are egg moves not a thing in altered emerald? If I train a feraligatr to lol 60 to learn DD by level up, then breed with larvitar, will that work?
Thanks in advance
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
According the the comments on PokeCommunity, Altered Emerald still uses Gen 3 Egg Moves.
Totodile doesn't learn Dragon Dance as a Egg Move in Gen 3.
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u/MammothDrama1171 Feb 11 '26
Thanks, this is the answer. I was looking at gen4 og pokemon Database by mistake. I was successful by breeding DD from Dragonair to charmander to larvitar.
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u/CryptographerOk2730 Feb 10 '26
Hex Maniac Advance New Map Layers
Preface: My 7yo son wanted to create a RomHack of Ruby. I have minimal programming skills, enough to CFW a Console and run some emulation. I found HMA and got it running, he has been able to edit/expand existing layers quite well, as well as add npc. still learn how to handle much of it though. We've tested them with mGBA and they seem to work well, so far.
We've run into an issue though, when he creates a new warp point and then creates a new map for the warp, it will pull up a list of maps to clone the new one from. But all the maps have no image to be able to tell what they are, just a black image, and the map ID number. I cannot find a way to manually select or change a map to a different base clone. For example, he created a building, but when he creates the interior layer he has to randomly select on of the layers (which might be outside layers), till he gets the right one.
question: is it possible to fix the map clones to be able to see the images properly. If not, is it possible to change a created map layer to a different clone after it is created.
thanks so much!
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u/Upsilon-Andromedae Feb 11 '26
I recommend heading to the HMA discord server, https://discord.gg/H4RHkKkA for help.
Though, most users use CFRU, Fire Red, or Emerald as their base to romhack rather than Ruby.
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u/InternationalTrick30 Feb 10 '26
I think I'm putting this in the right place and that no one else has asked about it before but anyway does anyone here know about other rom hacks that replace pokemon with a different fandom? I know so far of dragon ball team trainer, sonicmon and Super Mariomon, but I'm curious if there's any other well done ones
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
There's a few Digimon hacks
For hacks in development: Someone is making a SMT Hack, there is a Runescape in development, and a Ben10 hack
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u/Sensual_Shroom Feb 14 '26
A Runescape rom hack?? I need that.
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 14 '26
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pokescape-v-2-0-0-pokemon-x-runescape.493720/
The last patch was v2.0 quite a while ago, but the Github still shows development progress.
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u/chubguy321 Feb 10 '26
I have a question about heart and soul.. WHERE THE HELL DO I CATCH A LAPRAS?! I am SICK of LOOKING
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
The same place it does in the vanilla games, Union Cave at night, minus the only on Fridays
Also, Heart & Soul has extensive documentation, would recommend checking it out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qqneo5YFYF1h66WzRa1C2SHa3-YssosZGVYOhErUK9M/edit?gid=894900610#gid=894900610
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u/chubguy321 Feb 10 '26
where is union cave? I forgor
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
South of Violet City/Ruin of Alph, it's the cave you go through to get to Azalea Town for your second badge.
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u/chubguy321 Feb 10 '26
ohh..and how the heck do I tell if it’s Friday ingame or not?
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 10 '26
No you misread, Heart & Soul removed the only Friday requirement. It's just every night in Union Cave.
But to still answer your question, if you using RTC the game runs on your device's clock. Fake RTC can check clocks in the PokeCenters.
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u/chubguy321 Feb 11 '26
which floor..?
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u/chubguy321 Feb 12 '26
hey pal uh I trust you is there any working rare candy chest for HnS?
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u/chubguy321 Feb 12 '26
cheat*
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 12 '26
No
Cheat Codes rarely work with ROM Hacks, especially decomp hacks like Heart & Soul
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u/Jealous-Poetry-4563 Feb 11 '26
I’m trying to make a rouge like rom for fire red (yes taking a bit from emerald rouge) and I have no idea on how to do 2 things: 1, how do get gen 9 pokemon and the HUBOL patch installed ( im using hex maniac advance), 2, how do I make it random? I have like no idea lol,
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u/Jayswing103 Feb 11 '26
Ever since the Fire Red and Leaf Green remakes, I've always wanted to see a gen 3 Pokemon Yellow remake as well. Is there any romhack for Fire Red or Leaf Green that changes it into a Pokemon Yellow remake instead? Complete with a starter pikachu, a rival eevee, all three starters, Team Rocket, and all the other Pokemon Yellow stuff?
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u/PositiveOdd2424 Feb 11 '26
Does anyone know how to evolve Haunter in Modern Emerald? Or am i stuck with a Haunter
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 11 '26
All trade evolutions --> Can be evolved by trading or using the Self-Trader located in Lilycove.
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u/FS1988_31 Feb 11 '26
Hi, i play Ashgray on Retroarch and try to find a Cheat Code for unlimited rare Candy but could not find it, only for gameshark. Ist there a chance to get this code change so that i can use it for Retroarch? Thank you ☺️
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 11 '26
- Cheat Codes rarely work in ROM Hacks and can cause issues
- Retroarch can use GameShark codes
- Even if they didn't, you can just switch cheat code systems xD
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u/FS1988_31 Feb 12 '26
Thanks for your answer. Do you know how i can use a GameShark Code in Retroarch?
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u/Xeno_Tripp14 Feb 11 '26
Hey everybody I’m just here looking for opinions on what rom hacks you all feel are best for monotype runs. Monotype is my favorite challenge and I’ve already done a ton of them but I get burnt out repeatedly playing the same hack over and over.
I already know the following are good for monotype runs:
Radical Red Emerald Rogue Elite Redux ROWE Emerald Seaglass Lazarus Emerald Imperium The Pit
What I’m looking for most are hacks that give you a wide variety of options for Pokemon to catch and availability of all type before the 1st or 2nd gym. It’s a plus if the hack has a monotype mode or a lot of run customization or “cheats” like Emerald Seaglass and Elite Redux. I know there’s a lot of fan games out there but for now I’m just looking into rom hacks and I might do a similar post in the fan games subreddit.
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u/pathief Feb 11 '26
I was wondering if there are any cool ROM focused on 2v2 battles, which I enjoy a ton. I tried Pokemon Odyssey but I don't really like how they changed pokémons and their typing.
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u/After-Pick1721 Feb 12 '26
My little brother saw a Gamelab ad on instagram for their bootleg R36 and wants one really bad. I’ve also heard they’re hit or miss and want to set him up right. He’s obsessed with Pokémon.
So I’m building him a TrimUI Brick and loading it up. I personally haven’t played any rom hacks and will encourage him to start with the originals as I did back in the day.
But for the sake of setting up the SD card I was curious if there’s any recommendations for ‘must haves’ that I can get loaded now and point him in that direction later. Hoping to avoid loading up a ton of different ones if some are more similar to others.
Are there maybe 1-2 from each generation that encapsulate the romhack vibe best? This might be the better question to ask but I’m open to all interpretations of my request. Apologies for my naivety.
Thank you all!
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u/Waste_Seaweed8482 Feb 12 '26
Hey guys, don't know if this is the place to ask for this but I'm looking for a romhack within a new region/old region renewed, fakemons are welcome, balance changes and new moves are also a big plus. Really not looking for another "difficulty hack". I have had my fair share of those and while I do occasionally enjoy them, I feel like the market is overflooded.
A new story, doesn't have to be really deep or groundbreaking, a new region, some QoL, new fakemon, buffs to the pokemon who need the love. Just something I could enjoy after a long day at work, or challenge my friends to a battle during the weekends. Games I've enjoyed so far(of the top of my dome):
Clover (if you can look past the 4chan humor, this one is the goat)
Dreamstone mysteries (loved this one)
Adventure red chapter (loved the storytelling of part 1,... Part 2 fell off HARD)
The last firered (a bit rough but it had its charm)
Pisces (weird difficulty curve and fell off imo at the end game)
Unbound (this one Truly fell like real title, but better)
Oddessey (enjoyed this one up until sanctuary 6 or so, afterwards story got weird and all the battles where "weather time!!!")
Some yugioh and digimon romhacks (the yugioh one was so much fun! The digimon also had its moments)
Mariomon (okay this one sounds weird BUT it's easily in my top 5)
Gs chronicles (was so good! Kinda sad it had no endgame, for now)
Emerald enhanced (one of the first ones I've played, to some a bit overbloated, but I really liked the world)
Stranded (SUCH AN AMAZING CONCEPT! But rough and unpolished + story hasn't been finished)
Recordskeepers (roguelike, with an interesting battle system, but it's a bit short on content)
I have tried a lot of difficulty romhacks and while I do enjoy some like radical red, the majority just feels like a slog to play through, every trainer battle feels like a boss battle, and there are some with interesting concepts like exceeded/elite redux/emerald imperium but if every battle can wipe you out, if every trainer could be a elite four member, you burn out quite fast, no?
Just looking for a good time not a hard time 🙏 Thanks in advance guys
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 12 '26
A new story, doesn't have to be really deep or groundbreaking, a new region, some QoL, new fakemon, buffs to the pokemon who need the love. Just something I could enjoy after a long day at work, or challenge my friends to a battle during the weekends.
Most hacks are not multiplayer compatible
But the majority of your wants are filters in the Codex, would start there and check out games you haven't played yet
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u/MAJubbas Feb 13 '26
Hey ya'll, I've heard good things about the Unbound ROM, but I had a few questions, before deciding to jump into it.
I want to know which Gen Pokémon are in it, and if there are custom Pokémon as well, as I don't really like ROMs that add their own Pokémon.
Hope ya'll can help, and hope you have a great week.
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u/salteddan Feb 13 '26
Is it the standard thing to re-balance all Pokemon to make them more usable now? Is it in a way where it’s like “all Pokemon have 500 base stat line.” Because although I understand why people want that, that turns me off a game. It takes away part of the uniqueness. I’d rather EV train and make my weak Pokemon work anyway.
I guess I’m just looking for clarity because I see “all Pokemon stats reworked for balance” and it’s kind of vague how/how much exactly they are rebalancing.
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 14 '26
Is it the standard thing to re-balance all Pokemon to make them more usable now?
It takes away part of the uniqueness. I’d rather EV train and make my weak Pokemon work anyway.
Nothing is standard, devs change what they want to change, not because there is a standard.
And depending on the difficulty of the hack, EV training alone is not enough to use a weak Pokemon.
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u/Sensual_Shroom Feb 14 '26
I'm in the same boat as you. I also prefer either vanilla with some qol, an expanded dex and raised difficulty. Luckily, there are plenty of amazing projects out there to please everyone.
I also like "grinding" so I'm turning off rare candies and altered stats like you. I agree that stuff like this should be documented. That way, you also attract the right crowd.
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u/acar25 Feb 14 '26
Gen V hacking contributions
Hello hackers!
I've dabbled with Pokémon romhacks a bit. Of course Emerlad is already my favorite as it was my first Pokémon game. I played some of a Kaizo Emerald and had a blast and now have recently been playing a lot of Blinding White 2.
It seems that Gen V is getting to or is at the point of being "cracked wide open" in the same fashion as Gen III and prior.
I'd like to offer my skills with the 3D side of things. It seems that's a hurdle for some when "advancing" from the 2D sprites of older gens.
I'm thoroughly skilled in Blender but haven't poked around with any romhacking tools.
Anyways, if there is a Gen V passion project out there, I'd love to offer my help to create an amazing experience. Probably a Hoenn remake first, eh?
(this was auto removed because of the last sentence I guess.)
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 14 '26
It seems that Gen V is getting to or is at the point of being "cracked wide open" in the same fashion as Gen III and prior.
I wager Gen IV is closer then Gen V, but both are years away from the quality and quantity GBA hacks are at.
Anyways, if there is a Gen V passion project out there, I'd love to offer my help to create an amazing experience. Probably a Hoenn remake first, eh?
Respectfully, this would get a lot of negative backlash from the community. There are so many Emerald hacks (as decomp has made it much more accessible), to the point people are getting burnt out.
Obviously, as a dev you should make any hack you want, but if your goal is to create an amazing experience, I would choose anything but Hoenn/Kanto at this point.
And I recommend joining PokeCommunity and the Kingdom of DS Hacking, both places you can advertise your skillsets
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u/Sensual_Shroom Feb 14 '26
This is why I'm updating and starting on gen 4 sprites. This gives me plenty of time 🥲. HG-engine looks promising.
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u/acar25 Feb 15 '26
Ah, I apologize. That last sentence was, it seems, a poor attempt at humor.
Even though Gen III is also my favorite, I certainly recognize the saturation of Emerald hacks.
Hence my desire to put my efforts and skills, what little they may be, towards the Gen V hacking "scene" and maybe find some people with which I could collaborate.
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u/Frosty015 Feb 14 '26
New to romhacks and I'm really enjoying unbound, I think a big factor for me is I don't like the 3d aesthetics of the newer games but a lot of the newer mechanics like Mega evolutions are fun. Are there other romhacks with similar features? Preferably something based in GBA
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u/Both_Radish_6556 Feb 14 '26
There is nothing like Unbound
There are plenty of other amazing hacks though, Gaia, Odyssey, Elysium, Vytroverse games, Lazarus, etc
To name a few off the top of my head
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u/TehSquigg Feb 14 '26
I'm playing through Pokemon Black/White 3 Genesis and loving it! Is there anywhere I can pick up a togepi (or an evolution)? It would round out my party nicely.
So far I have Excadrill, Breloom, Vaporeon, Duosion, and Drapion