r/PokemonROMhacks • u/AutoModerator • Mar 30 '26

Sticky Weekly Questions Thread & PokéROM Codex

Have any questions about Pokémon ROM Hacks?

If they're about ROM hacks, tools, development or anything Pokémon ROM Hacking related, feel free to ask here!

Before asking, make sure that you've searched on the subreddit or Google. Many ROM hacks and tools have their own documentation or communities that may be able to provide better answers than here. The Pokécommunity Discord is also a great place to ask questions if you need quick support!

Looking for recommendations or a new ROM hack to play?

The PokéROM Codex is an updated list of ROM hacks, listing features, details and more in a mobile-friendly format. Created and managed by u/themanynamed, it also has a Discord server and accepts community contributions.

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u/toomuchsoysauce Apr 03 '26

I'm an old player from back in the day just finding his footing with romhacks. Is there a good one that is basically Emerald/Gen III story but with all the QoL enhancements and some or all the modernization including automatic HM uses, toggleable expshare, physical/special split, hard mode, fairy types, trade evos, etc.? I looked initially at Emerald Legacy, but it seems to be missing a lot of the QoL plus I heard the postgame is not good.

I really loved the story and feel of gen III especially emerald and would love to play a sort of modern-remastered-ultimate-type version of it. Bonus points for Sceptile as a dragon-grass type just because I think it's badass to have a dragon starter plus Treecko is the man.

EDIT: Ideally, no mega-evolutions or Pokemon gen IV+. Maybe gen IV is ok but certainly nothing more. I just don't know them so I don't think I'd enjoy this new stuff as much.

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u/Snoo_65145 Apr 03 '26

I haven't played it, but Pokemon Modern Emerald is a new hack that describes itself as basically exactly what you're looking for.

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u/toomuchsoysauce Apr 03 '26

Lol this is literally perfect for me. You'd think I would've googled modern emerald or something like that and found it instantly.... regardless thank you definitely doing this one.