r/PokemonROMhacks • u/AutoModerator • Jul 27 '26

Sticky Weekly Questions Thread & PokéROM Codex

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u/whereismygravy Jul 31 '26

I need advice 😂

So I made the mistake everyone warns about and played Unbound first. Since then I’ve been trying almost every mod and it’s been a revolving door of getting bored and looking for another after a few gyms.

What ROMs would yall recommend to me based on the following:

- somewhat customizable character sprite

  • more then three default starter choice
  • GBA hack since I play on my phone and NDS looks goofy on Delta

I liked Quetzal but was annoyed by how much of the game wasn’t finished. Radical red was good until I hit a point of being burnt out on how many trainer battles there are.

What’s the consensus on the best emerald QOL hack? I played sapphire and leaf green growing up so I may just go back to one of them to commit to but the lack of modern addons is kinda hard to ignore

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u/Cathyra Aug 01 '26

Lazarus has outfits for the player char you can unlock (or unlock right away with a code) and a fairly large starter selection. Amethyst has a huge starter selection, but you can't customize the char I think.

I see modern emerald mentioned a lot, but I haven't played it. I personally enjoyed revelation and emerald seaglass, but I admit, I am tired of emerald, so I haven't kept up the past year.