Emerald hack: Pokémon Variant Emerald

[Nox21419]

Overview
This hack is for anyone who loves regional variants, and wants a fresh playthrough of emerald!
Encounter every pokémon in the Hoenn pokedex, but with new typings, abilities, and moves. All pokemon have been replaced with a regional variant of itself. See if you can find the rare electric Mew, or the powerful ghost type Ho-oh!

Features
-changed types and appearance of every pokemon in the emerald pokedex
-changed a few areas to be easier to access
-all event legendaries can be found in the world, explore to find them!
-quality of life improvements (physical/special split, running indoors, etc.)
-updated move power/accuracy to reflect newer generations
-changed some evolution methods, no longer need to trade to evolve
-all starters and version exclusives can be found in the wild

Screenshots




In Progress
This hack is currently in progress, I would greatly appreciate any and all feedback to help me make this hack a success! Planned future updates will include features such as:
-redo some pokemon designs to improve the visual difference between new and old designs
-change alolan variants to completely new designs
-change overworld sprites to reflect new pokemon designs
-change all pokedex entries
-fix opening cutscene and title screen to reflect design changes
-add more legendary events
-change gym types and layouts
-add puzzles and treasures to every town to encourage exploration
-add shiny sprites for all pokemon (right now all shinies match the non-shiny)

Credits / Tools Used

Spoiler:

All work on this was done by me.

Thank you to everyone who made these tools, without them I could not have done any of this:
AdvanceMap
AdvanceSeries
OverworldE-RE
XSE
Yape
GoldFinger
NamelessSpriteEditor
PGE
Gimp

Download
Below in the attachments, use NUPS to apply the patch to a regular emarald rom.
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[Luminosity]

What is the filter used in the pictures? It makes the colours look colder, is it an option in mGBA? Thanks.

 

[Nox21419]

What is the filter used in the pictures? It makes the colours look colder, is it an option in mGBA? Thanks.

I'm not sure why the colours are a little off, I think the emulator I was using had some settings changed.

 

[Sant87]

Sorry to disturb you man,but can you tell me if you have a cheat code for rare Candy for your hack?if you haven't sorry to distrub you

 

[Nox21419]

All GameShark cheats should work normally

 

[JregoryKrisk]

are there any stat changes or are they the same with vanilla? thanks

 

[Nox21419]

are there any stat changes or are they the same with vanilla? thanks

Some pokemon have stats changed to make them more useful, such as luvdisc. Most stat changes are minor, the only major stat change is for wobbuffet, because he's now fighting type with moves like high jump kick

 

[eno22]

You can walk around the strength boulder in Granite Cave and gain access to something you probably shouldn't. Also do you have any documentation or a list of every mon and their typing?

 

[Nox21419]

You can walk around the strength boulder in Granite Cave and gain access to something you probably shouldn't. Also do you have any documentation or a list of every mon and their typing?

Thanks for letting me know, no I don't have any documentation for that yet

 

[ironmiron]

I really like the idea of a fresh playthrough! Is it possible to download a document with the new typings/stats?

 

[Nox21419]

I really like the idea of a fresh playthrough! Is it possible to download a document with the new typings/stats?

I plan to upload a document with that info sometime soon, but I also encourage you to explore and discover!

 

[chilly_]

Hello! Really enjoying this game so far and can't wait to see new features. I can help you make a Discord server of the game when it gets finished. I also have some ideas for features too if you want to hear them out