Emerald hack: The Nostalgic Emerald Hack

The Nostalgic Emerald Hack [Alpha Testers Needed]

ALPHA TESTERS NEEDED

It seems as if retro is now considered "in" when it comes to new games. A lot of Indie developers are using 8bit graphics in an effort to appeal to a nostalgic crowd. What happens when you apply this to Pokemon? You get the Nostalgic Emerald Hack.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Hoenn happened in Gen 2? Well you're about to find out.

Features include:
A massive roster of 250 Pokemon!
Gameboy era graphics!
Gym leaders now have Pokemon to reflect the Generation shift!
A massive amount of Nostalgia!
Day and Night!

Obviously it's a work in progress, but it's a start.

To do list:


Known bugs:

Screenshots:

Gen 2 graphics in an Emerald base? That sounds so retro, it's fantastic! I can't wait to try this out ^^

awesome idea cant wait to try it out a few months ago i realized a idea like this on firered lol

Looks great, man. Definitely fits the trend. Are you going to try and put in the legendary scene as well?

Wow !!! this. looks beautiful! the screenies look beautiful !! I love the concept of this hack !! will yiu be releasing a pre alpha?

River Ramirez said:

Looks great, man. Definitely fits the trend. Are you going to try and put in the legendary scene as well?

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If you're talking about the part where Rayquaza flies from the sky, I'm going to try. But if you're talking about the part where Groudon and Kyogre are just hitting each other, of course, definitely.

The main problem is that the cutscenes will have to be sprited from scratch. Considering there won't be any Gen 3 pokemon, Groudon and Kyogre would be replaced with Ho-Oh and Lugia, and I have no idea who's to replace Rayquaza.

Regarding Pre-Alphas, I'm sure I'll release one eventually, but trust me, y'all don't want one know. At the moment it's this weird, glitchy mix of Gen 2 and 3 sprites and may just ruin the hype, haha

Nice this hack looks good i will follow it the retro gen 2 graphics are cute xD

The tiles look good so far - do you have any building tiles done yet / towns mapped out?

Wow.. Is this Emerald!?

You made a really nice job with the tiles :).

Good luck!

Yo, sup guys, I thought I would post a small update. I got a few more tiles replaced, and I've started messing with the palettes some. Dewford and Fortree are pretty much done excluding the buildings. I haven't started on them yet (save for the Pokecenter, but that's just a place holder and besides, it's pretty bleh atm)
Update images :D :

ALSO, Q and A~~~

xGal said:

Wow.. Is this Emerald!?

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Why yes it is ;)

Magic said:

The tiles look good so far - do you have any building tiles done yet / towns mapped out?

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I don't have any of the building tiles done yet, and the towns are mapped out already because I'm changing very little structure wise.

So stoked for this, Can't wait for a full release on this.
Awesome work so far!

What about Gen 3 'mons? Custom sprites?

UltraMew said:

What about Gen 3 'mons? Custom sprites?

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There will probably be some custom sprites, or atleast some edits. Not everything in Emerald can be represented by something in GSC unfortunately.

However there will be no Gen 3 Pokemon. I apologize, but you can't have Gen 2 in Hoenn if you include Gen 3 pokemon. They'll still be in the ROM, but you'd have to fool with it yourself post release

Awesome!!!!1 I love Gen 2 more than any other Gen. Jotho is my favorite of all time.
Good luck and hope to see beta soon :)

Wow!! This looks very good!!!!! I love the gen II graphics!!

This looks great! Interesting and original concept. but no gen 3 pokemon!? I'm sure they've made every gen 3 pokemon a gen 2 looking sprite by now

Pinta77 said:

This looks great! Interesting and original concept. but no gen 3 pokemon!? I'm sure they've made every gen 3 pokemon a gen 2 looking sprite by now

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Not as far as I know. And if they did, it wouldn't matter. One of the main points of the hack is "what if Gen 2 was in Hoenn?" As a result, only Pokemon up to Gen 2 will be included