Introduction:
Welcome to Pokemon R.O.W.E my first published project, my aim in making this romhack is make an open world Pokemon Emerald with QoL changes with a good replay value making diverse teambuilding my main objective.
Features:
-Explore the region in any order you want.
-9 Weak but new starters to make each run different from the last one.
-Hard mode accessible from the beginning.
-Pokemon from all the 8 Gens
-Physical/Special Split
-Daily Gym Leader Rematches
-Level scaling based on your number of badges with evolution system for both trainers and wild Pokemon
-You can Surf and Dive from the beginning using the PokeRide feature. (by Buffelsaft)
-Re-Usable TMs
-Mega Evolutions after the 7th badge
-Find rare Pokemon with the DexNav. (by ghoulslash's)
-Gen 8 Flying Taxis from the beginning. (by surskitty)
-No more Hidden Machines thanks to the PokeRide.
-Name Rater, Move Reminder, Move Deleter and Iv checker on all the Pokemon Centers.
-Decapitalized Text. (by Wyrserth and AsparagusEdu)
-Press B to Surf faster. (by ghoulslash)
-Pokemon Clover Soft Level Cap in Hard Mode (by PokemonCrazy)
-Gen 7 Daycare System
-A beautiful and useful Pokedex. (by TheXaman)
-Gen 6 Exp.Share that you can always turn off (by Lunos)
-Fly without the need of the move by having a Pokemon that could learn it in your party (by Buffelsaft)
-And more...
Screenshots:
If you find any bug or have any question please tell me, i will try my best to fix/answer your question.
Download (Beta 1.0.7) - 24/02/2021
https://mega.nz/file/3YFgGThC#8n_lUdMGdlk4pl7oDYV8Cm_A5GkgOgiqi16uXHMemEU
Old Version 1.0.6
https://mega.nz/file/WUFFTKgL#k5oeLMIgu8XGCgol7YAHrgWqXRN1KKcg_9XXErvDTaA
Old Version 1.0.5.2
https://mega.nz/file/TUVhxaDQ#H8NMqxXGx3IepjqvUxP6SeN9ZrpidSu8Juyx7_KnW_o
Source Code(if anyone wants to take a look):
https://github.com/BelialClover/PokemonROWE
You can also download pre-releases here but they will be buggy
Changelog
1.0.7
-Added daily Gym Leader rematches, just talk to the Gym Leader each day after you defeat it to start the battle
-Added some icons for gen 8 mons(the pokemon who have no icons will show a greenish egg for now)
-Added 3 NPC that change 3 colored shards(red,blue,green) for a random starter each day(You can get them from Sunflora, Sharpedo and Camerupt)
-Added a NPC that gives you a random fossil each day
-Added a way to revive all the fossils from the NPC in Rustboro
-Made some more Pokemon available in the wild
-Made some Megastones available(Slowbroite, Pidgeotite, Steelixite)
-Added Strange Souvenir into Lilycove Shop making Alolan Raichu, Alolan Exeguttor, Alolan Marowak and Galarian Weezing available
-Made Groudon and Kyogre available on Magma Hideout and Seafloor Cavern after defeating Wallace
-Trainers now will not use items to balance this i made hard mode not able to use items mid-battle
-Some minor bug fixes
1.0.6
-Added a lot of Pokemon to all the routes making a lot of new pokemon available for this game(mostly gen 8 pokemon)
-Edited some gen 8 evolution to make them evolve by level since the new evolution methods are not in this game
-Rockruff now can evolve to all the 3 forms by level depending of the time of your game, this makes all the pokemon that evolve in the day not able to evolve at 5pm-6pm
-Added an NPC on mauville telling you what update you have(the maniac next to the game corner)
-Some minor bug fixes
Know Bugs:
-Some trainers have illegal moves on their mons(Mostly the Elite 4) for coverage, this isn´t really a bug and its
intended and those moves will be available to the player on later updates(but the earthquake Lanturn will stay as a NPC only move)
The Bugs marked by a * were already fixed in my end and will be part of the next update
FAQ:
-Can this game be finished?
Yes you can finish the whole game up to the battle frontier/steven i havent changed anything in the battle frontier but you can play it as normal and steven had his team changed as the final boss in the game, the only thing left for this hack is adding more things and fix any bug i come across but every beta should be completely playable
-Where do i get [Evolution Item]?
You can buy all the evolution stones on Lilycove Department on the Third floor after you get the sixth badge, you can also buy Ability Capsules
-Where do i access the Hard Mode?
You can change between Normal and Hard mode in the options by changing it in the options
-How do i evolve Pikachu, Exeggcute, Koffing and Cubone into their regional evolutions(Alolan and Galarian)?
You need a Strange Souvenir(It can be bought after the 6th badge in Lilycove) and try to evolve them as normal
Exeggcute -> Alolan Exeggutor: Use a Leaf Stone while holding the Strange Souvenir
Pikachu -> Alolan Raichu: use a Thunder Stone while holding the Strange Souvenir
Cubone -> Alolan Marowak: Level up to 30 at Night while holding the Strange Souvenir
Koffing -> Galarian Weezing: Level up to 34 at Night while holding the Strange Souvenir
-Whats the difference between Normal Mode and Hard Mode?
The changes made between those modes are the following
1. Every Trainer has a Stronger team levelwide and some of them have more Pokemon earlier in-game
2. The Hard Mode has the Clover level Cap making you unable to get over the next Boss Ace level
3. In hard mode the Exp.Share(that can always be turned off) gives you 1/4 of the total exp to the whole team instead of the 1/2 in normal mode
4. Normal mode has Shift as Battle style while Hard Mode has Set
5. You can`t use items on a Trainer battle in Hard Mode
There are no changes to wild pokemon levels
-I can´t get [first stage pokemon] since all of them evolved?
There are two ways to get a first stage pokemon
Make your first pokemon in your party hold an Everstone(found in granite cave and held by Geodude/Roggenrola and Ditto) this makes encountering them guaranteed
There is always a 1/5 possibility of encountering the first stage and 1/5 for the second without using any items
-Are you going to make a detailed documentation of the Wild Pokemon or Trainer Parties?
https://pastebin.com/raw/BzgnxmXj
Here is the raw file for encounters for version 1.0.6
-I have a bug that its not on the list, what do i do?
Send me a PM or reply here, i will do my best to fix it as soon as possible, considering its a bug of course
Credits
AsparagusEdu
Lunos
PokemonCrazy
ghoulslashns
TheXaman
surskitty
Diego Mertens
WiserVisor
Dizzyegg
Pyredrid
Buffelsaft
Sapphire Jester
Pokeemerald Team
Everyone in this Doc
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1acgzAjh0dnFRQnjZu8kSjS177rKCzpFfEHRLtwuuXRU/edit
(If i forgot someone please tell me)