Emerald hack: Pokémon Emerald Advanced

[Z-nogyroP]

Heya. You may remember my ugly mug from hacks like Emerald Tier Shift and FireRed Advanced, both hacks which are pretty decent I guess. But have you ever wondered... what if they fused? What if they combined and created an offspring more glorious than either? What if there was FireRed Tier Shift Advanced?

Well, I have no answer to that question because that's not what I'm here to showcase today, but I do have something that I think is pretty neat, in my opinion.

Ladies, gentlemen, and deeply appreciated nonbinary friends, I present to you...

Pokémon Emerald Advanced​

So what's new?

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This hack is somewhat similar to FireRed Advanced in that it's a dex-replacement hack, with a brand new Hoenn Pokédex of 250 Pokémon from generations 1-7. Some favourites from FireRed Advanced make their return, like Fur Coat Furret, Fairy-type Pixilate Delcatty, and Grass/Fire Drought Sunflora, while others are new to the scene, like Strong Jaw Mightyena, Corrosion/Regenerator Garbodor, and Darmanitan with Zen Mode that doesn't suck.

Another thing this hack has in common with FireRed Advanced is that, while difficulty has generally been increased, my goal wasn't to make something soul-crushingly difficult, it was to make something enjoyable to play.

Unlike FireRed Advanced, though, there are significant changes to Hoenn as a whole. Tons of NPCs have been edited, giving Hoenn a fresh feel. Many major characters have had their dialogue totally overhauled. One of the major unique features of the hack is that the Gym Leaders and Elite Four have completely switched positions. I won't spoil who's moved where (though you can check the documents if you want to know), but most gyms have been completely overhauled with new puzzles and challenges to fit their new leaders. There are a few new areas to see, too- the upper floor of every Pokémon Centre, which formerly contained boring link stuff that nobody cares about and I don't feel like bothering with, has been converted into a convenient lounge where you can take a break, meet some amusing characters, and occasionally get some nifty stuff. Shell out money to an Egg Vendor in Rustboro or grab some brand-new healing items for your team at the Verdanturf Café, or check out the gift shop on the lower level of the Oceanic Museum.

Of course, there are also plenty of other features. 85 total TMs are available (and they're of course reusable), and the battle engine has been updated to gen 7 standards, with all that implies. Fairy-types, physical/special split, moves and abilities and items from gens 4-7, all that good stuff.

Also every single Pokédex entry is custom made and they're worth reading I promise

New Abilities, Moves, and Other Stuff

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- The Crabrawler line gets Side Scuttle, which boosts Speed by one stage whenever it takes an attack
- The Noibat line gets Echolocation, which turns all their sound-based moves Flying-type
- Luvdisc gets Romantic, which lets it infatuate any Pokémon, regardless of gender
- Pixie Dust is a 20 BP Fairy-type attack with a 40% chance to confuse
- Sugar Rush is a special, Fairy-type Thrash
- Comet Shower is a Rock-type Overheat
- Ice-types receive a 50% boost to Defense under hail
- Water Compaction (renamed to just "Compaction" due to character limits) halves damage taken from Water-type moves
- Heatproof grants full immunity to Fire-type moves
- Rattled boosts Speed by 2 stages
- Bulletproof blocks Bullet Punch
- Ice Body and Rain Dish heal 1/8 HP per turn instead of 1/16
- Zen Mode turns Darmanitan into Zen Form when it uses a special attack and Standard Form when it uses a physical attack
- Berries replant themselves forever
- The Daycare provides 2 EXP per step instead of 1
- Obedience levels were raised
- The Rock Smash rocks on Route 111 no longer respawn, to make it less likely for Nuzlockers to get an encounter there instead of in the desert

All Move Changes

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- Double Slap has 95% accuracy and 20 PP
- Comet Punch has 20 BP, 95% accuracy, and 25 PP
- Mega Punch has 95% accuracy
- Cut has 60 BP, 100% accuracy, and Steel-type
- Fly has 100% accuracy
- Slam has 120 BP
- Fury Attack has 20 BP, 90% accuracy, and 25 PP
- Wrap has 25 BP
- Poison Sting has 30 BP and a 20% chance to poison
- Submission has 100% accuracy and 15 PP
- Strength has 100 BP
- Absorb has 30 BP
- Mega Drain has 50 BP
- Thunder Wave has perfect accuracy for Electric-types
- Egg Bomb is special
- Barrage has 25 BP and 95% accuracy
- Leech Life has 40 BP and 20 PP
- Fury Swipes has 20 BP, 95% accuracy, and 20 PP
- Rock Slide has 100% accuracy and a 20% flinch chance
- Octazooka has 70 BP, 100% accuracy, and a high critical hit ratio
- Detect has 15 PP
- Swagger has perfect accuracy for Dark-types
- Steel Wing has 100% accuracy
- Attract is Fairy-type
- Heal Bell has 15 PP
- Sweet Scent is Grass-type
- Iron Tail has 85% accuracy and a 20% chance of Defense drop
- Twister has 55 BP
- Rock Smash has 60 BP and a 30% chance of Defense drop
- Dive has 100 BP
- Luster Purge has 80 BP, 10 PP, and a 30% chance of Sp. Defense drop
- Mist Ball has 80 BP, 10 PP, and a 30% chance of Sp. Attack drop
- Crush Claw is Steel-type
- Aromatherapy has 15 PP
- Muddy Water has 90% accuracy and a 20% chance of accuracy drop
- Bounce has 100% accuracy and 10 PP
- Covet is Fairy-type
- Hammer Arm has 100% accuracy
- Dragon Rush has 85% accuracy
- Focus Blast has 110 BP
- Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, and Fire Fang have 100% accuracy
- Zen Headbutt has 95% accuracy
- Frost Breath has 100% accuracy
- Drill Run has 100% accuracy
- Tail Slap has 95% accuracy
- Flying Press has 100% accuracy
- Disarm Voice has 60 BP
- Bane Bunker inflicts toxic poison
- Ice Hammer has 100% accuracy
- Pollen Puff has a 20% chance to inflict paralysis
- Shell Trap has 75 BP and works like Revenge
- Stomping Fit works like Payback but receives a x1.5 boost rather than x2

How far does it go?

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Current beta goes up to the water routes east of Lilycove.

Gym Leader Levels

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Gym 1- 13-13-14
Gym 2- 18-16-19
Gym 3- 23-23-25-25
Gym 4- 29-30-29-32
Gym 5- 33-32-32-34
Gym 6- 38-39-39-40

All Pokémon Available

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Screenshots (Spoilers Within)

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General Advice

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- Every available Pokémon is viable. Yes, including Delcatty. Yes, including Corsola. Yes, including Luvdisc.
- Visit the second level of Pokémon Centres.
- Talk to NPCs as often as possible.
- A few beach routes, like Route 106, have dark sand where you can encounter wild Pokémon if you don't want to surf or fish.
- The in-game trades are extremely worth it, although only one is available in the current beta.
- The move deleter and move relearner have swapped places, so you can get rid of HMs in Fallarbor.
- Don't stress over stone evolutions, they continue to learn moves after evolving.
- The "Detailed Dex" document has all the info you need regarding the Pokémon available.
- Altering Cave opens up after defeating the third gym, and the Desert Underpass opens up after beating the fifth and getting the fossil from Mirage Tower. Both are worth visiting.
- Talk to gym leaders after battling them.

To-Do List

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- Finish the game, obviously
- Fix what bugs I can
- Maybe edit the title screen?
- Postgame?????
- Possibly a challenge mode for people who like to suffer
- That's basically it

Credits

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Jimcloud - Being an amazing beta tester
DizzyEgg & KDS - Battle engine upgrade, item expansion, various features
Mastermind_X, shiny quagsire, mwksoul, & diegoisawesome - Ruins of Alph puzzles
MWisBest - Berry replanting & faster daycare
NewDenverCity - Romantic & Hot/Iced Coffee
Le pug - Emerald Decap Patch
These threads [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] and leParagon [x] - all sprites except Poochyena/Mightyena fronts, Magikarp front, Inkay front, Sigilyph, and Skiddo front
PGE, G3T - most editing
Advance Map + XSE - map + script editing

Known Bugs (Please Read Before Reporting)

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- Misty Terrain doesn't prevent Yawn
- Lum Berry has a weird activation message for certain statuses
- Pokémon don't evolve upon level up from capture EXP
- Catching Mimikyu in its Busted form will have it remain busted until it's entered battle at least once
- The AI doesn't understand switching after one of their Pokémon faints (they'll always be sent out in the same order)
- Burn hasn't been updated to gen 7 standards (still deals 1/8 HP per turn)
- If you close the game without saving after challenging the Battle Tent, your Pokédex data will be totally cleared; easily avoided by saving immediately after challenging the Battle Tent
- The Battle Facilities as a whole behave weirdly
- Draining Kiss and Parabolic Charge act like dual-type moves, Fairy/Normal and Electric/Normal respectively; they're resisted by Rock and Steel and ineffective against Ghost
- Dunsparce in Altering Cave can sometimes hold Nuggets for some reason
- The size comparison graphic in the Pokédex hasn't been edited yet because it's stupid and I hate it
- When you obtain a TM, it only tells you the number, not the move contained within
- Match Call dialogue has been edited, but I haven't painstakingly gone through all call dialogue, so I would appreciate reporting any dialogue that's wildly out of character
- Some major trainers will have Pokémon of the wrong gender, just ignore that and assume they're gendered according to how their trainer refers to them
- If any of you make any kind of "did you just assume its gender" joke as regards the above point I'm going to personally kick your ass

* Bugs written in red are issues with the ROM bases I used and thus I probably can't fix them myself.

Downloads

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Pokémon Emerald Advanced v.0.7

Old Versions

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Pokémon Emerald Advanced v.0.5

 

[therealzef]

i'll probably wait until the full version in case things get changed from this beta, but this looks really good like your other work

 

[solidsmeagol]

This looks pretty neat.

When you say the beta goes up to gym 5, does that mean the rest of the game is the same as vanilla Emerald, or that you can't progress beyond there?

 

[looneyman1]

awww tyrantrum isnt in the game.....still a good game but I was ever so hopeful for tyrantrum.

 

[Zack knight]

I have Played FireRed Advanced and had alot of fun playing it and I'm Pretty sure I will like this game as well
Good luck

 

[looneyman1]

I found a pretty annoying bug. I bought a bunch of the ev reducing berries from the vendor in slateport and none of them work for some reason. My torterra and Totodile's EVs cant be reduced so I am unable to reset their stats to EV train them.

EDIT: Found another bug. Magmorter is genderless. Might wanna check all of the pokemon who normally evolve via trading to see if they dont change chender or something. May as well check all pokemon for that point as well.

 

[Bandmaster1133]

This hack looks awesome. Do you think you can add BW2 Repel system and XY Capture Experience Gain?

 

[Z-nogyroP]

This looks pretty neat.

When you say the beta goes up to gym 5, does that mean the rest of the game is the same as vanilla Emerald, or that you can't progress beyond there?

You can't progress beyond there, there's an invisible barrier blocking your path.

I found a pretty annoying bug. I bought a bunch of the ev reducing berries from the vendor in slateport and none of them work for some reason. My torterra and Totodile's EVs cant be reduced so I am unable to reset their stats to EV train them.

EDIT: Found another bug. Magmorter is genderless. Might wanna check all of the pokemon who normally evolve via trading to see if they dont change chender or something. May as well check all pokemon for that point as well.

EV reducing berries are because I reordered the berries in the bag, I'll hopefully have that fixed for the next beta. Magmortar's gender will be fixed in the next beta.

This hack looks awesome. Do you think you can add BW2 Repel system and XY Capture Experience Gain?

Both are implemented already.

 

[SpikeJolteon]

Play through the beta and I actually had ALOT of fun playing this.

If I could have some kind of word: I recommend having elemental stones somewhere near the 4th/5th gym. I was using a pikachu and right around the 4th gym, it started struggling a lot to the point where i didn't even use it at all.

Also how will you be able to get alolan raichu? I saw it on the list and I was just curious.

 

[KinkyDon]

Fantastic game so much enjoyment great job man, but im stuck in roxannes gym with the second puzzle i can't solve that shit for life plz help me ;-;;-;

 

[Z-nogyroP]

Play through the beta and I actually had ALOT of fun playing this.

If I could have some kind of word: I recommend having elemental stones somewhere near the 4th/5th gym. I was using a pikachu and right around the 4th gym, it started struggling a lot to the point where i didn't even use it at all.

Also how will you be able to get alolan raichu? I saw it on the list and I was just curious.

In Altering Cave, you can obtain either a Leaf, Fire, Water, Thunder, Sun, or Moon Stone, at random. You can save just before picking it up and reload until you get the one you need.

Alolan Raichu, as with the other Alolan forms, will be obtained via a trade.

Fantastic game so much enjoyment great job man, but im stuck in roxannes gym with the second puzzle i can't solve that **** for life plz help me ;-;;-;

Second puzzle as in the Lairon? Its solution is one of the screenshots in the first post.

 

[Hermione Granger]

Good luck on this, I'll try this at some point after completion.

 

[Pokams]

I have a couple of questions,how do you get the Dawn and opal stones,and how do you get the jangmo-o line?

 

[Z-nogyroP]

I have a couple of questions,how do you get the Dawn and opal stones,and how do you get the jangmo-o line?

Dawn Stone can be obtained by Rock Smash. The Oval Stone doesn't exist, Happiny evolves at level 15. Jangmo-o appears as a rare encounter on Jagged Pass.

 

[Pokams]

Dawn Stone can be obtained by Rock Smash. The Oval Stone doesn't exist, Happiny evolves at level 15. Jangmo-o appears as a rare encounter on Jagged Pass.

Ok thanks,most romhacks just put the dragon at the same place as bagon(at the end of the game) so I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get jangmo-o and his evos.by the way does anyone have any recommendations for what my team should be?
I've got a couple of possible members for the team:
Happiny
Popplio
Venipede
Nidoran?
Skiddo
Ralts(will be a gallade)
Espurr?
Jangmo-o
Also,I think you should put the available Pokemon(in the version you're on) so people don't get hyped up for a Pokemon just to realize it's not in the version they're playing. Sorry for the essay!

 

[Beerenan15]

Can anyone tell me how to do the first puzzle of Roxannes gym lol

 

[Isaac0]

This looks so cool. I'm torn between playing what you have now and waiting for the next beta.

 

[Mercilec]

based on what u chose this specific 250 pokemon?.

 

[SH60]

Ok i'm in Roxannes gym and I don't know how to get past the first puzzle.

 

[mercurialContranym]

Not trying to rush you or anything, but do you happen to have an esrimate as to when you will complete this hack?