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Emerald hack: Pokémon: Spirits of the Storm - a bite-sized doubles experience

Runawayturtle1

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    Introducing Pokémon: Spirits of the Storm

    A fully-original mini-romhack and winner of the TARC 2 competition!

    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon: Spirits of the Storm - a bite-sized doubles experience
    Hack of: Pokémon Emerald
    Released: 22 September 2025
    Est. Duration: 3-8 hrs
    Current Version: v1.2​

    Introduction
    While on a routine inspection in the bustling coastal port city of Porta Bella, Looker and Anabel find themselves caught in a mystery! What secrets do Porta Bella and the surrounding forest hold in store? Combine your own detective skills with Looker's newfound ability to predict the future to fight battles, solve the mystery, and set things right for the colorful cast of citizens in Porta Bella in this brand new, original battle and story hack!
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    A Double-Battle Hack from Experts
    The team with 5 doubles-focused romhacks developed between them breaks new ground by releasing ANOTHER doubles-exclusive experience!
    • kumatora, development lead: developer of the unreleased "Emerald DX" doubles hack now releases her first public hack!
    • Prince Fluff, combat design and balance: originally inspired by Emerald DX and previous developer of all-doubles hacks for gens 5-8, now releases his first ever decomp hack!
    Build Your Team
    • Looker has some Pokemon at the beginning, but he's not prepared for this and doesn't have any Pokeballs!
    • Get to know the colorful cast of Porta Bella and resolve their issues to build your team and conquer the game's challenging battles!
    • As the mystery progresses and you offer a helping hand to the city's citizens, Looker also will gain access to more moves, items, and abilities to refine his team.
    • Experience the game how you want to, with custom-designed teams in 3 difficulty modes
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    An "Inspired" Twist on Battle
    • As the mystery begins, Looker realizes that he the ability to predict how his opponents will act
    • This "Turn Preview" mechanic was inspired by high-info strategy games like Slay the Spire
      • While selecting an action, the player will be able to freely view the current speed of all Pokemon in battle.
      • Then press the shoulder buttons to see the opponent's next chosen move and its target!
    • What will you do when every prediction is correct?
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    Pick your Moves Carefully
    • Along with Turn Preview comes a feature returning from Prince Fluff's USUM DE: per-battle PP scale!
    • Every move has between 1 and 10 pp, but the player's team is auto-healed after every battle
    • For example, a powerful no-drawback move like Thunderbolt will have around 5pp
      • Many moves with high-but-imperfect accuracy have been raised to 100acc, but have lower PP
      • Many status moves have 2-3pp, like screens and tailwind
      • Certain powerful moves have **just 1pp**, such as Protect, Follow Me, and Spore
    Downloads/Support
    Spoiler: Full Credits (Contains Spoilers)
     

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    Does this rom hack work on my boy! Emulator? I followed the insturcitons and patched it but it showed a white screen and I cannot play the game.
     
    Goldblade said:
    Does this rom hack work on my boy! Emulator? I followed the insturcitons and patched it but it showed a white screen and I cannot play the game.
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    We didn't test it on Android, but based on some users on Reddit, the hack works on Lemuroid when you use the not-1986 Trashman patch
     
    Good story, fun gameplay, beautiful graphics. Perfect game is rare, my favorite thing about this game it like giving a choice but in soft way to make your game more easy or just normal in difficulty. I assure you if you someday make game with gym system and league with this graphic, system and the ability you have on writing story i think will be really popular. Stay healthy and thank you for the amazing game
     
    HarmakAnna said:
    Full documentation, as well as version 1.2 to fix some remaining bugs is released!
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    The discord link is dead, just want to join and lurking maybe someday there new game from you guys so i can know about it. Great game by the way, the graphics is great, the music is nice, and the dialogue when we accuse someone is funny and great especially when we made wrong choice. Thank you for the game
     
    Wirawr said:
    The discord link is dead, just want to join and lurking maybe someday there new game from you guys so i can know about it. Great game by the way, the graphics is great, the music is nice, and the dialogue when we accuse someone is funny and great especially when we made wrong choice. Thank you for the game
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    Thank you for the kind words!

    Sorry about the discord link, here's a non-expired one! https://discord.gg/9hFwbBAbjU
     
    Just finished playing and I have to say, very very well deserved winner! The story was short but interesting. Gameplay was super engaging, and hard mode provided just the right amount of difficulty to make you think every turn while not being frustrating. The maps and cutscenes were among the best I've ever seen. This was probably the most polished hack to have come out of TARC so far. 10/10 loved it, and looking forward to your future projects!
     
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