"The Hoenn region is unstable - Rayquaza has awakened! Your skills as a Trainer will be challenged like they've never been challenged before as you try to maintain the balance between Kyogre & Groudon. Prove your skills by earning badges & gaining access to Battle Frontier - the front line of Pokémon battling that offers a whole new level of competition. Never-before-experienced battles await you!" - Game Freak
In this special "386 Version," You'll be able to complete your Pokédex without the need to connect with other games via wireless adaptor or game-link cable (though you totally still can). Most of the game is left as "vanilla" as possible to remain as faithful to the original release as you remember it, though some text has been modified to no longer reference "real world" locations. However, this edition does not change difficulty, sprite-work, music, evolution methods, trainer parties, running speed, rebalance moves, modify typing or introduce anything new which might "modernize" or "fix problems" with the original release!
- Special Ferry Tickets and Old Sea Map properly restored for use.
- Legendary Pokémon from Kanto and Johto have all been given static encounters or other special events.
- Wild Pokémon which were once exclusive to Ruby and Sapphire can now be found in their corresponding areas.
- Wild Pokémon which were once exclusive to FireRed and LeafGreen have been spread out through Hoenn.
- DEOXYS has access to all of it's exclusive attacks from Ruby & Sapphire and FireRed & LeafGreen.
A special NPC will help you trade your Pokémon with yourself for the evolutions.- Almost every static encounter now has "de-spawn" safety, ensuring you don't lose-out on accident.
- The Fossil Regenerator can revive all fossils.
- One-Time Move Tutors can be "reset" for continual access.
- The Move Reminder can teach your Pokémon moves from it's pre-evolutions (5 levels after the pre-evolution learns it).
- Every TM in the game becomes available to buy after certain events.
- Players can reset the Real-Time Clock at the title screen (for use with emulators which don't accurately track time while not playing).
Zigzagoon restored to randomly appear in the cable-car scene!- Rare berries are now avaialble in-game, and can be repeatedly collected.
- Unused and version exclusive Secret Base Decorations added
- Optional rival "record-mixing" event available to trigger "seen" flags of the base forms of all wild Pokémon in the Pokédex - useful for hunting.
The ROM-hack file in the download section cannot be played by itself! It must be applied to an original, legit copy of this exact .gba rom: Pokemon - Emerald Version (USA, Europe) - I cannot tell you where or how to find that exact titled rom (it cannot be a later v1.1 revision, or any other language, etc.), but if you have a rom like this, check it using this link https://www.romhacking.net/hash, and compare the information it gives you to this info, here:
Database match: Pokemon - Emerald Version (USA, Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: F3AE088181BF583E55DAF962A92BB46F4F1D07B7
File/ROM CRC32: 1F1C08FB
If the information matches, then you can make the Emerald 386 ROM:
- Unzip the .zip file to get to the .ips file.
- Put the Pokémon Emerald 386.ips file and your copy of the Pokémon Emerald .gba in a folder.
- Apply the patch (.ips file) to the game (.gba file) using only ONE of these two options:
- Online Patcher: https://www.romhacking.net/patch/
- Offline Patcher: https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/240
The file created by the patcher is the full Pokémon Emerald 386 patched game, and can now be played on your favorite GBA emulator or flashed to a cart! To be sure that the patch is applied correctly, look for a Cacnea in Prof. Birch's opening speech. Your exact current version number can be checked at the free computer on the second floor of the Devon Corporation in Rustboro City.
- 1.4.5: NPC dialogue updated in Devon Corp. and Space Center.
- 1.4.4: Added Deoxys' missing attacks. Battle text updated.
- 1.4.3: "Deep Sea Tooth & Scale" can now respawn after each Elite-4 victory
- 1.4.2: Lilycove Dept. Store 2F will now start selling the "Upgrade" item after becoming Champion. Small text update.
- 1.4.1: Fixed an issue where sometimes an NPC in Battle Frontier wouldn't give the alternate "Tent" decoration.
- 1.4.0: Removed the vanilla trading restriction with FireRed and LeafGreen. Changed a specific "Waterstone" item pickup to respawn after each Elite-4 victory.
- 1.3.4: Added a "Waterstone" item pickup. Updated NPC text.
- 1.3.3: Removed "Enigma Berry." Relocated some "Berries."
- 1.3.2: Fixed a small collision issue in Jagged Pass.
- 1.3.1: Fixed an issue where the "Apicot Berry" was not properly given.
- 1.3.0: Added all the rare "Berries." Minor tile adjustment.
- 1.2.0: Added rival's optional "Pokédex Mixing" event. Added Fisherman's fishing-guide book. Repositioned an NPC.
- 1.1.0: Small text adjustment. Small collision issue with a rock.
- 1.0.0: Emerald 386 released.
