Pokemon Tourmaline ROM

Pokemon Tourmaline is a ROMhack of and loose sequel to Pokémon Emerald. This game is intended to take place in an alternate timeline where the setting and events have diverged a bit from the official games. Most notably, some mechanics from later gens are absent while others have been reworked, and a number of new mechanics have been introduced.

It’s been several years since the battle of Groudon and Kyogre wrought havoc on the Hoenn region. Humanity’s understanding of Pokémon has deepened as more discoveries are made about the origins of Pokémon. A recent surge of discoveries in the nearby Issho region has drawn researchers from all over the world, including May, now an assistant Pokémon professor.

After receiving a Pokémon from her, the player sets out to investigate the reports coming from all over the Issho region of new species of Pokémon, new types of Pokémon, and even more strange phenomena. Meanwhile, a new threat is on the rise in Issho, a mysterious crime syndicate that uses exceptionally powerful Pokémon.

Features

• Original story, characters, and region
• Return of many old characters
• A custom regional Pokédex with 386 Pokémon
• New regional forms of Pokémon from gens 5-8
• There is no Mega Evolution, but some Megas have returned as natural evolutions
• A small number of additional fakemon, including some SpaceWorld designs
• Updated type chart including Fairy type and a new type, Echo, designed to counter Fairies and Ghosts
• 4 new status conditions
• 2 new weather types
• Over 60 new moves and over 20 new abilities
• Buffs to some old Pokémon, moves, and abilities
• Other aspects of the battle system have been updated to gen 8 standards unless otherwise noted
• A custom set of over 100 TMs and HMs
• A large number of other moves available through move tutors
• Return of old features like the day/night cycle, headbutt trees, and daily events
• Various changes to the UI to create a unique experience
• Minor QoL features including faster text, Repel prompts, increased bag size, and menu looping

Known Issues

• EMULATOR SPEEDUP: This has a tendency to glitch the game in unpredictable ways. Use it sparingly and save often if you do.
• DOUBLE BATTLE GLITCH: After fighting a double battle trainer (e.g. Twins), during wild battles, the player will send out two Pokemon as if it were a double battle. These battles otherwise seem to behave normally. The player can even catch the wild Pokemon without issue. Fighting a single battle trainer fixes this issue. This glitch does NOT happen after fighting a double battle against two separate trainers.
• POKEDEX GLITCH: The pokedex pages for new regional forms don’t show the correct sprites. The player will see the base form instead.
• STATUS BAR GLITCH: Enemy status bars sometimes show the wrong color for status conditions. For example, the BRN symbol may be black instead of the correct red color. This is a minor graphics glitch that I haven’t found a fix for yet. It doesn’t affect anything else and it often fixes itself, so just ignore it.
• WINDOWS AT NIGHT: Sometimes these will be strange colors instead of the correct yellow shade. Entering and exiting a building fixes this for now.

Changelog

V1.1.1

• May now recognizes a complete Issho Pokédex
• Reworked Battle Frontier tilesets to be compatible with the day/night system
• Changed Southern Island Lati@s encounter level to 40
• Southern Island Lati@s encounter now corresponds to the opposite player gender
• Fixed issues with the Inverse Challenge sidequest
• Added “with no collisions” to the Hot Wheels quest description
• Fixed some other typos
• Fixed various tile/collision errors

V1.1.0

• Added the Battle Frontier to the postgame (talk to Scott after getting all the silver symbols for a surprise!)
• Updated Battle Frontier prizes and trade NPCs
• Added café with infinitely rematchable trainers to Xanthos City (available after the 3rd gym badge)
• Offwite Town old man now always gives the player a Thaw HM
• Xanthos City herb seller now sells White/Mental Herbs after the player becomes champion
• Blend Master sidequest now only requires you to reach 120 RPM
• Shadow Tag now prevents genies from fleeing
• Fixed glitch with postgame sailor menu
• Fixed various typos and tile errors

V1.0.6

• All HM distribution events now account for when the player’s bag is full, fixing potential softlocks.
• Some of the longer dungeons now have NPCs who provide the player with shortcuts in exchange for a fee. These NPCs only appear on Normal difficulty.
• It’s now possible to lower, but not raise, the difficulty setting (talk to NPC on the PokeCenter 2nd floor).
• Restricted saving to PCs only on Insane difficulty (keep in mind this means you can’t save if you have no money left; you’ll have to earn more somehow or lower the difficulty).
• The difficulty setting now displays on the Hall of Fame screen.
• Fixed Violet/Vert not healing the player’s party in Cinerous Tower and Mindaro Gardens.
• Fixed Celebi event glitch that let you battle it infinitely many times.
• Fixed potential softlock in Route 68 boulder section.
• Fixed some misaligned holes in Broadcast Tower.
• Fixed tile error preventing the use of Surf on Route 88.
• Fixed some typos.
• Fixed various incorrect icon sprites.

Useful Links

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Pokecommunity

Documentation