Pokemon Emerald 386 ROM

When focusing on the main objectives, Pokemon Emerald 386 is about 25 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 50 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

What is Pokemon Emerald 386?

Pokemon Emerald 386 is a GBA ROM Hack by Razormime based on Pokemon Emerald. Pokemon Emerald 386 is a quality of life hack where you can catch all 386 Pokemon of the Hoenn Region, difficulty is higher, evolution methods have changed and much more!

How to play Pokemon Emerald 386?

You can download the Pokemon Emerald 386 rom from this page and to play the game you need to download the Visualboy Advance Emulator here.

Pokemon Emerald 386 Walkthrough

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You need to download and install Visual Boy Advance and then load the rom.

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Download the official Pokemon Emerald 386 ROM in the (USA) version for the Game Boy Advance handheld consoles. To fully utilize a GBA ROM game, use our Cheats, Rom Hacks and GBA Roms sections. You can open the Pokemon Emerald 386 ROM or GBA file by Installing VisualBoyAdvance on Windows, MAC, Linux, Android or IOS/iphone.

Additional Information

Pokemon Emerald 386 is a GBA ROM Hack by Razormime based on Pokemon Emerald in English. It was last updated on March 31, 2025.

Also, be sure to check out Pokemon Inclement Emerald EX.

Description

Pokemon Emerald 386‘s main goal is to give players the opportunity to meet and obtain at least one of every Pokemon available in generation 3 as naturally as possible, thereby completing the Pokedex without the need to connect to or interact with other games or events. This project DOES NOT try to increase/decrease difficulty; add modern mechanics; change lore; “fix” balancing “issues” with the original Emerald release; or include post-gen 3 Pokemon, evolutions, items, etc.

On top of creating an environment in which to complete the Pokedex, the game also tries to complement the expanded availability of Pokemon by giving players repeated access to ALL TMs, Move Tutors, and Evolution items. This is NOT intended to be a modern version of Emerald! It is intended to be the Original Emerald… only completable as a solo player.

Players looking for the old-school experience should be happy with what is on offer, and can find a more detailed account of changes in the readme. However, plenty of care has been taken so that all added wild Pokemon are somehow hinted at or triggered in the Pokedex so players should not need the readme for added locations, and in addition, NO vanilla encounters have been removed.

Features

Original Special-Event Tickets & Map properly restored
Gen 1 and 2 Legendary Pokemon given appropriate events
More Legendary Pokemon now have de-spawn safety (as well as the Sudowoodo)
Trade-Evolutions achieved through a special NPC “trade-helper” – trade-evolve YOUR Pokemon and keep it!
Fossil Regenerator expanded to include all fossil Pokemon
ALL TM’s become available for re-purchase at certain points
One-Time Move Tutors can be reset for continual access
Unused or Missing Decorations added

Other Bonus Stuff

The missing Zigzagoon from the cable-car scene restored to intended chances of appearing!
Deoxys learned move-set expanded to include all version exclusive moves from FR/LG & R/S.
Some NPC Pokemon teams expanded to trigger Pokedex “seen” flags, allowing players to hunt newly-added wild Pokemon.
NPC’s added to hint at new content like where in-game trades are located and what is on offer, or where they caught a certain Pokemon. (pictured)
Ability to reset the RTC for players who have emulators which do not properly keep track of time when the hardware is powered off.
Some in-game rewards for things like fetch-quests, Hoenn Pokedex completion, story progression, etc. have been updated – Talk to everyone!
Cacnea appears in the intro speech as an immediate means to tell you that the patch was successful. (pictured)
Custom box art provided for use with emulation front-end interfaces

Changelog

V1.4

Unlocks trading with Fire Red / Leaf Green at the very beginning of the game (Vanilla requires defeating the Elite 4, first).
The early Water Stone now respawns after defeating the Elite 4
Removed a misplaced apostrophe from dialogue which only appeared once.

V1.3.4

Updates Hiker Trent’s Pokemon team and idle-dialogue to offer a hint at where to find Grimer.
Added a single hidden Water Stone to the early game.
Updated a bit of text in Birch’s post-game event to fix a small typo.
Some Readme and Berry Guide text rephrased.

V1.3.3

Swaps around a couple berry locations
Removes Enigma berry to prevent potential headaches for players (It doesn’t cause any glitches or soft-locks, but it takes 96hrs to harvest if planted and offers no use).
Updated Readme and Berry Guide text files with extra info on a couple items and information about e-reader berries (Jan 14, 2025)

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File Name	Pokemon Emerald 386
File Size	6.67MB
Version	1.4
Release Date	World: March 31, 2025
Genre	RPG
Developer	Razormime
Platform	Game Boy Advance
Region	USA
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Rate ROM	[Total: 21 Average: 3.3]