Pokemon Emerald Legacy Enhanced ROM

Pokemon Emerald Legacy Enhanced is a GBA ROM Hack by Exclsior based on Pokemon Emerald. It was last updated on August 05, 2025.

Description

Pokémon Emerald Legacy Enhanced is a fork of Pokémon Emerald Legacy by TheSmithPlays and his incredible project team, aiming to add Quality of Life improvements and updates which do not align with the Legacy project vision, but nonetheless are features which I believe enhance the game.

Some simple Quality of Life features are included in this rom hack (such as using select in the party menu to switch Pokémon positions and HMs only requiring Badge, HM in bag, and a Pokémon able to learn the move (not taking up a move slot) to use them).

Features

• Nature Mints in Flower Shop after beating Norman
• EV/IV Editing after getting National Dex
• Egg Move tutor in Fallarbor after beating the game
• HMs don’t need to be learned by team to use, just need a Pokemon able to learn in the party
• All Legacy updates to date 12 Jan 2025
• A lot of other minor quality-of-life updates
• Save files compatible from Emerald Legacy

Changelog

V1.1.4

High Level Features

• All Base Legacy changes as of v1.1.4.
• Pokémon followers (can be disabled).
• Unique per-Pokémon Surfing Overworld sprites instead of the “Surf blob” (can be disabled).
• Optional National Dex Mode (More information in separate National Dex section below)
• Optional in-game Shiny Charms to the player’s item PC which must be withdrawn into the item bag to work. (More information in Shiny Charm section below)
• Removed requirement for all field moves (including HMs) to have to be learned by a Pokémon in order to be used outside of battle.
• Added gold sparkle to Feebas spots on Route 119 after recieving the Devon Scope.
• Stat Editor to edit IVs and EVs added to Party Menu after National Dex is unlocked.
• Nature Mints have been added in the game for purchase after beating Petalburg Gym.
• Ability Capsules added into the game to swap between Pokémon’s abilities.
• Added Egg Move Tutor to Fallarbor Town Move Tutor’s House after beating the game.
• Updated Pokédex to include evolution information.
• Added ability to fly to your Secret Base after creating one.
• Added EXP. All as reward from Mr. Stone for delivering Steven’s Letter (Not Gen 6 EXP. Share, see Items section).
• Added significantly expanded Options Menu to toggle many features:
  • Further customised “L Button” shortcuts.
  • Overworld Speedup option added to speed up Player and NPC speed without speeding up Music.
  • Many more options, see Options Menu section

National Dex Mode

National Dex Mode is an alternate play mode for new games on Emerald Legacy Enhanced allowing to select from all nine starters from the start of the game as well as having all of Base Legacy’s post-game route encounters available from the start of the game (i.e Rattata as a possible rare spawn on Route 101). The game has not been rebalanced for National Dex Pokémon, as such I do not recommend using this game mode for your first play through of Emerald Legacy Enhanced (unless you have finished Emerald Legacy already).

• Able to select National Dex as an option when starting a new game.
• National Dex wild encounters unlocked
  • National Dex encounters are still rarer encounters than Hoenn counterparts through the game.
• Able to choose from all 9 available Gen 1-3 starters to play
• If you select a non-Hoenn starter:
  • The rival will still have the Hoenn starter of the type super effective against yours (i.e. if you select Charmander, your rival will start with Mudkip)
  • The Hoenn starters will be available in the post-game from your rival by trading the base form of your selected starter.
  • The relevant quest or reward matching the player’s starter will be shiny. (i.e. If you chose Charmander, your rival will gift you a shiny Charmander for the relevant quest.)
• No in-game trainers or battles have been updated, the game is still Hoenn leaning.
  • As a result, the game is “unbalanced” in favour of the player.
• Some post-game gift National Dex encounters remain in the post-game (such as Aerodactyl for example)
• Safari Zone is fully available to explore (meaning the Johto encounters are available in the main game)
• One Snorlax is available somewhere in the overworld before post-game. (Respawns after each E4 clear)
• Eevee is available as a gift before post-game from Lanette.
• Porygon available from Game Corner.
• First form pseudo-legendaries all available in the wild.
  • Dratini remains available in Sootopolis city with original Base Legacy post-game location.
  • As noted above, Larvitar moved to Route 111 (Desert) as 1% encounter.
    • No Larvitar encounter in Victory Road at all.
• All post-game legendaries from Base Legacy remain post-game for National Dex mode, no changes to legendary availability.
• Starter learnsets have been updated (see Pokémon Changes – Moves section)

Shiny Charms

Completely optional to use Shiny Charms have been added to the game. These are a “secret” feature, meaning no in-game NPCs or dialogue refer to their existence.

In-game milestones for Shiny Charm acquisition (all added to Player Item PC, max 8 available per game.):

• One from start of the game
• Beating the Game (E4 and Champion)
• Getting all Contest Artworks in Lilycove Museum
• Defeating Steven in Meteor Falls
• Completing Hoenn Pokédex (And speak to Prof. Birch)
• Completing National Pokédex (And speak to game developers in Lilycove City)
• Getting all Silver Symbols in Battle Frontier
• Getting all Gold Symbols in Battle Frontier

Key Notes

• Shiny Charms will be silently awarded to the player’s item PC when in-game milestones have been met.
  • do not work if left or stored in the player’s item PC.
• Shiny Charms only take effect if they are in the player’s bag.
• Shiny Charms cannot be tossed.
• Breeding Eggs from Daycare are impacted by Shiny Charm(s) as long as they’re in the bag when you collect the egg.
• Shiny Charms can be held by Pokémon and therefore traded between different Emerald Legacy Enhanced games.
  • do not change Shiny changes if held by a Pokémon
• If migrating a save and already completed a relevant milestone, the Shiny Charm will be added to your PC, except for the Pokédex Shiny Charms which require the above noted in-game tasks to be added to the PC.

Shiny Charm Rates

• 0 Charms – 1/8192 (No Shiny Charms in bag) – 0.01221% – Same as original Emerald

1. 1/1024 (Available from Start of Game) – 0.09766%
2. 1/512 – 0.1953%
3. 3/1024 – 0.2930% (I suspect most people will end up here by end of their main playthrough)
4. 1/256 – 0.3906%
5. 5/1024 – 0.4883%
6. 3/512 – 0.5859%
7. 7/1024 – 0.6836%
8. 1/128 – 0.7812%

Comprehensive Implemented Changes

New Features

• Added optional New Game National Dex Mode option to choose from the nine starters and unlock most National Dex encounters from the start of the game. (More information in separate section above)
• Added optional in-game Shiny Charms to the player’s item PC which must be withdrawn into the item bag to work. (More information in separate section above)

Quality of Life

• Removed requirement for all field moves (including HMs) to have to be learned by a Pokémon in order to be used outside of battle.
  • Relevant Gym Badge, HM in bag, and at least one Pokémon capable of learning the move required to use a HM.
  • Dialogue for people providing HMs updated to note that a Pokémon only needs to be able to learn the move.
    • e.g. “Cutter” in Rustboro’s dialogue updated to note a Pokémon able to learn cut can chop down thin trees.
  • Secret Power requires TM43 in Bag and a Pokémon able to use the move (which is almost all Pokémon)
  • Dig requires TM28 in Bag and a Pokémon able to use the move from the party menu or level up as noted below.
  • The following field moves require the Pokémon to be able to learn it by level up equal or prior to their current level to be added to the party menu:
    • Dig
    • Teleport
    • Milk Drink
    • Softboiled
    • Sweet Scent
  • A maximum of four field moves will be added to the Party Menu list with priority given to moves already learned, followed by Fly and Flash HMs before any non-HM moves.
• Stat Editor to edit IVs and EVs added to Party Menu after National Dex is unlocked.
  • Updated in latest patch to decrease or increase EVs and IVs by 10 using L and R respectively.
• Added Egg Move Tutor to Fallarbor Town Move Tutor’s House after beating the game.
  • Artisan Cave Egg Move Artist was added after this feature was added, so both Egg Move Tutors are available in game.
• New Options Added (See Options Menu Section for more detail):
  • Auto Run
  • Fast Surf
  • Diving movement speed.
  • Improved Fishing: Does not allow hooked fish to escape (Off by default).
  • Bike Music.
  • Surf Music.
  • Swap game battle mode between Normal, Hard and Hardcore (Nuzlocke) after defeating Steven in Meteor Falls.
  • HP Bar speed draining in battle.
  • EXP Bar speed filling in battle.
  • In-battle item use animation.
  • Type Effectiveness colour coding within battle (Off by default).
  • Game font
  • World Speed
  • Extra “Button Modes” for the “L” button as a shortcut in the overworld when pressing the “L” button
• Added ability to fly to your Secret Base after creating one.
  • Represented by grayscale player icon on route where base is made.
  • Note: If migrating a save file, you will have to manually enter your Secret Base at least once to activate the ability to fly to the base.
• Added ability for level capped and level 100 Pokémon to gain EVs.
• Pressing “Start” on the Trainer Card screen will show the player’s “Secret ID” for RNG Manipulation uses.
• Ability to increase player and Non-player character movement speed in the overworld. (See Options Menu section)
• Updated Pokédex to include evolution information.
• Decoration Improvements:
  • Updated Lilycove Department Store Clearance Sale to appear permanently after beating the game.
  • Added both Red and Blue Tents to Slateport Decor seller after completing Trick House.
  • Added Lotad and Seedot dolls for purchase from Slateport Doll seller.
• Low Health beep reduced to three beeps and not loop infinitely.
• Added Select as shortcut to swap Pokémon in Party.
• Added extra “Button Modes” for the “L” button as a shortcut in the overworld when pressing the “L” button (more details in Options Menu section)
• Added Multi item Register Menu.
  • One registered item works same as vanilla Emerald, multiple registered items will show on-field menu to select item.
  • Note: Emerald Legacy Saves brought over will lose the originally selected item, re-registering Key Item will fix issue.
• Added larger quantity coin purchasing in Mauville Game Corner and improved efficiency to purchase more coins.
• Battle Frontier Move Tutor costs reduced:
  • All costs reduced to a quarter (e.g. 48 BP to 12 BP)
  • After gaining Silver Symbols Move Tutors teach moves for Free
• Pressing the B Button in Wild Battles moves the game cursor to “Run”
• Name Rater can now rename traded Pokémon.
• Added option for Pokémon to be able to be nicknamed from the Party Menu (disabled by default).
  • Traded Pokémon can’t be renamed in Party Menu, must be taken to Name Rater.
• “Move Pokémon” set as first option in Pokemon Storage System.
• Lanette’s PC and Hall of Fame PC accessible from Player PC after beating the game.
• Pokemon battled and seen in the Battle Frontier facilities now mark as “Seen” in the Pokédex.
• Can now fly away from Lilycove Dept. Store rooftop.
• Lilycove Vending Machine improved:
  • Cursor stays on same drink after purchase.
  • Increased chance of dropping a bonus drink.
• Mirage Island changes:
  • Appears if Wynaut in party.
  • After post-game now appears if Mew, Celebi, or Jirachi are in party as a nod to mythical Pokémon originally being referred to as “mirage” Pokémon.
• Roaming Lati now marked as “Seen” in the Pokédex after viewing TV in player home to allow tracking from Pokédex.
  • Note: If upgrading from base Legacy or an older version of Enhanced, changing routes once will add the relevant roaming Lati as seen to the Pokédex to track.
• Made Sky Pillar Puzzle easier if player has completed Battle Frontier Silver Symbols.
• Made Mirage Tower puzzle easier in postgame if not cleared beforehand.

Battle

• Overgrow, Blaze, Torrent and Swarm all show in-battle text when activating with a relevant move.
• Magma Armor ability now shows in-battle text when activating when hit with a water move.
• Added further post-game battle with Steven in Meteor Falls (higher level)
  • Battle available after first beating Steven in Meteor Falls, then beating the E4 again.
  • Battle resets after each E4 clear.
• Final (undocumented) late post-game developer battle with Exclsior added with secret reward for completion. Reqirements for battle to become available:
  • Defeated Steven in Meteor Falls at least once.
  • Caught the Southern Island Lati.
  • Finished all in-game quests to get the Kanto starters.
  • Defeated in game base legacy developer battles against Weebra, Craig and Smith.
  • Collected all Silver Symbols from Battle Frontier.
  • Completed the Prof. Birch post-game quest to unlock the post-game encounters.

Items

• Nature Mints have been added in the game for purchase after beating Petalburg Gym.
  • One free Serious Mint will be given by Norman after gaining the Facade TM.
  • Pretty Petal Flower Shop North of Petalburg Woods will sell all mints at 20,000 pokedollars each.
• Ability Capsules added into the game to swap between Pokémon’s abilities (if a species has more than one ability available)
  • Available from Slateport Mart Energy Guru for 20,000 pokedollars if your lead Pokémon has an Effort Ribbon
  • Available from Battle Frontier from vitamin seller for 4BP
• Added EXP. All as reward from Mr. Stone for delivering Steven’s Letter.
  • Notes:
    • This is in addition to traditional Gen 3 EXP. Share held item remaining unchanged.
    • This is not not Gen 6 EXP. Share.
    • EXP splits half the battle exp evenly between all eligible Pokémon in the party.
    • EXP would be the same as if all Pokémon in the party are each holding an EXP. Share.
    • EXP. All and EXP. Share do not work together, if EXP. All is on, held item EXP. Share does not do anything.
    • If you migrate your save file and have already collected your EXP. Share, visit Mr. Stone again to recieve the EXP. All.
• Items can be moved between Pokémon in the party menu without using the bag.
• Pokeballs can now be sorted by “Type” like other bag pockets.
• Pokeballs (except Master Ball) can be used from bag to change a Pokémon’s current ball.
• Wild Pokémon held item chances slightly buffed for Compoundeyes Ability users:
  • Chance of “common” item buffed from 60% to 70%
  • Chance of “rare” item buffed from 20% to 25%
• Clamperl wild held item changed:
  • Blue Shard removed as held item
  • 5% chance to hold Deepseascale or Deepseatooth (10% overall)
  • With compoundeyes Pokémon 10% chance to hold Deepseascale or Deepseatooth (20% overall)
• Blue Shard added as rare held item for Feebas (to replace Clamperl losing the held item)
• Lucky Egg increases all battle exp gained if any Pokémon in party is holding the item.
• Amulet Coin doubles prize money if any Pokémon in party is holding the item.
• Soot Sack use in bag now shows amount of ash in bag and registerable to view in overworld.
• Luxury ball added to Verdanturf Town Mart after clearing Rusturf Tunnel.
• As Soul Dew has no effect in Battle Frontier in Emerald, added a block to disallow a Soul Dew as a held item in Battle Frontier.
  • This makes it clearer to use alternate held items with the Latis in Battle Frontier.
  • This is a little known hidden limitation by GameFreak in Pokémon Emerald since initial release.
• Added all Type Enhancing Held Items to various Town and City Pokemarts at 9,800 pokedollars after beating the game.
  • Oldale Town: Poison Barb
  • Petalburg City: Silk Scarf & Silverpowder
  • Rustboro City: Hard Stone
  • Slateport City: Black Belt
  • Mauville City: Magnet
  • Verdanturf Town: Miracle Seed
  • Fallarbor Town: Dragon Fang
  • Lavaridge Town: Charcoal & Soft Sand
  • Fortree City: Sharp Beak
  • Mossdeep City: Twistedspoon & Nevermeltice
  • Sootopolis City: Mystic Water
  • Ever Grande City (Pokémon League): Blackglasses & Spell Tag
• Added Heart Scales to Sootopolis Mart at 1,000 pokedollars after beating the the game.
• Added a seller of Pokémon-specific held items to the Safari Zone Entrance.
  • Before beating the game Light Ball available for 9,800 pokedollars.
  • After beating the game or in National Dex Mode: Stick, Lucky Punch, Metal Powder, and Thick Club added for 9,800 pokedollars.
  • After beating the game and having Latias or Latios in party: Soul Dew added for 50,000 pokedollars.
• Battle Frontier Exchange Corner Items Updated:
  • Changed Rare Candy Cost to 1 BP each
  • Decorations cost halved (e.g. 16 BP to 8 BP)
  • Reduced rare berry costs to a quarter (e.g. 48 BP to 12 BP)
  • Battle Held Item costs reduced to a quarter (e.g. 48 BP to 12 BP)
    • Added more Held Items: Amulet Coin, Exp. Share, Lucky Egg, Macho Brace, Cleanse Tag, SmokeBall, Soothe Bell, & Everstone
  • PP Up added to Vitamin seller for 1BP
  • PP Max added after getting all Silver Symbols for 3BP

Pokémon Changes – Encounters and Gifts

• Added gold sparkle to Feebas spots on Route 119 after recieving the Devon Scope.
  • Feebas encounter rate on tiles reduced to 10% to retain a bit of challenge in finding wild Feebas (Normal 50% on Feebas tiles before getting the Devon Scope).
  • Steven’s dialogue updated when providing Devon Scope to hint towards revisiting Route 119.
• Beldum, Metang and Metagross Catch Rates increased to 45 to match other psuedo-legendaries.
• Magma Hideout Encounters given more variety:
  • Slugma (only first room), Magcargo (all but first room), Numel, and Baltoy added reducing Geodude and Graveller encounter rates.
• Postgame Encounters slightly reworked:
  • Sky Pillar encounter levels increased to match Ruby/Sapphire levels and merge encounter tables(now highest wild encounter levels in the game)
    • Dusclops and Mawile added to Sky Pillar Encounters
    • Postgame levels updated to range from 48 – 60
  • Pseudo-legendary encounters reworked at 1% encounter rates:
    • Dragonair added to Meteor Falls Bagon room with Super Rod in postgame.
    • Pupitar replacing Larvitar in Victory Road in postgame.
    • Metang added to Steven’s Meteor Falls Cave room in postgame.
    • Shelgon added to ground floor of Sky Pillar in postgame.
    • Dratini added to surfing pool of Meteor Falls Bagon room in postgame. (available in Sootopolis City in National Dex Mode)
    • Larvitar moved to Route 111 (Desert) in postgame and National Dex Mode.
  • General encounter rebalancing for National Dex Mode (changes standard postgame encounters slightly):
    • Mankey moved to Granite Cave B1F and B2F
    • Mr. Mime moved to Mt. Pyre Summit
    • Diglett moved to Route 119 (Desert)
    • Kabuto and Omanyte moved within Meteor Falls from mid-game caves to late-game caves
    • Mawile returned to Meteor Falls late-game caves
    • Magmar added to Magma Hideout (still in Fiery Pass)
  • Lanette gives a gift Eevee in National Dex Mode or postgame.
  • Trick Master Eevee gift now Shiny.
    • If migrating a save after already claiming the gift Eevee, Trick Master will provide the Shiny Eevee gift.
  • Wild Snorlax static encounter added to National Dex Mode or postgame.
  • Trainer Hill Snorlax reward now Shiny.
    • If migrating a save after already receiving Trainer Hill Snorlax, completing Trainer Hill again will reward the Shiny Snorlax. (Two attempts may be required.)
  • Sudowoodo now respawns after each E4 clear.
• Added reward from rival after trading for the two other Hoenn starters of Shiny starter of same species as player’s starter.
• Jirachi able to be rematched if fled from or defeated
• If defeated, E4 rematch required to reset defeated flag like other legendaries

Pokémon Changes – Moves

• Added Self-Destruct to Wailmer and Wailord Egg Move Pool
• Added Extremespeed to Zigzagoon and Linoone Egg Move Pool
• Added Extrasensory to Cyndaquil, Quilava and Typhlosion Egg Move Pool
• Added Shadow Ball to Typhlosion TM Learnset (As a nod to Legends Arceus)
• Added Fly to more Pokémon HM Learnsets (in addition to Base Legacy) inspired by moosedude451‘s Crystal Legacy – You can FLY! Fork for inspiration of adding Fly to further HM learnsets.:
  • Butterfree
  • Beedrill
  • Venomoth
  • Scyther
  • Ledyba
  • Ledian
  • Jumpluff
  • Yanma
  • Gligar
  • Mantine
  • Celebi
  • Dustox
  • Ninjask
  • Volbeat
  • Illumise
• Starter Movesets reworked, primarily for National Dex Mode (changes compared to Emerald Legacy only):
  • Ivysaur:
    • Lvl 36: Giga Drain
  • Venusaur:
    • Lvl 1: Petal Dance
    • Lvl 36: Giga Drain
  • Charmander:
    • Lvl 10: Smokescreen
    • Lvl 13: Metal Claw
    • Lvl 34: Flamethrower
  • Charmeleon:
    • Lvl 10: Smokescreen
    • Lvl 13: Metal Claw
    • Lvl 22: Fire Punch
    • Lvl 34: Flamethrower
  • Meganium:
    • Lvl 1: Giga Drain
    • Lvl 36: Petal Dance
  • Cyndaquil:
    • Lvl 7: Ember
    • Lvl 14: Quick Attack
    • Lvl 18: Dig (Because Cyndaquil line learnsets are atrocious)
    • Lvl 28: Swift
    • Lvl 32: Flamethrower
  • Quilava:
    • Lvl 7: Ember
    • Lvl 14: Quick Attack
    • Lvl 18: Dig (Because Cyndaquil line learnsets are atrocious)
    • Lvl 30: Swift
    • Lvl 34: Flamethrower
    • Lvl 40: Earthquake (Because Cyndaquil line learnsets are atrocious)
  • Typhlosion:
    • Lvl 7: Ember
    • Lvl 14: Quick Attack
    • Lvl 18: Dig (Because Cyndaquil line learnsets are atrocious)
    • Lvl 30: Swift
    • Lvl 34: Flamethrower
    • Lvl 40: Earthquake (Because Cyndaquil line learnsets are atrocious)
    • Lvl 65: Blast Burn
  • Feraligatr:
    • Lvl 65: Hydro Cannon
  • Sceptile:
    • Lvl 65: Frenzy Plant
  • Blaziken:
    • Lvl 65: Blast Burn
  • Swampert:
    • Lvl 65: Hydro Cannon
• Lati Moveset Improvements:
  • Luster Purge and Mist Ball buffed to 90BP (already 15 PP on Base Legacy)
  • Latias (changes compared to Emerald Legacy only):
    • Lvl 1: Water Sport
    • Lvl 25: Psybeam
    • Lvl 35: Psychic
    • Lvl 40: Mist Ball
    • Lvl 55: Dragon Claw
  • Latios (changes compared to Emerald Legacy only):
    • Lvl 1: Protect
    • Lvl 25: Psybeam
    • Lvl 35: Psychic
    • Lvl 40: Luster Purge
    • Lvl 55: Dragon Claw

Visual / Aesthetic / Experience

• Added Pokémon follower as first Pokémon in your party
  • Supports Shiny followers
  • Can be disabled in options menu. (See Options Menu Section)
  • If first Pokémon fainted, second Pokémon in party will be follower and so on.
  • Some areas such as Fortree and Mossdeep Gyms will have followers hidden to not interfere with the puzzles.
  • Very large followers (Steelix, Lugia, Ho-oh, Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza) will not appear indoors.
  • Can be disabled in options menu. (See Options Menu Section)
• Added unique per-Pokémon Surfing Overworld sprites instead of the “Surf blob”
  • Supports Shiny Pokémon.
  • Can revert back to Surf Blob if preferred in options. (See Options Menu Section)
  • Diving uses generic diving sprite.
• Updated Regi overworld encounter sprites to match the Regi PokeDolls.
• Steven’s Champion Room and Battle Background ported from Ruby/Sapphire (Purple themed instead of Wallace’s Blue theme)
  • Reverts to Wallace’s Blue theme post-game
• Wallace’s Gym Leader sprite ported from Ruby/Sapphire
  • Wallace’s Emerald Champion Sprite remains for the E4
• Raikou, Entei and Suicune encounters now use hidden Legendary Beasts music track for encounter music.
  • Note: this was intended as a test track so doesn’t have the full range of other tracks in the game.
• Many legendary overworld sprites updated to match follower sprites:
  • Articuno
  • Moltres
  • Zapdos
  • Mewtwo
  • Raikou
  • Entei
  • Suicune
  • Lugia
  • Ho-oh
  • Celebi
  • Latios (Southern Island)
  • Latias (Southern Island)
  • Unchanged:
    • Rayquaza, Groudon, Kyogre, Deoxys, Jirachi, Mew
• Many general pokemon overworld sprites updated:
  • Not changed: Wild Kecleon, or the Zigzagoon who chases Birch.
• All in game trades now have the relevant trade or traded pokemon in the building.

Options Menu

• Ability to enable to disable Pokémon followers.
• Ability to toggle between unique per-Pokémon surfing overworld and original “Surf blob”
• Ability to increase player and Non-player character movement speed in the world.
• Ability to enable or disable Auto Run.
  • Run without holding the B Button.
  • Hold B to walk.
• Ability to enable to disable Fast Surf.
  • Fast Surfing without holding the B button.
  • Hold B to Surf at normal speed.
• Ability to enable or disable Improved Fishing: Does not allow hooked fish to escape (disabled by default).
• Ability to change diving movement speed.
• Ability to enable or disable Bike Music.
• Ability to enable or disable Surf Music.
• Ability to swap game battle mode between Normal, Hard and Hardcore (Nuzlocke) after defeating Steven in Meteor Falls.
• Ability to change speed of HP Bar draining in battle.
• Ability to change speed of EXP Bar filling in battle.
• Ability to reduce or turn off in-battle item use animation.
• Ability to toggle Type Effectiveness colour coding within battle (Off by default).
  • Green: Super effective, Red: Not very effective, Grey: No effect.
• Ability to change in-game font from Hoenn (original Emerald font) to Kanto (FireRed/LeafGreen font).
• Ability to hide post-game Stat Editor from Party Menu.
• Ability to hide Nickname option from Party Menu.
• Ability to change Battle Mode (Normal/Hard Mode/Hardcore(Nuzlocke)) after beating Steven in Meteor Falls.
• Ability to increase player and NPC in-game speed (World Speed) by 2x, 4x, or 8x (Music speed stays the same.)
  • Holding “R” button will slow back to standard 1x speed.
    • May conflict with changing Bike type. Recommend to use Button Mode: “L = Settings” to move Bike swap.
  • Note: 8x Speed may have some minor visual bugs. This is due some some frames being skipped at that speed.
• Added extra “Button Modes” for the “L” button as a shortcut in the overworld when pressing the “L” button:
  • L = Settings: Will change the relevant contextual setting based on what the player is doing:
    • If walking or running, toggle Auto Run.
    • If surfing, toggle Fast Surf.
    • If diving, will step through the different diving speeds on each press.
    • If on bike and unlocked dual swapping bike in post-game, swap bikes.
      • This is as an alternate for players using the above World Speed options to be able to change bike type and use the manual slow down of holding “R”. Pressing “R” in this mode does not change the bike type.
  • L = Speed: Will either step through, or toggle on/off the relevant chosen World Speed option
  • L = Fast Mode: Either toggles Auto Run, Fast Surf, World Speed and Diving speed to On or Max (as appropriate), or turns them all to Off or Minimum as appropriate.
  • L = Follower: Toggles Follower On or Off:
    • When turning off, follower will return to Pokeball immediately.
    • When toggling off, player needs to take a step for follower to spawn (if able)
  • All new above Button Modes have LR Button Mode enabled.

V1.1.1

• All Base Legacy changes as of v1.1.0
• Removed requirement for a HM move to have to be learned by a pokemon in order to be used outside of battle.
  • Relevant Gym Badge, HM in bag, and at least one pokemon capable of learning the move required to use the HM.
  • Dialogue for people providing HMs updated to note that a pokemon only needs to be able to learn the move.
    • e.g. “Cutter” in Rustboro’s dialogue updated to note a pokemon able to learn cut can chop down thin trees.
  • Secret Power works similarly, requiring TM43 in Bag and a pokemon able to use the move (which is almost all pokemon)
• Added unique per-pokemon Surfing Overworld sprites instead of the “Surf blob”
  • Supports Shiny pokemon.
  • As noted below, can revert back to Surf Blob if preferred in options.
  • Does not (yet) support diving.
  • Known Bug: Unable to “jump” onto pokemon’s surfing sprite, instead they load via a slight “sliding” animation, working on fix.
• Added sparkle to Feebas spots on Route 119 after recieving the Devon Scope
  • Feebas encounter rate on tiles reduced to 25% to retain a bit of challenge in finding wild Feebas.
  • Steven’s dialogue updated when providing Devon Scope to hint towards revisiting Route 119.
• Stat Editor to edit IVs and EVs added to Party Menu after National Dex is unlocked.
• Nature Mints have been added in the game for purchase after beating Petalburg Gym.
  • One free Serious Mint will be given by Norman after gaining the Facade TM.
  • Pretty Petal Flower Shop North of Petalburg Woods will sell all mints at 20,000 pokedollars each.
• Added Egg Move Tutor to Fallarbor Town Move Tutor’s House after beating the game.
• Decoration Improvements:
  • Updated Lilycove Department Store Clearance Sale to appear permanently after beating the game.
  • Added both Red and Blue Tents to Slateport Decor seller after completing Trick House
  • Added Lotad and Seedot dolls for purchase from Slateport Doll seller
• Low Health beep reduced to three beeps and not loop infinitely.
• Added Select as shortcut to swap Pokemon in Party
• Updated Options Menu with below additional options:
  • Ability to enable or disable Bike Music.
  • Ability to enable or disable Surf Music.
  • Ability to reduce or turn off in-battle item use animation.
  • Ability to toggle between unique per-pokemon surfing overworld and original “Surf blob”
• Added Multi item Register Menu.
  • One registered item works same as vanilla Emerald, multiple registered items will show on-field menu to select item.
  • Note: Emerald Legacy Saves brought over will lose the originally selected item, re-registering Key Item will fix issue.
• Added larger quantity coin purchasing in Mauville Game Corner and improved efficiency to purchase more coins.
• Updated Regi overworld encounter sprites to match the Regi PokeDolls instead.
• Beldum, Metang and Metagross Catch Rates increased to 45 to match other psuedo-legendaries.
• Added Self-Destruct to Wailmer and Wailord Egg Move Pool
• Added Heart Scales to Sootopolis Mart at 1000 pokedollars after beating the the game.
• Added all Type Enhancing Held Items to various Town and City Pokemarts at 9800 pokedollars after beating the game.
  • Oldale Town: Poison Barb
  • Petalburg City: Silk Scarf
  • Rustboro City: Hard Stone
  • Slateport City: Black Belt
  • Mauville City: Magnet
  • Verdanturf Town: Miracle Seed
  • Fallarbor Town: Dragon Fang
  • Lavaridge Town: Charcoal & Soft Sand
  • Fortree City: Sharp Beak
  • Mossdeep City: Twistedspoon & Nevermeltice
  • Sootopolis City: Mystic Water
  • Ever Grande City (Pokémon League): Blackglasses & Spell Tag

V1.0.1

• Removed requirement for a HM move to have to be learned by a pokemon in order to be used outside of battle.
  • Relevant Gym Badge, HM in bag, and at least one pokemon capable of learning the move required to use the HM.
  • Dialogue for people providing HMs updated to note that a pokemon only needs to be able to learn the move.
    • e.g. “Cutter” in Rustboro’s dialogue updated to note a pokemon able to learn cut can chop down thin trees.
  • Secret Power works similarly, requiring TM43 in Bag and a pokemon able to use the move (which is almost all pokemon)
• Stat Editor to edit IVs and EVs added to Party Menu after National Dex is unlocked.
• Nature Mints have been added in the game for purchase after beating Petalburg Gym.
  • One free Serious Mint will be given by Norman after gaining the Facade TM.
  • Pretty Petal Flower Shop North of Petalburg Woods will sell all mints at 20,000 pokedollars each.
  • Note::
    • Save file compatibility with Emerald Legacy will work, however if you return to base Emerald Legacy, any Pokemon which has had it’s nature altered from orginal via mint will retain its altered new nature stats with their original nature name and potentially incorrect highlighting of boosted and lowered stats.
    • Stats can be fixed for any Pokemon if they are deposited or withdrawn from a PC where their stats will be recalculated using their original nature and Base Stats.
• Added Egg Move Tutor to Fallarbor Town Move Tutor’s House after beating the game.
• Low Health beep reduced to three beeps and not loop infinitely.
• Added Select as shortcut to swap Pokemon in Party
• Updated Options Menu to add ability to enable or disable Bike and Surf Music.
• Reduced in-battle item use animation
• Added Multi item Register Menu.
  • One registered item works same as vanilla Emerald, multiple registered items will show on-field menu to select item.
  • Note: Emerald Legacy Saves brought over will lose the originally selected item, re-registering Key Item will fix issue.
• Beldum, Metang and Metagross Catch Rates increased to 45 to match other psuedo-legendaries.

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