Pokemon Emerald Rogue ROM

Pokemon Emerald Rogue is a GBA ROM Hack by Pokabbie based on Pokemon Emerald in English. It was last updated on July 04, 2024.

Description

Ever wondered what Pokemon might look like as a Roguelike?

How does it work?

When you go on an adventure, all routes, encounters, and items are chosen procedurally based on your progress through a run. After a certain number of routes, you will come across a random gym leader with a procedurally selected team of their assigned type; as you progress further into a run, gym leaders and other trainers will begin using more difficult setups for their Pokemon. You will have completed the run if you can make it all the way to the champion and defeat them!

When you finish or fail a run, you will return to a hub area where you can buy permanent items and catch new “starter” Pokemon to use in the next run.
As you progress through the game, more buildings/NPCs in this hub area will become available for use in preparing for the next run.

How long does a run take?

It can vary based on how thorough you are, but in the author’s testing, a complete run usually takes between 3-4 hours of in-game time.
There is a quick save option (REST in the menu) which lets you put the game down mid-run and return however be warned this does not allow save scumming.

Features

• Randomly chosen routes
• Procedural items, trainers & wild encounters
• Hub area with unlockable buildings/NPCs
• Character customization
• Multiple game config settings e.g. prevent over leveling, trainer difficulty, double battle mode
• Seeded mode, with individual config settings (useful for multiplayer races)
• Galarian Forms
• Mega Evolution (In Battle)
• Rare legendary encounters
• Mart contents change as you progress
• Safari zone allows you to capture mons you have previously used on runs and use them as the “starter” mon
• Post-game settings (Can be accessed early if you can find the secret room

Changelog

V2.0.1a

• Fixed some map soft locks
• Adjusted colours on party menu to improve readability
• Fixed Trainer Pokémon Habbitats not setting IVs correctly
• Added info option to Catching Contest to explain the limited spawns
• Updated Pokéblock description to better indicate that they can be used in routes
• Updated Honey Tree messages to give clearing indication of what to do
• Fixed disguise breaking from non direct damage
• Fixed ??? appearing in catching contests
• Fixed ??? appearing in safari
• Speculative fix for Pokémon disappearing from Safari
• Fixed hard locks with swapping out if a KO happens on the same term
• Fixed type indicator giving away illusion
• Fixed some decorations missing a couple of tiles
• Fixed some typos
• Fixed bug causing Rival to have legendaries earlier than intended
• Adjusted spawn rate for Paradox mons in early game
• Fixed daycare mons sometimes being reset to lvl 1
• Fixed sometimes caught mons not being added to party instead they just replaced the moves of the original mon
• Added reminder prompt after long-ish win/loss streaks to visit the Config Lab
• Fixed EVs being set to crazy high values at the start of the run
• Fixed some Hisui forms not spawning in the PLA dex
• Fixed Adventure Replay being stuck on if enabled when visiting another player in Multiplayer
• Adjusted trading flow in Multiplayer to hopefully fix issues with incorrect mons being traded and provided a clear UX to both players
• Fixed reward respawning in the GameShow when Quick Saving inside
• Fixed Lycanroc and Iron Bundle back sprites looking incorrect
• Fixed bug allowing Tera and Dynamax to be active during the same battle
• The Vending Machine in the Mart Rest stop will now work… sometimes…

v2.0

This update aims to pivot the game away from “Emerald but a Roguelike” and more into just “The Pokémon Franchise but a Roguelike”. I (Pokabbie) wanted it to become a celebration of Pokémon as a whole so I’ve featured various characters, locations, and references from across all the games! I look forward to you all finding them

• Generation 9!
  • All the Pokémon from Scarlet & Violet (including both DLCs) are here and now in Rogue! (There are some moves still missing sadly, however)
  • (Revival Blessing has not been given to any Pokémon; I’m sure you can guess why)
• New Battle Gimmicks!
  • Both Tera and Dynamax are now available in Rogue (unlocked after beating your 1st Run or via that 100% totally secret method no one knows about mhmm)
  • When both Key Items are used together, 1 gimmick will be randomly chosen and the other will be disabled
  • The Tera orb will recharge itself whenever you enter an encounter, so you essentially have 1 charge per route (Use it wisely)
• Updated Trainers
  • Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and Champions from all 9 generations are now in!
  • Gym Trainers can now have Shiny Pokémon
  • Rival Trainers will now appear in Adventures too! Be careful… they may catch you out if you’re not looking out for them!
  • Improved Trainer Team generator to aim for more viable teams with more variety
• Multiplayer
  • You can now connect to another friend’s game and visit their Hub, Trade Pokémon and go on Adventures together
  • This is achieved by connecting a Companion App, named RogueAssistant, to mGBA
  • This feature is still quite early days and currently not all the planned features are in. Most notably multi battles are not currently supported (I do hope to get this in for a 2.1 or 2.2 release)
• Offline Pokémon Box Extension
  • By making use of the same Companion App mentioned above, you can now access a Pokémon Home style Offline Box Storage granting you (hopefully) all the space you will even need!
• Reworked Pokemon
• Updated Difficulty
• New/Reworked Encounters
• Updated Hub
• Quest Rework
• Visuals
• Improved QoL
• Native Battle Speed Up (QoL)
• Safari Rework
• Candy Rework
• Bag Rework
• Pokeblock
• Shiny Pokemon
• Player Customisation
• Sound
• Misc