Pokemon FireEmerald ROM

• Hoenn becomes accessible immediately after becoming champion in Kanto.
• This is not an open-world hack; the player cannot travel to Hoenn until they’ve beaten Kanto, and they cannot return to Kanto until they’ve beaten Hoenn. After that, free travel between the two regions becomes available.
• The Sevii Islands are also accessible immediately after becoming the Kanto champion as well (no more 60-Pokedex-entry requirement). Either quest can be done first. Difficulty will scale accordingly.
• All pokemon, items, money, and Pokedex data obtained in Kanto will carry over to Hoenn. The player keeps HMs, but can no longer use HM moves outside of battle before earning more badges.
• Very minimal changes to the original story. Dialogue is only altered as much as necessary in a few instances for the sake of continuity. No new characters or side quests.
• Modern updates and quality of life features from baseline Pokeemerald-Expansion are included
• Updated battle mechanics, types, and movesets
• Follower pokemon
• Optional day/night cycle
• Difficulty in Hoenn is increased. For now, the parameters are:

  • Wild and trainer pokemon’s levels are raised by 45 or 50, depending on whether the player completed the Sevii Islands’ main quest beforehand.

  • Generic trainers’ pokemon are also evolved accordingly with appropriate movesets. Wild pokemon remain unevolved.

  • Gym leaders immediately start with their third rematch load-outs and have their levels raised by 10 or 15.

  • The rival has a much expanded and improved team

  • Defeated trainers give $1,000 more

  • Great Balls and super potions are available from the start of Hoenn. Ultra balls and hyper potions are also available earlier.

• No missing version-exclusive pokemon.
• Event tickets are organically incorporated into the setting. Certain NPCs give them instead of duplicate key items that the player may have already obtained in the opposing region. One of them is unavoidable by following the main story, the rest are optional/missable.
• Mega stones and linking cords become available at a certain shop at a certain point in the game.
• Cerulean Cave is accessible immediately after becoming champion and no longer gated behind the Sevii Islands quest. However, Mewtwo is now level 60 instead of 70 if he is encountered before Hoenn, and 100 after.
• The game boots into either the FireRed or Emerald intro and title screen depending on which region the player last saved in.

Planned Future Updates

• Player color palette customization
• Custom text box color
• Optional expanded starter selection
• Advanced difficulty settings
• Basic nuzlocke mode
• Team size limiter
• Disable items during battle
• Disable “shift” battle style
• Proper nighttime lighting effects

Changelog

V0.6.1

• Fixed potential crash during hyper, master, and link contests. Shadows are disabled then to make this fix.
• Fixed potential crash during final round in Battle Dome. Shadows are also disabled then to make this fix.
• Fixed potential crash in union rooms. Shadows are also disabled then to make this fix.
• Fixed pokemon being permanently removed from party in Battle Dome
• Standard/Kanto bike now accepted on Cycling Road
• Removed infinite nugget farming on Nugget Bridge

V0.6

• Rival sometimes having the wrong starter
• Chansey never holding a lucky egg
• Vs. Seeker not working in Kanto. It will remain disabled in Hoenn.
• Crash during the Rocket Warehouse sliding tile puzzle
• Crash/freeze after losing to the Kanto elite four
• Lorelei appearing in battle as a hiker with the name “PH”
• Mushroom Maniac not working correctly
• Ultimate Move Tutor not working correctly
• Bill’s PC sometimes being called “Lanette’s PC” while still in Kanto
• Fatal errors in the Battle Frontier
• Graphical glitches on Cycling Road
• Freeze caused by using the PokeFlute in battle
• Roaming legendary beasts in Kanto not spawning
• Some battle animations still playing when the player disables them in the options menu
• Wild encounter rates corrected and refined to perfectly represent the average of all version differences
• Double battles sometimes not awarding EXP for both trainers
• Game Corner pokemon printer not working correctly
• Minor graphical glitches caused by follower pokemon colliding with spawning objects
• Skipping Bill’s optional One Island trip causing the national dex to remain gated behind the original requirement of 60 caught pokemon
• Potential softlock caused by starting the Hoenn campaign without getting all the HMs from Kanto
• Dowsing machine / itemfinder not picking up some hidden items