Pokemon Obscura ROM

Pokemon Obscura is a GBA ROM Hack by Mocha_ltd based on Pokemon Emerald. It was last updated on April 23, 2025.

Description

Pokemon Obscura is a ROM hack set in the Shizen region, a region that is on the cusp of booming Pokémon technology. In Pokémon Obscura, your 16 year old protagonist is thrown right into the action, as you meet a strange figure that tells you of an impending doom that can only be resolved by the return of an ancient Pokémon guardian that has been missing for 200 years, and you guessed it, that person who will restore balance to the Shizen region is none other than you!

Travel this new region with its own story with Pokémon spanning Gens 1-9 from a hand-selected 256 count Pokédex while you battle heroes from the past to obtain the strength that you need to restore the region…and battle against an enemy organization looking to obtain this strength for themselves.

Features

• Significantly increased exp gain across the board to reduce time having to spend grinding and have higher levels overall
• Soft exp level caps – this was primarily put in place because of the increased exp gain (I had an early playtester that was able to level up their starter to level 45 before the 3rd gym and that wasn’t the experience I wanted to offer). I also just liked a little additional challenge to the game. Exp gain is still possible once you reach the cap but the amount of exp gained is decreased dramatically.
• HMs usable as long as Pokémon can learn it (doesn’t have to be taught)
• Evolutions have been updated to remove friendship requirements/trade requirements and instead just require consumable items or just level up evolutions (see Pokédex link below)
• Wild Pokémon levels are set dynamically based on the average level of your party (easier exp gain and makes it easier to add new Pokémon to your party)
• A party wide Exp Share obtained after the 2nd gym that can be turned on or off (just made sense for story reasons to hold this until after the 2nd gym)
• Reusable TMs
• IV Checker in every Pokémon Center
• Shiny odds increased
• Catching Pokémon grants Exp
• Potentially more still in development!

Known Bugs

• When viewing the region map, if you scroll all the way to any edge of the map, it will cause the game to spaz out and freeze. Working on getting this fixed!
• When your Pokémon levels up and learns a new move from catching a Pokémon, when you return from the “learn move” screen, the Pokémon that you caught reappears. However, the game still records that you caught it, it’s just a visual bug that I’m working on fixing.
• I’m sure there are others that I haven’t ran into during my play testing so save often!

Pokédex

• You can view the full region’s Pokédex here, which includes locations, evolutions, and types!

Useful Links

Pokecommunity

Reddit

Documentation