Pokemon Peak Hoenn ROM

Pokemon Peak Hoenn is a GBA ROM Hack by YeahPotato based on Pokemon Emerald in English. It was last updated on September 04, 2024.

Description

Pokemon Peak Kanto aims to be THE peak way to experience the Hoenn region and its Pokemon.

Features

• ALL HOENN-RELATED POKÉMON including forms & evos. 

• Added 50+ ‘SEVIIAN’ FORMS to encounter. (Based on existing forms, no Fakemons).

• Complete ENCOUNTER OVERHAUL. Almost ALL POKEMON AVAILABLE. (Done to increase the variety of team building options and improve the viability of certain Pokémon by placing them earlier in the game).

• Complete LEARNSET OVERHAULS. (Focused on making all Pokémon viable and with their own niches).

• Significant MOVE STATS UPDATES. (Focused on balancing to make most moves useful at the point they are learned).

• Completely REVAMPED GYM LEADER & BOSS TEAMS. (Focused on creating more engaging and challenging fights that feel like an accomplishment to overcome. Inspired by mainline games, Stadium, TCG sets and the anime).

• Minor MAP CHANGES (Mostly edited for convenience or to change the availability of Pokémon).

Changelog

V1.01

• The player can now turn on/off several ‘cheats’ using the GameCube in their bedroom, including Level Caps and Exp All.
• Enabled the National Dex when the player receives the Pokedex.
• Increased the levels of the E4 slightly and decreased the gap between them to work better with level caps.
• Swapped the location of Water Stone and Ice Beam TM on Abandoned Ship, making WS available much earlier and IB much later.
• Added a Dawn Stone to Route 115.
• Added a Dusk Stone to Route 105.
• Added a Protector to Granite Cave.
• Added Archie battle at Mt Pyre, meaning each leader is battled three times.
• Added Xatu, Skarmory, Dusknoir and Salamence to Sky Pillar. Removed Sableye, Banette, Dusclops.
• Added Trapinch, Vibrava and Flygon to Desert underpass. Removed Whismur and Loudred.
• Gave Masquerain Water Bubble > Unnerve.
• Gave Glalie Snow Warning > Ice Body.
• Gave Tropius Thick Fat > Solar Power.
• Gave Sandslash Sand Stream > Sand Veil.
• Gave Vulpix Cute Charm > Drought.
• Gave Magcargo Water Absorb > Weak Armor.
• Gave Corsola Solid Rock > Hustle.
• Gave Nosepass and Probopass Lightningrod.
• Gave Dusknoir Shadow Tag > Frisk.
• Pikachu evolves to Alolan Raichu via Sun Stone.
• Kadabra evolves to Alakazam at level 42.
• Machoke evolves to Machamp at level 38.
• Graveler evolves to Golem at level 38.
• Magneton evolves to Magnezone via Thunderstone.
• Seadra evolves to Kingdra by levelling up while holding the Dragon Scale.
• Nosepass evolves to Probopass via Thunderstone.
• Feebas evolves to Milotic via Beauty.
• Snorunt evolves to Froslass via Dawn Stone if female.
• Dusclops evolves to Dusknoir via Dusk Stone.
• Kirlia evolves to Gardevoir via Dusk Stone if female.
• Kirlia evolves to Gallade via Dawn Stone if male.
• Rhydon evolves to Rhyperior by leveling up while holding the Protector.

V1.0

• Revised gym leader teams. Generally larger, more challenging and more cohesive.
• Revised other boss battle teams.
• Added Wally fight after he catches Ralts.
• Added Steven battle to Granite Cave.
• Added Matt battle to Slateport Museum.
• Added Tabitha and Archie battles to Meteor Falls.
• Added Courtney battle to Mt Chimney.
• Added Steven battle to Mirage Tower.
• Added Wally battle after defeating Norman.
• Courtney participates in Mossdeep tag battle instead of Tabitha, now giving them both 2x appearances.
• Wallace replaces Juan as 8th Gym Leader.
• Steven replaces Wallace as Champion.
• Moved Good Rod from east side of river to west side near Mauville. Now obtainable much earlier.
• Increased poke balls given in the beginning from 5 to 15.
• Gave Luvdisc a 100% chance to hold heart scale.
• Gave Cooltrainer Jennifer back her Milotic.
• Added an NPC in the Art Museum who gifts you a Feebas if you beat the Master Rank Beauty Contest.
• Changed the Rustboro trade to receive a Snorunt instead of Seedot.
• Changed the Pacifidlog trade to receive a Horsea holding Dragon Scale.
• Encounter Updates
• Generally balanced the prevalence of Poochyena and Zigzagoon.
• Added Surskit back to 102 in place of Seedot.
• Added Psyduck to 102.
• Added Azurill in place of Marill on 104.
• Added Budew, Surskit and Seedot to 104.
• Luvdisc can now be encountered by clicking anywhere that a Heart Scale was previously found.
• Added Nincada and Pichu to Petalburg Woods.
• Added Spoink to 116 in place of Abra.
• Added Igglybuff to 116.
• Added a rare chance to find a low level Loudred in Rusturf Tunnel.
• Added Chingling, Nincada and Geodude to Rusturf Tunnel.
• Added Nosepass as 100% rock smash encounter in Rusturf Tunnel.
• Added Spheal as a Good Rod fishing encounter on routes 105, 106, Dewford Town and 107 (this reflects Regice’s presence). Also on 125 near Shoal Cave.
• Added Mawile to Granite Cave in place of Sableye.
• Sableye and Nosepass are now common rock smash encounters in Granite Cave.
• Added Magnemite and Voltorb to 110.
• Added Roselia, Psyduck, Surskit and Swablu to 117 and made Volbeat/Illumise more common.
• Added Sandshrew, Machop, Vulpix, Doduo and Rhyhorn to 112. Removed Marill.
• Balanced the rarity of Koffing and Grimer in Fiery Path.
• Added Koffing, Grimer, Vulpix and Phanpy to 113.
• Seviper and Zangoose can now both be found on 114 and 115. Seviper is more common on 115 while Zangoose is more common on 114.
• Added Phanpy and Surskit to 114.
• Added Psyduck, Marill, Bagon (5%), Golbat, Azumarill and Lunatone to Meteor Falls.
• Added Staryu as a Good/Super Rod encounter to Meteor Falls in place of Goldeen.
• Added Meditite, Graveler, Doduo and Slugma to Jagged Pass.
• Added Sandslash and Natu to 111 (desert) and balanced the rarity of the other mons.
• Added Sandslash, Baltoy and Vibrava to Mirage Tower.
• Added Pikachu, Magneton, Electrode and Beldum (5%) to New Mauville.
• Added Shuppet and Duskull as infrequent encounters on the Abandoned Ship interior.
• Added Chinchou and Clamperl as Good and Super Rod encounters inside the Abandoned Ship.
• Added Pelipper and Swalot to 118. Removed Wingull, Zigzagoon and Electrike.
• 123 now matches 118, but adds Gloom.
• Added Gloom in place of Oddish, Volbeat, Heracross and Masquerain to 119.
• Added Gloom in place of Oddish, Illumise, Pinsir, Azumarill in place of Marill, Masquerain to 120.
• Added Girafarig, Swalot, Roselia to 121.
• Added each of Treecko, Mudkip and Torchic to one area of the Safari Zone (5%).
• Added Duskull to Mt Pyre interior.
• Added Natu, Xatu, Meditite, Medicham, Ninetales, Banette, Dusclops to Mt Pyre exterior.
• Added Staryu to Good Rod and Starmie to Super Rod in Lilycove and Mossdeep.
• Matched the fishing encounters between 128-131. Can now find Luvdisc and Corsola here.
• Corsola is now the only fishing encounter in Pacifidlog Town.
• Added Horsea and Corsola as Good and Super Rod on 132, 133, 134.
• Luvdisc is now the only fishing encounter in Ever Grande City.
• Added Spheal and Sealeo as fishing encounters in Shoal cave.
• Added Sealeo, Glalie and Crobat as encounters in Shoal Cave.
• Added Nosepass and Sableye as Rock Smash encounters in Seafloor Cavern.
• Added Lileep and Anorith to Seafloor Cavern as “grass” encounters. Removed Zubat and Golbat. Disabled fishing and surfing encounters.
• Removed Tentacool from Old Rod in Sootopolis, so now you only find Magikarp and Gyarados.
• Added Kadabra, Mawile, Crobat and Wynaut to Cave of Origin. Sableye now only found in the final room with the gems.
• Added Donphan, Graveler, Machoke, Rhydon, Golem and Machamp to Victory Road. Removed Zubat, Golbat, Sableye, Mawile.
• Added Gyarados as the surfing encounter in Victory Road in place of Golbat.