Pokemon Pinball - Ruby & Sapphire Speedchoice ROM

Pokemon Pinball – Ruby & Sapphire Speedchoice is a GBA Rom Hack by WhenGryphonsFly based on Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire in English. It was last updated on February 06, 2025.

Also, be sure to check out Pokemon RS Pinball Recolor.

Description

Pokemon Pinball – Ruby & Sapphire Speedchoice is, like the speedchoice hacks before it. It is a hack designed to make the game more speedrun-friendly. Specifically, this hack is designed to drastically reduce the amount of time necessary for the “Complete Pokédex” category.

Features

• Pokémon only take 1 hit to catch (Pokémon still take 3 bumper hits to reveal in Catch’Em mode, and Jirachi still takes 3 hits to catch)
• After exiting Catch’Em mode, 1 GET light will remain illuminated
• Pokémon only require 1 EXP to evolve
• After exiting EVO mode, 1 EVO light will remain illuminated
• The number of egg stages has been reduced, from 5 to 2 or 3 depending on the field
• The probability of encountering duplicate Pokémon is significantly reduced (A Pokémon is considered a duplicate if it and all of its evolutions are registered as caught in the Pokédex)
• The Pichu spawn rate bug has been fixed; Pichu now has a 1% probability to appear before defeating Rayquaza, and 2% after.

Changelog

V0.0.2

• Fixed a bug where Pokémon weights would be incorrectly applied due to signed versus unsigned arithmetic.

V0.0.1

• Adjusted Pokémon spawn probabilities.
  
  • Pichu now appears 1% of the time when the Rayquaza trigger is off, and 2% of the time when the Rayquaza trigger is on.
  • Pokémon no longer consider whether Pokédex entries were received via link cable when determining weights.
  • Rare Pokémon now consider their evolutions when determining weights.
  • Weights have been updated:
• Reduced interactions required to encounter Pokémon.
  
  • After exiting Catch ‘Em Mode, 1 GET arrow will remain lit.
  • After exiting Evo Mode, 1 EVO arrow will remain lit.
    
    • The game still starts with 0 EVO arrows lit.
  • On the Sapphire playfield, hatching an egg now only requires 2 interactions.
    
    • The first egg of the game only requires 1 interaction.
  • On the Ruby playfield, hatching an egg now only requires 3 interactions.
    
    • The first egg of the game only requires 2 interactions.
• Reduced interactions required to catch or evolve Pokémon.
  
  • In both Catch ‘Em and Egg Modes, Pokémon now only require 1 hit to catch.
  • In Evo Mode, Pokémon now only require 1 EXP/stone/etc. to evolve.

Useful Links

Reddit

Github