Pokemon ROWE ROM

Pokemon R.O.W.E is a GBA ROM Hack by rioluwott based on Pokemon Emerald. It was last updated on October 4, 2023.

Description

Pokemon R.O.W.E is an attempt to create an open-world Pokemon Emerald with QoL changes and a high replay value, with diverse team building as the primary goal.

Features

• Explore the region in any order you want.
• Gen 8
• Following Pokémon
• Tons of QoL Changes to get your team without having to Breed to get good Ivs/Abilities
• Egg Move Tutor
• Chose between 9 starters or get one randomly.
• 3 Different Game Difficulties – Easy, Normal, and Hard
• Regional Music Options(Chose between Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh Music)
• Randomized Mode
• Double Battle Mode(Every fight is a Double Battle)
• Inverse Mode(Inverted type chart)
• Perfect Ivs Mode(everything has 31 ivs)
• No Evs mode(Nothing has evs)
• Random Party Mode
• Little Cup-like mode
• No need for HMs
• In-Game Wonder Trades
• Nature Mints
• A way to change the Poke Balls of already caught Mons
• Pokémon from all the 8 Gens
• AutoRun Options
• Up to 120 Tms
• Physical/Special Split(This can be removed by an In-game Mode)
• Daily Gym Leader Rematches
• Level scaling based on your number of badges with an evolution system for both trainers and wild Pokémon
• Re-Usable TMs
• Mega Evolutions
• Find rare Pokémon with the DexNav. (by ghoulslash’s)
• Gen 8 Flying Taxis from the beginning. (by surskitty)
• Name Rater, Move Reminder, Move Deleter and Iv checker on all the Pokémon Centers.
• Decapitalized Text. (by Wyrserth and AsparagusEdu)
• Press B to Surf faster. (by ghoulslash)
• Pokémon Clover Soft Level Cap in Hard Mode (by PokémonCrazy)
• Gen 7 Daycare System
• A beautiful and useful Pokedex. (by TheXaman)
• Gen 6 Exp.Share that you can always turn off (by Lunos)
• Fly without the need for the move by having a Pokémon that could learn it in your party (by Buffelsaft)
• Eon Flute
• And more…

Changelog

v1.9.4

• Changed how STAB works, now it will give a 1.25 boost to each move if the Pokémon is a dual-typed mon and 1.5 if it’s a single type
• Added a move boost that makes the move more powerful depending on how many mons you have of the same type in the attacker party like if you have 3 Pokémon(excluding the mon that uses the move) that are ghost type and your mon uses a shadow ball, for example, it will get between a 1.3 boost or 1.6 depending on if the other mons are single typed or dual typed
• Added a move boost that makes the move less powerful depending on how many mons you have of the same type in the target party, like if you have 3 Pokémon(excluding the mon that receives the move) that are Rock-type and the attacker uses a Stone Edge, for example, the move will become around between 85% and 70% less powerful depending on the number of types each mon has
• Added a move that disables these changes
• Added a Random Type Mode where every Pokemon changes its type to a random one based on its personality so there can be a Bulbasaur that it’s a Fire-type and another that it’s Fire-type
• Added a Random Ability Mode, which gives every Pokemon a random ability that changes depending on the Pokemon’s personality
• Added a Random Third Type Mode, which gives every Pokemon a random third type while maintaining the first 2 types intact
• Added a No Mega Mode, this disables Mega Evolution
• New Signature Moves
  • Frosslass’s Hex can Freeze the target and becomes a physical or special move depending on the highest stat
  • Gourgeist’s Will-o-Wisp gives the target the Ghost-Type
  • Lanturn’s Water Pulse gives the target the Water-Type
  • Lapras Surf becomes a Water and Ice-Type Move that has a chance of freezing the target
  • Trevenant’s Wood Hammer now becomes a Grass and Ghost-type move and gives the target the ghost type when used
  • Bibarel and Bidoof Hyper Fang now ignores defense boosts on the target on top of the changes currently in games(It’s SE against Grass Types)
  • Spiritom’s Hex can Burn the target and becomes a physical or special move depending on the highest stat
  • Scrafty’s Low Kick has a 30% chance of taunting the target for 2 turns
  • Toxicroak’s Sucker Punch has a 30% chance of taunting the target for 2 turns
  • Gyarado’s Thrash becomes a Flying-type move and becomes a Dark-type move if it’s mega evolved
  • Torterra’s Wood Hammer has a chance of flinching the target
  • Typhlosion’s Eruption now has an small chance of setting up the Sun
  • Ludicolo’s Teeter Dance always sets up the Rain(Rain dance was previously its signature move, it was changed for this)
  • Pikachu’s Family Volt Tackle now has an small chance to set up Electric Terrain
  • Ampharos Discharge has a medium chance of setting up Electric Terrain and has a Power of 95
  • Florges Moonblast has a medium chance of setting up Misty Terrain and has a Power of 100
  • Lucario’s Aura Sphere now changes its category depending if you have higher attack or special attack and uses the highest one
  • Xatu’s Future Sight now sets up Psychic terrain and has a priority of 1
  • Bellossom’s Petal Dance was changed to have a 50% chance of raising the speed of the user and always sets Grassy Terrain
  • Palossand’s Shore Up has a 20% chance of setting up a Sandstorm
  • Delibird’s Present now sets up Hail on top on becoming an Ice-Type move

v1.9.3.2

• New Ability: Steel eater, boost the user defense when hit by a steel type move, it was given to Aggron family
• New Ability: Insect eater, boosts the user attack when hit by a bug type move, it was given to Carnivine
• Added the ability wind rider and gave it to Shiftry
• Changed Empoleon’s hidden ability from Defiant to Competitive
• Grassy glide got nerfed to 60BP
• Gave shadow bone to Cubone as an egg move
• Gave some new moves to Carnivine and buffed it’s stats
• Gave Will-o-Wisp to Shiftry
• Now you can buy Eviolites, Everstones, and Destiny knots in Rustboro
• A lot of signature move changes. (Read the changelog linked in the useful stuff section for detailed information on the changes.)
• Other changes I forgot about

v1.9.3.1

• Added the functionality for these next abilities:
  • Sand Spit
  • Perish Body
  • Wandering Spirit
  • Cotton Down
  • Pastel Veil
  • Curious Medicine
  • Steam Engine
  • Transitor (No obtainable Pokémon has this ability)
  • Dragon’s Maw(No obtainable Pokémon has this ability)
  • Power Spot
  • Punk Rock
  • Steely Spirit
• Reworked Justified, now it will boost the highest attack stat if hit by a Dark, Ghost, or Dragon-type and will get reduced damage from those types
• Reworked Anger Points, now it will boost the highest attack stat if hit by a contact move(and removed the critical move stuff)
• Reworked Curious Medicine, it will remove the stats changes from all the Pokémon in battle and will work in singles too
• Gave Steam Engine to Volcanion as a Secondary Ability
• Gave Anger Points to Beedrill, Granbull,
• Gave Sand Spit to Onix and Steelix as a hidden ability
• Gave Justified to Doublade and Honedge, Sirfetch and both Farfetch’d forms
• Gave Cotton Down to Altaria and Swablu
• Changed Seviper and Zangoose signature moves to hit super effectively to Normal and Poison types respectively
• Fixed Signature moves changing the physical and special split from moves still using the normal attacking stat causing them to be less effective
• Fixed the game crashing if you tried to receive the Daycare ditto with a full party
• Fixed the RGB Values in options only going up to 8 instead of 9
• Other misc changes and fixes