Touhoumon World Link Revised ROM

Touhoumon World Link Revised is a GBA Rom Hack by AichiyaSANAE & Ryomu based on Pokemon Emerald in English. It was last updated on August 06, 2024.

Also, be sure to check out Touhoumon Another World – Retold.

What is Touhoumon?

Have you heard of the bullet hell video game franchise Touhou Project? The one that has been on since the 1990s? The one with the wonderful music?

It has a lot of characters, with several factions of people, spirits, ghosts, youkai, and gods… “How about we substitute the Pokemon in games with the Touhou characters?” someone pondered one day. and then BAM! Touhoumon was created.

Noteworthy derivatives include Touhoumon Purple, Touhoumon Another World, Touhoumon Zoku Gensokyo Scenario, and Touhou Puppet Play Enhanced, among others.

Various versions of such hacks have been released over the years by different people, each hack falling into one of 3 distinct “generations”: 1.0, 1.5, or 1.8, the lattermost of which is the latest.

Aichiya Sanae’s original Touhoumon Another World and World Link hacks fall into the 1.5 category and are notable for their ambitious plot expansions and various other features, as well as a devoted fan base. Unfortunately, as with most 1.5 hacks, these hacks were notorious for containing a number of flaws. Most people avoided them outside of masochistic challenge runs or the like due to quirks like absurd level spikes, overinflated base stats, questionable map designs, and 4 Full Restores on nearly every trainer. Oh, and the puppets in these hacks are called “Boneka,” which is Indonesian for “doll.”

Now about Touhoumon World Link: Revised

World Link: Revised (henceforth referred to as WLR respectively) is the culmination of efforts over the past few years to not only patch up the plethora of issues that the original hacks had, but to reinvent the gameplay experience with a slew of modern mechanics and various QoL features across the board, with the intent of creating 1.5 Touhoumon hacks that can actually be considered decent enough to stand out from the crowd. What began as a few personal edits eventually grew into what the hacks are today.

Features

• A new, updated cast of characters, up to Touhou 14’s roster
• All 411 Boneka obtainable in each hack without the need to trade
• B2W2 Repel system
• Boneka now have more polished-looking sprites, either from 1.8 or custom-made
• Colored natures
• Custom cries for all Boneka, taken from 1.8 Touhoumon hacks
• Custom-type effectiveness chart
• Day / Night system
• New soundtracks pulled from various other Touhoumon hacks
• NPCs that can change abilities, IVs, natures, and even teach egg moves!
• Physical / Special split with new moves to take advantage of it
• Reusable TMs / Deletable HMs
• The Faith type, also taken from 1.8 Touhoumon hacks because dragon in touhoumon is awkward
• Typo fixes galore
• [WLR] Contests and the Battle Frontier are edited to take into account all the new changes!
• And much, much more!

Changelog

• v1.8.2 – hotfix update to amend the major sprite glitch
• v1.8.1 – NPC change

Known Bugs

A list of bugs can be found using the “Known Bugs” button in the “Useful Stuff” section below the screenshots, as well as over on the game’s Discord server.

Any bugs or glitches that aren’t already covered in the Known Bugs doc, feedback on the hacks, or general playthrough discussion can be done on their Discord.