ROM Hack Pokemon Emerald Romhack: Pokemon R.O.W.E. - an Open World Version of Pokémon Emerald(Gen 8, Following Pokémon, Costumes and much More)

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Introduction
Pokémon R.O.W.E is my first published project started back in 2021 this game was made with the objective of being an open world version of Hoenn with a lot of Quality of Life changes to make teambuilding easy without having to breed for anything and a lot of replay value with a lot of modes that changes how you play the game and what kind of team you can use to beat the league since all the Pokémon are obtainable from the start so you can try any team you can think of, there are also a lot of features from future games like Wondertrade, Following Pokémon, Updated mechanics up to Gen 8, etc.

Features
  • Explore the region in any order you want.
  • Following Pokémon(450+ different species available)
  • Trainer Color Customization
  • Tons of QoL Changes to get your team without having to Breed to get good Ivs/Abilities
  • Egg Move Tutor
  • Mystery Gift System
  • New Game+
  • Multiple Title Screens
  • Achievements
  • Chose between 9 starters or get one randomly.
  • 3 Different Game Difficulties - Easy, Normal and Hard
  • Regional Music Options(Chose between Kanto, Jotho, 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
  • Auto Run 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 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 of the move by having a Pokémon that could learn it in your party (by Buffelsaft)
  • Eon Flute
  • And more...
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Links
You can easily patch Pokèmon ROWE using the

Pokemon R.O.W.E. Online Patcher
you just need to provide a 1986 Pokemon Emerald (U)(Trash Man) rom and let this patcher do everything for you, it works on Windows, Android and IOs.
Discord Server Link
1.9.4 Source Code
Pokecommunity Link

How to Patch the Game
Patching Guide


  • Where can I find [Evolution Stone]?
    All the evolution items are sold in Lilycove Dept after you get 4 badges.
  • Are every Pokémon Available in this game?
    Every Pokémon is available in some form with the exceptions of some Mythicals and Legendaries that are going to be added to the game in a future update.
  • What is the Surprise Me Option in the starter selection?
    It gives you any First Stage Pokémon randomly(the only exceptions are Mythicals and Legendaries).
  • How can I evolve Pokémon that evolve by trade?
    Go to the Name Rater house in Slateport, talk to the Tradeback Guy and chose the Pokémon you want to evolve.
  • How many badges do I need to use the Egg Move Tutor or the TM Move Tutor on every Pokémon Center?
    For the Egg Move Tutor you need 6 badges and for the TM Move Tutor you need 8.
  • Can I change my Pokémon Abilities/Natures?
    Yes, to change the ability of your Pokémon for the other normal Ability you need an Ability Capsule that can be bought in Oldale Town in the house behind the Pokémon Center, and for a Hidden ability you need an Ability Patch, you can get it in Pacifidlog Town in exchange for 1 Yellow Shard
  • How does [Pokémon] Evolves
    You can check the in-game Pokédex to see how the Pokémon Evolves and a lot of other useful information(Base Stats, Abilities, Movesets, Ev Yield, etc).
  • What is the shiny rate in this game?
    The Shiny Rate is the same as Vanilla emerald but if you want to shiny hunt, I highly recommend using the DexNav.
  • What Mythicals/Legendaries are obtainable?
    Articuno, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew, Entei, Ho-oh, Lugia, Registeel, Regice, Regirock, Latios, Latias, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Azelf, Heatran and Shaymin, Terrakion, Volcanion
  • Why does my Pokémon won't evolve after reaching the evolution criteria?
    Check that you haven't used an Exiolite on that specific Pokémon and the Pokémon isn't holding an Eviolite as this game changed it to make it work similar to an everstone.
    Also check that the Pokémon evolution is not different in this game since some of them were changed, check the in-game Pokedex for more
    information, and make sure you are not in the "No-Evolution mode"
  • How do I "update my game without losing progress"?
    Go through the patching process again with a new clean version of the trashman rom, then rename your .sav so it has the same name.
    for example:
    Pokemon_ROWE(1).gba and
    Pokemon_ROWE(1).sav
  • Will you add more Boxes in the future since the current number of boxes is not enough for a Living Dex?
    No, I will not add more boxes at any point.
    This is because the Game Boy Advance hardware(And all the GBA emulators) has a limit for the size of the save data that its already at its limit and since the Pokémon structure is really big it's not possible to add any boxes since it would cause an overflow of data and the Box data would corrupt every Pokémon on your PC upon saving or loading your save file.
    There is a tool called Pokémon ROWE Transfer Tool(available in the Patcher site) that should help you to backup your Pokémon as .pkm files so you can save them in your computer if you fill your boxes or you want to transfer them to any other save file.
  • Why does every cry in the game sounds the same?
    They were removed to make space for more stuff since the gba cartidge can only go up to 32mb, the cries use around 16mb so they were removed to make space for more features and content.
    If you don't want to hear the same cries you can disable them in the options by changing the "Use generic cry" option to off.
  • Is [Specific Pokémon] shiny locked?
    No, there are no shiny locked Pokemon only the starters because they have a set nature and always have the same personality

AsparagusEdu
Bee
Jastolze
Faebrgleiss
KaiaWolf
GamblinFever
Agergo100
PCG
Darky
Maree
Yda
Leigh
Phrog
Mia
Erd
Roo
zef
TheXaman
Lunos
Jaizu
CyanSMP64(Furret) for the Amazing music expansion
Hyo oppa
Kwenio
Merrp
Josh
PokémonCrazy
ghoulslash
Agustin for the drop items code
Feliz Navidaddy
surskitty
Diego Mertens
WiserVisor
Dizzyegg
Pyredrid
Buffelsaft
Sapphire Jester
ProjectRevoTPP
Pikalax
LarryTurbo
Drayano
Poffin_Case
Anarlaurendil
KingOfThe-X-Roads
Everyone in the RHH discord for answering my silly questions
Radical Red/Pokémon Clover Team for the balancing changes and new abilitites
Pokeemerald Team
RHH Team
/rheg/
Everyone that contributed to the Gen 8 Sprite Project

This is a copy of the Pokecommunity Post but I wanted to share it here since I use GBATemp a lot and wanted to also share it with this community
 

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speaking of shiny rates, do you have the fixed rng mod included in this, or is the emerald rng still broken?
 

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Did I just see a Greninja (a Gen 6 Pokémon) in a Gen 3 game?!

That's it. If someone makes a custom sprite for Tinkaton (Gen 9), I'M SOLD.
 

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Did I just see a Greninja (a Gen 6 Pokémon) in a Gen 3 game?!

That's it. If someone makes a custom sprite for Tinkaton (Gen 9), I'M SOLD.
It has up to gen 8 including special forms(like battle bond greninja) and the next update will include hisui mons too, plus there are some gen 3 games that have up to gen 9 one of them is another game I work on called Pokemon Elite Redux
 

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Oh I've dabbled in this hack before. Not yet found the time to fully get through it, but you've done a stellar job. Also had no idea you were involved in Elite Redux! That's one that I have beaten a few times lol.

When I finally get around to playing ROWE properly I'll make sure to do an editorial for it to hopefully get the word out a bit more. Thanks for posting this on GBAtemp, even if I'm a month late to notice it!
 
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Oh I've dabbled in this hack before. Not yet found the time to fully get through it, but you've done a stellar job. Also had no idea you were involved in Elite Redux! That's one that I have beaten a few times lol.

When I finally get around to playing ROWE properly I'll make sure to do an editorial for it to hopefully get the word out a bit more. Thanks for posting this on GBAtemp, even if I'm a month late to notice it!
Yeah, I also work on Elite Redux as the head programmer and one of the first people to join that project, hopefully you liked it too!, there are some screenshots that I could share here regarding the future of this project since it is still a work in progress and there is a huge update coming later this year
 
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It has up to gen 8 including special forms(like battle bond greninja) and the next update will include hisui mons too, plus there are some gen 3 games that have up to gen 9 one of them is another game I work on called Pokemon Elite Redux
I read the description. That means it should have the Galar starters as well.
 

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Ooh first time I've stumbled on this. Playing through Inclement Emerald now but this might be next while I wait for Emerald Legacy!
 

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The game is still in development, I know not everyone has access or wants to use discord and I have been updating some screenshots there every once in a while so I made a recompilation of those screenshots to share here so you don't have to join to see them, some of these screenshots were remade since I lost the original ones and added a couple of new screenshots not seen before
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Please look forward to 2.0 release, there is still no explicit release date yet but make sure to play it when the time comes
 
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Ayy, this seems hella cool, and unlike that other romhack called Pokèmon Unbound, this one's got up to gen 8, heh.
Are there plans to include gen 9 too? I'd like to play a Pokèmon game that's actually good and with ALL them critters in it. If the new mechanics are in it or not, I honestly don't care, I just want them creatures, lol.

Myself I always had the idea, like, them mega evos or dynamax forms or what, I would've just made them part of a Pokèmon's evolution line, if I were to do my own romhack or something.
 

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I would like to announce that the 2.0 version will release in 2024, so in less than 2 months you should have access to it, while I have an specific date in mind I don't know if I will able to finish it by then but I will try my best, there is still one surprise left for the release date so look forward to the release date to find out, also, this may be the biggest release for this game so please look forward to it, it's probably around 85% finished by now so hopefully it won't be long until you are able to play it, here are some screenshots of the game from the discord server along with some new screenshots for anyone who had missed them
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Bro i played it, but i kinda quit, it know that its Open world but it need a alternative story, something that Needs to keep me playing, like The Pokémon SORS and Saiph series, they are semi-open World out the story and Characters are amazing, sorry if my opinion its bad
 
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