Pokemon R.O.W.E

“Pokemon R.O.W.E” is a Completed GBA Rom Hack made by rioluwott. You can start your adventure in Hoenn from any town you like and find Pokemon from generations 1 to 9.

Pokemon R.O.W.E Completed GBA ROM Hack

• Creator: rioluwott
• Base ROM: Emerald
• Language: English
• Latest Version: v2.0.5.1
• Last Updated on: July 25, 2025
• Status: Completed

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Description

Pokemon R.O.W.E was made with the objective of being an open world version of Hoenn with a lot of Quality of Life changes to make team building 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 Pokemon 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 Pokemon, Updated mechanics up to Gen 8, etc.

Features

• Access Pokemon from Generations 1 to 9.
• Explore the region in any order you choose.
• Pokemon can follow you around in the game.
• 16 Gym Battles (8 in Hoenn and 8 in Sevii Islands.)
• Customize your trainer’s appearance with color options.
• Quality-of-life changes for easier team building without breeding for perfect stats.
• Egg Move Tutor available to teach moves learned from breeding.
• 16 new Mega Evolutions for various Pokemon.
• Receive special gifts through the Mystery Gift system.
• Start a New Game+ with your previous progress.
• Multiple title screens to choose from when starting the game.
• Unlock achievements throughout the game.
• Pick from 10 different starter Pokemon.
• Choose between Easy, Normal, or Hard difficulty settings.
• Switch between regional music from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, or Sinnoh.
• Randomize various game elements like Pokemon and moves.
• All battles are Double Battles (two Pokemon per side).
• Inverse Mode flips the type chart for battles.
• Play with Perfect IVs for all Pokemon in the game.
• No EVs in this mode; all Pokemon have no Effort Values.
• Your team is randomly generated each time in Random Party Mode.
• Play in a Little Cup-like mode with lower-level Pokemon.
• No need for HM moves like Surf or Cut to explore the world.
• Trade Pokemon through In-Game Wonder Trades.
• Use Nature Mints to change a Pokemon’s nature.
• Change the Poké Balls of Pokemon you’ve already caught.
• Enable Auto Run for faster movement around the world.
• Use up to 120 TMs to teach various moves to your Pokemon.
• Physical/Special Split available for move categories, with an option to turn off.
• Challenge Gym Leaders to daily rematches.
• Pokemon levels scale based on your badges and evolution system.
• TMs are re-usable, no need to worry about running out.
• Use the DexNav to find rare Pokemon more easily.
• Fly from the start using Gen 8 Flying Taxis.
• Access Name Rater, Move Reminder, Move Deleter, and IV Checker at Pokemon Centers.
• Text is decapitalized for easier reading throughout the game.
• Hold B to surf faster while in the water.
• Hard Mode includes a soft level cap to keep challenges fair.
• Gen 7 Daycare system for breeding and leveling Pokemon.
• A beautifully designed and useful Pokedex.
• Gen 6-style Exp. Share that can be turned off at any time.
• Fly with any Pokemon that knows the move, no need for it to be in your active party.
• Use the Eon Flute for special features like flying and exploring.
• And many more features to discover!

New Features Added in v2.0

• Sevii Islands: Explore all 8 Sevii Islands, complete with unique dungeons. Travel there from Lilycove or Slateport!
• 16 Badges: Collect 8 additional badges on the Sevii Islands, bringing the total to 16!
• Hisui Pokemon: Catch Pokemon exclusive to PLA, primarily found on the Sevii Islands.
• Gen 9 Pokemon: Encounter Pokemon from the latest official games.
• 16 New Mega Evolutions: Discover new Dynamax forms reimagined as Mega Evolutions.
• In-Game Speedup: Speed up battles without distorting audio! Activate via settings or press A during battles to fast-forward animations.
• Seasonal Changes: Enjoy Gen 5-inspired seasons for a more immersive and visually dynamic experience.
• Trainer Skills: Unlock abilities like catching Pokemon more easily, shop discounts, or boosted experience.
• New Costumes: Try out two new costumes for your character.
• Johto Gyms: Battle all Johto Gym Leaders, now located on the Sevii Islands.
• Hoenn Map Enhancements: Major updates to make Hoenn feel fresh and distinct from other Emerald hacks.
• 10 Random Starters: Choose from 10 randomized starters, unique to each run.
• Grindless Mode: Automatically level up your party and manually set EVs. Trainers will also scale accordingly!
• Field Tools: Defeat Gym Leaders to unlock tools that help you discover hidden items and access new areas.
• Scalemon Mode: A twist on the scaling mechanics you know and love from Pokemon Unbound, with badge-based scaling.
• More Achievements: Earn Battle Points or Trainer Experience by unlocking new achievements.
• Signature Moves: Several Pokemon now have unique signature moves.
• Shiny Charcadet Mystery Gift: Claim your mystery gift from the continue screen!
• More Generic cries, to be expanded in the future.
• And so much more!

Changelog

Version 2.0.5.1

• Added a season change option to the Blue NPC
• Merged the Trainer Experience Boosts skill with the normal experience boost skill and made it a lot cheaper.
• Made IVs trainer skill 40% cheaper
• Updated Petalburg Woods tileset
• Added a Random Option for Music so it randomizes it each time you go to a new area
• Added a Random Option for the title screen
• Fixed both Kyogre and Groudon title screen to match both Ruby and Sapphire more
• Updated the Title screen year and Logo Aspect ratio
• Changed the Shiny Rayquaza Title screen colors
• Changed the Randomizer Algorithm to be more consistent
• Changed the Not Supported Emulator screen to show all the recommended emulators for each system and to be easier to understand as long as you know how to read.
• Changed the Max Trainer Exp from 9,999 to 50,000 to let you max all the skills if you play a ton.
• Made it so all the Pokémon have Maxed Contest Stats since that data is no longer stored in the game meaning you always had 0 on every stat regardless of what you did.
• Buffed Shedinja to have 8hp
• Fixed Mystery Gifts not changing each day correctly.
• Fixed Day encounter appearing at night in double battle mode.
• Fixed Randomized mode not spawning all the available Pokémon when combined with Limit Gen Mode.
• Fixed the Pokedex sometimes showing the wrong ability in the first slot for some Pokémon.
• Changed Combusken, Marshtomp and Grovyle level up learnsets to remove strong moves from level 1(Example: Combusken could relearn Flamethrower at level 1).
• Made Arrokuda available in the wild
• Fixed Floette’s palette
• Fixed Grindless + Little Cup Mode
• Other small fixes and changes.

Version 2.0.5

Hello @everyone, today after some time I would like to release a new update focusing on adding a new Disable system to the game, while the player will probably not notice it will let me as a developer add more stuff to the game that was not possible before without having me rewrite a lot of encounter and trainer data manually, thanks to this system I was able to add 3 new modes making it possible to play using only gen 3 Pokemon for a more vanilla experience, and of course I also polished the game more so here is the changelog:

• Added a Pokemon Disable system, this system enables me to disable any Pokemon from appearing on the game or not letting the player use it, this will let me create new modes that would otherwise need me to recreate a lot of parts of the game like these 3:
• Disable Gen Mode: this mode lets the player choose what is the last generation of Pokemon they want in the game, for example you could make the game only have Pokemon up to gen 3, this however will also let cross generation evolutions and forms(example Alolan Rattata in gen 1 only mode) appear even on those generations, this mode will use random generated teams when necessary so balance and difficulty will vary.
• Monotype Mode: this mode will only let the player use Pokemon of certain types, you will still see every Pokemon in the wild but you won’t be able to catch them, if you have a Pokemon that is not of that type in your party as you start a battle they will be sent to your boxes thanks to the disable system.
• Little Cup Mode: this mode makes every Pokemon level 5 for the whole game, you can only use first stages that are below 400BST and bans moves like dragon rage and sonic boom, this mode replaced the “No Evolution Mode” but saves with that mode enabled will still be able to play normally.
• Added back Mirage Tower to the game, not sure why it took me so much time to know it was not in the game(over 6 months).
• Modified the max level cap for every mode, in the last version you could go up to the next leader Ace Pokemon level(If you had 0 badges you could go up to the 2nd Leader Ace Level) and tha was like 3 levels above your current level cap, I made it so you can go 10 levels more than before.
• Made some map changes.
• Removed Sky Pillar’s Puzzle Holes
• Fixed Dipplin not working correctly in Vanilla Mode
• Fixed some collision issues in Jagged Pass
• Fixed some Route 113 tile issues
• Fixed Chingling not working with exiolite
• Other small fixes and changes.

The mystery gift data for this update is

• Main Mystery Gift: Manaphy
• Sunday: Galarian Zapdos
• Monday: Galarian Articuno
• Tuesday: Galarian Moltres
• Wednesday: Shiny Eevee
• Thursday: Shiny Beldum
• Friday: Shiny Charcadet
• Saturday: Manaphy

Version 2.0.3.2

New Signature moves

• Swellow : Aerial Ace Becomes a 70 BP move that doubles its power if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.
• Exploud : Roar Becomes a 60 BP move that knocks away the target and drags out another Pokemon in its party, also boosts Sp.Atk.
• Mawile : Hyper Fang Becomes a 80 BP Fairytype move that prevents the user and the target from switching out until either of them faints, ignores defense.
• Mega Mawile: Hyper Fang Becomes a 50 BP Fairytype move hits twice and ignores defense, may boost attack.
• Honchcorw : Beat Up Becomes a 25 BP move that hit the target up to 5 times using its Murkrow cronies to attack, each hit may lower the target’s defense.
• Probopass : Magnet Bomb Becomes a 90 BP Steeltype move that can paralyze the target and is super effective against Steeltypes.
• Serperior : Wrap Becomes a 70 BP Grasstype move that prevents the user and the target from switching out until either of them faints and leeches the target.
• Emboar : Heat Crash Becomes a 130 BP move with 90% accuracy, If this move misses the user takes damage instead, has a 20% chance of burning the target.
• Samurott : Razor Shell Becomes a 90 BP move sets up Spikes when used, ignores the target defense changes.
• Hisuian Samurott : Night Slash Becomes a 90 BP move sets up Spikes when used, ignores the target defense changes.
• Togedemaru : Pin Missile Becomes an SteelType move that boosts the user’s Speed stat but lowers its Defense stat.
• Dugtrio: Dig Becomes a 35 BP move that hits the target 3 times, can flinch the target.
• Doduo : Peck Becomes a 40 BP move that hits the target twice, can raise the user attack.
• Dodrio : Drill Peck Becomes a 35 BP move that hits the target 3 times, can raise the user attack.
• Magneton : Discharge Becomes a 35 BP move that hits the target 3 times, paralysis chances becomes 15% per hit.

Changed Signature moves

• Honedge : Slash Becomes a 85BP Ghosttype Move that ignores the target’s defense and steals half the damage inflicted.
• Doublade : Slash Becomes a Ghosttype 45 BP Move that ignores the target’s defense and hits twice.
• Aegislash : Slash Becomes a 90BP Ghosttype Move that ignores the target’s defense.
• Blastoise: Hydro Pump Now hits both enemies at once
• Mega Blastoise: Hydro Pump Now hits both enemies at once
• Lapras: Surf Now hits only the enemy and not its allies
• Mega Lapras: Surf Now hits only the enemy and not its allies
• Staryu: Swift Now hits only one target, boosted its power to 50
• Starmie: Swift Now hits only one target, boosted its power to 60

Fixes & New Additions

• Added an extra team to each Jotho gym leaders
• Buffed trainer exp skill, now its 10x times better but costs more too
• Added Galarian Zapdos as mystery gift, now each weekday may have a different mystery gift including reruns of old mystery gifts
• Added a note to the summary screen telling you if that pokemon is immune to ground type moves, for pokemon that used to have levitate
• Changed Rayquaza and Moltres wild encounters to make them easier to catch by removing roost and life orb from them
• Fixed trainer exp shown not being the correct one
• Fixed some signature move descriptions
• Fixed New game plus lowering the trainer level if it was above 255
• Fixed a Pokemon in your party becoming rayquaza or other after battling certain legendaries
• Fixed some dive areas taking you to an area that would soflock you
• Fixed lag while chosing a move in random ability mode against a trainer
• Fixed Aegislash not changing its stats as you changed forms
• Fixed catching rate being wonky on some legendaries or hard to catch mons
• Fixed dunsparce evolution method not being shown in the summary screen
• Other small fixes

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