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: v2.0.3.1
• Last Updated on: February 09, 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 2.0.3.1

• Signature moves not changing some move types in battle
• Fixed the issue where Special Moves used Physical stats for damage calculation
• ixed the bug where some new mega evolutions did not gain their new stats/abilities/types upon mega evolving(Example Mega Snorlax)
• Fixed the issue where some people got stuck in the start menu by pressing Up a few times
• Some Collision fixes
• Added the item finder to the start of the game, if you already started the game just go and talk to the blue nurse and it will appear in your bag
• Now the sniper ball skill also ups the chances of catching a Pokémon regardless if you get a critical catch or not
• Other small bug fixes

Version 2.0.3

• New Information menu, this menu lets you search for the FAQ in game without having to use another device, it also lets you see some trainer tips and more importantly your information
• telling you your modes you have enabled, your difficulty, your current level cap, the game version and other important information, you will be asked to share some screenshots of this screen when reporting a bug
• Heavily modified the game scaling, now you will grow faster at the start of the game compared to the endgame, meaning you will have access to more levels in the first part of the game, this is subject to change and tweaked in the future.
• Modified how trainers have their IVs trainer skills, now they scale depending on your difficulty and badge count
• Included access to all the Event Islands after you beat the Pokémon League making some unobtainable mons obtainable yet again.
• Fixed all the gen 9 and Husian mons lacking some TM moves from their learnsets(Only moves that are already TMs in ROWE, no new TMs were added)
• Fixed some tile errors near water
• Fixed Galarian birds not learning TMs
• Heavily reworked the signature move system, while you as an user you won’t see a lot of changes this will let me add a lot of more changes to signature moves that could not be added before and reworked a lot of early signature moves to have more effects considering its easier for me to do that, in the future I plan to make signature moves unlockable at certain levels but that is yet to come, here is a big list of most signature moves changes

Modified Signature moves

• Pichu – Volt Tackle: Now becomes a 130bp move instead of 110 but becomes a reckoil move
• Hypno – Hypnosis: Now can set up psychic terrain
• Golem – Explosion: Becomes a Rock type moves and removes using the highest attacking stat
• Alolan Golem – Explosion: Becomes Electric terrain and can set up Electric terrain but now does not uses the highest attacking stat and can’t set up stealth rock
• Meowth – Pay Day: Now can flinch and can raise speed by 20% instead of 10%
• Persian – Pay Day: Now can flinch
• Alolan Meowth – Pay Day: Now uses the highest attacking stat and can raise special attack by 20% instead of 10%
• Alolan Persian – Pay Day: Now uses the highest attacking stat
• Galarian Meowth – Pay Day: Now raises the user attack by 20% instead of 10% and ignores the target defense changes
• Perrserker – Pay Day: Becomes a 90BP move and now Ignores the target defense changes
• Parasect – Leech Life: Now has a 20% of cursing the target and ignores defense
• Cubone – changed from Bone Club to Bonemerang, same effect + now ignores the target defense
• Alolan Marowak – Shadow Bone: now can raise the user attack
• Alolan Exeguttor – Dragon Hammer: Now uses the user highest attacking stat
• Lickitung – Lick: Becomes a 75BP Normal-type move that cures 25% of the user health when used.
• LickyLicky – Rollout: Becomes a 85BP Normal-type that hits the target once but still doubles from defense curl.
• Voltorb – Electro Ball: Now can raise the user speed
• Electrode – Electro Ball: Can now raise the user speed
• Arcanine – Extreme Speed: Becomes a 70 BP Fire type move that can burn the target.
• Husian Arcanine – Extreme Speed: Becomes a 70 BP Rock type move that can burn the target.
• Gyarados – Thrash: Becomes a single hit 100 BP Flying-type move that dos not lock the user.
• Mega Gyarados – Thrash: Becomes a single hit 110 BP Water-type move that dos not lock the user.
• Articuno – Blizzard: Becomes an Ice move that can hit SE against Water-types, set up hail and has a 90% accuracy
• Zapdos – Thunder: Becomes an Electric move that can hit x2 against Ground-types, set up electric terrain and has a 90% accuracy.
• Moltres – Fire Blast: Becomes a Fire move that can hit x2 against Water-types, set up Sunny Day “and has a 90% accuracy.-Meganium – Petal Blizzard: Now can set up grassy terrain and becomes a 100bp move
• Scizor – Bullet Punch: now can raise the user attack.
• Scizor Mega – Bullet Punch: now can raise the user attack and becomes a 75bp move.
• Steelix – Iron Tail: Has a 95% accuracy and can set up sandstorm.
• Mega Steelix – Iron Tail: Has a 100% accuracy and can set up sandstorm.
• Bellossom – Petal Dance: Becomes a 95BP move that does not lock the user, it has a 50% chance of raising the user speed and can set up grassy terrain.
• Sceptile + Mega – Leaf Blade: now can also set up grassy terrain.
• Blaziken + Mega – Blaze Kick: now can also set up Sun.
• Swampert + Mega – Muddy Water: now can also set up Rain.
• Beautifly – Silver Wind: Becomes a 80BP move that has a 20% chance of raising all of the user stats
• Dustox – Silver Wind: Becomes a 80BP Poison-type move that has a 20% chance of raising all of the user stats
• Honedge and Aegislash – Sacred Sword: Now hits SE against Normal Type mons and ignores defense changes.
• Doublade – Sacred Sword: Now hits SE against Normal Type mons and ignores defense changes, becomes a 45BP move that hits twice.
• Charmander – Tail whip: Becomes a 30 BP move that burns the target
• Paras – Slash: Becomes a Grass type move that has a 30% chance of seeding the target and cures the user.
• Exeguttor – Seed Bomb: Becomes a 100BP move that has a 25% chance to confuse and uses the user highest attacking stat.
• Mega Machamp – Strength: Becomes a 100BP move that hits the user attack stat rather than defense.

And a lot of bugfixes and small changes.

Version 2.0.2

• Added Galarian Articuno as this update mystery gift, but instead of getting it as a gift you have to catch it as a roamer
• Added the PokeNav back + map
• Fixed some moves types
• Added 4 signature moves to Venipede line + Abomasnow
• Fixed new game plus not saving your trainer skills level
• Fixed annihilape, duralodon and all the new megas not working correctly in vanilla mode
• Fixed some moves missing from some Pokemon
• Fixed the overkill achievement not working as the cap is 9999 and not 12000
• Fixed some item prices
• Fixed the casino lady giving you mons for free
• Fixed not getting exp with level 100 in your party
• Other fixes and changes

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