Pokemon Valiant

“Pokemon Valiant” is a GBA Rom Hack made by Shahar. Explore the new Lavan region in an exciting story, starting your adventure with a special, strong starter Pokemon!

Pokemon Valiant GBA Rom Hack

• Creator: Shahar
• Base ROM: Emerald
• Language: English
• Released on: November 06, 2024
• Latest Version: Beta v4.1.0
• Last Updated on: August 03, 2025
• Status: This beta has 10-14 hours of play time on fast forward, 20-40 hours on casual play, has 1 Pokemon League Challenge and ends at Lilycove City Harbor.

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Story

Venture into a new region, LAVAN. Explore new cities, routes and caves. Brand new story and mysteries about the mythical time traveling Pokemon Celebi. After LAVAN Pokemon League you’ll be traveling to HOENN with new towns, new gym challenge, and new plot.

Features

• New Region
• New Story
• New Professor
• 4 Sudo Legendary Starters Option
• Following Pokemon System
• Difficulty meant to be challenging but fair
• Pokemon from Generation 1-3

Changelogs

3rd August 2025 - 4.1.0 release (new animations, smarter boss battles, fixed Manara cave scene, minor bug fixes and improvements)
17th July 2025 – 4.0 & 4.0.1 release (1 Pokémon League challenge, ends at Lilycove City Harbor) (0.1 fixed minor bugs)
7th July 2025 – 3.0.1 release (removed escape rope requirement, fixed water battle background, another cave)
18th June 2025 – 3.0 release (6 badges, ends at Harutel City)
15th January 2025 – 2.0.1 release (fix to Hawam trees collision and trainer position in 1st gym)
1st January 2025 – 2.0 release (3 badges, ends at Route D)
26th November 2024 – 1.1 release (fix to Discord link and added water animation tiles)
5th November 2024 – 1.0 release (1 badge, ends at Route C)
27th October 2024 – Project restarted

Game Progress

This beta has 10-14 hours of play time on fast forward, 20-40 hours on casual play, has 1 Pokemon League Challenge and ends at Lilycove City Harbor.

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Credits

Shahar – Rom hack author, Writer, Mapper, Scripter
Base – Gamefreak
Decomp – pret
1.9.3 Expansion – Rom Hacking Hideout x DizzyEgg
Support – Archie’s community
titlescreen psd – Jaizu
tiles – Xencleamas, Dragonflye
region map tiles – redriders180
tall grass battleground – ravepossum
birch background – Oscar Brock
player sprites – Dragonflye, Dante
prof front sprite – Baro
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Tools used
Code/Text – Visual Studio Code, Notepad++
Mapping – Porymap
Art – Tilemapstudio, Photoshop, GraphicsGale
Emulator – mGBA