Pokemon Wally Quest

“Pokemon Wally Quest” is a Completed GBA Rom Hack made by Sofie. Play as Wally in the Hoenn region with a new rival. Enjoy new side quests, post-game episodes, and Pokemon from generations 1 to 8.

Pokemon Wally Quest Completed GBA Rom Hack

• Creator: Sofie
• Base ROM: Emerald
• Language: English
• Latest Version: v1.1
• Last Updated on: April 15, 2023
• Status: Completed

Also Check Out: Pokemon Blazing Emerald

Description

Pokemon Wally Quest is a simple, plot-centric game based on RHH’s battle engine. The story is based on Emerald and ORAS, with additions into the main plotline, a new rival/antagonist, sidequests and post-game episodes. There is also a bit of a catch-them-all subtheme.
Play as Wally, go out and explore Hoenn, make friends and save the world!

Plot

This ROMhack is an alternate reality with Wally as the protagonist.

• Longer pre-E4 plot up to lv85
• Additional rival/antagonist
• Delta and other post-game “episodes”
• Additional side “quests”, mostly to unlock other Pokemon
• Various adjusted NPC dialogue, e.g. daily egg and berry givers, Professors

Some interpretations based on questions from the mainstream games:

• What if Maxie and Archie had used the correct Orbs?
• What did Wally’s dad want to tell Wally after the 5th Gym?

Features

• Pokemon from Generation 1 to 8.
• RHH’s Battle-Engine features, such as physical/special split, Mega Evolution, Z-Moves etc
• All Pokemon, movesets, TMs and Move Tutors up to Gen VII, up to and including Melmetal
• More double battles. Gym Leader and E4 rematches, as well as some boss fights will be doubles
• All Pokemon have “perfect IVs”
• NPC opponents have EVs
• Gym Guides offer “battles” for fast leveling
• EV-training NPCs: Unlockable through side events
• EVs used as Contest conditions
• Ability changer in Devon after 5th badge
• Soft level cap
• Other various QoL improvements

Change Log

• Check Out Full Changelog

Additional Information

The main Pokemon changes are regarding evolution in the Normal version. The Variant version has type/stat/move/ability changes.

This ROMhack is intended to be Nuzlocke-able with diversity in each replay, although some battles are not friendly. Prof Oak’s challenges are hindered by the soft-level cap, so recommend adjusting the rules based on that. Single-Pokemon runs are not possible in the current version, as a story point requires more than 1 Pokemon in the party.

This isn’t a difficulty hack, but there are measures to raise the difficulty

Known Bugs v1.1

• When using the flying lady’s service, the last city does not update; thus e.g. Teleport and whiteout will bring you to the previous city instead
• Various moves and abilities may not work as expected (e.g. Pledges)
• Form change in battle may be buggy
• Mega symbols may remain even when the MegaEvolved Pokemon has been switched out/fainted, is harmless thus far
• A wrongpalette version of Brendan’s sprite may appear at times (e.g. when decorating Secret Base), is harmless thus far
• There has been no stress test on bag and pc limits
• Time based events tested fine on mGBA and VBAM on Windows desktop, but am unsure of other emulators
• Rayquaza’s colour is off during battle (black instead of green); have been unable to fix the problem yet, should be harmless
• The Battle Frontier was not thoroughly tested, so please beware of issues
• There may be possible issues after S.S. Tidal due to the newly inserted detour. I tested the changes but am unsure if I have missed certain states. If you are in or past S.S.Tidal, I’d recommend just playing the current game to the end.

Warnings

This game has unkind re-interpretations of the antagonists (existing Pokemon characters).
While I believe I’ve avoided sensitive content, some antagonists’ speeches are intended to irk/may be inappropriate to others
Some creepypasta is referenced.
The story is dark at times

Game Related Stuff

Download Pokemon Wally Quest

Mirror Links (Mega)

Screenshots

Credits

Nintendo and GameFreak for Pokemon Emerald
Pret for the decompilation
RHH for the Battle Engine
-UltimaSoul
-ghoulslash
-DizzyEggg
-AsparagusEduardo
-ExpoSeed
-Pyredrid
-MandL127
-Lunos
-ShantyTown
-mvit
-Doesnt
-Cancer Fairy
-MrDollSteak
-Avara
-Kurausukun
-TheLaw
-BreadCrumbs
-Syreldar
-Porygon23
-Everyone else who’d contributed

The Pokecommunity forums for their instructions and modifications
-Slawter666’s dynamic overworld palette + auto-reflection
-ghoulslash’s Follow Me
-Pyredrid’s Surfboard
-Xhyzi for custom introductory screen
-CyanSMP64 for DPPT, HGSS and BW music
-PSF for the Unbound quest menu

Padz and ShantyTown/Yenatch for the Porymap Map Editor

Unknown artist for title screen picture
Aveontrainer for multiple overworld sprites (Professors, stat trainers)
Princess Phoenix for Mega Diancie overworld sprite
Nephae on deviantart for Zinnia trainer sprite
“Wally Quest” on title screen made with fontmeme.com
Gen 1-7 Pokemon overworld sprites (various creators) from Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonRMXP/comments/mhrxup/pokemon_gen_17_overworld_sprites_download_link/)

Bulbapedia for existing trainer sprites from base games, move tutor, egg move and TM-HM learnsets