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Pokemon Emerald Rhombus G8 (GBA) Download

Overview

I always wanted to do a rom hack by myself that was challenging and fun. I lost interest playing Pokemon games because it was too easy, not challenging and not enough possibilities. The first rom hack I played was Dark Rising years ago. It wasn't perfect but man did I get a good challenge. Then I tried many others and absolutely LOVED Emerald Kaizo which I must have played 5-6 times until I found te right team to finish the game.

Game Details

Developers: RHOMBUS99

Base Game: Emerald

Platforms: GBA

Game Info

Release Date: January 22, 2026

Updated: March 15, 2026

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Version: v2.0

Trailer

No trailer available.

Features

Pokeemerald / Hex editing

Pokemon Gen 1 to 8 are available (95% of them)

You cannot use any items during battle except held items

All Gym Leaders have 6 Pokemon

Movepool have been slightly altered: As a player, you will not have access to weather changing moves (Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm) and moves like Calm Mind, Bulk Up, etc.

Gym Leaders and some trainers have Mega Evolution Pokemon which is not available to the player (part of the difficulty)

Evolution stones are available at Mauville City

Harbour Mail for the Mauville Lady to get the Coin Case is at Lilycove's City Mart

A new difficult Rival has been added throughout the game (you can't miss him)

There are custom weather in some Gyms

Since there is no map change, there is no known bug in the game

The game is using Gen 8 mecanics

Proteins, Carbos, etc will not work in the game but you can sell them

Changelogs

No changelogs available.

Screenshots

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Additional Resources

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Official Sources

https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pokemon-emerald-rhombus-g8-difficult-rom-hack-finished.540455

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Main Developers

RHOMBUS99