Pokemon Little Emerald

Pokemon Little Emerald is a GBA ROM Hack by Purkat based on Pokemon Emerald in English. It was last updated on March 20, 2025, and is now available to download.

• ▸ Starters: Snivy/Scorbunny/Squirtle
• ▸ Hard level caps
• ▸ Gen 9 battle mechanics unless otherwise stated
• ▸ Difficulty modes: Hard: All gym leaders and most boss trainers have a full team of six Pokémon with strong movesets Normal: Not all gym leaders and boss trainers have a full team of six Pokémon and have generally weaker movesets than in Hard Mode
• ▸ EV Gain can be turned on or off
• ▸ Mini-Bosses throughout the game that give prizes such as BP, battle items, and access to move tutors
• ▸ A BP shop where you can buy battle items and items to customize your Pokémon such as Ability Patches, Nature Mints, and Bottle Caps
• ▸ You will permanently lose any held items that were removed in a battle (only if you win the battle)
• ▸ You can permanently take held items from Pokémon in a trainer battle (only if you win the battle)
• ▸ Trainers don’t use items
• ▸ Attract works regardless of gender
• ▸ The 5 confuse berries (Aguav, Iapapa, Wiki, Mago, Figy) heal ½ max HP and trigger at ¼ max HP (As in generation 7)
• ▸ Oceanic Museum, Mauville Game Corner, Daycare, Weather Institute, Mossdeep Game Corner, Space Center, and Devon Corp (Fossil) encounter locations are now separate
• ▸ Two new custom maps: Deep Woods (accessible from Petalburg Woods post-Cut) Desert Oasis (accessible from Route 111)
• ▸ New “Mega Evolutions”: All Baby Pokémon (Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Tyrogue, Elekid, Magby, Smoochum, Azurill, Wynaut, Budew, Chingling, Bonsly, Mime Jr., Happiny, Munchlax, Rioolu, Mantyke, and Toxel) can evolve in battle via a held item (their respective incenses and new incenses added for the babies without one)
• ▸ Some type and ability changes, mostly to give unevolved Pokémon types and abilities from their evolved forms
• ▸ Follower Pokémon
• ▸ Most bosses have overworld partner Pokémon
• ▸ Minor story changes (just added and move boss fights): Added an Aqua Leader Archie fight to Slateport’s Oceanic Museum just after fighting the grunts Changed Magma Admin Tabitha on Mt. Chimnet to Magma Admin Courtney Courtney Added a tag battle with your rival against Aqua Leader Archie & Aqua Admin Matt to Mt. Pyre Changed Magma Admin Tabitha in the Mossdeep Space Center tag battle to Magma Admin Tabitha
• ▸ A few boss fights scale in levels depending on if you have defeated Winona yet (you can fight them before or after): Optional rival battle in Lilycove City Magma Admin Tabitha in Magma Hideout Magma Leader Maxie in Magma Hideout Tag battle with your rival against Aqua Leader Archie & Aqua Admin Matt on Mt. Pyre Aqua Admin Matt in Aqua Hideout