Pokemon Royal Sapphire

About Pokemon Royal Sapphire

Pokemon Royal Sapphire is a GBA ROM Hack by ShockinglyGongas based on Pokemon Sapphire in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on November 17, 2025.

What's in it

• Authentic Gen 3 rules: no physical/special split, no Fairy type, crits are 1/16 for 2x damage.
• Expert AI for every trainer, identical switch logic to Gym Leaders.
• New starter trio: Hisuian Sneasel, Hisuian Qwilfish, Galarian Slowpoke (Poison cores into Fighting, Dark, Psychic).
• Regional forms used for: Voltorb, Electrode, Growlithe, Arcanine, Exeggutor, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Raichu, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking, Sneasel, Qwilfish.
• Added: Sneasler, Overqwil, Meltan, Melmetal.
• Removed: Ditto, Farfetch’d, Smeargle, Chimecho.
• Every map redesigned while preserving the original route order and story beats.
• New or revised areas for key items, HMs, and story events.
• Custom-edited tiles built on Ruby and Sapphire’s set.
• Updated overworld sprites for Gym Leaders, player characters, villain teams, and many NPCs.
• Battle UI recolored in blue to match Sapphire’s identity.
• Expanded Team Aqua arc.
• Matt, Shelly, and Archie appear more often, pursuing Kyogre and Lugia to expand the ocean with eternal rain and deep waves.
• Many NPC dialogues rewritten to enrich towns and lore.
• Every trainer team, move, and held item handcrafted for higher difficulty.
• Reference point: similar challenge curve to Renegade Platinum.
• Boss fights fully rebuilt with deeper rosters and stronger sets.
• No potion use by AI; smarter sets and items instead.
• No global stat or type overhauls.
• Starter lines (Sneasel, Qwilfish, Slowpoke) tuned to starter parity.
• Widespread ability updates to lift underused species Examples: Sharpedo with Speed Boost, Slowbro with Shell Armor, Furret with Thick Fat.
• Many evolutions come earlier Example: Slugma now at 20.
• Friendship evos at 10.
• Former trade evos evolve in the low 40s based on power.
• About 90% of moves set to 100% accuracy.
• PP adjusted for balance; setup PP reduced.
• OHKO moves replaced Horn Drill → Drill Run Sheer Cold → Draco Meteor Guillotine → Bullet Punch
• Additional tweaks Spit Up heals like Recover Teleport works like Baton Pass with -6 priority Waterfall and Surf base powers swapped Strength and Cut types changed
• Full move change document included.
• PokéMarts sell Rare Candies, Max Repels, Great Heals, and more at much lower prices Rare Candies cost 1 Poké Dollar.
• Game Corner TMs are very cheap and give 5 copies per purchase.
• No wild held items; Thief and Covet removed. All Items are obtained via overworld and shop NPCs.
• All 3 in-game Trades and Lavaridge Egg have been changed! Rustboro City: Sentret -> Sandshrew Alola Fortree City: Pikachu -> Wynaut Pacifidlog Isle: Electrode Hisui -> Larvitar Lavaridge Gift Egg: Eevee!
• Complete docs for trainers, items, learnsets, encounters, move changes, Trick House, postgame, resources, and credits.
• Included calculator and Lua script for exports, pre-statusing, and IV checks.
• Gym Leader rematches on the S.S. Tidal.
• Elite Four rematches across Hoenn.
• Multiple catchable legendaries and mythicals.
• Battle Tower secret Maxie fight.
• Secret boss vs. Gongas.
• Final Trick House level with a hidden boss.
• Pokédex completion supported.
• Rare Candies in the player’s GameCube and in most PokéMarts.
• Full Restores, Max Repels, Max Elixirs widely available.
• Berries stocked as soon as they are relevant.
• Sponsor Corners in Poké Centers with tutors, shops, and deleters.
• Prices adjusted so common items are easy to afford.
• Multiple copies of most TMs awarded.
• Learnsets tailored to soften the lack of a physical/special split.
• Ability and evolution method tweaks to lift weaker species.
• Increased from 1 in 8192 to 1 in 2048.
• See Known Issues for any shiny oddities.