Nintendo DS Pokémon ROM Hacks
DS hacks are fewer than GBA ones but usually bigger. Most rebuild Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver or Black 2/White 2 with harder trainers, expanded Pokédexes and quality-of-life fixes, and nearly three in four listed here have a finished main story.
Pokemon Aether White 2
Build teams for 800+ custom trainer battles with 500 obtainable Pokémon, redesigned encounters, Hidden Grottos, and no grinding.
Pokemon Vintage White Plus
Pokémon Vintage White Plus modernizes White with updated movesets, no-trade evolutions, new attacks, type changes, tougher trainers, and Elite battles.
Pokemon Rose Gold
An HeartGold demo where Red or Leaf explores Tohjo near Mt. Silver with following Pokémon, dynamic cameras, modern species, and harder bosses.
PMD: Explorers of the Spirit
Follow an emotional new Mystery Dungeon story with themed dungeons, flexible strategy, and guests that never hold you back.
Pokemon Golden Shield
Play a HeartGold rebuild with a Galar-focused Johto Pokédex, Gen 9 battle options, reusable TMs, fewer HMs, and a story through post-game.
Pokemon JetBlack
Pokémon JetBlack expands Black with earlier encounters, revised battles, new areas and every Pokémon obtainable in a completed NDS hack.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Skies
Take control of your whole dungeon team, recruit Arceus and Sylveon, and explore rebuilt dungeons with fresh events.
Pokemon Garbage Gold Deluxe
Pokémon Garbage Gold Deluxe rebuilds HeartGold after a war with a new Johto story, gauntlets, custom AI, a vast Kanto Wasteland, and modern Pokémon.
Pokemon Rainbow Gold
Pokémon Rainbow Gold expands HeartGold and SoulSilver with every Pokémon, restored events, better progression and modern conveniences.
Pokemon HeartGold Generations
A completed HeartGold overhaul with Pokémon across nine generations, Mega Evolution, faster play, level caps, and a Kanto Gym Leader boss rush.
Pokemon Infinite Black 2
Pokémon Infinite Black 2 rebuilds Black 2 battles with broad encounters, reworked species, fair difficulty, optional areas, and faster training.
Pokemon Black 2: Silly Edition
Pokémon Black 2: Silly Edition adds absurd rewritten dialogue, rebalanced Pokémon, diverse encounters, custom Gyms, and early competitive tools.
Pokemon Petit Pearl
A streamlined Pearl challenge with delayed evolutions, rewritten encounters, faster battles, and no EV training grind.
Pokemon Chaos Purple
A HeartGold demo with Gen 1–9 Pokémon, Gen 5-style maps, expanded story, rebalanced leaders, and Sevii Islands.
Pokemon Iridium
Build terrain-aware teams in a HeartGold demo with Mega Evolution, animated moves, hard caps and portable PC tools.
Pokemon Wubish White
Tackle White with elemental monkey starters, limited evolutions, lower-tier encounters, reduced PP, and survival tools from helpful NPCs.
Pokemon WoofGold & MasterSilver
Revisit Johto with fuller encounters, smoother leveling, redesigned bosses, earlier evolutions, and practical buffs for overlooked Pokémon.
Pokemon Platinum Unlocked
A Platinum beta with early National Pokédex access, expanded encounters, faster eggs and HP bars, reusable TMs, and revised trainer teams.
Pokemon Heart Gold Reloaded
A HeartGold NDS build with Generation IX starters, partner Pokémon that follow you, and a day-and-night cycle for a refreshed Johto run.
Pokemon Silver Yellow RemiXed
Explore Kanto freely as Red, start with Pikachu, face reworked encounters and hunt many overworld Pokémon in this SoulSilver remix.
Pokemon Shadows Of Time
Travel between past and present Himitsu with Celebi to investigate nightmares, a plague, and Shadow Pokémon in this HeartGold demo.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Special Episode 0: In a Dark Past
Step into a completed Mystery Dungeon special episode from Canete16, playable in English and Spanish on NDS today.
Pokemon Pitch Black 2
A Black 2 overhaul with a custom combat system, altered evolutions, permanent weather, reworked routes, and competitive trainer teams.
Pokemon Shadow Legendz
Start with Diancie, Yveltal, or Hoopa in a completed HeartGold rework with a Fairy type, following Pokémon, legendary-filled Mt. Silver, and Axew event.
Pokemon Mythic Silver
Explore a reshaped Johto with Brenda, Blue, and Red, hidden Legendary Pokémon, tougher double battles, and expanded routes.
Pokemon Azure Platinum
Pokémon Azure Platinum revisits Sinnoh with anime elements and higher difficulty in a completed Platinum hack in English and French.
Pokemon Pure Heart & True Soul
Pokémon Pure Heart & True Soul are NDS remakes of HeartGold and SoulSilver by gunsho, offering a paired Johto-focused experience.
Moemon Black 2 & White 2
Moemon sprites transform Black 2 and White 2, with both cities and chambers unlocked, all Pokémon obtainable, and easier evolution access.
Pokemon Mystery Mail: Blooming Chaos
Play a completed English Mystery Dungeon project, Pokémon Mystery Mail: Blooming Chaos, created by Stolen Burrito, Adex, and Groovy.
Pokemon Conquest: Ultimate
Command a rebalanced 200-Pokémon roster in a tougher Conquest campaign, with unique Warrior links, starter choice and updated battlefields.
Pokemon Garbage Gold
Pokémon Garbage Gold is a completed English HeartGold hack by sauceyaTTa for Nintendo DS, presented in version 1.3.1.
Pokemon Bloody Platinum Redux
Pokémon Bloody Platinum Redux adds a second rival, 491 catchable Pokémon, reworked encounters, and a Stark Mountain postgame event.
PMD: Merchants Versus Pirates
Play a completed NDS Mystery Dungeon adventure from FunnyKecleonMeme#1075 built around Merchants Versus Pirates.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Wigglytuff’s Bizarre Adventure
Join Wigglytuff's bizarre Mystery Dungeon adventure, a mostly finished English NDS project by sudzoof#8354 today.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gengar
Play as Gengar in a completed Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky hack, then face Gengar in battle on its NDS journey.
Pokemon White 2 Kaizo
Pokémon White 2 Kaizo is a completed NDS difficulty hack built entirely around double battles, offering a demanding White 2 challenge.
Pokemon Black 2 Kaizo
Pokémon Black 2 Kaizo is a completed all-double-battle Black 2 challenge with difficulty-focused changes and quality-of-life features.
Pokemon Legacy Edition
Pokémon Legacy Edition adds a faithful Sevii Islands remake, new maps, music, and models to a HeartGold NDS demo.
Pokemon Elite Black & Elite White
Pokémon Elite Black & Elite White toughen Unova with rebuilt trainer movesets, stronger leaders, altered economy, and wider Pokémon variety.
Pokemon Primeval Black 2
Pokémon Primeval Black 2 remakes Black 2 around catchable Pokémon, altered battles, permanent spring, and a tougher trainer challenge.
Touhoumon Heart Gold
Touhoumon Heart Gold replaces Pokémon with evolving Touhou puppets, new types and moves, unlimited TMs, and a working Battle Frontier.
Pokemon Following Renegade Platinum (NDS) ROM
Challenge a tougher Platinum with following Pokémon, all 493 available, revised trainers, Fairy type, and faster play.
Pokemon Following Platinum
Bring a Pokémon companion into Sinnoh with animated overworld followers, revised events, Fairy type, and faster gameplay.
Pokemon Platinum Redux
A Platinum overhaul built for Nuzlockes, with early National Pokédex access, level evolutions, low encounter rates, and extensive quality-of-life tools.
Pokemon Conquest Twin Dragons
Tackle a tougher Conquest story with rebalanced stats, expanded Warrior links, revised evolutions, new moves and area-specific backgrounds.
Pokemon Soothing Silver
Hunt custom Shinies and regional forms while facing stronger bosses and varied encounters in this completed SoulSilver NDS overhaul.
Pokemon White 2 Extreme Randomizer
Pokémon White 2 Extreme Randomizer is a completed NDS remix that turns the original White 2 experience into an extreme random run.
Pokemon Black 2 Extreme Randomizer
Pokémon Black 2 Extreme Randomizer remixes the original Black 2 into a completed NDS run built around extreme randomization.
Pokemon Diamante: Desafio Sinnoh
A completed Spanish Diamond overhaul with Pokémon from Generations I–VII, updated visuals, custom field effects, and rearranged music.
Pokemon Steelheart
An early Black 2-based NDS project from Cannons, offering a compact starting point for players tracking its development.
Pokemon Conquest Reconquered
Lead R-Style Pokémon through a tougher Conquest campaign with modern stats, revised moves and abilities, and streamlined evolution rules.
Pokemon Volt White 2 Redux
Pokémon Volt White 2 Redux enhances White 2 with three modes, revised evolution options and every Legendary and Mythical Pokémon catchable.
Pokemon Blaze Black 2 Redux
Pokémon Blaze Black 2 Redux expands Black 2 with three modes, Legendary encounters, revised evolution methods, and reworked battles.
PokeJoke DS – A Parody of Pokemon Rom
PokeJoke DS pairs a new style and plot with a day-and-night system, Mega Evolution, and demanding difficulty on NDS.
Pokemon Moon Black 2
Moon Black 2 expands Unova with later-region Pokémon, new rivals and bosses, Mega Evolution, tougher battles, and a new tournament.
Pokemon Altered Platinum
Discover 30 Sinnohan forms, changed Ice typing, themed Gym teams, recolored shinies, and tougher battles without EV grinding.
Pokemon Puro Diamante ROM
Pokémon Puro Diamante is an Italian White-based NDS demo with quick-time actions, character customization, new TMs, and edited Trainers.
Pokemon Pure Crystal
Pokémon Pure Crystal reshapes HeartGold with 16 Gyms, new rivals and characters, a classic adventure, and safer poison mechanics.
Pokemon Prestigious Platinum
Pokémon Prestigious Platinum refreshes Platinum with Cosmic, Digital, and Fairy types, character mugshots, new visuals, and choices that shape play.
Pokemon Platinum Pro
A completed Platinum hack with a new hero or heroine, 21 starter choices, Pokémon from seven generations, and some fused Pokémon.
Pokemon Vicious Black
Pokémon Vicious Black opens the Boldor region with 18 starters, changed PokéMart stock, and revised in-game Pokémon catch difficulty.
Pokemon Platinum Plus
A completed Spanish Platinum overhaul with a new story, day and night, modern moves and abilities, revised early-generation moves, and new visuals.
Pokemon Paradox Platinum NDS Rom
Play a FireRed-inspired Platinum alpha with a day and night cycle, an EXP system, a new story, and trainer-name copying.
Pokemon N and The Mystery of Latios
Set out with an Eevee starter in a tougher completed White 2 journey featuring five generations of Pokémon and a Repel system.
Pokemon Platinum Entrance Randomizer
A completed Platinum randomizer that shuffles maps, Gyms, and the Elite Four while scaling encounters and preventing softlocks.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Light
Explore a completed Mystery Dungeon adventure with a physical-special split, fresh gameplay, and a huge sound collection.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Heaven & Hell
Explorers of Heaven & Hell adds selectable difficulty, new dungeons and bosses, later Pokémon, Fairy type, Mega Evolution, and Z-Moves.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Fire
Explorers of Fire adds later Pokémon, 386 early-generation species, famous Trainer allies, indoor running, and TV-episode events.
Pokemon Moon Silver
Moon Silver reworks SoulSilver with a journalist protagonist, new Gym Leaders, altered tiles and sprites, plus fresh music and sound.
Pokemon Mind Crystal NDS NDS Rom
SoulSilver expands with an early National Dex, better first-route encounters, following Pokémon, day and night, and Mega Evolution.
Pokemon Mega Platinum NDS Rom
Explore a large new region in this completed Platinum hack with DS-style sprites, new evolution methods, League Tournament training, and a Gym battle.
Pokemon Master Quest Johto NDS Rom
Take on a difficult Nuzlocke-style SoulSilver challenge with no starter selection, new trainers, revised palettes, and RPG-like quests.
Pokemon La Leyenda Oscura NDS Rom
An NDS Diamond demo set in Pravia, with Legendary starters, Pokémon through Generation IV, and a future trip to Unova.
Pokemon Jello’s Beta Diamond Hack NDS Rom
Pokémon Jello’s Beta Diamond Hack adds new Pokémon, music, dialogue, story content, and language selection to Diamond.
Pokemon Horror White
Pokémon Horror White expands Pokémon White with Mega Evolution, Gen I–VI Pokémon, event tickets, new presentation, and gender choice.
Pokemon Hoenn White EX NDS Rom
A completed White NDS hack with updated moves, sprites, trainer classes, custom tiles and colour work, and a male-only protagonist choice.
Pokemon Hoenn White 2 NDS Rom
A White 2 NDS beta with Mega Evolution, two Shiny Pokémon, later-generation additions in Kanto, and an ambitious 18-Gym structure.
Pokemon Heart Red GBA Rom
A HeartGold-based NDS beta with original events, Fakemon, a custom interface, and near-total battle avoidance for careful players.
Pokemon Renegade Platinum (NDS) ROM
Pokémon Renegade Platinum overhauls Platinum with every Pokémon available, tougher battles, Fairy type, faster play, and no trade evolutions.
Pokemon Dark Diamond NDS Rom
Pokémon Dark Diamond is a Pokémon Diamond-based NDS Beta with 386 catchable Pokémon, type fixes, one Fakémon, and permanent fainting consequences.
Pokemon SoothingSilver
Enjoy a tougher SoulSilver with Alolan forms, varied trainer teams, custom Shinies and smoother evolutions in this completed NDS overhaul.
Pokemon Bloody Platinum
Pokémon Bloody Platinum adds 491 catchable Pokémon, optional story events, Zekrom, daily events, and refreshed visuals and music.
Pokemon Bloody Diamond NDS Rom
Pokémon Bloody Diamond adds inverse battles, a Moral Compass that shapes Kanto's outcome, new types, and over 150 new Pokémon.
Pokemon Blaze Black 2 NDS Rom
Pokémon Blaze Black 2 refreshes Black 2 with Generation VI starters, Pokémon through Generation VII, new moves, and the SéNJO region.
Pokemon Blaze Black
Pokémon Blaze Black reworks Black with a new Pokédex, custom visuals, Mega Evolution, altered Pokémon, and a revised Trainer Card.
Pokemon Black 2 – 251 Edition NDS Rom Hack
Pokémon Black 2 – 251 Edition refreshes Black 2 with taxi travel, 151 catchable Pokémon, custom field effects, new sprites, and altered areas.
Pokemon Apocalypse Boy NDS Rom
A completed Chinese HeartGold hack set in Valto, with area-specific Pokémon, new evolutions and appearances, and the Fairy type.
Pokemon Absolute Soul Silver NDS Rom
A completed SoulSilver NDS hack with perfect-IV trade Pokémon, repeatable Repels, side-scrolling areas, and the Orange Islands.
Moemon Platinum NDS)
Moemon Platinum refreshes Platinum with new characters, events, moves, abilities, a new region, and Pokémon from many generations.
Moemon Heart Gold NDS Rom Downlod
Explore a completed HeartGold Moemon adventure with seven generations of Pokémon, regional events, and the Renon Tournament.
Kaizo Pokemon White 2 Rom
Kaizo Pokémon White 2 updates visuals and tiles, gives Cubone and Marowak Ground/Dark typing, and adds Gym Leader rematches.
Pokemon Vintage White Rom
Pokémon Vintage White refreshes White with modern movesets, no-trade evolutions, new Eeveelutions, type balance, Elite battles, and Gold and Silver music.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Cubone’s Desire
Cubone’s Desire adds the Orthan Region, later-generation Pokémon and moves, updated mechanics, and Gold/Silver music to Explorers of Sky.
Pokemon Kanto Redux
Pokémon Kanto Redux is a completed English HeartGold-based Nintendo DS hack by SchrodingerFu, offering a revised Kanto adventure.
Pokemon Origin Platinum
Catch every Pokémon without trades or events in a completed Platinum hack with revised evolutions and accessible key items.
Pokemon Flawless Platinum
Explore Sinnoh with the National Dex from the opening, redesigned Pokémon, altered encounters, and accessible legendary events.
Pokemon Mega Delta
Play a completed Black 2 overhaul with a new story, Mega Evolution, Ash-Greninja, Alola Forms, and Pokémon through Generation 8.
Pokemon Omega Paradox V2
Pokémon Omega Paradox V2 sends a battered Unova into crisis with irreversible Omega Evolution, altered leaders, new rivals, and starter-led difficulty.
What DS hacks do differently
GBA hacking is mostly about new regions and stories. DS hacking is mostly about making great games better. The DS generations already have the physical/special split, abilities, natures and online-era mechanics, so hackers spend their effort elsewhere:
- Difficulty and balance. Trainers get full, competitive teams; weaker Pokémon get new moves and stats so more of the Pokédex is worth using.
- Availability. Many hacks make every Pokémon catchable in one playthrough, so you don’t need trades or version-exclusive catches.
- Quality of life. Faster text, hidden moves you don’t have to teach, and no trade evolutions.
Well-known examples in this style include Renegade Platinum, Blaze Black 2 and its Redux follow-up, and Platinum Redux.
Picking a base game
Platinum is the most-hacked DS game here. Sinnoh’s slow early game and thin regional Pokédex make it an obvious target for rebalancing, and the Gen 4 editing tools are mature.
HeartGold and SoulSilver hacks usually update Johto and Kanto with a wider Pokédex and fairer difficulty. HeartGold Generations and Heart & Soul are two of the most-visited.
Black 2 and White 2 hacks are the heaviest overhauls: Aether White 2 and Infinite Black 2 rebuild trainer battles and encounters across the whole game. Black and White themselves appear too, for example Vintage White Plus.
A handful of hacks here also modify DS spin-offs such as Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky and Pokémon Conquest.
Patching a DS hack
DS patches are usually xdelta files. Patch a clean copy of the exact game the hack names, and keep the original untouched in case you need to patch again. You can apply the patch in your browser with our ROM patcher; nothing is uploaded. Then load the patched .nds file in your emulator.
Only completed hacks have a finished main story. The rest are betas that stop partway through.
Common questions
- What is the best DS Pokémon ROM hack to start with?
- A completed difficulty-and-balance overhaul of a game you already know. Hacks of Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver and Black 2/White 2 keep the original story but give every Pokémon more to do, which makes them an easy first step.
- What patch format do DS ROM hacks use?
- Most DS hacks ship as xdelta patches, because DS games are large and xdelta handles big files well. Some use IPS or BPS. The patcher on each hack's Install tab applies all of them in your browser.
- Which base ROM do DS hacks need?
- Nearly always a clean, unmodified US or European release of the named game. It must be the exact game the hack names; a HeartGold hack will not apply to SoulSilver unless the creator says so. Trimmed ROMs and files already patched with anything else are the usual cause of a failed patch.
- Which emulator should I use for DS hacks?
- melonDS and DeSmuME on desktop, DraStic on Android, and Delta on iOS. melonDS is the most accurate, which matters for newer hacks that push the hardware.
- Why are there fewer DS hacks than GBA hacks?
- DS games are far bigger and more complex, so a DS hack takes more work. Most DS hackers therefore improve an existing game rather than build a new region from scratch.