Pokémon Contemporary Emerald

By spearmintz

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PlatformGBA

Authorspearmintz

PostedAugust 14, 2025

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Game Description

I've wanted to dip my toes into the Emerald decomp, and pokeemerald-expansion specifically, so this project is my first pass at making something I hope is a little unique. I was sick and tired of replaying Emerald and seeing the same tiles over and over, so after finding leob0505's custom ORAS inspired tileset, I wanted to make my own hack with a new look and new features courtesy of pokeemerald and the pokeemerald-expansion.

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https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pok%C3%A9mon-contemporary-emerald-v1-0.537419/

Project Version 1.0 (Completed)

Key Features

A brand new crisp and lush tileset, courtesy of leob0505

Modern Battle Mechanics (Gen 9)

New Pokemon from across all 9 generations to spice up Hoenn (Not included in VANILLA patch)

Updated Learnsets (Gen 9)

Following Pokemon

Physical Special Split

Pokemon types and type effectiveness shown in battle

Move relearner available through any Pokemon's "Summary" screen

Trade evolutions are all obtainable

Level caps for each gym to prevent steamrolling

Nature and Ability changing via respective items described below

Free rare candies (cannot be sold) to help when grinding gets boring

General QoL like running indoors, better fishing, item information on picking something up, no overworld poison, ability pop-ups etc

Gen 6 Exp. Share (Toggle-able)

As a personal bonus, Archen and Archeops got their abilities changed from Defeatist to Rattled/Tangled Feet or HA Tough Claws because I love them and it always felt unfair that they got Defeatist, vs Slaking who's OP and balanced by Truant for example