Pokémon Emerald Double Battle Edition
Category: GBA
Author: laser_dolphin
Date: 2025-09-09
Description
This hack aims to make the game more difficult and change all battles to double battles.
Features
- A selection of 280 Pokemon have been condensed into the regional dex with a few more available in the post game
- The majority of the Pokedex can be completed before the E4 and most of the Pokemon can be caught after obtaining Surf which means you have a wide variety of possible candidates for your team
- Each and every trainer has been gifted better Ai, IVs and EVs as well as new teams
- Special attention has been given to the Boss battles which were made considerably harder
- To up the ante even more, in-battle item use has been disabled (not including hold items)
- The exp curve has been alterd as well to accomodate these changes
- Soft Level Caps have also been introduced
- In the post game you can find Mega Stones across the region either as in the Overworld or as reward for the many optional bosses
- Trade evolutions are triggered by a new item called Link Cable
- Updated Base Stats and Movesets to current gen (9) standards
- Running indoors and faster surfing
- BW repel system implemented
- Pokemon Summary shows more details (Colored Nature, IVs and EVs)
- Deleteable HM's and Infinite Use TM's and Move Tutors
- Pokemon don't need to learn HMs to use them
- Detailed Pokedex (Stats, Moveset, Evoution Method, ...)


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Pokémon Emerald Double Battle Edition
By laser_dolphin
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Authorlaser_dolphin
PostedSeptember 9, 2025
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Game Description
This hack aims to make the game more difficult and change all battles to double battles.
Key Features
A selection of 280 Pokemon have been condensed into the regional dex with a few more available in the post game
The majority of the Pokedex can be completed before the E4 and most of the Pokemon can be caught after obtaining Surf which means you have a wide variety of possible candidates for your team
Each and every trainer has been gifted better Ai, IVs and EVs as well as new teams
Special attention has been given to the Boss battles which were made considerably harder
To up the ante even more, in-battle item use has been disabled (not including hold items)
The exp curve has been alterd as well to accomodate these changes
Soft Level Caps have also been introduced
In the post game you can find Mega Stones across the region either as in the Overworld or as reward for the many optional bosses
Trade evolutions are triggered by a new item called Link Cable
Updated Base Stats and Movesets to current gen (9) standards
Running indoors and faster surfing
BW repel system implemented
Pokemon Summary shows more details (Colored Nature, IVs and EVs)
Deleteable HM's and Infinite Use TM's and Move Tutors
Pokemon don't need to learn HMs to use them
Detailed Pokedex (Stats, Moveset, Evoution Method, ...)
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