Pokémon Emerald Blitz

Gohan's Tips
Dec 12
3 min read

Author: FranklyNathan.

PROGRESS: Current Version: 6.9: 11/12/2025 - Completed

It is a complete GBA ROM hack that transforms the classic Hoenn adventure into a fast-paced, competitive, and strategic draft racing experience. Designed to be completed in just two hours, this hack strips away all the tedium and leaves only the good stuff. The entire story has been removed, allowing you to jump straight into the action. The game is a true test of skill, featuring built-in Nuzlocke rules, a stat-boosting cap of +1, and randomized gyms that scale to your progress. Build your team of nine Pokémon from an auction-style draft, face off against new boss fights like a Mega Metagross Steven, and race your friends to see who can conquer this streamlined and challenging version of Hoenn the fastest.

🛑Features:

➡️Designed for 2-Hour Draft Races: The game's core feature. It's a complete, streamlined adventure designed to be played as a competitive draft race against your friends, with a single playthrough lasting only two hours.

➡️Randomized Gyms: The game is a roguelike where gyms appear in a random order, and the leaders' teams automatically scale to your current strength and progress.

➡️Expanded "Elite Eight" Bosses: The Elite Four lineup is expanded and randomized, featuring the powerful Battle Frontier Brains as a more diverse lineup of final bosses.

➡️No Story or Tedium: All plot, cutscenes, and unnecessary events (including Team Aqua/Magma, Wally, etc.) have been completely removed to focus purely on battling and speed.

➡️Drafting & Team Building (No Catching): You don't catch wild Pokémon. At the start of the game, you use a "Pokémon Catalog" to select your team of nine Pokémon, simulating an auction-style draft format. You can also generate a random team.

➡️Built-in Hardcore Nuzlocke Rules: The game enforces Nuzlocke rules by default: fainted Pokémon are considered dead, no items can be used in battle, and all battles are played on Set mode.

➡️Stat Boosting Cap: A major difficulty feature. Pokémon cannot raise their stats beyond a +1 stage, preventing setup sweeps and requiring more creative strategies.

➡️Modern Battle Mechanics: The game includes Mega Evolution (which lasts for three turns), the Fairy Type, the Physical/Special Split, and Pokémon and items from all the way up to Generation 9.

➡️New & Tougher Boss Fights: The Elite Four champion is now Steven Stone with a Mega Metgross. Other new bosses include a double battle against Wallace and Juan, and a cameo battle against Viola from Kalos.

➡️"Flygon Bike" for Ultimate Speed: The bike is replaced by a Flygon that can hop up ledges, cross shallow water, leap over obstacles, and instantly Fly with the press of a button.

➡️"Level Cap Candy" for Instant Leveling: A special candy instantly jumps your Pokémon to its next important level, whether that's learning a new move, evolving, or hitting the current level cap.

➡️Unique Pokémon Abilities & Moves: Many Pokémon have new, unique abilities and tools, such as Castform setting weather with its moves, a fainted Corsola reviving as its Galarian form, and Smeargle learning powerful random moves from the party menu.

➡️Revamped Economy with a Fixed Budget: You start with a fixed amount of money (62,000) and cannot earn more or sell items. Every purchase has a significant opportunity cost.

➡️Centralized Super Shop: All important items, including Mega Stones, evolution items, powerful TMs, and ability-changing items, are available for purchase in the Slateport outdoor market.

➡️Key Quality of Life Upgrades: Includes a permanent, toggleable Repel (the Cleanse Tag), a Portable PC, a "Med Kit" that acts as a portable Pokémon Center, and visible IVs in the summary screen.

➡️Polite Optional Trainers: All optional trainers on routes will not battle you unless you talk to them first, allowing you to speed past them without interruption.

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