Pokémon Hoenn's Last Wish

Gohan's Tips
Nov 12
2 min read

Updated: Dec 4

Author: rafaelsanna.

PROGRESS: Current Version: 1.6: 03/12/2025 - Project Completion: 5-10% (2nd Gym)

It is a story-driven ROM hack that plunges you into a dark, alternate reality where the hero failed. This is a parallel universe where Rayquaza never stopped Groudon and Kyogre, leading to a complete natural collapse that devastated the Hoenn region. Years later, in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where Pokémon are wild animals and humans are nomads, the legendary Pokémon Jirachi and Celebi grant you one last wish: to travel back in time and prevent the disaster. However, when you return to the past, you find that the "normal" Hoenn is already being twisted and corrupted by echoes of the ruined future. You'll encounter new, mutated forms of Pokémon, face all-new villains and Gym Leaders, and race against time to stop a catastrophe that has already happened... and is happening all over again.

🛑Features:

➡️A Dark, Post-Apocalyptic Story: The game is a unique take on the Hoenn story, beginning in a parallel universe where the hero failed and Rayquaza never stopped Groudon and Kyogre, leading to a complete natural collapse that devastated the region.

➡️Time-Travel & Fractured Timeline: The central mechanic involves the player being sent back in time by Jirachi and Celebi to prevent the disaster. The past version of Hoenn is actively being corrupted by echoes of the ruined future, creating a unique and eerie atmosphere.

➡️New, Mutated Pokémon Forms: As a result of the fractured timeline, the game features brand new, custom-sprited, mutated regional forms of existing Pokémon.

➡️All-New Characters & Factions: The classic Hoenn cast has been completely changed. You will encounter all-new Gym Leaders and new villains who have emerged due to the timeline disruption.

➡️Survivors from the Future: In addition to new villains, you will also encounter desperate survivors from the post-apocalyptic future who have also traveled back in time, acting as a morally gray faction.

➡️A Traditional Journey with a High-Stakes Twist: While the game follows the classic structure of earning badges and challenging a Pokémon League, the stakes are much higher. Every action you take could either help prevent the future collapse or inadvertently trigger it.

➡️A Reimagined Hoenn: Explore a version of the Ho-enn region that looks familiar but is subtly twisted by the fractured timeline. Traverse eerie routes and visit towns that are not quite as you remember them.

➡️Built on Modern GBA Decomp: The game is a GBA ROM hack built on the modern and stable pokeemerald-expansion decompilation project.

➡️A Heavily Story-Driven Experience: The game is described as a deep, narrative-focused adventure centered on themes of redemption, second chances, and the consequences of your choices echoing through time and space.

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