Pokémon Overcomplicated

Gohan's Tips
Jul 15
2 min read

Author: ChocolateTheBear.

PROGRESS: Completed (07/13/2026) - A highly experimental and chaotic Emerald hack that reimagines traditional battles with 14 new stats, 9 new types, and catchable Pokémon up to Gen 9.

An experimental Pokémon Emerald hack that implements catchable Pokémon up to Gen 9, 14 entirely new battle stats, and custom typings. Featuring up to 3 innate abilities per Pokémon, redesigned menus, and a chaotic environment with randomly generated movepools, this hack focuses on delivering a complex and highly unique gameplay experience.

🛑Features:

➡️Gen 9 Pokémon Roster: makes every single Pokémon catchable and fully implemented up to Generation 9.

➡️14 New Battle Stats: introduces complex combat parameters, complete with a newly designed summary screen for every Pokémon to view these stats.

➡️Dual-Type Moves and Rebalancing: adds a second typing to several existing moves alongside general move balance adjustments.

➡️10 Entirely New Moves: introduced alongside completely reworked, randomly generated level-up learnsets for every Pokémon.

➡️3 Innate Abilities Per Pokémon: utilizes bassforte123's system to assign up to three active, non-randomized traits to every Pokémon.

➡️20 Custom Abilities: introduces unique abilities like Boring Blocker and Horse Eater to further diversify combat.

➡️New Legendary Regions: adds a few new map regions specifically designed to house and catch every legendary Pokémon.

➡️Updated NPC Dialogue: features newly rewritten text for almost every non-playable character in the game.

➡️Reworked Trainer Battles: updates trainer rosters with custom teams for fresh battle encounters.

➡️Gen 8 Battle Factory: updates the Battle Factory with sets including Pokémon up to Generation 8.

➡️Simplified Item and Trade Evolutions: converts complex trade and item evolutions into level-up triggers.

➡️Optional Infinite Rare Candy Patch: provides an alternative version of the game featuring infinite Rare Candies in the Rustboro and Oldale markets.

SCREENSHOTS