Pocket Gaiden

Download Pre-Patched Pocket Gaiden GBA ROM Hack

• Creator: Mantager
• Version: 2.0
• Hack of: Emerald
• Updated: April 19, 2026
• Language: English
• Status: Completed

Pocket Gaiden is an GBA ROM Hack by Mantager based on Pokemon Emerald in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on April 19, 2026

Story

POCKET GAIDEN follows a Berry farmer, Pulp, in a subset of an unnamed region based in China. Pulp is tired of exhausting rural life where nothing seems to ever change, so he wants to bring his Berry growing business to the bustling Honzhu City. But he needs to find a way of funding this dream, and also, his truck broke down, stopping him from making any deliveries. The story will take Pulp through both the wilds surrounding his home village and mysterious places called the Color Ruins. Resources we take for granted such as Poké Balls and Potions are extremely coveted where Pulp lives, so his journey is going to be a tough and grueling one.

Changelog – What’s NEW in v2.0!

• Added Xilong Walk and Wangyong Marsh (2), two new areas with 12 new Trainers
• Expanded Tiyu Forest, Kimyang Road, and Zhaoun Path with larger layouts and 6
  additional Trainers
• Added the Dark Tournament, a 16-trainer 3v3 bracket in Dark City required to
  progress the story
• Added a text cutscene intro for Pulp, replacing the old Farmer Field walking
  sequence
• Added the Oracle farewell battle after obtaining the Relic Crown, now required
  before the final Log fight
• Added a Log rematch in Cho Village where Log heals your party before the battle
• Added Arum’s farewell scene on Xilong Walk after completing the Dark Ruins
• Added the Smoothie system, replacing Pokeblocks — blend 3 Berries to create typed
  Smoothies that restore HP, boost stats, or grant a type-based shield in battle
• Added Smoothie-for-Stone trader NPCs for Fire, Water, Leaf, Sun, and Dusk Stones
• Added Berry-themed abilities and held Berries to many Pokemon to complement the
  Smoothie system
• Rebalanced resist berry flavour profiles so each produces a unique Smoothie type
• Boss Trainers now receive a stat boost in battle
• Tweaked teams of various Trainers
• Tweaked wild encounters
• Implemented proper base power tiers for the move Fling
• Added corporate logos on boot before the title screen
• Added HGSS footstep sound effects, new menu SFX, and a new music track
• Changed Dark City’s music and fixed the Cho Village theme not looping
• Party Pokemon icons now display on the continue screens
• Smoothies Made stat added to the Hall of Fame
• Removed evolution stone item balls from Color Ruins (now obtained via Smoothie
  trading)

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Credits

Mantager

• all contributors to pret for the pokeemerald disassembly
• DizzyEgg for his Emerald battle engine, and all contributors to that
• Pokécommunity for various small bits of code (such as coloured Natures)
• anyone that helped me at any point on the pret Discord (answering my questions, etc)
• Slawter for dynamic overworld sprites