Download Pre-Patched Pokemon Tourmaline GBA ROM Hack
- Creator: tdilos
- Version: 0.2.0
- Hack of: Emerald
- Updated: January 16, 2025
- Language: English
- Status: Progressing. [Playable up to the sixth gym. The player won’t be able to progress any further without the Surf HM.]
Pokemon Tourmaline is a GBA ROM Hack by tdilos based on Pokemon Emerald in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on January 16, 2025.
Also, be sure to check out Pokemon Ice Blue
Description
Pokémon Tourmaline is a loose sequel to Pokémon Emerald. This game is intended to take place in an alternate timeline where the setting and events diverge from the official games. Most notably, some mechanics from later gens are absent, others have been reworked, and several new mechanics have been introduced (see below for more information).
Story
It has been several years since the battle between Groudon and Kyogre wreaked havoc on the Hoenn region. As more information about Pokémon’s origins becomes available, humanity’s understanding of the game grows. A recent surge of discoveries in the nearby Issho region has attracted researchers from all over the world, including May, who is now an assistant Pokémon professor. After receiving a Pokémon from her, the player sets out to investigate reports of new Pokémon species and types from all over the Issho region, as well as other strange phenomena. Meanwhile, a new threat is emerging in Issho, a mysterious crime syndicate that employs extremely powerful Pokémon.
Features
- Original story, characters, and region
- Return of many old characters
- A custom regional Pokédex with 386 Pokémon
- New regional forms of Pokémon from gens 5-8
- There is no Mega Evolution, but some Megas have returned as natural evolutions
- A small number of additional fakemon, including some SpaceWorld designs
- Updated type chart including Fairy type and a new type, Echo, designed to counter Fairies and Ghosts
- 4 new status conditions
- 2 new weather types
- Over 60 new moves and over 20 new abilities
- Buffs to some old Pokémon, moves, and abilities
- Other aspects of the battle system have been updated to gen 8 standards unless otherwise noted
- A custom set of over 100 TMs and HMs
- A large number of other moves available through move tutors
- Return of old features like the day/night cycle, headbutt trees, and daily events
- Various changes to the UI to create a unique experience
- Minor QoL features including faster text, Repel prompts, increased bag size, and menu looping
Change Log – v0.1.2
- Echo Type Adjustment: Echo type now resists Flying instead of Steel. The type quiz in Xanthos Library has been updated accordingly.
- Difficulty Modes Fixed: Resolved issues with difficulty modes not functioning properly. They now work as described in the README.
- Level Cap Fix: Pokémon at or above the level cap no longer gain EXP, addressing previous issues.
- EXP Distribution Fix: Corrected a glitch where EXP was not being distributed properly between two or more Pokémon.
- Respawn Location Fix: Fixed a bug that caused the player to sometimes respawn in the wrong city after whiting out.
- New PC Script: Added a PC script to the player’s bedroom.
- Randomized TV Swarm: The first TV swarm is now randomized; it was previously always Gulpin.
- Hazel’s Gift: Hazel now gives the player an Exp Share instead of an Itemfinder.
- Wild Pokémon Levels: Increased the levels of wild Pokémon around Cobalt City.
- Gift Eevee Update: The gift Eevee now comes with its hidden ability.
- Unique Badge Icons: Added unique badge icons to the player’s trainer card.
- Overworld Glitches Fixed: Resolved Jace/May overworld glitches.
- Cinerous Town Glitch Fixed: Fixed a glitch that caused the player to battle themselves in Cinerous Town.
- Palette Glitches Fixed: Corrected nighttime palette glitches in Cobalt City.
- May Event Fix: Fixed a minor glitch in the May event in Cobalt City.
- Strength Puzzle Fixes: Corrected unsolvable Strength puzzles in the temples.
- Graphics Glitch Fix: Resolved a minor graphics glitch in Resound’s final turn animation.
- Typos and Grammar: Fixed various typos and grammar issues.
- Overworld Tile Fixes: Addressed miscellaneous errors with overworld tiles.
- Trainer AI and Moveset Updates: Made minor updates to trainer AI and movesets.
Author Note
I’m looking for volunteers to help with certain aspects of the game, mainly sprites and music. PM me if you’re interested.
Screenshots
Downloads
Previous Versions
Known Issues
- Emulator Speedup: Can cause unpredictable glitches. Use sparingly and save often.
- Double Battle Glitch: After a double battle (e.g., Twins), wild battles may behave like double battles, sending out two Pokémon. Catching Pokémon works normally, and fighting a single trainer fixes the issue. This glitch does not occur after double battles against two separate trainers.
- Pokédex Glitch: New regional forms may show incorrect sprites, displaying the base form instead.
- Status Bar Glitch: Enemy status bars may display incorrect colors for status conditions. This is a minor graphical issue and often resolves itself.
- Cinerous Town Glitch: The gate at the top of the map may use the wrong tileset. Entering and exiting a building temporarily fixes it.
- Doors: Some doors change color when entered. Proper animations will be added in a future update.
- Windows at Night: Sometimes display incorrect colors. Entering and exiting a building usually fixes it.
- Music Issues: Some Gen 4 tracks may not have enough sound channels, leading to partial playback. All tracks are still listenable.
Credits
tdilos
pokeemerald – DizzyEgg
pokeemerald-expansion – rh-hideout
Porymap – huderlem
Gen 4 music – CyanSMP64
DNS graphics – ShinyDragonHunter
Bag sorting – ghoulslash
Daily swarm engine – Skeli
Scrolling multichoice menus – DizzyEgg
Adding New Weather – Sonikku A
Add Frostbite status (very helpful for setting up new statuses) – Bassoonian
Playtesting – various anonymous players
I encountered a bug at the first gym where none of the thread routes lead to the gym leader. I tried every combo possible and it’s a neverending loop, as I couldn’t even get to the second trainer even. Maybe I’m just REALLY missing something, but it feels like the gym puzzle shouldn’t be nearly this difficult for a first gym, so I have to assume it’s a bug.
Ok I think I fixed it. That was weird. I had to exit the building, save and restart the game, went back in and now the top left thread that leads to second trainer doesn’t send me to the bottom anymore, but to the correct spot. Anyways, beat the gym leader, and hopefully this helps anyone that encounters this bug.
Please update celebrations. Delete classic version, and add there new game. Static Yellow
https://discord.gg/ZArWDzUK
This game is actually pretty nice.
I just wish I could play in hardcore mode without needing to spend an hour for my entire team to level-up ONCE, essentially requiring me to spend like 10 hours per route and hours before each and every mini boss fight, and there are tons.
I do love the game. Story is nice, characters are nice, MC designs are cool, moreso the girl tbh… And as an emerald sequel, it’s got that certain level of coolness and desire to play it. It’s not just the same old same old remake, vanilla+ extreme randomizer, difficulty, bloated 1000 dex emerald decomp pret crap. It’s more of a thoughtful, curated selection (: And even with it adding I believe sound type, it’s not too extreme. Idk what other types it’s added. Just that I think. It’s very well-implemented. And the new Eeveelutions are baller. Especially the one for the new Sound type, and also the Dragon and Poison eeveelutions! And new eeveelutions in romhacks are just so hit or miss so they’re either not in there at all, or the designs suck 9 times out of 10. This is that 1 out of 10 lol.
But the GRIND. It’s just so unnecessary man 😫😭
And it’s only one difficulty above easy/normal, with the only other difficulty being Insane or something (So 3 difficulty levels total)
Just… man. Ugh
I’m glad it’s still being worked on tho, as a game I picked up a few months ago. So many romhacks just fizzle out in these stages. When it finally reaches 1.0, that’ll be the best day ever. 😆
Just want to let you know pokemon Tourmaline get new update today. Hope you can update when you free. Stay healthy and thank you
updated it
Thank you so much
Game crashes whenever a Pokémon evolves
Everytime I white out I keep respawning in xanthos city, sometimes thw game crashes if you speed up to long, there is some encouters with missing no and bad eggs. kind of annoying but not enough to deter me from the game
I keep having this too and it is pissing me off <3
I Love This Game but this Game have So much Bug and Crash I am waiting for next Update and I am not play this game right now why because this Game Crash in my phone please Update and fix Bug and Crash
these starters are kinda butt so I quit
I’ve noticed a few bugs. The biggest one that’s has me stumped is the green tower puzzle. “Gather the stones”, not a problem. Except for the bottom right corner one literally can’t be moved to the place it needs to be moved too
Man I was really enjoying this, loved the designs, the Echo type and the new region! But every time I try to evolve a Pokemon, it freezes 🙁
Very fun hack, and enjoying it so far. I have been noticing the bugs that have been addressed. But I’d like to point one out in particular that a couple of the forms/fakemon/megas I’ve caught have bugged the game upon entering the dex entry screen, but thankfully I was able to save before it froze entirely. Not sure if that’s related to the emulator speed up stuff but something to point out.
I hope you will consider releasing more Pokémon ROMs with English versions more frequently. The community excitedly awaits each new release, and more frequent updates would offer enormous joy to fans like me. Thank you for your devotion and hard work in making these cherished games come to life for us.
Is there an exp share in game? Or is it old school
Is this a demo only? I got a message saying thanks for playing the demo.
Using Pizza boy, nidoran males evolution freezes the game.
Also tried on my boy, trainer battles freeze the game also # definitely use save states !
I have to agree with the other person that evolving causes the game to freeze with no means to continue. This will make it nearly impossible to play the game as I don’t want to grind endlessly just to defeat trainers. The starting selection of Pokémon is already not that great, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it forces you to work with new Pokémon, but the evolution issue really needs to be addressed as it seemingly isn’t just the emulator. The crashes are one thing but not evolving kinda defeats the purpose. Otherwise I do enjoy it a lot.
Continuously encountering bad eggs and it crashing the game:/
Do any cheats like rare candies exist in this rom I’ve noticed the ones for emerald do not work for this rom and grinding is going to make this a long boring game and not focus on story as much as I need to get my levels up thanks in advance
Yes!
I like that fakemons are available, but to clear something out i do like a pokemon game that is canon more than fakemons but i don’t wanna lost the chance to catch all fakemons as well, so my advice would be to put the fakemons in a different world.
For example,have you ever played silent hill?
In the mirror of silent hill you will enter the world of horrors where your worst nightmares come truth
(Basically a big scale Freddie krugger)so how about you put that in the FanArt Rom?
If i where you i would make a world like that with the fakemons and instead of the mirror i would put kanto ghost pc AND DIGIMONS TOO 😱
(No, seriously, would be a great idea to add digimons on the ghost pc or just one to see how the players react, digimons vs pokemons √=v<k yeah!)
Anyways, im gonna give it a try but remember, don't put the fakemons in the pokemon world, pokemon fans won't like that so keep them in the ghost pc and then enter the fakemon world from that portal