Pokemon Hodgepodge Platoon

Pokemon Hodgepodge Platoon GBA

Download Pre-Patched Pokemon Hodgepodge Platoon GBA ROM Hack

  • Creator(s): Chairry, Livra & Sadfish
  • Version: 1.5
  • Hack of: Emerald
  • Updated: January 01, 2025
  • Language: English
  • Status: Completed

Pokemon Hodgepodge Platoon is a GBA Rom Hack by Chairry, Livra & Sadfish based on Pokemon Emerald in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on January 01, 2025.

Also, be sure to check out Pokemon Johto Legends

Description

Pokemon Hodgepodge Platoon is a creative and fun ROM hack that introduces over 80 brand-new Fakemon! The game centers on battling with rental Pokémon in the HP Platoon facility, employing a Battle Swap system inspired by Pokémon Emerald’s Battle Factory.

You pay as Tawila, a spirited trainer eager to explore the world and shine in competitive battles. Featuring fresh moves, abilities, and stat mechanics, this game incorporates elements from all nine Pokémon generations. Collaboratively crafted by over 20 talented artists, the Fakemon designs are a true highlight. Dive into this unique experience, aim to win as many battles as possible, and complete your Pokédex!

Features

  • Over 80 usable Fakemon
  • Rental Pokemon battles
  • Battle Swap system similar to Pokemon Emerald’s Battle Factory
  • New Playable Character: Tawila
  • New moves, abilities, and stat spreads
  • Content from all 9 generations of Pokemon
  • Fakemon designed and sprited by over 20 artists
  • Battle to get the highest streak
  • Fill out the Pokedex while playing

Known Issues

  • Magician works funky with Frost Orb (will be fixed in the future)
  • All Natures are set to Quirky but sometimes other Natures will pop up (all natures are just now neutral for this hack as a dodgy fix)
  • Shinies may appear but are a bit finicky
  • myboy can’t run the game i think
  • squares in the bag pocket may disappear just a visual thing
  • can’t reorder items (not really the biggest deal)
  • there are some crashes that we’re not sure yet how they happen so save state often

Changelog – What’s New!

Version 1.5

Bugfixes

  • Chernoboar’s Neutralizing Gas oddities
  • Intriobang’s Eject Button failing to work
  • Spectral Idol, Pressure, Misfortune, and Daring Deed failing to reduce the correct amount of PP
  • Tar Shot interactivity with resisted types (for Expload’s Belue Berry)
  • Caclequin’s Fireballs incorrectly calculated its power
  • Vizaaviso’s Redline incorrectly calculated its power
  • Magidash’s Magician activating items on the wrong Pokemon
  • Wuvme’s Lovely Poison only doing regular poison and not toxic poison when the foe is switching
  • Some random text errors
  • Shamburger’s Hard Stone not correctly decreasing the damage taken
  • Reflect Type not properly decreasing damage taken
  • Verglastrom’s animations lasting too long
  • Signal Beam/Smog not properly activating their effects
  • Palpitation’s string getting cut off sometimes
  • Sand Slip not trapping
  • Coven Lights crashing when a foe is at a minimum stat stage
  • The AI trying to dumpster dive even when it has an item
  • Healing Melody not healing status if hp is full and failing randomly
  • Muscle Band string being weird
  • Burnt Branch causing string oddities
  • Strength Sap not healing sometimes
  • Gastro Acid saying it neutralized abilities even though it doesnt

Balance Changes

  • Vizaaviso’s Uproot Evil drops the user’s Attack by one stage instead of two stages
  • Shelebrate’s Fertile Frolic -10 BP
  • Shelebrate -10 SpAtk
  • Chernoboar’s Bulk Up has been replaced with Obstruct
  • Chernoboar +20 HP
  • Swalheart’s Heart Attack now only works if the foe has a stat boost and Palpitations does less damage overall
  • Swalheart -10 Def/SpDef
  • Grindylade’s Drag Down now also lowers the foe’s Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage after stat inversion
  • Spectral Idol no longer prevents the use of status moves (doesn’t really matter that much since Lurkelp still only has attacking moves)
  • Caclequin’s Fireballs hits 1 time at base instead of 2
  • Caclequin’s Fireballs -5 PP
  • Caclequin +10 HP, +10 SpDef
  • Malmare’s Trojan no longer infects bug and poison types
  • Malmare -20 HP, -40 Def
  • Rusalvoir’s Witch Hymn power boosing nerf (+20 per stat drop -> +15 per stat drop)
  • Icandesfen’s Filter has been replaced with Weak Armor
  • Magidash’s Mystical Fire has been replaced with Overheat
  • Magidash -10 Atk/Def/SpDef, +20 SpAtk, +10 Speed
  • Wuvme’s Venoshock has been replaced with Trick
  • Wuvme’s Rizz Berry has been replaced with Toxic Orb
  • Wuvme +20 Def/SpDef
  • La Roc’s Clear Smog has been replaced with Smog
  • La Roc +10 Atk/Def, +20 Speed
  • Parakuri -20 HP/Def, +10 Atk/SpAtk, +20 Speed
  • Okkamirizo -10 Atk, +20 Def, +10 SpDef
  • Stuntisla +20 Atk, -10 Def, +10 SpAtk, -20 SpDef
  • Lurkelp +10 Def, -10 Speed
  • Oddiowave +10 Def/SpAtk, +30 SpDef
  • Skuldugery -10 Atk, +10 SpAtk
  • Staalnary +10 Def
  • Kittepup +5 HP, +15 Atk, +10 Def, -15 SpAtk, +20 SpDef
  • Buggory’s Wimp Out has been replaced with Stakeout
  • Added some new mechanics to certain types

Version 1.4

THIS VERSION BREAKS SAVES FROM VERSION 1.3 AND BEFORE!

General Mechanic Changes

  • When using a move on a Pokemon whose two types individually resisted and was weak to the type of the move, before it would still play the Not Very Effective message, and damage would be reduced by 0.75x; this has been changed back to how this interaction would work in canon games, with the two types once again “cancelling out” the damage to 1.0x
  • All healing moves have been slightly nerfed
  • Steel-type Pokemon are now immune to all entry hazards

Pokemon Specific Changes

  • Chernoboar’s icon has been fixed
  • Plantatori has gotten the new move Dumpster Dive, replacing Recycle
  • Caclequin now has Fake Out instead of Flatter
  • Frankture now has Obstruct instead of Megahorn
  • Gramkrow now has Throat Spray instead of King’s Rock
  • Tuetuerror now has Belch instead of Moonblast
  • Melceralba now has Fell Stinger instead of First Impression
  • Vividawg now has Dazzling instead of Color Change
  • Watchaugur’s base stats have been buffed
  • Vividawg’s base stats have been redistributed
  • Caclequin’s base stats have been redistributed
  • Chernoboar has had a base stat nerf
  • Shamburger has had a base stat nerf
  • Starror has had a base stat nerf
  • Frankture’s base stats have been nerfed
  • Orbacle’s base stats have been nerfed

Move, Item, and Ability Specific Changes

  • Klutz has been fixed
  • Neutralizing Gas has been fixed
  • The move Inversion and Inverse Room have both had their interactivity fixed
  • Ward Spell and Portent Cast message oddities have been fixed
  • Spit Up and Swallow should now correctly drop the user’s stats instead of the foe’s
  • The move (not the ability) Goose Chaser will now actually hit two times
  • Tidy Up’s targeting has been fixed
  • Sand Slip has been fixed
  • Fixed errant Covert Cloak code that had caused crashes
  • Hondew Berry’s message has been fixed
  • Ice Scales’ description has been changed to make more sense
  • Many Berry descriptions have been changed to make more sense
  • Fixed Sitrus and Lum Berries being usable from the bag in battle
  • Purification vs Precision should not cause anymore oddities
  • Purification will not play its animation if it fails
  • NeverMeltIce will now have a message pop-up when it prevents a burn from being inflicted
  • Ward Spell and Portent Cast are now considered sound-based moves
  • Nightmare doesn’t work on a certain type anymore
  • Accelerock is now considered a piercing-based move
  • Tidy Up has been buffed
  • Ward Spell has been nerfed to only have a chance to drop accuracy
  • Palpitations has been nerfed
  • Forewarn has been nerfed
  • Icebreaker has had its base power nerfed

Other

  • Certain Pokemon were missing development lore in the museum; all of them have newly added entries
  • Trainer AI should now use First Impression more often
  • Fixed Tawila not fully walking up to Lanette after Pokedex related events are triggered from the prevo counter
  • Fixed Lanette’s nameplate disappearing
  • Fixed a few text typos

Known Bugs

  • All natures are meant to be Quirky but sometimes others will appear, however, all natures have been changed to be neutral.
  • Shinies may appear but are a bit finicky.
  • MyBoy will make the game crash after selecting your initial 3 Pokemon.
  • Squares in the bag pocket may disappear.
  • The Bag Sort Function does not work.
  • Versions 1.4 and up are not compatible with saves from 1.3 and below.
  • Sometimes the Pokedex will have an extra slot at the end that will crash the game if clicked on.

Screenshots

Release Trailer

Useful Stuff

Downloads

Previous Versions

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

How many Fakemon are available in the game?

What is the Battle Swap system?

Are there new moves and abilities in the game?

Can I only use rental Pokemon in battles?

Is the Game Completed?

Credits

Chairry, Livra & Sadfish – Project Leads

Livra, Ogwon, SharkGuy, Yondi/FBI, Bepis, Lichen, Dahlia, EeVeeEe, Ty_Sprites, Dillsacke, BigBoiPablo, Enwaitea, Val, PurrfectDoodle, Plasto, Memelord, DahViper, GaboSwampert, BonzosBunker, Celadonk, Clove, Cuprite, Savannah, TardySoap – Art and Sprite Design

Sadfish, Ghoulslash, Wiz1989, Shuckle Lord Mixone, SparkleButt/mcnomnom, BSBob, Mudskipper13 – Coding

Chairry – Map Design and Scripting

TrainerX493 – Extensive Tester, Hodgepodge’s Strongest Soldier

Pret, RHH, and Pokemon Emerald Expansion – Decompilation & Code Base

GaboSwampert – for getting the highest win streak :^) (40)

Special Thanks to the rest of the Pebbler Platoon for playing and supporting the hack before release!

Unreasonably gorgeous admin of PokeHarbor