Download Pre-Patched Pokemon The New Kanto – Fractured Fate GBA ROM Hack
- Creator: Regulone328(Rider PV)
- Version: July 30 Version
- Hack of: FireRed
- Updated: July 30 Update
- Language: English
- Status: Completed
Pokemon The New Kanto is a GBA ROM Hack by Regulone328 based on Pokemon Fire Red in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on July 30 Update.
Also, be sure to check out Pokemon The Last Fire Red
Description
Welcome back to Kanto—
but not the one you remember.
Familiar paths have splintered.
Something in this world is broken.
And you’re the only one who can fix it.
Features/Changes (Spoilers)
EARLY GAME CHANGES – “Shadows at the Start”
- Pallet Town seems normal, but subtle anomalies exist.
- You receive Riolu instead of a standard Kanto starter.
- Route 1 contains strange wild Pokémon.
- Route 2 has a shortcut to Pewter City—find a scientist with HM05 (Flash).
- Brock is missing from Pewter Gym—find him in Viridian Forest.
- Route 3: An Aerodactyl ambush drops you in an unknown area.
- Defeat the Aerodactyl and find its lair to return.
- Route 4: A scientist gives the Dynamax Band (requires Flash).
- Mt. Moon: Survive a wild ambush and battle—win to get the DexNav.
CERULEAN & ROCK TUNNEL – “The First Fracture”
- Brendan ambushes you at the Cerulean gate.
- Misty is replaced by Phoebe as Gym Leader (Water-type).
- Nugget Bridge resets if you leave mid-challenge.
- Route 5 is blocked. Progress through Rock Tunnel.
- Inside Rock Tunnel:
- Encounter a Flash Pikachu,
- Battle in a Sandaconda Dynamax Den,
- Discover the Odd Keystone, hinting at Spiritomb.
MID-GAME EVENTS – “World Without Order”
- Lavender Town Gym is led by Roxanne—she gives the Mega Ring.
- Defeating Roxanne opens the Celadon Underground.
- In Celadon, find Brendan to clear access to Saffron City.
- Saffron: Giratina appears and reveals Arceus is sealed.
- Vermilion City becomes the new route forward.
- Wattson replaces Lt. Surge as Gym Leader.
- Defeating Wattson unlocks Rider Town.
WORLD EXPANDS – “Echoes of Power”
- Arriving in Vermilion triggers roaming legendaries:
- Rayquaza, Groudon, Kyogre, Dialga, Palkia, Virizion, Terrakion, Cobalion.
- Dynamax Dens appear across Kanto.
- Mega Evolutions are found only inside Dark Rifts.
- Genesect appears in Fuchsia, locked until Koga is defeated.
- Starter unlocks:
- Fuecoco (early)
- Sprigatito (after Flash)
- Quaxly (after Brock)
- New variant: Toddit, a Ditto that transforms into a random Pokémon before battle and stays that way.
MAJOR STORY TWISTS – “The Broken Truth”
- After all badges, Dark Brendan appears at Route 23—a disguise for MissingNo.
- Defeating him clears a path on Cinnabar Island.
- A Dive Spot leads to a cave with the real Brendan, now aged and dying.
- Brendan leaves behind money, Reveal Glass, and Prison Bottle.
- Human-form MissingNo.now roam Kanto:
- Unavoidable, uncatchable battles.
- Respawn after defeat.
- Mt. Ember contains Light, Dark, and Magma Stones.
- Use them to summon Reshiram and Zekrom on Island 3.
- Four Island: DNA Splicers explained by a doctor.
- SS Anne Healing Room: Silver Wing and Rainbow Wing guarantee shiny Lugia or Ho-Oh (one-time).
FRACTURE POINT – “The Final Rift”
- PokéPhone features unlock after finding the Mega Leash.
- Route 2 NPCgives 10 Gen 1 Pokémon.
- If delayed until Route 4, you can get all Gen 1 at once.
- Silph Co., Pokémon Tower, and SS Anne scale with your team.
- After defeating Eternatus, you’re sent back to your room…
- But wild Pokémon are different.
- Trainer AI shifts.
- The world has changed again.
- Entering the Dark Rift begins the final arc.
- This fractured timeline can only be repaired—or destroyed.
RIDER TOWN & SIDE CONTENT – “Shadows of Peace”
- Apricorns grow daily—check bushes, trees, and pots.
- Dyna Cave south of town holds events and rare battles.
- Rider Town blends Kanto and Hoenn cultures.
- Professor Birchlives here:
- Won’t recognize you until you speak to the intro NPC
- Gives the Eon Ticket afterward
- Captain Briney:
- Speaks cryptically before the Eon Ticket
- Afterward, sails you to Southern Island
- Later appears in Pallet Town if ticket is held
OTHER FEATURES & HIDDEN EVENTS
- Support NPCs in Pewter, Route 10, and Lavender give daily Rare Candies and Revives.
- Sacred Ash is found daily on Cinnabar Extension Island.
- SS Anne Pier Dive Spot holds a legendary surprise.
- Completing it triggers Eternatus at Cinnabar’s Dark Rift.
- Wishing Wells scattered across Kanto hint at time-based secrets and rare events.
WARNING!
This is a massive update to The New Kanto.
Old save files are incompatible and may cause game corruption.
Start a new game to experience the full story and content.
This is not a remake—it’s a rebirth.
Changelog – What’s NEW!
July 21, 2025 Version
- Added Legend Stone
- Pixie Plate now unlocks Hoopa Unbound
- Added Crafter NPC for Link Cable and Exp Share
- Sprigatito and Quaxly now unlock after Brock
- Aurora Ticket and Mystic Ticket now available at Diglett Cave
- Time-based events have been reworked
- Added NPC dialogue hints to guide story progression
- Added warning signs for cheat usage and their effects
- Trainer parties have been rebalanced
July 15, 2025 Version
This update fixes several bugs and minor errors reported by players, ensuring a smoother and more stable experience throughout your adventure.
- Fixed several progression bugs affecting key events and NPC triggers.
- Addressed overworld glitches, including some map looping and blocked paths.
- Fixed battle bugs affecting Dynamax Dens, Deathmatch Trainers, and Partner mechanics.
- Added additional failsafes to PokePhone Auto Pilot to prevent softlocks.
- Minor adjustments to wild Pokémon encounters and scaling trainers.
- General stability improvements across all Sevii Islands and Kanto routes.
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Credits
Rider PV (Creator)
This ROM hack exists because of the pioneering work of the modern Pokémon hacking community.
Special thanks to the following developers:
- Lunos, creator of Hex Maniac Advance (HMA) — the tool that made dynamic scripting, mapping, and data access streamlined and modern.
- Leon, who introduced the Dynamic Pokémon Expansion, allowing Gen 1–8 Pokémon to live within FireRed’s limits.
- Skeli, creator of the Battle Engine Upgrade, which modernized FireRed’s combat system with abilities, move effects, and advanced AI.
- Haven, who stabilized and improved Leon’s build into the complete feature-rich experience used in this hack.
- ShinyDragonHunter, who helped integrate advanced transformation mechanics like Mega Evolution, Dynamax, and more.
- DizzyEgg, whose early expansion system was the foundation for it all.
May I know how to get pass S.S Anne and get HM Cut? Elite Four Drake always standing at the entrance of Captain room forcing me to fight him. Till now I’m still unable to won him and right now I’m stuck not sure what to progress next. Any suggestion?
I just started playing and I went to open the PC in the pokemon center and it won’t let me
me too 🙁 please fix it
Has anyone else played this on Pizza boy emulator for Android?
I cannot access the pokedex or related when pressing RB as the ROM indicates.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
How do you access the PC? It says the oc still doesn’t work and to access it through the pokephone or whatever and everytime I press BR nothing pops up?
Well I’m in the post game right now i got prison bottle from real branden and hoopa ain’t coming out what should I do? Please help
Hey yall, Mr. Briney isn’t popping up for me, what do I do?
Can’t open up PC? Tried hitting B and R at the same time.
how do i evolve haunter?
Lorelei of the Elite four is absent. I cant go inside the pokemon league. Pokemon league is closed for the mean time. Why
How do you evolve toxel????
In scarlet/violet it’s level 30 unless it was changed to use of a thunder stone
How to evolve into Annihilape?
I arrived in cerulean city i still didn’t get quaxly anyone tell me where i can get quaxly it’s saying here after brock i defeated Brock too
Go back to viridian city there’s a house with a guy his daughter and spearow you will get it there
On mount ember how do iget the 2 rocket gaurds to move? Ive done everything possible beat elite 4, all 8 badges, found old brendon, cleared all 3 islands and also i cant acces the one area it says im not ready
Maybe the game is not modified for that
Yo is there an evolution guide? I’m trying to evolve toxel & roselia but I haven’t found a shiny stone and idk if toxel is now friendship based, thank you this has been a fun experience so far but I don’t like being so lost when it comes to these things, it’s a real head scratcher
This is my first completed ROM hack project. I started as a total beginner and fixed many mistakes through community help and feedback. I appreciate everyone who took the time to playtest and give advice.
Thank you for playing Pokemon The New Kanto: Fractured Fate.
I hope you enjoy the game, and feel free to report anything or hang out in the community server.
Rider PV
Hey, it’s great, many people will probably hate on it because of a few rough spots. I personally loved the game, I’ve played a lot of different rom hacks and many of them suck, but this one it kept the nice feel of the original but with new twist and it is exactly what I felt through the characters dialogue as he was like it wasn’t like this before. I hope to see some more games by you in the future!!!
I can’t find the 21 July updated version,,, can you help with the download link please??
Currently have 18 pokemon in my team/computer but still only stating I have 8 so unable to get flash? How do you get past this?
There’s a person on the same area as flash scientist he will give 10 generation 1 pokemon took them and show to the scientist he will give you flash
When entered the rider town cave and go into rift the bug will encounter
WHERE IS CUT I CANT EVEN FIGHT ERIKA
This Rom hack is… Unpolished to put it politely. It seems like the author wanted to do something with Kanto but didn’t know exactly what, nor did they want to put it in enough effort to make it something actually different from the OG and interesting for the player. Instead, everything feels half assed, the new dialogues and general narration ain’t even revised, so there’s lots and lots of typos, stupid grammar and spelling mistakes and just an overall overuse of “mysterious” whatever. It feels like the biggest sham to call it “new Kanto” when there’s not even any alteration to the Team Rocket storyline, which makes ZERO sense considering the all over the place additions to the OG game. Wish I hadn’t wasted time on this :/
How I can start the giant dark rift inside the cave at, it’s there anything else I still missing?
I caught 15 Pokemon, saw 20, but it tells me that I only own 7. What should I do?
I’m playing for the first time and I have some issues. Why are random fights scaled to my level? Seesm like Max Repels don’t work in Cinnabar Mansion. I’m trying to capture 50 for Oak’s aides items and they’re not registering. I’ve caught way more than what my Pokedex shows.
Can’t find rock plate
Game crashed on the very first fight, awesome
Please update Pokemon Valiant. It just got updated 3 times recently (beta 4, beta 4.0.1, and just recently beta 4.0.2). It’s beatable up to Pokemon League/Hall of Fame
Why doesnt the hms work
Can we Have some masterball or cheats?
Hey where to find the dark stone i am unable to find it
Bro how do i evolve my toxel ??
Can anyone tell me how i can have the 8th badge?
Giovanni in not in the gym on Viridian city, i found him on a gym out Mt. Moon but he dont tell me or give me nothing.
Help me please
You can find at memorial trail
By the memorial pillar on five island
Go to the memorial pillar where tectonix lies you will get it there
There is a trainer in diglette cave that doesnt disappear after winning and she battles again and again and again 😢
So where do i find aged brandon cuz i am unable to find him. Cave is empty .. Only TODDITS
How do i summon zekrom and reshiram
I seriously played this game straight 9 hours and now i am stuck
Go to the third island there’s a cave at the starting go there there’s a fat guy pass him and come out to another side there are two statues interact with them and reshiram and zekrom will summon
Does this game have a full Kanto story before it diverges? Such as is there 8 gym leaders, elite 4, and Team Rocket battles?
Not sure if its a my boy issue or what, but looking at ev/iv page in PC shows bad eggs or ? Marks and it made my game crash once. Also for whatever reason my Bunnelby went from male to female upon evolution. Not sure if trans pokemon was a feature of this hack or not, but found it pretty funny lol
Seriously creator please fully test run your game here cause after going into the forest looking for Brock I got into the shadow things and the game freezes
My game didnt freeze though I thought it did, if you hold the left button you should end up in grass then once a battle triggers your game will return to normal
Hi,
An important update patch has just been released for The New Kanto – Fractured Fate!
This update fixes several bugs and minor errors reported by players, ensuring a smoother and more stable experience throughout your adventure.
🛠️ Update Highlights:
Fixed several progression bugs affecting key events and NPC triggers.
Addressed overworld glitches, including some map looping and blocked paths.
Fixed battle bugs affecting Dynamax Dens, Deathmatch Trainers, and Partner mechanics.
Added additional failsafes to PokePhone Auto Pilot to prevent softlocks.
Minor adjustments to wild Pokémon encounters and scaling trainers.
General stability improvements across all Sevii Islands and Kanto routes.
We want to thank everyone who provided feedback and helped identify these issues.
Your support keeps this project alive and improving!
were is rider town
Toxel doesn’t evolve at level 30?
I would love to know how to get to it as well.
Rider town entrance is in mt moon. About halfway through Mt moon take a ladder to another area where you fight a rocket and up on a ledge is the entrance. You need to have beaten vermillion gym to access it. I had already beaten fuchsia gym when I went to explore past areas and found it.
Inside the mount moon go to surge gym there’s a npc near the leader battle area talk to her she will send you nearby rider town
Too many bugs and quite honestly, too many stupid things.
In cerulean city, youre probably level 20-30 but you’ll fight mimikyu thats level 58, and its everywhere in town even outside patches of grass.
After you leave Mount Moon, there’s NO way to yo back. Not a big deal until you realize there’s no way to get cut, if it’s even in the game. If you head through rock tunnel and get to Lavender, team rocket is level 50 and your probably level 30, meaning they one shot everything and anything you might have.
Also, why is everything a double battle?
Just an incomplete rom, feels rushed, or lazy if I had tbh.
If anyone is wondering.. Firered Eternity cheats work on this game I went thru quite a bit of games to find cheats that work for it
Thank me later
There was a new update for this
What are they
There is no Brock in viridian forest
Bro Brock is at the end point of viridian city and starting point of viridian forest. There is a big subway that connects both
This hack sounds like a chaos
If you lose to the zarude in Viridiana it warps you into Blane’s gym and plays a cutscene about having beating the gym. Pretty massive bug to have in the first ten minutes. Really doesn’t fill me with confidence for the rest of the hack..
Please update R.O.W.E. to v2.0.5. It’s got updated a few days ago
So…spoiling what will happen in the game is a feature nowadays?
Bruh. Look at that infodump. Does that LOOK like something people are going to figure out easily?
What’s the difference between this and releasing documentation for a hack? This is a complete rehaul of kanto, and trying to simply retread the old grounds of Fire Red will NOT work.
This saves people stress when wanting to play.
Is there an exp share ?!?
If you haven’t found it yet, there is one in the item cloud on the poke phone. Press B+R to open the phone.
After fighting Brendan, Brock is not there.
It seems this romhack hasn’t been tested properly. There are many errors and bugs.
Bro you have to find him
not a fan of umcompleted roms.
Lost to Zarude, fight Blaine.
Am I missing something?
That’s Dark Rising level of plot…holy hell… this shit is free and i feel scammed
How come when I lose to zarude it takes me to Blaine
Haven Is the original HMA creator
Sorry for posting the comment here😅
Sorry for posting the comment here😅
You do not receive riolu it’s the basic starters
you DO receive Riolu after you choose a starter and leave Pallet Town
It’s like not even a minute more into gamplay
Yes you do route one it joins you
Bro forgot to add “Spoiler Alert” before the Features/Changes section 💀☠️
You do receive riolu but not from Oak. He is a forced encounter upon leaving Pallet Town