Download Pre-Patched Pokemon Sparkling Red GBA ROM Hack
- Creator: Hangry
- Version: 0.5.3
- Hack of: FireRed
- Updated: July 03, 2025
- Language: English
- Status: Progressing (up to the 8th gym)
Pokemon Sparkling Red is a GBA ROM Hack by Hangry based on Pokemon Fire Red in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on July 03, 2025.
Also, be sure to check out Pokemon Crown
Description
Pokémon Sparkling Red is an in-development ROM hack of Pokémon Fire Red, focusing on shiny Pokémon.
With over 350 custom shinies and drastically increased shiny odds, your Pokémon adventure will be filled with shiny Pokémon. The ROM features a light overhaul of the Kanto region, offering a refreshing experience for anyone who has already played Pokémon FireRed or a perfect start for newcomers.
Pokemon Sparkling Red Edition includes all the content from the base game, along with additional features and adjustments to discover along your journey. It has a moderate difficulty level, with some slightly tougher battles than the base game, but nothing extremely challenging.
Features
- Over 350 new shiny Pokémon for those originally found in the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn regions.
- Every non-legendary Pokémon from the Generation 3 National Dex is obtainable before the Elite Four.
- Increased shiny odds (1/8 chance) to allow the discovery of many new shinies on your journey.
- All trade and friendship evolutions have been replaced with other criteria.
- EXP grinding areas in each gym town to reduce tedious leveling.
- Reworked Poké Marts to sell many more items, such as evolution items and more.
- Post-game content featuring encounters with every legendary and mythical Pokémon from Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn.
- All new gym leaders, Elite Four members, and teams.
- A brand new rival who uses non-Kantonian Pokémon.
- Reworked routes, trainers, and Pokémon encounters across the entire region.
- The ability to obtain multiple starter Pokémon throughout the game (at a rare encounter chance).
- Better level balance and level scaling throughout the game.
- Zero shiny locks for any Pokémon.
- New areas that feature Pokémon not originally found in pre-Elite Four FireRed.
- Reworked TMs and HMs to be compatible with more Pokémon.
- And many more additional features for you to discover.
IMPORTANT
It is highly recommended to save your game inside of a Pokemon Center before switching to the latest version to avoid getting stuck.
If you’re on Cinnabar Island, please enter a building and save before switching to the latest version.
Changelog – What’s New!
v0.5.3
- The policeman in front of Cerulean City should now function properly. Just reload the area after receiving the S.S. Anne ticket and he should move.
- Fixed a rendering area that may occur in Cerulean City.
- Fixed a bug with orange carpets making the player jump when walking on them.
- Fake out is now a physical move.
v0.5.2
- Bill is properly removed from Cinnabar Island
- All in-game Pokemon trades are finalized
- Please note that trade Pokemon are shiny-locked.
v0.5.1
- All Pokemon can learn False Swipe starting at level 25. If you are past level 25, relearn False Swipe with the Move Relearner NPC.
- False Swipe is slightly buffed to deal 50 damage and now has 50 pp.
- All Pokemarts now sell Luxury Balls and Premier Balls for 200 Pokedollars each.
- All Pokemarts have been fixed to sell the correct items. (Welcome back super potions and ethers).
- Late game Pokemarts now sell Dive, Nest, Net, Repeat, and Timer Balls for 1000 Pokedollars each.
If you have any recommendations or questions, want to see upcoming sneak peeks, or would like to follow the ROM’s development, please consider joining the Pokemon Sparkling Red’s Discord (linked in the useful stuff section).
Screenshots
Useful Stuff
Downloads
Previous Versions
Credits
Hangry – Spritework, region changes, etc.
The Shadow Knight – The code needed to adjust shiny odds using the Shiny PID Reroller
haven1433 – For providing HexManiacAdvance, which was used to make this ROM
