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The video I linked to this post is titled How I Hacked Pokémon Emerald to make Pokémon walk with you. It's quite interesting if you are into ROM hacking and it's one of the things that made me think of this.

I just started getting back into Pokemon after playing a bit of Yellow and Crystal when I was a kid and I am wondering what are some Pokemon ROM hacks that add QoL features? Maybe some that improve the overall flow of game play or add little things to make the game more fun?

I mentioned staying vanilla because I am not looking for fake Pokemon or something radically different like Pokemon Snakewood for example. Back ported Pokémon would be neat though.

I saw some lists online but some were dated or didn't focus on what I am looking for.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Crystal Legacy and Yellow legacy are hacks that both try to keep the spirit of the original release while fixing things like qol and balance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Gaia is a good one. Unbound. Radical red. Firered rocket edition is a fun one to start with

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Radical red is a real tough start. I'd pass over that one unless you're a masochist

[–] LucifersCircle 2 points 5 months ago

I recently beat Firered as my first introduction to rom hacks and I would 100% agree it’s a great place to start! I’m about 20 hours into unbound now and WOW there’s so many QOL changes that make it such a great experience. Would recommend both, and thank you for the extra rom hacks to try out after I finish unbound!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "vanilla"? Like, one of the official games just updated with QoL features? Honestly, you can just compile the Emerald Expansion with whatever features you want and play that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I believe this is the GitHub page for it. It seems really neat.

This is NOT a standalone romhack, and as such, most features will be unavailable and/or unbalanced if played as is.

Do you know of some ROM hacks that utilize it? I feel like if I were try to make adjustments myself I'd spend longer tinkering than playing the game.