Pokemon Hearth is a GBA Rom Hack made by Doodle. Explore a cozy, vanilla-style Pokemon adventure in ancient Japan-inspired Toku, journeying across diverse lands to stop mysterious decay.
Pokemon Hearth GBA Rom Hack
- Author: Doodle
- Hack Off: Emerald
- Language: English
- Released on: November 02, 2025
- Latest Version: v0.1.26
- Last Updated: November 12, 2025
- Status: Goes upto the 3rd GYM!
Description
Pokemon Hearth is a cosy vanilla-ish adventure with an ancient-Japan-inspired setting. You explore the Toku region and save it from a mysterious spreading decay, traveling through forests, oceans, mountains and volcanos!
Features
- New region, new story, custom graphics
- (Freely) inspired by pre-modern Japan and China
- Cosy, fun & lighthearted
- Classic formula with vanilla-ish difficulty
- Based on the pokeemerald-expansion decomps
Game Progress
The current version only goes upto the 3rd GYM!
Changelog
v0.1.26
Sorry for the double ping — I made a mistake and v0.1.25 breaks saves and should NOT be used.
I have just uploaded v0.1.26, which includes the Samurai partner AI bugfix and is save-compatible with v0.1.24 and below.
Note:
If you started your game on v0.1.25, you can keep playing on that version.
In that case, do NOT update your patch, because updating will break your save.
I’m very sorry about this! I’ll do my best to prevent this from happening again.
v0.1.25
- Fixed: Samurai partner trainer randomly attacking the player instead of the opponent
- Fixed: Some routes not switching to nighttime wild encounters
- Added: Farmer mugshot
- Minor tweaks & fixes
⚠️ Do NOT use this version. It accidentally breaks saves. A corrected version is now available.
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