Pokemon Rekindled Red is a Completed GBA Rom Hack made by Thirteen1355. Discover a refreshed Kanto with tougher battles, modern features, and every Pokemon from Generations 1 through 3.
Pokemon Rekindled Red Completed GBA Rom Hack
- Author: Thirteen1355
- Hack Off: FireRed
- Language: English
- Released on: August 25, 2025
- Latest Version: v1.03
- Status: Completed
Description
Back in 2009, a well-known ROM hacker named Drayano released a game-changing hack called Pokemon FireRed Omega. It was one of the first big difficulty hacks in the Pokemon ROM community, and it quickly became a fan favorite. The game made a ton of updates to the original FireRed—like letting you catch every Pokemon from Generations 1 through 3, and giving Trainers stronger, smarter teams to battle. It gave Kanto a fresh and exciting new feel.
But over time, FireRed Omega started to show its age. Compared to Drayano’s newer projects like Renegade Platinum, it’s missing a lot of modern features—things like new events, better balance, and quality-of-life changes like reusable TMs. Still, the idea behind it was strong, and it inspired a lot of players and creators.
That’s where Pokemon Rekindled Red comes in. It’s a modern update to FireRed Omega, built using the more advanced FRLG-Plus engine by Deokishisu. The goal is simple: keep the spirit of Drayano’s original work, but bring it up to today’s standards. Rekindled Red adds new features, improves balance, and makes Kanto feel more alive than ever—while still keeping that classic challenge fans love.
Whether you’re a longtime fan of ROM hacks or someone just looking for a fresh take on FireRed, Pokemon Rekindled Red is made to be fun, fair, and full of surprises.
Features
- Wild Pokémon locations overhauled, based on Drayano’s FireRed Omega
- Trainer teams overhauled, based on Drayano’s FireRed Omega
- Smarter Trainers, based on later Drayano hacks
- Different Starters
- Unique events for every single Legendary Pokémon, designed and written by Thirteen1355
- Newly added story/lore elements
- A lot more to explore in an overhauled Sevii Islands chain
- Puzzles, riddles and mysteries
- Similar events for obtaining every Starter Pokémon
- Powerful new Trainer battles, both new and familiar
- Many entirely new areas, like the Viridian Forest Depths
- Familiar areas, never seen before in Generation 3
- Dark is now Physical Ghost is now Special
- Regional Forms.
- Many unique visual flourishes, including sideways stairs.
- Infinite TM usage
- Gym Leader rematches
- The addition of a familiar HM move
- The Battle Tower from Ruby and Sapphire
- Master Trainers, akin to those featured in Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee
- Indoor running
- Cut trees being permanently gone after being removed
- Auto-run toggle
- Toggleable Mach Bike speed
- Faster Surfing
- More Bag pockets for easier menu navigating
- Berries ported from Emerald
- Battle-related options, like speeding up the HP Bar
- Instant text option.
- Plus many more!
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2 Comments
Sigh…where all the good devs at? This game has so many issues. Its trying to be a difficulty hack but is anything but that. Brock has 6 pokemon that are less than level 15. Yet, his pokemon get moves like flamethrower, dragonbreath. These are mid to late game moves. You still just spam absorb from treecko or shroomish and those obscene, unfair advantages to NPC just delay death.
2/10. 2 being generous because of early game variety but everything else is trash.
Any cheat codes for this rom?