Pokemon Roaring Red GBA

Download Pre-patched Pokemon Roaring Red GBA ROM

Creator: Caves
Version: 1.2
Updated: November 11, 2025
Language: English
Progress: Completed

Pokemon Roaring Red is a GBA ROM by Caves in English. It was released on November 11, 2025 and is now available to download.

Description

Pokemon Roaring Red is rebalanced featuring all 386 catchable Pokémon, modern battle mechanics, and challenging trainers for a tougher gameplay experience.

It also includes an expanded Sevii Islands postgame, offering hours of additional adventure and exploration.

Game Progress

Completed!

Change Log

v1.2

You now start with the National Dex, allowing National Pokémon to count toward Pokédex aide tasks and making the postgame easier to access.
Fixed several fence clipping and walking issues.
Updated a handful of Pokémon:
Yanma is now Bug/Dragon with stat buffs.
Piloswine gains Thick Fat as a second ability.
Jynx’s BST raised to match Electabuzz and Magmar.
Masquerain now learns Surf.
Beautifly changed to Bug/Fairy.
Grass encounters added to Pallet Town, unlocked after obtaining Cut.
Repel prices reduced:
Repel → 50
Super Repel → 150
Max Repel → 300
Added an extra Move Deleter in Celadon City, sitting with the lady who gives you tea for Saffron.
Replaced the Farfetch’d trade with a Volbeat → Kecleon trade.
Removed Cinnabar Island’s grass encounters (causing freezes) — they’ve been moved inside the Pokémon Lab testing room.
Cinnabar Island encounter table updated.
Removed a cut tree north of Route 15 that caused entity-swapping glitches on Route 14.
Added a signpost to the Lavender Town Berry Shop.Champion’s team and Game Corner Giovanni battle rebalanced.
Fixed the persistent background issue (finally!).

Features

All 386 Pokemon are catchable, including every Legendary.
Physical/Special Split and Fairy Type have been added for a modernized battle experience.
Every major boss battle has been redesigned with Pokémon from all generations, improved team diversity, and a higher difficulty curve.
Each Pokémon now has a curated moveset, with many receiving stat buffs, ability changes, and type adjustments — no fully evolved Pokémon has under 430 BST.
All areas feature rebalanced encounter tables, with new wild encounters added where none existed before.
Expanded postgame on the Sevii Islands, including new boss fights and Gym Leader rematches on Seven Island.
Dozens of new and rebalanced moves, with many introduced from later generations.
View EVs, IVs, Happiness, and Hidden Power types directly from the summary screen.Healing items and berries have been reworked for greater strategic value at all stages.
Shiny rate increased to 1/1000 for better odds of finding rare Pokémon.
Updated overworld map, Pokémon sprites, and custom trainer sprites for key boss battles.