Pokemon Emerald Azure GBA

Download Pre-patched Pokemon Emerald Azure GBA Rom

Creator: Kacey
Version: v28-02-26
Updated: March 3, 2026
Language: English
Progress: Upto Gym 5

Pokemon Emerald Azure is a GBA Rom by Kacey in English. It was updated on March 3, 2026 and is now available to download.

Description

Emerald Azure is a rom hack for Pokémon Emerald. Emerald Azure brings an entirely new story for you to enjoy. There are new locations, NPCs, and gyms. Emerald Azure is also difficulty-focused.

The Rom Hack uses the Radical Red dex as a base (all stat changes, abilities, movepools, etc, from the Radical Red dex are present here). The Rom Hack also currently contains 109 variant forms (counting all evolutions), 9 new Eeveelutions, 26 new Mega Evolutions, along with a plethora of custom signature moves for the new variants. You can find more information further down. The download link can be found below as well.

Warning!
This build has few bugs which can lead to game crushes.

Game Progress

Without spoiling the story... here is a little introduction to what you can expect! I'm being vague with this to avoid my story plans being spoiled since I want the story of the rom to be part of the experience. All sorts of evil organizations have arrived in Hoenn! Team Rocket, Team Plasma, Team Galactic, and more! A few of these groups have allied with one another to achieve... something! Rumors have risen that this plan has something to do with Darkrai and Cresselia, who have become corrupted and taken on a new form. Oh... and Team Aqua and Magma are involved, of course. Team Skull is also lurking about.

Change Log

v28-02-26

Redesigned custom move animations
Addition of Quest journal feature, Minigame Expansion, Berry Pouch, battle UI and Quest items.
Improved menu design rotom including dexnav, main menu, settings and time.
Some new custom variants were added as well.
And a lot of bug fixes.

v09-01-26

Looker's Post Sewer Quest dialogue updated + a reward given
New overworld NPC sprites added for various characters - Custom music added to South Dewford (and interiors)
Custom music added for when you battle Jerry
Custom music added for when you battle Roxane's gym
Custom music added for Fennel's gym
Custom music added when battling Nyhehe
Custom music added in Rocket Cave
Custom music added when fighting gym leader Mars
Custom music added inside of the South Dewford Gym
New Tileset added
Added Triple Layer Metatiles (code by smithk200)
Rustboro Sewers layout updated
Custom music added to Rustboro Sewers
Petalburg Woods edited
Woody Woods added This new area features an inn and the new 2nd gym.You will need to complete this new zone before advancing to Dewford Town. All of the locations within this new zone have custom music attached to them. You will also find story NPCs that add some more lore to the world and explain the area's purpose in the game world. The plan is for this map to have two parts. The first part being what is already added. The second part will be a reason to revisit the map as the second half of the location would become accessible. That part is currently not added yet as that will be done later on in the story.
AI upgrades to make the AI perform better. AI thinks about status effects / setup states and plans around them better. AI thinks about item/ability procs (Focus sash, gems, orb activation) and how to plan around them. This changes the turn score when evaluating a line to chose, it will value multi-hit moves more to break focus-sash for example. AI switch logic upgraded. (Note that the AI upgrades will cause a bit of lag at the end of each battle turn. I suggest using the speed-up button for this part of battle. It's about a 20second delay while the AI thinks about its next turn)
Custom music added to Little-root.
Reduced Dwayne's team from level 65 to 36 in the seashore house (oops)
Custom item, Sweet Treat, added. (Held item consumable. Heals 1/4th HP and gives +1 defense.)
Door animations fixed for the ORAS animations (Thanks Leob050)
Static Morelull encounter added, can you find it?
New battle background added for the new zone (this took 10+ hours of working through crashes and bugs!)
Various overworld palette fixes for NPCs
Minor battle UI updates
Optional Boss Battle added in WoodyWoods. Winning gets some nice rewards
Added in 'quiz' NPCs for the 2nd gym 'puzzle'.
New Battle Background for Gym Battles (this time it was easier to add!)
Redesigned my original Woody Woods layout. Added a poke-center, Poke-mart, and a new house.
Static Chatot encounter added. (Can you find it?)
Additional Move Tutor NPC added.
Overworld Map updated to include Woody Woods.
New Pokemon Center tileset added (used in Woody Woods & South Dewford)
Special Pokemon sidequest added. Starts in Woody Woods.
Additional battle AI tweaks to try and combat the lag (It didn't help too much D:)
Pokemart Vendor in Woody Woods sells two TMs
Nyehehe added to WoodyWoods Mart
Petalburg Woods tile fix
More Overworld Sprite fixes
Emulation VRAM Corruption issue fixed
Fixed the follower pokemon getting stuck in Littleroot Town during the tutorial sequence
Fixed rival dialogue overlapping in Rustboro City
Level of wild pokemon raised on various routes to match level-cap
Various encounter pool updates on different routes
Pokemon Center added to South Dewford (and fixed the tiles for the roof)
South Dewford redesigned
Region Map updated, South Dewford now appears on it (and has a town dot)
Fishing encounters added to South Dewford
Fixed location names for South Dewford interiors
Trainers on route 110 now have Pokémon parties. (One of them gives you a mega-stone when defeated)
Collision fixed for the locked house in LittleRoot
Dialogue fix for the secret shop vendor in LittleRoot
Team Rocket (Jessie, James Meowth) added to Route 102
Softlock fixed when going to switch pokemon in a double battle and canceling the switch (this took forever)
Egg Wonder Trade & Normal Wonder Trade code added - not used yet though
Trade NPC added to South Dewford
New Music added to the Ghost Room in Petalburg
A new (another) location has been attached to Petalburg Woods. There is a strong trainer waiting within but the encounter pool is very strong.
Team Rocket (Jessie, James, Meowth) added to Woody Woods
Intro cutscene added
New Stat Edit UI
New Party Screen UI
New Title Screen UI

Features

New Story (Currently up to Gym 5) [Rustboro, Woody Woods, South Dewford, Dewford, Slateport City gyms] (The story ends after the Aqua grunt fights in Slateport for now)
New Gyms & New Locations
Difficulty (Like Radical Red)
Unique Enemy AI (The AI is expanded upon Emerald Expansion. The AI can think a few turns in advance to create a tactical line. If there is a combo of moves that can defeat your mon in 2-3 turns, the enemy AI will see that line and will try to get to that state.)
Level Cap Progression
109 Variant Pokémon Forms
9 Eeveelutions
26 New Mega Evolutions
Radical Red Dex as a base (Buffs & changes)
Gen 1-9
New Signature Moves
New Signature Abilities for variant form Pokémon
Overworld Static Encounters
Optional Bosses (with rewards) [Some of them are tricky to find!]
EV / IV Allocation from anywhere!
Infinite Candy to get your Pokémon to the level cap!
Emerald Expansion features (following pokemon, sleep clause, type icons, move effectiveness, etc)
And so much more!