germán burgardt
Pokémon Emerald · GBA ROM hack

Emerald Arena

The Pokémon battles I always wanted.
Now inside the original GBA game.

Download the patchFollow development
Actual gameplay. Move, dodge, attack. Break the arena.

A little project that went viral.

200k+ views on one gameplay post. And a lot of Pokémon fans trying it out.

Start playing

  1. Download and extract the patch.
  2. Open Prepare-Emerald-Arena.html and choose your own Emerald ROM.
  3. Open the prepared game in a GBA emulator.

Setup & controls

Still in development. Supported wild battles use the arena; other battles stay classic. More Pokémon and moves are on the way.

Made by germán

I post new gameplay, fixes and experiments on Twitter / X.