Pokémon Heart & Soul

What is Pokémon Heart & Soul?​

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Pokémon Heart & Soul brings the classic Johto Region and its iconic story to the world of modern GBA decomp hacking. Built on the Modern Emerald decomp, this project offers a fresh take on the GSC/HGSS experience, blending key aspects of the Gen 2 and Gen 4 games, while incorporating many modern QoL features, as well as some familiar Gen 3 mechanics. Not only is Heart & Soul (HnS) a first-of-its-kind, fully completed, playtested, and largely faithful GSC remake / HGSS demake, it's also completely open source, and is intended to be a base for a new generation of Johto rom hacks.

Features

Generation 1-3 Pokémon, plus their later gen evolutions (excluding the Regis and Jirachi)

Full Johto story and Kanto postgame from HGSS, including the Kimono Girls and Eusine

Following Pokémon

Overworld background Pokémon allow you to easily see the notable encounters on each route

Overworld background Pokémon in cities, towns, or areas with no encounters are just for the vibes

Day/Night System with variable encounters

Dynamic overworld palettes

HGSS Music

Highly varied trainer teams and encounters, based on Crystal Legacy

HMs do not need to be taught to a Pokémon in order for it to be used

Apricons replaced with berries, Kurt will use them to make unique Pokéballs

Timekeeping does not track days of the week, Everything is progression based

16 Gym leader rematches

Two Safari Zones

Unique surfing Pokémon sprites

Customizable shiny rate

Physical/special split is toggleable

Fairy type is toggleable

AutoRun and FastSurf are toggleable

Quick run from wild battles using button combination

Ball prompts for quick catching

... and much more!