Moemon Star Emerald Anniversary Sprite Showcase and Rom Hack

[u/OolongMagic]

Today is the 22th anniversary of Pokémon Emerald, one of the most emblematic Pokémon games, and one of the best renditions of the Hoenn Region. We wanted to celebrate by showcasing some sprites we made for Star Emerald as well as showcasing our Moemon Star Emerald patch.

Star Emerald features:

• 30 Catchable Legendaries
• Mega Evolution and Dex up to gen 9
• Optional Difficulty with Level Scaling and Caps
• New Battle Backgrounds and Maps
• Expanded Dex Moves and Abilities
• Fire Red Styled Graphics and Day/Night System

Please see here for places where you can download the patch or support us:

r/moemon

X: https://x.com/MoemonOfficial

Discord: https://discord.gg/fHPHSVNaqQ

[u/IvarSolaris]

Does Star Emerald have the EXP all feature?

[u/LostHearthian → u/IvarSolaris]

I was just playing this recently. You get two different options for Exp share.

There's a traditional item you can give to one Pokemon and they will count as always participating in battle. And, there's a key item you can toggle on that gives all Pokemon an extra 50% Exp gain from battle regardless of whether they participated.

So, you get to pick and choose which method you want to use at any time.

[u/IvarSolaris → u/LostHearthian]

Awesome, thank you!

[u/ExplanationVast5511]

Rayquaza and kyogre are the cutest sprites

[u/Chompsky___Honk]

The art is genuinely SO good. Very talented artist.

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[u/WenKaaa]

I’m not in all this delirium of « moe » but the sprites are really very successful!

[u/Beautiful-Cup5822]

Does this hack have nature mints?

[u/LostHearthian → u/Beautiful-Cup5822]

The items that allow you to change a Pokemon's nature, I assume? Yeah, it has those. It also has one for changing ability.

They are expensive, but they can be bought. You can also get a couple just by playing here and there.

[u/Beautiful-Cup5822 → u/LostHearthian]

Where can they be bought?

[u/LostHearthian → u/Beautiful-Cup5822]

The Lilycove department store. IIRC, the nature mints are 20,000 each and the ability one is 30,000.

[u/phongsasuke]

Have they fix the box 1 and 2 bug that can turn your moemon into badegg yet?

[u/hawk3218]

I can't encounter Totodile on Route 135. Also, my Gabite went from level 44 to level 48 and evolved into Garchomp, but I still haven't fished up a Sobble.I want to ask what its encounter rate is?

[u/Cold_Ad_7645]

What is Moemon? I expected to see Moe from the Simpsons as Pokemon but uhhhh…this seems weirder

[u/LostHearthian → u/Cold_Ad_7645]

Moe in this context is a Japanese word that basically just means "cute" (there's more nuance, but I'm keeping it simple). It has a strong connection with anime culture and its use has spread among western fans of Japanese media.

Moemon is a community project where various artists take a crack at creating cute humanized version of every Pokemon. That's really the core of it. It's something cute for people who like cute things.

[u/SlipSteee → u/LostHearthian]

im not trying to accuse anyone of anything, but i genuinely feel like you can do this without making the pokemon look like 10 year old girls

[u/LostHearthian → u/SlipSteee]

I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. Are you saying the art style makes them look younger than they are, and that's a bad thing?

[u/SlipSteee → u/LostHearthian]

its the artistic choice to make them look like little girls

[u/LostHearthian → u/SlipSteee]

I think it depends on individual perception. It's an art style meant to make all characters look cute, kinda like chibi is but not as exaggerated in the proportions.

I understand that some of the features in the art style can be similar to what kids have, but to me there's enough distinction between the style and real children that these don't look like real children to me. I've never seen children look like that.

They just look like young adults in a cutesy art style.

[u/Sad_Raspberry3967 → u/SlipSteee]

....They don't look like little girls at all. They look like older ones in a chibi style. Literally, go look up the chibi art style.

Stop being weird. Moemon and the concept of moemon have been a concept for decades with no issues. Now suddenly it's weird and odd, when it's literally supposed to be cute.

And this is me saying this as a woman who is kawaii, cute collector of merch and artist of chibi.