Here's a list of all the changes made from base Emerald.
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Every gym has a random gym leader, determined at the start of the game. You can inspect the statue at the entrance of each gym to know in advance who the leader is.
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Team Aqua and Magma leaders have different teams, determied at the start of the game.
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Birch bag will now contain 3 random starters from gen 1 to 8, one for each type.
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Added a move tutor in Verdanturf Town that teaches powerful moves for shards. Shards can be founs trough Hoenn, and can be bought at the Pokèmon League's Pokèmon Center.
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The Treasure Hunter on route 124 has now open a shop that sells evolutionary stones instead of trading them for shards.
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Implemented a portable PC that can be used from everywhere (Except at the Pokèmon League). It will be given to you from a Devon Corp guy. It can also be used to quickly heal your party.
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The player must visit Lilycove City and beat the rival to unlock the entrance for the 6th Gym.
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Mt. Pyre can't be entered until you have obtained the 6th Gym Badge.
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New grass areas on Route 105, Route 107, Route 127, Rute 132, Route 133 and Oldale Town.
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Added a new location: Glacial Hollow. It can be found on route 103 and it's house to many ice type Pokèmon.
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Mt. Pyre has been splitted between interior and exterior, so that in nuzlockes there will be two different encounters.
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Wild encounters has been heavily modified. Now every evolutionary line from gen 1 to 8 can be found in the wild. TODO
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Mirage Tower now contains Galar Fossils instead of Hoenn ones.
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Gen 9 Battle Mechanics.
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Trainer parties have been changed so that they feel distinct.
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You can choose 3 differenty difficulty settings at the start of the game.
- Level caps for major fights. Once your Pokèmon is at the level cap, it can no longer gain experience until after the fight (Only in normal and hard difficulty)
- Items cannot be used in battle (Only in hard mode)
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Learnset are based for the most part on their gen 7 counterpart (Or gen 8 if they didn't exist in gen 7).
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Some weaker Pokèmon had their BST, abilities and moveset modified in order to be more viable.
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Wild Pokèmon can have their hidden ability. The probability is 20% if they have 3 abilities and 30% otherwise. Some species had their hidden ability swapped with a normal one.
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Almost all items found in the wild have been revamped. Now you'll find more useful items trough the game, so that exploration is rewarded.
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New TMs for a brand new total of 100. TMs are reusable as in later generations.
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TMs now appear as a gold Pokèball in the overworld, like in gen 6.
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Gen 6+ Exp. Share.
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Planting a berry now requires water. You can find the Wailmer Pail in the Berry Master house on route 123.
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Berry trees have been changed and now they also yield more berries then usual.
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Wild Pokèmon will have no held items until you've become champion. This is done to prevent getting multiple copy of strong items.
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Hearth Scales can be bought at Sootopolis City Mart
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Updated Pokèmon summary screen. Stats are coloured based on its nature. You can also press the A button to cycle between stats, EVs and IVs.
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Feebas can be encountered normally as other Pokèmons.
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New tile screen.
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Changed Pokèmon evoultions:
- Every Pokèmon can evolve without training.
- Lowered evolution levels for some species.
- Changed some strange evolution methods (like Mantine)
- Friendship evolutions now require a certain level to happen.