Welcome to Pokemon Emerald Imperium’s Complete Features and Quality of Life (QOL) Changes! In this post, we’ve listed all the key features of the game along with the changes made by the creator. Be sure to check this list before you start playing to fully understand the improvements and updates.
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Pokemon Emerald Imperium Features
- Almost all Pokemon from Gens 1–9 are available (still adding some Legendaries).
- The battle system has been greatly improved with modern mechanics and smarter AI.
- New mode to reduce grinding (MGM) and different difficulty levels (Easy and Normal for now, more could be added).
- Built-in Randomizer with options to shuffle Pokemon species and abilities.
- Built-in Level Caps.
- Mega Evolution, with new custom Megas for several Pokemon (including Gen 4 starters) and some Gigantamax forms turned into Megas.
- Several Gen 4 characters added, like Dawn as a rival and all Gym Leaders (Roark is the only one you must battle).
- DexNav feature for finding hidden Pokemon.
- Pokemon can follow you in-game.
- New style party menu and Pokemon summary screen, similar to Gen 5.
- See EVs and IVs directly in-game.
- Type icons appear during battle.
- A move power calculator in battle.
- Sleep Clause, preventing both sides from using multiple sleep-inducing moves.
- HeartGold/SoulSilver-style Pokedex.
- Form changes for Rotom, Genies, Shaymin, and Hoopa.
- Silvally and Genesect can change forms with special items.
- Cheat code system (with available cheats in documentation).
- Tougher trainer battles, with a focus on Gym Leaders, Elite 4, Rivals, Team Aqua/Magma, and optional Mini Bosses (over 100 total).
- Extra optional Boss Trainer battles with good rewards.
- Some music from Gen 4.
- Balance updates for Pokemon to match Radical Red (including type changes, stat updates, new abilities, and more). Differences from Radical Red are noted in the documentation.
- Small story changes to line up tough battles.
- Post-game Legendary events, plus access to Mystery Gift locations from the original Emerald.
Pokemon Emerald Imperium QoL Changes
- No need to teach HMs to use them, and they can be forgotten if taught.
- Reusable TMs.
- Held Items are restored after battles.
- Expanded Bag pocket size, with a new pocket for Mega Stones.
- Bag sorting by Name and by Amount per pocket.
- Capability to register multiple Key Items.
- PokeVial with infinite uses to heal your party from anywhere.
- Access to the PC from anywhere.
- Time changer.
- Stat Editor (for EVs and IVs) available in Mauville.
- IV Perfecter NPC in Mauville.
- Hidden Power type changer NPC in Mauville.
- Toggleable Infinite Repel.
- Toggleable Auto Run.
- Hold R to speed through NPC dialogue.
- Option to rename a Pokemon in the party menu.
- Option to relearn level-up moves and egg moves for a Pokemon in the party menu.
- Move Pokemon around in the party menu more easily with the Select or R button.
- Move-tutor moves converted to TMs, so they can be taught anywhere (no more move tutors in-game).
- Item care packages, including Infinite Candy, type-boosting Held Items, type-resisting Berries, and more.
- Ability Capsules and Ability Patches to easily change between abilities for a Pokemon.
- Every Pokemon Center has a second Nurse who can:
- Change a Pokemon’s nature.
- Swap genders for Pokemon with gender-specific evolutions.
- Set Pokemon directly to the Level Cap.
- “Quick throw” option for Poké Balls in battle.
- Scroll through options easily by holding the L button.
Pokemon Emerald Imperium Minimal Grinding Mode
It’s the same as RR’s. With MGM enabled, all Pokemon are guaranteed to have perfect IVs, and EVs are not obtainable for the player nor for NPC trainers. With MGM disabled, IVs are random, EVs are obtainable, options for instant EV and IV customization are still provided, and NPC trainers will still have perfect IVs and will be EV trained.
Pokemon Emerald Imperium Difficulty Mode
- Easy: this experience should still be harder than a vanilla Pokemon game, but should be considerably easier than Normal mode. All Boss Pokemon will be 2 levels lower than in Normal mode. Additionally, you can access the Bag during trainer battles, and you can change the battle style to Shift if desired, but it will still be Set by default.
- Normal: the intended difficulty of this game, and the one it was balanced for. Boss battles will be difficult, you cannot access the Bag during trainer battles, and the battle style is forced to Set.
Pokemon Emerald Imperium Randomizer
- Accessed in game.
- The player can choose between normal species randomization (fully random), scaled species randomization (Pokemon randomize into Pokemon with similar base stats), and Legendary-aware species randomization (fully random, but ensures Legendaries get randomized into Legendaries), all of which applies to encounterable Pokemon as well as regular NPC trainers’ Pokemon. Boss NPC trainers will never be randomized.
- Ability randomization is also configurable and is independent from species randomization.
- List of abilities that are included/excluded from the randomizer is in the documentation.
Info for Stat Editor, IV Perfecter NPC, and Hidden Power type changer NPC
In Minimal Grinding Mode:
- IV Perfecter NPC is not enabled, you can just use the Stat Editor to perfect your IVs
- Stat Editor can only change IVs, can change them freely. Cannot change EVs.
- Hidden Power type changer NPC can change HP type freely, no limitations.
NOT in Minimal Grinding Mode:
- IV Perfecter NPC: You get to perfect the IVs of 5 Pokemon per Gym Badge earned. After all 8 Gym Badges are obtained, you can use the IV Perfecter NPC freely.
- Stat Editor: You can edit EVs of any Pokemon freely. You can only change IVs of a Pokemon who has had their IVs perfected by the IV Perfecter NPC, and you can change those Pokemon’s IVs freely.
- Hidden Power type changer NPC: can only change the HP type of a Pokemon who has had their IVs perfected by the IV Perfecter NPC.