Pokemon Bismuth

August 13, 2024

Download Pokemon Bismuth GBA ROM Hack (Pre-Patched)

Pokemon Bismuth is a GBA ROM Hack by Diego Mertens based on Pokemon Emerald. It is now available to download in English and It was released on July 14, 2024.

  • Creator: Diego Mertens
  • Version: Demo
  • Hack of: Emerald
  • Released: July 14, 2024
  • Language: English

Story

You play May or Brendan in an adventure through the Hoenn Region to collect all eight Gym Badges and become the champion.

Along the way, you’ll encounter Team Aqua and Magma, who want to expand the sea and land, but this time they appear slightly less insane. While battling them, you get the impression that someone else is also trying to take them out, an organization both of them appear to know… The delta division.

What is this Team, which appears to have resurfaced from thin air after disbanding? What are their new goals, and who will lead them? More importantly, do they outperform Team Aqua and Magma in their victory?

At the same time, it appears that new Pokemon have emerged in Hoenn; what is this about? Play through the story to find out the answers to all of these questions!

Characters

  • May/Brendan is a friendly neighbor who enjoys researching Pokemon but does so to spend more time with their father, Professor Birch.​
  • Professor Birch is an active Pokemon Professor who spends the majority of his time conducting field studies. Doesn’t he miss his family?​
  • Archie is Team Aqua’s leader. Even when confronted with defeat, he remains strong and determined. Acts as if his team is his family.​
  • Maxie is the leader of Team Magma. While not as charismatic as Archie, he is more willing to make difficult decisions and carefully consider his actions. Or so he says.​
  • Wally is a shy and sick child who greatly admires the protagonist. Extremely determined to a fault, but lacking talent.​
  • Winona is calm and serene, claiming to bear the “pain of the world.” One has to wonder what climate change will do to her, if it is true.​

Features

  • Pokémon up to generation 8, and cross-gen evolutions of Gen 9 coming as well!​
  • 27 Starters to choose from!
  • Updated battle mechanics​
  • Typical QoL stuff, no required HMs, Move Relearner and Nicknaming anywhere, Infinite TMs, 2 in 1 bike, etc.​
  • Day/Night encounters. No visual effect implemented yet.​
  • Dark Grass for double battles.​
  • New areas to explore!​
  • See if a gift Pokémon is Shiny before choosing it! Starters included!​
  • DexNav!​
  • A new (but early) Safari Minigame. Catch Pokémon in the overworld pressing R with the help of the DexNav!​
  • Extremely customizable. Difficulty settings, custom base Shiny Odds, speed of Exp and HP effects, Training Mode, etc!​
  • Unique Gym Battles! Find out which special effects and restrictions are set in each Gym.​
  • Mulch! Growing berries has never been easier. Mulch can be bought at the Flower Shop, and they bring new effects to planted berries! Try them all out!​
  • Spanish AND English as available languages to play. Currently, the early game is being translated to English.​
  • Mystery Code System: Get special items and Pokémon through these codes! Come back frequently to see if a new one has been released!​
  • Some custom shinies and new sprites for some Pokémon!​
  • Buffed underwhelming Pokémon. New abilities, modified typings, stats and moves!​
  • No need for checking Documentation to know about buffs. Check the new and improved Pokédex!​
  • For the DEMO only, all Debug menus have been left in. Explore the new your own peace!​

Also, be sure to check out Pokemon Karpe Diem

Progress

  • Basic Storyline: Around 80% already in.
  • Polished Storyline: Only around 20% has been polished.
  • Maps: 15 maps fully ported and redesigned to fit new tilesets.
  • Indoor Maps: 0%, none have been changed yet.
  • Mechanics: 25%

Mystery Codes

As a celebration of releasing the DEMO, two codes will be released. These can be entered in the Start Menu after getting the Pokédex, in the “Contraseñas/Passwords” option.

  • WORLDOFPOKEMON – Gives you a Ditto and a few EXP Candies.
  • ASHSUMO147 – Gives you Ash’s Alola Team! All at level 80+, however.

That’s all the codes for today! Come back frequently to get some more.​

Screenshots

Note: The screenshots are from the Spanish demo which was released earlier, the author released the English version later. The download links in this post are for the English version.

Downloads

Mediafire
One Drive

Known Issues

  • Some texts are still in Spanish. Namely, random NPCs, some Menus and a single plot-related event.
  • Using a Ditto and losing the battle while it’s transformed will sometimes cause it to mantain the moves of the last Pokémon it transformed into.
  • The sideways stair in Route 102 will sometimes work funkily.

Credits

  • Magiscarf, WesleyFG, myself for the Tiles.
  • ghoulslash, surskitty, Buffel Saft, TheXaman, lunos, Alex N, exposeed, rhh, diZZyeggg. PokemonCrazy, paccy, dunsparce9, Jaizu, AsparagusEdu and some people from the Simple Modifications Directory at Pret Wiki for miscellaneous systems and QoL changes!
  • The Pret and RH-Hideout people for the decomp.​