Version 0.59.0

Released 2026-10-01

Battles

  • 224 moves, Tackle, Ember, Thunderbolt and Psychic among them, animate as in Emerald; hit Pokemon blink and hits sound how well they land.
  • Gen 4 and 5 moves borrow the animation of their closest Gen 3 move, so Seed Bomb plays Giga Drain's.
  • Burns, poison, sleep, confusion, Leech Seed, held items and the rain, sun and hail each turn now play their Emerald animations.

Interface

  • The Summary shows what your Pokemon's Ability does under its name, and Abilities are spelled the same on the Summary, PC and in battle.
  • The game re-extracts from your ROM once after this update to add the battle animation graphics, the steel shine too (Settings > Game Data).
  • Settings > Gameplay has a Battle animations switch; Off shows each move's line and what it did, as Emerald's Battle Scene Off.

Fixes

  • A thrown ball now visibly rocks once per shake, and a catch clicks it dark with a burst of stars before the "Gotcha!".
  • The battle log no longer shows raw code lines; a spread move with no target left now says "But it failed!".
  • Moves in battle now gesture by kind (strike, shot, self boost, status, field).
  • With the level cap by badge option, a Rare Candy or Exp. Candy no longer raises a Pokemon past the cap; the candy is kept.