Hello, it's UncleBalrog here with another review! This one is for a hacked ROM for Pokémon Emerald, labeled Pokémon Rebirth. Now, I'll tell you, Pokémon Emerald is an outstanding game on its own. Really, it is. However, along with Pokémon Emerald 386, this is by far the best hack of it ever created. It doesn't really alter the gameplay in any way, nor does it alter music, or the story. It does, however, alter...or should I say, ADD, some new graphics. This version of Pokémon Emerald lets you, quite literally, catch em' all. You can catch all Pokémon up to Generation III, where the actual game takes place. So, let me cover the categories. Graphics: The original Pokémon Emerald had some great in-battle graphics for the Pokémon who are battling. The moves they learn also have some pretty cool graphics. However, the Pokémon who didn't have remastered sprites for Pokémon Emerald, now have sprites that are updated to look almost exactly how Emerald would execute them. The execution for these new Pokémon sprites was superb, and not many hacks can do this very well. However, I give the graphics an 8 simply because the outside-battle trainer sprites were...well, lackluster.
Sound: The music in this game is the same as in Pokémon Emerald. So, I'll just review Emeralds music I guess. The music in Emerald was an interesting change from it's predecessor, Pokémon FireRed. I love the turn it took. The music sounds great, and there were many lovable tracks. For example, when you battle the enemy team's boss. Sound gets a 9!
Addictiveness...: Oooooh man...if you are a person who likes the "Gotta catch em' all!" playing style, you will find yourself playing this game for months. If not, years. Okay maybe not years, if you play 24/7. Let me just say, there are nearly endless possibilities with this game.
Story: Eh, still the same as Emerald's. Emerald's story was like a combined Ruby and Sapphire. In fact, it was! But, the average Pokémon formula is exactly this: You are a young boy/girl who is living in a town with a Pokémon Professor and 1 or two rivals. The Professor gives you and your rival your starter Pokémon, and thus begins your adventure to obtain all 8 Gym Badges, defeat the Elite Four of the Pokémon League, and become the Pokémon Champion (the best Trainer in the region). This Emerald version is the best one for the GBA because you can face both Team Magma AND Team Aqua from Ruby and Sapphire. It also adds on a quest for Rayquaza. You can catch all version-exclusive Pokémon, including their respective Legendaries, Story only gets a 7 though.
Depth: As explained in Addictiveness, all 386 Pokémon are now catchable, trainable, evolvable, tradable...Not sure about tradable...but speaking of which, you know those stupid "Evolve at Link Trade" Pokémon? Yeah, those powerful Pokémon now all evolve at Level 40! I have you now Machamp!!!
Difficulty: Ha, I have a funny story about this one. So I got my starter, and was sent off to adventure. Then, I go to Route 1 to catch me a Cyndaquil. After he was caught, I continued along that route...and thought the hack was SUPER difficult! Two days later, after complaining, I realized that I was going the wrong way from the start. Now I have three SEVERELY OP Pokémon which I can fell a Gym Leader easily with. I thought the game was so hard! Until I beat my first *cough cough* fifth (well, he was supposed to be fifth anyway...) gym leader. But otherwise, the game is very easy. Even if your Pokémon aren't OP like mine are.
So this concludes my review of Pokémon Rebirth! Overall, it's a great hack and very deserving of the perfect score of 10 that I am giving it! However, you must save your game using F2, as your save file will be deleted for some Unown reason. (See what I did there?

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