In today's hacking environment, those are non-issues. The main reasons Emerald hacking has been held back are rumors of its instability (which are false) and tools historically not supporting it. In fact, I'd go so far as to recommend Emerald to new hackers over Firered. The engine is such a mess that it's just not worth it.Įmerald should be your base ROM of choice if you want to keep any of the RSE exclusive features, like contests, the Battle Frontier, Secret Bases, and the like. I'd like to add that Ruby is also a very poor base ROM to start on. I've seen before that people are attracted to the hack, just that it's Sapphire or Leaf Green, and they don't play it for that reason alone.' Plus, not everyone carries Sapphire ROMs. I don't want you to change, but think about it. You can change FR into Ruby by appearance if you wanted (and very easily).

I've never even played FR (nor will I) but still. I used to be a Ruby hacker, but I then I realized that even though RSE were good games, on the inside they aren't. 'Well, I don't mean to be a bug on your shoulder, but you see what FR is capable of?:

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