---
title: Pokemon Heart and Soul
platform: gba
kind: console
tags: [pokemon-romhack]
---

# Pokemon Heart and Soul

![[Pokemon-Heart-Soul-GBA-1600x1066-2e22d420f213b981.png]]

## Description

**Pokemon Heart & Soul** is a  GBA ROM Hack by lildill01 based on Pokemon Emerald. It was released on September 27, 2025.

Pokemon Heart & Soul is a modern reimagining of Johto built on the Modern Emerald decomp. It blends elements of Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, and HeartGold/SoulSilver into a fully completed, faithful-yet-fresh experience. Featuring Gen 3 mechanics, modern quality-of-life updates, and extensive playtesting, Heart & Soul delivers the definitive Johto adventure on GBA. Completely open source, it also serves as a foundation for future Johto ROM hacks.

**Features**
Generation 1-3 Pokémon, plus their later gen evolutions (excluding the Regis and Jirachi)
Full Johto story and Kanto postgame from HGSS, including the Kimono Girls and Eusine
Following Pokémon
Overworld background Pokémon allow you to easily see the notable encounters on each route
Day/Night System with variable encounters
Dynamic overworld palettes
HGSS Music
Highly varied trainer teams and encounters, based on Crystal Legacy
HMs do not need to be taught to a Pokémon in order for it to be used
Apricons replaced with berries, Kurt will use them to make unique Pokéballs
Timekeeping does not track days of the week, Everything is progression based
16 Gym leader rematches
Two Safari Zones
Unique surfing Pokémon sprites
Customizable shiny rate
Physical/special split is toggleable
Fairy type is toggleable
AutoRun and FastSurf are toggleable
Quick run from wild battles using button combination
Ball prompts for quick catching
… and much more!

**Download:**
:Download:  [Mega](https://mega.nz/file/IKkClYBJ#EaJ85CXrfgXxUoQYV5o-AJjyNkoKVi2d0ishrT5_D70)
:Download:  [Mediafire](https://www.mediafire.com/file/pddi6qzhwzkn4ro/HnS_v1.0.zip/file)

## Download links

- https://mega.nz/file/IKkClYBJ#EaJ85CXrfgXxUoQYV5o-AJjyNkoKVi2d0ishrT5_D70
- https://www.mediafire.com/file/pddi6qzhwzkn4ro/HnS_v1.0.zip/file
- https://mega.nz/file/IKkClYBJ

## Files

- **Artifact:** `HnS_v1.0.gba` (console/gba)
- **Guides / extras (1):**
    - `HnS_v1.0.zip`