Pokémon Emerald: Complete Hoenn Dex Edition is basically the Hoenn adventure we all love, but with one huge upgrade—you can actually catch every single Pokémon in the region without needing to trade or jump through hoops. No more begging friends to lend you their GBA link cable just to evolve a Haunter.

You start off like usual—picking between Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip (team Mudkip forever, by the way), but pretty soon you’ll notice wild Pokémon that normally wouldn’t show up until way later, if at all. Feels like the game finally cut you some slack. Still gotta work for those legendaries though—Rayquaza doesn’t just hand itself over.

It’s still classic Emerald at its core: double battles, the Battle Frontier, and that weirdly addictive berry-blending minigame. But now you can actually complete the Pokédex without feeling like the game’s messing with you. Perfect if you’ve played the original to death and want a fresh run with fewer roadblocks.