Flora Sky: A Hoenn Remix Built on a Torn Portal
Pokémon Flora Sky starts from Pokémon Emerald and takes a hard turn. Created by the hacker credited as 12345 (SKY), it rewrites Hoenn's story around the aftermath of the clash between Dialga and Palkia: a portal to the Distortion World tears open, Giratina arrives with new dangers, and the player has to close it. Meanwhile Team Magma and Team Aqua are still after the legendary Fire and Water Pokémon, so you also have to calm Groudon and Kyogre.
At a glance
- Based on: Pokémon Emerald (Game Boy Advance)
- Created by: 12345 (SKY)
- Released: main hack and "Complement Dex" update, 2011
- Genre: Role-playing, story-driven hack
- What sets it apart: fourth- and fifth-generation Pokémon in a Game Boy Advance adventure
What the hack adds
The roster grows to 386 Pokémon and brings in species from generations IV and V, with new sprites to match. The changes go well beyond the roster.
- A new story with new characters, a new map, new items, moves and an HM.
- A day and night system with events that depend on the day.
- New evolution methods for some older Pokémon.
- A small minigame.
Legendary hunting
Shaymin, Giratina and Dialga are part of the main story. After the Elite Four you can go after Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Mew and Arceus.
The hack went through at least two public releases in 2011: the Complement Dex package at the end of April and a further update in early August.