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Pokémon Emerald Kaizo Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Emerald Kaizo Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

Emerald Kaizo Logo

Emerald Kaizo is a popular rom hack of the original Pokémon Emerald game. It is known for being much more difficult than the base game, with tougher trainers, stronger wild Pokémon, and modified gym leaders.

Difficulty

This game is unforgiving and overwhelming for casual play, with enough enemy variety to make it very difficult. The game gets progressively harder as you progress, unlike most hacks where the hardest point is in the early game. You can also only use held items in battles, making it even more challenging.

While the game is beatable, it is highly recommended to practice before attempting a nuzlocke run. Nuzlocking the Elite Four may be impossible without knowledge of their roster and good luck in acquiring specific Pokémon to counter their teams.

That being said, excessive grinding should not be necessary. Bosses in the game have enforced level caps that you can see below. Equally, there is no need to grind for EVs as you will not receive them in this game. Lastly, you can purchase cheap Rare Candies before the Elite Four to help level up your Pokemon.

Good luck!

Hopefully that's where this guide can help! Covering all the Boss Battles, their teams, abilities and held items. As well as checking all the encounters that are available to you.

Good luck with your Emerald Kaizo nuzlocke challenge! Remember, this game is designed to be challenging, so don't be discouraged if you struggle at first. Keep grinding, stay cautious, and don't give up - you'll feel a great sense of accomplishment when you finally beat the game. And most importantly, have fun!

I'd highly recommend using this tracker to help route your encounters and build your team to give you the best shot at winning this game.

Emerald Kaizo Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Emerald Kaizo so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Emerald Kaizo has 67 different encounter locations with 345 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

10 Ghost Pokémon encounters

10 Dragon Pokémon encounters

13 Steel Pokémon encounters

14 Ice Pokémon encounters

15 Fighting Pokémon encounters

16 Dark Pokémon encounters

19 Electric Pokémon encounters

25 Fire Pokémon encounters

27 Rock Pokémon encounters

31 Bug Pokémon encounters

35 Ground Pokémon encounters

35 Psychic Pokémon encounters

38 Grass Pokémon encounters

41 Poison Pokémon encounters

43 Flying Pokémon encounters

52 Normal Pokémon encounters

77 Water Pokémon encounters

10Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

10Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

13Steel Pokémon
STEEL

14Ice Pokémon
ICE

15Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

16Dark Pokémon
DARK

19Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

25Fire Pokémon
FIRE

27Rock Pokémon
ROCK

31Bug Pokémon
BUG

35Ground Pokémon
GROUND

35Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

38Grass Pokémon
GRASS

41Poison Pokémon
POISON

43Flying Pokémon
FLYING

52Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

77Water Pokémon
WATER

Emerald Kaizo Boss Battles

In order to complete a Emerald Kaizo Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 37 Boss battles throughout the Hoenn region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Brendan's Farfetchd to Drake's Latias.

9 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

10 Rival fights

11 Evil Team fights

2 Mini Boss fights

Select your starter type

Like all Pokémon games, you will have to select a starter. The type will update some of the boss teams to match. For example, if your starter was a grass type Brendan might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • - Rustboro Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Dewford Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mauville Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Lavaridge Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Petalburg Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Foretree Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mossdeep Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Sootopolis Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Sootopolis Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Elite Four fights

  • - Pokémon League

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League Champion

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Rival fights

  • - Rustboro City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Rustboro City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mauville City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 110

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 110

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Weather Institute

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Weather Institute

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Lilycove City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Lilycove City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Victory Road

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Evil Team fights

  • - Mt. Chimney

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mt. Chimney

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Weather Institute

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mt. Pyre

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Magma Hideout

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Magma Hideout

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Aqua Hideout

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mossdeep Space Center

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mossdeep Space Center

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Seafloor Cavern

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Seafloor Cavern

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Mini Boss fights

  • - Route 104 (North)

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 113

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Now that you're ready to take on the Pokémon Emerald Kaizo Nuzlocke Challenge, why not keep track of all your encounters with the Nuzlocke Tracker?