Similar hacks · v1.0.9 · checked 2026-11-09
Hacks that sit next to this one
Pokémon Heartfelt Gold is one Nintendo DS hack of HeartGold. People looking for “anything like it” usually mean another Johto hack. The three projects below have public pages I could open. Names that only appear in related searches stay off the table.
Three hacks with a public page
| Heartfelt Gold | Origin HeartGold | Heart and Soul | Refined Gold | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | NDS | NDS | GBA | NDS |
| Base | HeartGold | HeartGold | Emerald | HeartGold |
| Version I could cite | v1.0.9 (6 Nov 2026) | English v1.0.0-rc8 (13 Oct 2026); Chinese v4.0.3 | v2.0.6 (16 Sep 2026) | v4.4.3 (27 Oct 2026), author thread · 1 source |
| Starters | Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip | Pikachu, Charmander, Bulbasaur | See their site | Not stated in the sources I used |
| Pitch | Retiled maps, static legendaries, Mega | Story-first, starts in Kanto | Following Pokémon, day and night, difficulty options | Revised progression and Kanto postgame |
| Own site | This guide | Yes | Yes | Forum thread |
Names I am not listing as rows
Definitive HeartGold, SunGold, and MoonSilver showed up in related searches and nowhere else I could open. Enhanced HeartGold had a single search snippet. Storm Silver and Sacred Gold were only mentioned in passing on Reddit. Those stay out of the table.
Read a head-to-head: versus HeartGold, versus Origin HeartGold, versus Heart and Soul, versus Refined Gold.
Questions people ask
Which of these is “better”?
I am not scoring them. The table is platform, version, and pitch from each project’s public documentation and named independent guides.
Is Heart and Soul a DS hack?
No. Its official documentation says GBA, built on Modern Emerald and pokeemerald-expansion.
What version is Refined Gold?
Its author thread lists v4.4.3 dated 27 October 2026; this is one author source.
Sources
Checked against the linked public pages on 2026-11-09. Multiple documents from the same publisher count as one source; a single-publisher claim is identified as such.
- Origin HeartGold official documentation — checked 2026-11-09
- Independent English Origin HeartGold guide — checked 2026-11-09
- PokeHackDex Origin — checked 2026-11-09
- Heart and Soul official documentation — checked 2026-11-09
- Independent Heart and Soul guide — checked 2026-11-09
- Refined Gold author thread — checked 2026-11-09
- Heartfelt Gold releases — checked 2026-11-09