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judicornadamsfoster edited this page Sep 26, 2026 · 1 revision

Normally in vanilla Emerald, when pressing START on the player naming screen without typing anything, it will randomly pick from a list of 20 names.

This quick guide changes it so it defaults to BRENDAN or MAY (or your chosen names) when pressing START instead.

include/strings.h

delete the following lines (lines 355 to 394):

extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameStu[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameMilton[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameTom[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameKenny[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameReid[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameJude[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameJaxson[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameEaston[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameWalker[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameTeru[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameJohnny[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameBrett[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameSeth[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameTerry[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameCasey[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameDarren[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameLandon[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameCollin[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameStanley[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameQuincy[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameKimmy[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameTiara[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameBella[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameJayla[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameAllie[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameLianna[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameSara[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameMonica[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameCamila[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameAubree[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameRuthie[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameHazel[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameNadine[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameTanja[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameYasmin[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameNicola[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameLillie[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameTerra[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameLucy[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameHalie[];

then add these two lines:

extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameBrendan[];
extern const u8 gText_DefaultNameMay[];

src/main_menu.c

in function static const u8 *const sMalePresetNames[] = {
delete all the lines (461 to 480)

    gText_DefaultNameStu,
    gText_DefaultNameMilton,
    gText_DefaultNameTom,
    gText_DefaultNameKenny,
    gText_DefaultNameReid,
    gText_DefaultNameJude,
    gText_DefaultNameJaxson,
    gText_DefaultNameEaston,
    gText_DefaultNameWalker,
    gText_DefaultNameTeru,
    gText_DefaultNameJohnny,
    gText_DefaultNameBrett,
    gText_DefaultNameSeth,
    gText_DefaultNameTerry,
    gText_DefaultNameCasey,
    gText_DefaultNameDarren,
    gText_DefaultNameLandon,
    gText_DefaultNameCollin,
    gText_DefaultNameStanley,
    gText_DefaultNameQuincy

then add the following line (make sure it does not have a , at the end of the line)

    gText_DefaultNameBrendan

__

in function static const u8 *const sFemalePresetNames[] = {
delete all the lines (484 to 503):

    gText_DefaultNameKimmy,
    gText_DefaultNameTiara,
    gText_DefaultNameBella,
    gText_DefaultNameJayla,
    gText_DefaultNameAllie,
    gText_DefaultNameLianna,
    gText_DefaultNameSara,
    gText_DefaultNameMonica,
    gText_DefaultNameCamila,
    gText_DefaultNameAubree,
    gText_DefaultNameRuthie,
    gText_DefaultNameHazel,
    gText_DefaultNameNadine,
    gText_DefaultNameTanja,
    gText_DefaultNameYasmin,
    gText_DefaultNameNicola,
    gText_DefaultNameLillie,
    gText_DefaultNameTerra,
    gText_DefaultNameLucy,
    gText_DefaultNameHalie

then add the following line (make sure it does not have a , at the end of the line)

    gText_DefaultNameMay

src/strings.c

delete the following lines (60 to 82)

const u8 gText_DefaultNameStu[] = _("STU");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameMilton[] = _("MILTON");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameTom[] = _("TOM");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameKenny[] = _("KENNY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameReid[] = _("REID");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameJude[] = _("JUDE");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameJaxson[] = _("JAXSON");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameEaston[] = _("EASTON");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameWalker[] = _("WALKER");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameTeru[] = _("TERU");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameJohnny[] = _("JOHNNY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameBrett[] = _("BRETT");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameSeth[] = _("SETH");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameTerry[] = _("TERRY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameCasey[] = _("CASEY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameDarren[] = _("DARREN");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameLandon[] = _("LANDON");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameCollin[] = _("COLLIN");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameStanley[] = _("STANLEY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameQuincy[] = _("QUINCY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameKimmy[] = _("KIMMY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameTiara[] = _("TIARA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameBella[] = _("BELLA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameJayla[] = _("JAYLA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameAllie[] = _("ALLIE");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameLianna[] = _("LIANNA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameSara[] = _("SARA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameMonica[] = _("MONICA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameCamila[] = _("CAMILA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameAubree[] = _("AUBREE");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameRuthie[] = _("RUTHIE");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameHazel[] = _("HAZEL");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameNadine[] = _("NADINE");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameTanja[] = _("TANJA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameYasmin[] = _("YASMIN");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameNicola[] = _("NICOLA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameLillie[] = _("LILLIE");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameTerra[] = _("TERRA");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameLucy[] = _("LUCY");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameHalie[] = _("HALIE");

then add these 2 lines:

const u8 gText_DefaultNameBrendan[] = _("BRENDAN");
const u8 gText_DefaultNameMay[] = _("MAY");

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