Aurora Link

Aurora Link adds multiplayer to Pokémon Essentials games. When connected, you can see other players walking around the overworld, chat with them, and start trades and battles — all inside games that were never built for multiplayer.

You’ll find Link Play behind the antenna button in your Library — you don’t need a game running to host a session or chat.

• See players in the overworld — other connected players appear in your game world in real time, along with their follower Pokémon walking beside them (complete with the game’s own send-out and recall animations). In games with outfit systems, like Infinite Fusion, other players’ cosmetics show on their character too
• Chat — talk with players in your session
• Trade — exchange Pokémon with other players
• Battle — challenge other players to link battles

To interact, just walk up to another player and press the action button — you can trade, battle, or say hi 👋. Player names float above players; you can turn names off in Link preferences.

Aurora Link is verified with Pokémon Essentials games from v17 through v21, and many older pre-v16-era titles work too on Aurora’s legacy runtime.

Play with someone in the same room. Nearby sessions connect devices locally — no account or internet connection required. Hosts can optionally require a 4-digit join code.

The first time you use nearby play, iOS asks for Local Network permission — Aurora needs it to find nearby players. If you declined, you can enable it later in the Settings app under Aurora.

Play with friends anywhere using Game Center. Start a session and share your 6-character room code — your friend enters it to join, or taps the join link you share. A nearby session’s host can also turn on Accept Internet Players to mix local and online players in one session.

Realms are always-online rooms hosted on the Aurora Realm server. Unlike nearby and online sessions, a Realm stays up when you leave — hop back in any time and see who’s around.

• Joining — Realms are joined with an invite code
• Consent — connecting to the Realm server is opt-in: the first time you connect, Aurora asks for your explicit consent in-app and explains what the server receives. See the Privacy Policy for details
• You control the connection — Link Play has a Realm Server switch: Aurora never contacts the Realm server until you connect, and Disconnect stops all contact. Leaving a Realm just leaves that Realm; a Realm with auto-connect enabled rejoins the next time you launch Aurora, until you turn it off
• Moderation — Realm owners can rename or lock their Realm, rotate the invite code, remove players (removal is a ban until the owner lifts it), or delete the Realm entirely. If the owner leaves, ownership passes to the longest-standing member
• Chat filter — Realm chat passes a word filter

• You only see, trade with, and battle players playing the same game — chat and the session roster work across games, so you can share a session while everyone plays something different (or nothing at all)
• The session host decides whether trades and battles are allowed — both are off until the host turns them on in session settings
• Online sessions and Realms require being signed in to Game Center; nearby play doesn’t
• Aurora Link is available for Pokémon Essentials games; other RPG Maker games don’t support multiplayer
• Multiplayer conduct is covered by the Terms and Conditions