Pixel Pokemon

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Pixilate causes all Normal-type moves used by the Pokémon to become Fairy-type and receive a 30% power boost. It overrides Ion Deluge and Electrify. In a cool twist, the setup for Pokémon Dark Rising is that your character has a dream about a Pokémon who chooses you to be their partner, rather than the other way around, to go on a quest to save the world. You also learn your friend in the Core Region had a nearly identical dream, leading to a familiar experience of visiting a professor and getting your first Pokémon. The danger in this game is centered around natural disasters occurring due to climate change, and progresses from there, incorporating anime characters like Ash, but also the Pharaoh from Yu-Gi-Oh! There’s a decent roster of 386 Pokémon to catch, plus dozens of gameplay tweaks. If you’re ready for a saga of new Pokémon adventures, this series is very well crafted for a fan effort.

Pokémon Infinite Fusion has both a Red and Blue version that run up to the 8th gym, plus a ton of new features. These include sidequests, a revamped UI, Speed Up button, randomized mode, new areas, and so much more. The game takes the graphical style of Gen 5, but features Pokémon from generations 1 through 7, and even includes the Fairy type.Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.

Pokémon Phoenix Rising also puts a stronger emphasis on the story, but this time leans more into the RPG side of things by including player choices that can influence the progression. The game has a stunning pixel art style, fully customizable characters, and a roster of new Mega Evolutions and Relic Forms. These are very rare alternate forms of existing Pokémon that alter their type and moves. Pokémon Phoenix Rising, more than anything, is an expansion on the main series’ RPG elements, though. Aside from the usual leveling up of your Pokémon, you will also have main and side quests, skill trees, and the aforementioned choices. Support and updates for this title have ceased due to official DMCA takedown notices issued by Nintendo, but you can still find and play the last update of the game. Where Pokémon MMO 3D really mixes things up is in the battle system. Instead of being a static, turn-based system like a mainline game, this time you’re in full control of whichever Pokémon you send out to battle and plays more like World of Warcraft. You can maneuver around and use your different moves that each has cooldown timers. Right now the game has over 215 Pokémon from the first two generations set in the Kanto region, but more Pokémon, regions, and features are all planned in future updates. Being more heavily RPG-focused, the story of Pokémon Phoenix Rising is very detailed and engrossing. The lore of the new Hawthorne region is that a group of oracles had maintained peace in the region for hundreds of years until a self-proclaimed royal family appears to try and take control and turn Hawthorne into a militaristic nation. The journey is much more like a traditional JRPG than anything Pokémon has ever attempted and features much more interesting and robust side characters. This game is episodic, with episode 1 being a good eight-or-so-hour experience, but because it is a fan project done in people’s free time, it’s unclear when future episodes will release.This entry is perhaps the biggest fan effort on the entire list. Pokémon Xenoverse was, and continues to be, developed by an Italian group called Team WEEDle which has over 100 members. While originally only available in Italian, as of 2021 the game has gotten full English support so we can enjoy this massive undertaking. Created using RPG Maker, Pokémon Xenoverse features a brand new story in a unique region with 14 cities, new Pokémon to catch and train, and even a unique type — Clay. The total roster is up to 463, 269 of which are brand new and 165 from the original games. The Pokémon game, anime, and collectible cards all launched within a relatively short time frame. In the early days, in the West at least, this led to a bit of confusion about what came first and why things were different. The biggest point of confusion for many was why the main character of the anime, Ash, was not the protagonist of the game, simply known as Red. In fact, the stories of Ash and Red were quite different, which is what inspired this fan game to be made. Started in 2015, and still being updated to this day, Pokémon Fire Ash more closely chronicles the adventures Ash goes on in the anime in the form of a game. It is based on the Pokémon Fire Red edition of the game, but with a host of new features to make it feel more like the anime.