Pokémon Blue Kaizo (2014)

Platforms: Game Boy
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Main story: about 28 hours

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A brutally difficult Pokémon Blue ROM hack designed to test seasoned trainers with remixed teams, routes, and gym leaders.

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About

Pokémon Blue Kaizo is a ridiculously difficult ROM hack of Pokémon Blue which, as the title implies, was inspired by the like of Platform Hell hacks such as Kaizo Mario World. Everything about the game, including the wild Pokémon, the teams of trainers and gym leaders, and even the layouts, has been changed to make the game a much more difficult experience.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.