Pokémon Emerald Slide (2022)

Developer: Team Aqua's Hideout
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Main story: about 53 hours
Completionist: about 42 hours
Where to get it: Website

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 disorienting ice-puzzle reimagining that turns familiar ground into a careful, methodical sliding challenge.

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About

In this hack, the entire overworld has been turned into an ice puzzle. The game is able to be beaten (a lot of overworld changes were required to make this happen, carpets and flowers are safe spots), but the path to the end is very different than a normal playthrough.

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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.