Pokémon Radical Red (2020)

Developer: soupercell
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Main story: about 37 hours
Completionist: about 61 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 difficulty-focused Pokémon hack loaded with options to ramp the challenge even higher.

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About

Pokémon Radical Red is at its core a difficulty mod, but with massive additional features added to help you navigate through this game's difficulty. Much higher difficulty, with optional modes to add or mitigate difficulty Built-in Randomizer options (Pokémon, Abilities and Learnsets) Physical/Special split + Fairy Typing All Pokémon up to Gen 9 obtainable (with some exceptions) Most Moves up to Gen 9 Updated Pokémon sprites Mega Evolutions & Z-Moves Most Abilities up to Gen 9 All important battle items (with some exceptions) Wish Piece Raid Battles (with Dynamax) Mystery Gifts Reusable TMs Expanded TM list Additional move tutors EV Training Gear and NPCs Ability popups during battle Party Exp Share (can be disabled) Hidden Abilities Day, Dusk and Night cycle (syncs with RTC) DexNav, which allows you to search for Pokémon with hidden abilities and more Even faster turbo speed on bike and while surfing Abilities like Magma Armor, Static, or Flash Fire have overworld effects like in recent generations Destiny Knot, Everstone have updated breeding mechanics Lots of Quality of Life changes ... and more!

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