Underplayed Gems

Shin Pokemon: Green Version (2023)

Shin Pokemon: Green Version cover
Developer
JoJoBear13
Platforms
Game Boy
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Main story
about 28 hours
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A faithful Pokemon Red/Blue remaster hack with bug fixes, improved AI, and quality-of-life refinements.

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About

Started in 2018 by a secret cabal of ancient Pokemon nerds, Shin Pokemon is an enhancement ROM hack of Pokemon Red & Blue that aims to be the ultimate remaster fans never got. It is a mostly-vanilla hack that focuses on fixing game engine bugs and oversights from the original game. Additionally, trainer AI routines are improved and multiple quality-of-life enhancements have been added. It also acts as a kind of research-informed speculative work that interprets what the 2016 Nintendo Virtual Console re-release of Gen-1 Pokemon could have been. It is the image of a glitch-free experience with player-friendly goodies and enhancements common to other modern remasterings.

Screenshots

Shin Pokemon: Green Version screenshot 1

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