A mod for Pokémon Blue Version
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.
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It's Pokémon! But green and not as buggy and harder. The ability to rebattle trainers is welcome, but doesn't fix the design flaws (you still have to grind a lot to beat Brock. For example, I chose Bulbasaur, and had to grind to level 13 until it learnt vine whip). There are countless other new features too like ransomizers, etc. but I'm enjoying it without them so far.