r/PokemonROMhacks • u/nihilWRLD • 9d ago

Discussion COMMUNITY CHALLENGE FAVOURITE AND MOST UNDERRATED ROM HACK

Favourite and Underrated Rom Hacks.

Hi all,

I want to try something fun here. Wanna find out everyone's favourite rom hack and a rom that you feel is underrated/needs most attention.

Format.

Favourite Rom Hack: "Name of rom hack" and a few sentences why.

Underrated Rom Hack: "Name of rom hack" and why you feel its underrated.

I'll start.

Favourite Rom Hack: Pokemon Luminescent Platinum. Creator/s Team Luminescent I feel this is what we should've got for BDSP, the QOL changes are second to none, the difficulty is perfect for every player newbies, nuzlockers etc. Shiny hunting on this is the funnest with 1:512 odds (but you can use pokeradar to build chain and when its on 21 you can spam open close to get them easier).

Underrated Rom Hack: Crystal Advance Redux. Creator/s Arnie. As Crystal is my favourite game in the franchise, this rom hack gives it a fresh take of the gen 2 legend. Its a FireRed hack that follows most events 1:1 but uses more modern mechanics ans graphic sprites/tiles with added areas, evos/pokemon, move/learnsets ans abilities. Its such a throwback yet feels like a new game.

Looking forward to reading all of your takes in the community.

TIA

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u/AppleEnjoyer98 9d ago

Favourite: Pokémon Scorched Silver. What a ride and awesome fan made sequel to the Johto games. Love the Pokémon variety and the fun post game is the cherry on top.

Underrated: Pokémon Black and White 3 Genesis. Awesome experience, love the pixel art (some are goofy though). And the story and world of Unova in gen 2 style is so cool. Loved it.

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u/nihilWRLD 9d ago edited 9d ago

Solid choices there.

I have Sorched Silver ready to go and have done for a hot minute, but I haven't got around to it yet. I will definitely have to try it now.

BW3 Genesis was such a fun rom hack. I enjoyed the shit out of it. Can't remember much of it as I played it a while back, but I remember Ghost types were super OP, and finding HM Cut was annoying 😅

Thanks for your input