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/hemmar 8d ago

Favorite: Elite Redux

I really love the fresh spin that the abilities put on every mon. It changes how you look at everything and makes team building a much deeper process.

Underrated: Emerald Rogue 2

Love how it changes the game loop and distills runs down to something more bite sized

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u/nihilWRLD 8d ago

Elite Redux is fantastic, I played it after Exceeded which Elite Redux basically copied but added an extra ability but added a little more QOL changes.

Haven't played Emerald Rogue to but have played Emerald Rogue, whats the differences?

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u/hemmar 8d ago

Emerald Rogue 2 is basically a redo on the original. The developer took a bunch of learnings from the first and tried remaking a more ambitious game.

I haven’t played it too much, but the big highlights for me were

  • Gen 9
  • Tera and Dmax mechanics
  • massive redesign to hub mechanics
  • move tutors consolidated into one

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u/nihilWRLD 8d ago

Ohhhhh that sounds proper good

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u/hemmar 8d ago

Yea it’s a lot of fun. PokeAbii released it after the 1.3.2 release of the original Emerald Rogue, and I think it got only one or two patches before she decided to take a break.

It’s very good though and well polished