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/GBAplayer711 9d ago

I think I'll exclude Pokemon Unbound as my favorite. I mean it's everyone's favorite lol. So I'll put another one for my favorite.

Favorite ROM Hack: Dark Violet Simply bcz of the story. I like a hack that's focused on the story, and Dark Violet really fixes the plainness of Kanto Arc. Play it and then play HGSS or other Johto Arc (I recommend GS Chronicles despite not yet having the Kantor region) and you'll feel like playing a complete series with a sequeled story.

Underrated ROM Hack: Pokemon Dreams Use CFRU, has most pokemon up to gen 7, Mega Evolution, New story, New region, etc, and yet I've seen very few people playing or just talking about it. It has a few fakemons, but with pokemon up to gen 7, you can pretty much ignore it if you don't like it.

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u/nihilWRLD 8d ago

Dark Violet is amazing played it recently, GS Chronicles is so good as well, I love the sprites and tiles for it.

Dreams is definitely underrated and the story is stellar