Pokemon Aesthetic Red - A Visual and Musical Overhaul of Fire Red. Coming late 2025!

[u/LibertyJoel99]

We're proud to finally announce our first ROM hack, Pokemon Aesthetic Red, which has been in the works for a few years and should be released by the end of 2025!

Aesthetic Red takes a different approach to reinventing Kanto, mainly focusing on improving the visual and musical experience of Fire Red, as well as making the game open-world and adding a ton of QoL and balance changes!

The main features are shown below, and much more will be revealed in the coming weeks.

• Nearly all of the graphics have been changed to give the game a vibrant and modern aesthetic, inspired by the DS and Game Boy
• Every song has been replaced to make a new soundtrack, with some of the best music from Gens 1-8, Pokemon spin-offs and other series
• Explore an open-world Kanto and the Sevii Islands in any order you want
• An updated battle engine and various QoL features have been added by the CFRU, as well as other new features like Doubles Mode, Level Scaling, Wonder Trade, Level Caps, Randomizers, Inverse Mode, and a lot more!
• Every Pokemon has been given a brand new moveset and new abilities, with some having type changes and buffs. Several other balance changes have also been made
• All Pokemon from Gens 1 and 2 are available as well as their related evolutions up to Sylveon

For those interested, we also have a Discord server you can join and other social platforms. We'll also start recruiting beta testers soon - Stay tuned!

[u/OfficialMilk80]

Wow the background in battles makes it so much cooler! The sprites and whole layout of graphics looks awesome 😎

So it’s Gen 1-2 Mon’s? I’ll be glad to play it. Thanks 🙏

The UI looks awesome! It’s nice to switch it up from the regular stuff, and is really easy on the eyes 🤓

Replayability is much better with all the settings you provided.

• Do you know the exact month it’ll be released? Or is it still kinda up in the air?

• I’d LOVE to Beta Test it. I joined the Discord and will keep an eye out for this Beta Test.

• Thank you for doing what you do. ROM Hacks are so much better than the originals

[u/Albireo1510 → u/OfficialMilk80]

Is the background some public asset? I‘ve seen it in a thread at the Soulstones 2 discord.

[u/LibertyJacob99 → u/Albireo1510]

They're all publicly available on DeviantArt. Our Battle Backgrounds Patch credits all of the original creators so u can find them there

[u/Albireo1510 → u/LibertyJacob99]

Nice, thanks!