![]() ![]() ![]() “That inevitably led to me discovering ROM hacks, but I was really scared about the law, so I remember hiding it from my brother and parents because I thought I would go to jail,” Spherical Ice told me. A growing traditionĪfter falling in love with Pokémon, ROM hacker Spherical Ice spent hours designing custom sprites on forums when he was just seven years old. ![]() These volunteer ROM hackers and preservationists work to keep the passions of an aging generation of Pokémon masters alive, all while fighting occasionally brutal legal crackdowns from Nintendo. While Nintendo, the games' publisher, hasn't worked to make older Pokémon games accessible on modern hardware-or affordable on older gear-a certain demographic of dedicated fans has taken it upon themselves to not just preserve legacy Pokémon titles but to actively improve them. Whether Legends will form an enduring and fresh new branch on Pokémon’s franchise tree is the kind of philosophical quandary that could make Xatu spend all day staring at the sun.īut for those who look beyond Nintendo’s official releases, the Pokémon series is anything but stale. Perhaps disappointingly, the series appears to be resuming its usual course with the more traditional Scarlet & Violet launch this November. For two and a half decades, the developer essentially released the same game over and over, and fans like me ate it up like pulled Lechonk. But that recent bout of experimentation doesn’t diminish just how long the Poké-formula has remained mostly static. Earlier this year, Pokémon Legends: Arceus reinvigorated developer Game Freak’s iconic series by shaking up a formula that had gone largely unchanged for more than 25 years. ![]()
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