Pokemon Unbound

[hypnagogic]

In my astoundingly high opinion, one of the best hacks ever made. I wasn't able to find it here, so... here.

Pre-patched 2.1.1.1 (latest)

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• A Powerful Engine: Pushing the Complete FireRed Upgrade to its maximum potential, Pokemon Unbound contains a custom battle engine on par with Gen 8, as well as many quality of life features that improve the gameplay experience just waiting to be found. Enjoy catching all of your favourite Pokemon, from Gen 1 up to Gen 7, while using all of your favourite moves and abilities from each of these generations!
• QOL Galore: Pokemon Unbound is also chock full of quality-of-life features to enjoy, such as Unlimited Bag Space, Auto-Run, the DexNav, Daily Raids and much more!
• A New HM System: Have access to all of your favourite HMs without the hassle of carrying HM slaves! As long as your Pokemon can learn an HM, they will be able to use it in the overworld, and once you purchase the brand new key item - the ADM in the post-game, enjoy battling with all six Pokemon from your favourite team regardless of the HMs they can learn!
• Updated Graphics: Sporting Gen 4 graphics in the overworld and Gen 5-esqe interfaces, in addition to a dynamic day and night system, Pokemon Unbound has a brand new, yet familiar feel! You're not in Kanto anymore!
• Difficulty Modes: Choose from up to four different difficulty modes! Ranging from Easy to Insane, you can either sit back and relax or get your teeth kicked in by a completely brand new AI system!
• A Unique Mission System: Pokemon Unbound contains over 80 unique Missions to complete! Mission progress can be tracked using the new Mission Log, in addition to extra details, such as which items have been found in collectathons!
• Character Customization: Choose from up to 300 different combinations of skin tones, hair colours, and outfit colours! Unleash your fashion sense!
• Daily Events: There are plenty of events all over Borrius, many of which can be experienced daily, and some can only be found at certain points in the day! Play throughout the day to experience them all!
• Exciting Mini-Games: Play exciting mini-games such as Cloud Burst, Safari Sniper, and Underground Mining!
• Challenging Puzzles: Put your brain to the test, and find ways to solve many of the unique and complex puzzles littered throughout Borrius!
• A Rich Post-Game: Spend hours after the main campaign battling in Pokemon Unbound's battle facilities, completing Missions, mining in the KBT Expressway, catching Legendary Pokemon, and so much more!
• A Custom OST: Enjoy over 180 original songs composed for Pokemon Unbound, each as brilliant as the last! And if you're left wanting them for yourself, you can download them all here!

 

[DunkeyKong]

That actually looks different! That's so crazy! Definitely trying it out

 

[ATenderLad]

Tried it a year or two ago, for sure the most impressive Pokemon hack I've seen. If you ignore the storyline it's a pretty great time.

 

[CaptainGreedEye]

Tried it a year or two ago, for sure the most impressive Pokemon hack I've seen. If you ignore the storyline it's a pretty great time.

What wrong with the story?

 

[ATenderLad]

What wrong with the story?

I'd have to play it again to remember exactly, but I recall thinking it was a generic dark fantasy, and a weird fit for Pokemon.

 

[CaptainGreedEye]

Hey, instead of a dark fantasy, what if they took the final fantasy route? Do you think it would be a little better?

 

[ATenderLad]

Hey, instead of a dark fantasy, what if they took the final fantasy route? Do you think it would be a little better?

Probably be a weird fit for Pokemon, Final Fantasy plots tend to involve saving the world from a magic doom. Actually I think that's all of them, except XII?

Still, take what I said with about the story with a grain of salt, it looks like theirs been a fair few revisions since I played it last. Also, mechanically it really is incredible, a feat of romhacking to be sure.

 

[CaptainGreedEye]

Probably be a weird fit for Pokemon, Final Fantasy plots tend to involve saving the world from a magic doom. Actually I think that's all of them, except XII?

Still, take what I said with about the story with a grain of salt, it looks like theirs been a fair few revisions since I played it last. Also, mechanically it really is incredible, a feat of romhacking to be sure.

Thanks. I'll Play it for sure. Besides, can't be worse then Snake wood.

 

[Harts]

Interested

 

[Zemus]

The soundtrack has been a regular listen for the last few years. Don't think this wave of difficult Pokémon hacks will grow on me, though.

 

[Darklink]

I was playing this game for a while, and then I got stuck on the Electric/Steel gym's puzzle, and then I put the game down and never touched it again lol.

Not because I didn't like it, but just because I kept forgetting to look up the puzzle's solution, and then when I'd start the game up on my commute I'd be reminded that I did not in fact look up that puzzle's solution. And I don't have service on my commute.

And now it's been months, and I kinda forgot what I was doing.

 

[Terro108]

I was playing this game for a while, and then I got stuck on the Electric/Steel gym's puzzle, and then I put the game down and never touched it again lol.

Not because I didn't like it, but just because I kept forgetting to look up the puzzle's solution, and then when I'd start the game up on my commute I'd be reminded that I did not in fact look up that puzzle's solution. And I don't have service on my commute.

And now it's been months, and I kinda forgot what I was doing.

This happens to me way to often

 

[BassForever]

Heading towards Victory Road, hack has been fairly amazing.

 

[Bakuma1997]

May check it out, i am usually of just using FullDex roms but this may break my molds

 

[Chezlyn]

Unbound is basically thee Pokémon Rom hack of all time.

 

[Varyag]

I keep hearing about this and Pokemon Gaia. I guess I gotta try them out.

 

[IndigoCrow]

I'd have to play it again to remember exactly, but I recall thinking it was a generic dark fantasy, and a weird fit for Pokemon.

Ironically this would make it more appealing to me. I'm not really interested in Pokemon even though I'm a fan of creature collection/summoning games, so anything that turns Pokemon into SMT is a plus for me. Checking it out

 

[Stingy Perry]

Checking it out right now.