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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004)

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Just like with Sonic and the SAGE community, The Pokemon Company franchise's active fan base have developed their own ROMs and fan games to fill the endless demand for new Pokémon titles.

One such game is Pokémon Radical Red: A direct remaster of the classic Pokémon Fire Red on the Gameboy Advance. Radical Red seeks to push ROM-based hacks' boundaries and is considered one of the very best.

The story is completely unchanged. Instead, it improves the original Fire Red through a range of quality of life features and enhanced gameplay tweaks. More specifically, the game adds a randomizer feature, which randomizes everything in the game, including Pokémon, abilities and difficulty.

Unlike the current main series games, Radical Red adds difficulty levels to the game for the first time, adding challenge to the game. The game also adds other gameplay elements such as new Pokémon abilities, swapping these abilities and even EV training areas.

Adding the element to the game adds a considerable challenge that fans of the series crave. Although the game can be brutally challenging, Radical Red scratches the itch of challenging gameplay that fans of the series have wanted for a long time.

Similarly, the new Pokémon and the ability to re-battle gym leaders further adds replayability and depth to a game beloved by fans. The game's meta has also been changed with new EV training areas, new swappable abilities, and brand new stats.

Thus, from a competitive player standpoint, this game is a dream. Radical Red revamps Fire Red's competitive meta in a unique, fresh and exciting way.

Radical Red stands out as adds the right amount of uniqueness but not too much, satisfying both casual fans of the game and hardcore competitive fans without breaking what Pokemon fans love most about the original games.

This is the 1st part of my entire playthrough of Radical Red! If I can beat it that is(!)

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