| Pokémon Uranium | |
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| Director | ~JV~ |
| Programmer | ~JV~ |
| Artist | Involuntary-Twitch |
| Writer | Involuntary-Twitch |
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| Series | Pokémon (unofficial) |
| Engine | RPG Maker XP |
| Release | August 6, 2016 |
Pokémon Uranium is afan-made video game based on thePokémon series.[1][2][3] The game was in development for nine years, and used theRPG Maker XP engine.[4][5][6] The game adds 166 newfan-made species of Pokémon, with only 160 currently available, along with a new region.[7] Similar to the official games,Uranium contains both online trading and online battling.[4] In August 2016, after one and a half million downloads, the download links forPokémon Uranium were taken down from the official website because the developers wanted to "respect Nintendo's wishes", after learning other sites that offered the download receivedDMCAtakedown notice letters from lawyers representingNintendo.[8][9][10] The following month, the developers officially ceased development of the title and shut down the website and servers.[11] Community members created a new website and continued to developpatches for the base game, including bug fixes and new features.[12]
InPokémon Uranium, the player navigates through the Tandor region (based onRio de Janeiro,Brazil), and encounters 200 Pokémon species throughout their travels, most of which are fan-made. Tandor is known for its world famous Tandor Regional Championship, where Trainers from all across the Pokémon world compete for the honor of being crowned Champion. In order to qualify, they must first collect all 8 Gym Badges from various towns and cities across the region.
The hero, a teenager who grew up in Moki Town, begins their adventure reluctantly. After their mother Lucille disappeared ten years ago in a nuclear catastrophe, their father Kellyn, the top Pokémon Ranger in the Tandor Ranger Union, left them to grow up with their elderly Auntie in Moki Town. Now that they are grown up, they leave home to do what so many young people do and take up Pokémon Training as an occupation.
Professor Bamb'o, the regional expert onPokémon elements, has been looking for a trainer assistant to travel the region and gather specimens of the varied wildlife. The main character volunteers, along with their rival, a younger boy named Theo. After taking a test and receiving their starter Pokémon, they head towards their first gym challenge in Nowtoch City, and take their first steps exploring the Tandor region.
Things aren't as sunny as they first seem, though. Just when the accident ten years ago had been all but forgotten, new mysteries emerge. A newpower plant is built over the site of the old one. Kellyn begins acting strangely, journeying to the far reaches of the region and questioning whether the main character's mother is really deceased. Sinister Pokémon, corrupted bynuclear radiation, threaten innocent people. In the midst of the turmoil, it seems that an impending disaster is looming over Tandor...and there might be only one person who can prevent it.
Online connections to other copies of aPokémon game is a returning aspect of previous games toPokémon Uranium. The Global Trade Station (GTS) allows players to anonymously trade Pokémon with each other.[13][14]
The game was nominated forThe Game Awards 2016 in the "Best Fan Creation" category, but was removed from the nomination page without notice alongside theMetroid fan gameAM2R. Alissa McAloon ofGamasutra speculated that it was due to Nintendo's stance on unauthorized use of their intellectual properties.[15]
While there are few full reviews for the title,CGMagazine's Elias Blondeau outlined that "Pokémon Uranium manages to be a deep, fulfilling round of familiar mechanics and a mature evolution of the very franchise it's paying homage to".[16]
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