In the world of ROM hacks, this idea isn’t so impossible. And as a matter of fact, even more than that was crammed into Pokemon Prism, a ROM hack sort-of sequel to Pokemon Brown, another fan-made Pokemon game.
Brown was a trend setter back in the day for Pokemon rom hacks; setting a gold standard that many Gameboy Pokemon rom hacks would need to match to some degree to be taken seriously.
Prism, which expands on Brown ten-fold, is the product of incredible labour and highly determined fans. Adam V, or, “Koolboyman” was basically working on Prism for 9 years before it became a Rainbow Devs project.
Rainbow devs blasted through to the mainstream with the trailers of Pokemon Prism; it was getting hyped before it was even released.
Too much hype though, to the point Nintendo and the Pokemon Company, the benevolent and beautiful corporations they are, decided to issue out Cease and Desist orders to the team, hoping to kill the joy of fans hoping to play a game that these conglomerates couldn’t make a buck off of.
Even free advertising isn’t worth it to these companies… somehow.
Despite all that, Prism still found itself a release, and full release at that; with a giant wide open collection of regions to explore, and a storyline that actually has interesting turns, but still feels like a classic Pokemon game.
Even going to prison, which is a thing you do in this game by the way, feels… Pokemon, if that makes any sense.
The thing about Prism, is that it doesn’t seemingly stop. It’s got so much content that you can really tell this is a rom hack aimed at the truest of die-hard Pokemon fans.
People who want a new kind of Pokemon experience, with new legendary Pokemon and new enemy teams, new types and battle dynamics; all while cultivating that Gameboy Colour era legacy.
Which, if you played Gold, Silver, or Crystal growing up, likely has a special nostalgic place in your heart.
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