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Grillo and Lou Gray's creation is considered the best fusion Pokémon game, featuring incredibly well-designed fusion Pokémon with overworld sprites and Pokedex lore. Although the main story remains the same as its base game, the quality of the fusion designs is exceptional.
An older ROM hack by Drayano, Storm Silver allows catching all Pokémon up to Generation 4. It's praised for its balanced difficulty and well-thought-out scripted events for capturing legendary and mythical Pokémon, each with their own unique encounters.
Updated by Drayano and Apex Cubed, this Generation 5 ROM hack sets a high standard. It includes numerous quality-of-life changes, new game modes, all Pokémon available with unique events, increased use of triple/rotation battles, improved shiny odds, and an extensive post-game with alternate universes.
This ROM hack by Skeli and his team is highly acclaimed for its original, fleshed-out Borrius region and a deep story involving a great war and a new evil team. It pushes the Fire Red engine to its limits with numerous quality-of-life features, an amazing soundtrack, extensive missions, character customization, and unique legendary capture methods.
The creator's all-time favorite, this ROM hack by Colonel Saul allows players to join Team Rocket as a grunt and climb the ranks, stealing Pokémon and challenging the traditional hero's journey. It features a rich lore, a morality system, side quests, and offers a unique perspective on the Kanto region's story.
The video introduces a list of the top 10 favorite Pokémon ROM hacks, clarifying that it's based on personal opinion and excludes fan games. A giveaway for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet on Twitter is also announced.
Based on Pokémon Fire Red, this ROM hack by Dante z35 features unique fusion Pokémon designs, quality-of-life improvements like the physical/special split and Gen 5 repel system, and a significantly increased shiny encounter rate. While the story is unchanged, the fusion mechanic makes it stand out.
This GameCube ROM hack by Stars enhances Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, adding over a hundred new Shadow Pokémon, unique Shadow moves (like guaranteed freeze), new abilities, Alolan forms, increased difficulty, and post-game content like capturing legendary Pokémon.
Featuring a custom region (Hupest) and an original story where the player's parents created the evil Team Eclipse, Pokémon Sors by Vitron includes custom music, unique art design, 48 new 'Eclipse Pokémon', a soaring feature, and a quest log for side quests.
Created by Overlord Cactus and Rookie Studios, this GBA remake of Pokémon Gold and Silver offers an updated story with new scenes and areas, expanded Team Rocket admin lore, Pokémon from Generations 1-4, Mega Evolution, Dynamax/Gigantomax, a day/night cycle, and Poke Rides.
This popular Fire Red ROM hack by Supercell maintains the main story but adds new events and is known for its perfect difficulty, with options for hardcore and easy modes. It features Pokémon from Generations 1-8 (including Hisuian forms), a DexNav for team building, custom movesets/abilities, and easy EV training.