

The game story, the amount of detail and work that has gone in are truly remarkable. Like many other ROMHacks this was made by fans of the franchise, working for no profit but purely the love of Pokémon games. Playing these fan-made ROMHacks is also free and an amazing experience. Replaying old Pokémon games on an emulator is free and an a great nostalgia trip. The region of Orbtus is well fleshed out with a variety of cities, biomes, areas and an interesting history. Battle them and the many trainers of the region, discover all Pokemon from newer generations and take on the Pokémon League in this amazing fan made passion project (which might as well be an original release). As you and your rival progress through the world you will encounter members of an evil organisation intent on controlling the world by using the power of legendary Pokémon (in this case it’s Regice, Regirock, Registeel and Regigigas). The story follows the established model of a young teen who leaves home in the quest to become an amazing Pokémon trainer. The game includes updated move sets, items, mega evolutions, fairy types, reusable TMs and more. The game features Pokémon from up to Gen 6 from the regions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos.

The game is set in a fictional region known as Orbtus. The hack completely alters the game with an amazing original story seeing you through the typical storyline of beating gyms and the league, defeating an evil organisation all while creating the ultimate team of Pokémon. Pokémon Gaia is a FireRed ROMHack made by Spherical Ice. I have known these exist for a while but never bothered giving them a go, and I was really missing out. As I replayed these games I started discovering ROMHack versions of the games. Recently I have replied a lot of them on emulators (which I will review in a separate post) on my phone and it has been an amazing nostalgia trip. Games like Pokémon Sapphire or Pokémon FireRed were my childhood. I have always been a massive fan of the Pokémon series of games – especially the older GameBoy Advance and Nintendo DS versions of the game.
