Pokémon Uranium Explained

Series:Pokémon (unofficial)
Engine:RPG Maker XP
Released:August 6, 2016
Director:~JV~
Programmer:~JV~
Artist:Involuntary-Twitch

Pokémon Uranium is a fan-made video game based on the Pokémon series.[1] [2] [3] The game was in development for nine years, and used the RPG Maker XP engine.[4] [5] [6] The game adds 166 new fan-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 for Pokémon 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 received DMCA takedown notice letters from lawyers representing Nintendo.[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 develop patches for the base game, including bug fixes and new features.[12]

Gameplay and plot

See also: Gameplay of Pokémon. In Pokémon Uranium, the player navigates through the Tandor region (based on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and encounters 200 Pokémon species throughout their travels, most of which are fan-made. The story follows a young hero as they journey through the region, collecting a total of eight Pokémon gym badges and eventually defeating the Pokémon League to become the Pokémon champion. The protagonist receives a Pokémon they choose from the new Pokémon Professor Bamb'o, and set off. The player's mother has been lost after an explosion at a nuclear power plant, and their father, Kellyn, remains cold and distant as he throws himself into his work to avoid dealing with his grief, leaving the player with their aunt. Throughout the game, the player is given reason to be suspicious as strange happenings are going on around them, and a severely irradiated Pokémon looms over the region, ready to destroy everything.

Online connections to other copies of a Pokémon game is a returning aspect of previous games to Pokémon Uranium. The Global Trade Station (GTS) allows players to anonymously trade Pokémon with each other.[13] [14]

Reception

The game was nominated for The Game Awards 2016 in the "Best Fan Creation" category, but was removed from the nomination page without notice alongside the Metroid fan game AM2R. Alissa McAloon of Gamasutra 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pokémon Uranium is a brand new game made by fans. August 9, 2016. Metro. DMG Media. August 11, 2016. live. August 12, 2016. https://archive.today/20160812115033/http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/09/pokemon-uranium-is-a-brand-new-game-made-by-fans-6057505/. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: Fan-made Pokemon Uranium launches after 9 years of development. CNET. CBS Interactive. August 11, 2016. live. Daniel. Van Boom. August 12, 2016. https://archive.today/20160812115800/http://www.cnet.com/news/fan-made-pokemon-uranium-launches-after-9-years-of-development/. August 11, 2016. mdy-all.
  3. Fans Come Together To Create The Original Unofficial Pokémon Uranium. August 11, 2016. dead. https://archive.today/20160812120021/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/08/10/fans-come-together-to-create-the-original-unofficial-pok-233-mon-uranium.aspx. Game Informer. GameStop. August 12, 2016. August 10, 2016. Kyle. Hilliard. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: After Nine Years Of Work, Fans Release Their Own Pokémon Game. Kotaku. Gawker Media. August 11, 2016. August 11, 2016. live. Luke. Plunkett. August 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160811114849/http://kotaku.com/after-nine-years-work-fans-release-their-own-pokemon-1785061831.
  5. Web site: Fans Have Spent Six Years Making A Pokémon Game That Feels Fresh. Patricia. Hernandez. Gawker Media. Kotaku. August 11, 2016. live. August 12, 2016. https://archive.today/20160812120246/http://kotaku.com/fans-spent-spent-six-years-working-on-a-pokemon-game-th-1675365478. December 26, 2014. mdy-all.
  6. Web site: Fans spent nine years making this free Pokémon game you can play on PC. Chris. Plante. August 10, 2016. August 11, 2016. live. August 12, 2016. https://archive.today/20160812120359/http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/10/12426038/free-pokemon-uranium--download-fan-game-nintendo. The Verge. Vox Media. mdy-all.
  7. Web site: Fan-made Pokemon game releases with 150 all-new Pokemon and a new region. Tatiana. Morris. GameZone. August 11, 2016. August 10, 2016. August 12, 2016. https://archive.today/20160812120731/http://www.gamezone.com/news/fan-made-pokemon-game-releases-with-150-all-new-pokemon-and-a-new-region-3442375. live. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: Good. Owen. Fan-made Pokemon Uranium is shelved by its creators after Nintendo notices. Polygon. Vox Media. August 16, 2016. live. August 16, 2016. https://archive.today/20160816081443/http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/14/12472616/pokemon-uranium-taken-down-nintendo. August 14, 2016. mdy-all.
  9. Web site: How Pokémon Uranium and a community of amateur developers is walking the line between love and theft. Steven. Messner. August 27, 2016. August 27, 2016. PC Gamer. Future plc. https://archive.today/20160827033112/http://www.pcgamer.com/pokemon-uranium-interview/. live. August 27, 2016. mdy-all.
  10. Web site: Despite Takedown, Pokémon Uranium Creators Say It's 'More Alive Than Ever'. Patricia. Hernandez. August 15, 2016. August 16, 2016. Kotaku. Gawker Media. live. August 16, 2016. https://archive.today/20160816081233/http://kotaku.com/despite-takedown-pokemon-uranium-creators-say-its-more-1785304146. mdy-all.
  11. Web site: Pokémon Uranium. Important Message from the Uranium Team. Twitter. 21 September 2016.
  12. Web site: Info - Pokemon Uranium. www.pokemonuranium.org. 2017-02-27.
  13. Web site: Pokemon Uranium Online Announcement. August 9, 2016.
  14. Web site: Pokemon Online Functions Review.
  15. Web site: Fan-made Pokemon Uranium and AM2R cut from The Game Awards nominees . McAloon, Alissa . 2016-11-21 . . . 2016-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161121202244/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/285990/Fanmade_Pokemon_Uranium_and_AM2R_cut_from_The_Game_Awards_nominees.php . 2016-11-21 . live.
  16. Web site: Blondeau . Elias . Pokémon Uranium Review . www.cgmagonline.com . August 16, 2016 . CGMagazine . 2 April 2019.

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