Pokémon Uranium

Pokémon Uranium
Director(s) ~JV~
Programmer(s) ~JV~
Artist(s) Involuntary-Twitch
Writer(s) Involuntary-Twitch
Composer(s)
  • Emdasche (formerly ElectricMudkip)
  • Alex Naveira
Series Pokémon
Engine RPG Maker XP
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows Edit this on Wikidata
Release August 6, 2016
Genre(s) Role-playing video game Edit this on Wikidata
Mode(s) Multiplayer video game
Single-player video game Edit this on Wikidata

Pokémon Uranium is a fan-made 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 150 new fan-made species of Pokémon, 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 receiving multiple DMCA takedown notice letters from lawyers representing Nintendo.[8][9][10] The following month, the developers announced that they had officially ceased development of the title and shut down the website and servers.[11] Following the announcement, 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

In Pokémon Uranium, the player navigates through the Tandor region, and encounter over 190 Pokémon throughout their travels, many of which are fan-made (Pokédex PDF). 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 a nuclear explosion at a power plant, and father remains cold and distant as he throws himself into his work to avoid dealing with his grief, leaving the child 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 it all.[13]

Online connections to other copies of a Pokémon game is a returning aspect of previous games to Pokémon Uranium. Global Trade Station, also known as GTS, also exists in the game, allowing players to anonymously trade Pokémon with anyone.[14][15]

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.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Pokémon Uranium is a brand new game made by fans". Metro. DMG Media. August 9, 2016. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Van Boom, Daniel (August 11, 2016). "Fan-made Pokemon Uranium launches after 9 years of development". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Hilliard, Kyle (August 10, 2016). "Fans Come Together To Create The Original Unofficial Pokémon Uranium". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Plunkett, Luke (August 10, 2016). "After Nine Years Of Work, Fans Release Their Own Pokémon Game". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (December 26, 2014). "Fans Have Spent Six Years Making A Pokémon Game That Feels Fresh". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Plante, Chris (August 10, 2016). "Fans spent nine years making this free Pokémon game you can play on PC". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ Morris, Tatiana (August 10, 2016). "Fan-made Pokemon game releases with 150 all-new Pokemon and a new region". GameZone. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ Good, Owen (August 14, 2016). "Fan-made Pokemon Uranium is shelved by its creators after Nintendo notices". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ Messner, Steven (August 27, 2016). "How Pokémon Uranium and a community of amateur developers is walking the line between love and theft". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  10. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (August 15, 2016). "Despite Takedown, Pokémon Uranium Creators Say It's 'More Alive Than Ever'". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ Pokémon Uranium. "Important Message from the Uranium Team". Twitter. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Info - Pokemon Uranium". www.pokemonuranium.org. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  13. ↑ Pokemon Uranium
  14. ↑ "Pokemon Uranium Online Announcement".
  15. ↑ "Pokemon Online Functions Review".
  16. ↑ McAloon, Alissa (2016-11-21). "Fan-made Pokemon Uranium and AM2R cut from The Game Awards nominees". Gamasutra. UBM plc. Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
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