Think of the many games to surprise me this year, this was definitely one of the biggest. I'm very picky when it comes to fan projects, especially Pokemon ones, I feel like despite the large appeal that the series has, a lot of people fail to understand what makes the series work. It is why a lot of the best fan projects for this series are oftentimes, the ROM hacks, that expand upon the base game in new ways that could really only be done by fans.

So to have a genuinely high quality Black/White styled fan game with a ton of incredibly designed Fake-mons, that retains a lot of the series appeal while being able to be something that could only work as a fan-project kind of blows my mind. I'm going to champion this game, I feel like I've been in the dump with this series for like five years now, and to have a game like this really make me remember why I enjoy this series so much after seeing how lackluster the sinnoh remakes were, really was eye-opening. I didn't know Pokemon fan-games could be this high quality now, and even if there are certainly kinks whether it be with RPG Maker's engine, or some game design decisions that were present in other mainline Pokemon games, I'm just stunned. It was a blast from start to finish, and it honestly felt like playing a new generation of Pokemon for the first time. Highly understand if you're skeptical, but I think this game deserves loads of attention, it is just a treat.