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Pokémon Acanthite Version
Started in 2006
Made with Essentials in RPG Maker XP
1. INTRODUCING
Pokémon Acanthite is an idea which has been floating around in some form since 2006 (and before, really) when Fangking Omega started the original game intended as a GSC prequel to demonstrate the life of Kamon. Although having early successes, this form of the game stumbled and ultimately fell and was redesigned in 2010 - using the same Fakemon but in a different region, with a different and fresher story.
Taking the linear format of the canonical Pokémon games and turning it on its head, we have a game which, despite having a storyline, is largely free to explore with vast maps, and several story objectives, meaning you can prioritise them in whichever order you like.
2. THE STORY
ALANUI, THE PRESENT DAY
Alanui is an archipelago of four large islands and several smaller ones, roughly based on Hawaii. The largest, though not the most populous, island is named Lapis, and is where the player starts, in their home town of Clipper City.
When the protagonist is out exploring the meadow and the forest beyond their town, they foolishly drop their Pokégear. While going to retrieve it, Professor Willow - a renowned expert in the environmental effects of Pokémon - stops the player, giving them one of Alanui's three starter Pokémon to protect them with. Once the player has chosen between Frondilo (Grass), Kindlejou (Fire) and Reptide (Water), they go out into the meadow - only to find a member of Team Rocket, not yet disbanded in the remote Alanui, out there attempting to catch Pokémon to use.
Although the protagonist is easily defeated, it is noted that they battled well: they are sent to Lapisand Port, far to the north of the island and over the other side of the great forest surrounding the dormant volcano, Mt. Dreiasche, to investigate what is going on with Team Rocket's activities.
Team Rocket, headed by the sinister Argus - a much more calculating, intelligent figure than his mainland Kanto associates - is, unbeknownst to the world, plotting. Not merely content to be petty thieves, Argus' hunger for power and control is leading him towards a devastating idea: only codenamed the Geminine Project.
Battling gyms and capturing some of Alanui's 100 brand new Pokémon, this game takes the traditional linear structure of Pokémon and replaces it with vast, open maps and a degree of flexibility in how to play the game, creating a much more immersive, replayable experience than ever before.
3. FEATURES
- 100 brand new impeccably designed Fakemon
- Vast maps across all terrains, with much more to explore and do than previous Pokémon games
- A more open storyline: do things at your own pace in your own order
- The Alanui region, based loosely off Hawaii, with a mixture of marine, tropical and urban environments
4. POKéMON
We have 100 brand new Pokémon ready to show the world. As a taster, here's some of their designs:
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5. SCREENSHOTS
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6. PROGRESS REPORT
Very swift progress is being made towards an alpha release due to the industriousness of our tile spriter: production will be stalled in future however by a lack of trainer spriter, OW spriter and Pokémon spriter. If interested, PM me.
7. CREDITS AND STAFF
STAFF
Lorem Ipsum - Project lead
Narodin - Tile spriter
Womi - Data creator
Afti - Story consultant
CREDITS
Fangking Omega - Project initiator
Cipher - Former project administrator
Nelson - Designer
ComfyCushion - Designer
KangasKid12 - Designer
Sir Adamus - Trainer Spriter
Nintendo Jr - Designer and Spriter
The Pokémon Essentials Team
The Spriters' Resource
8. SOCIAL MEDIA
TUMBLR: http://pokemon-acanthite.tumblr.com
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/pkmn_acanthite
We hope you enjoy and are interested in the game!
