20 years ago we saw what is to many the peak of the Pokemon series. Pokemon Emerald released as a definitive version of the series’ third generation, combining the storylines of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire before it, and adding a post-game battle area the extent of which hasn’t been seen since. If like me you still go back to the game once every few months, you might be on the lookout for a simple way to keep the experience feeling fresh and new.

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Today, posted on The Ultra Nerd’s Twitter account, a collaborative respriting hack for Pokemon Emerald was released in celebration of the game’s 20th anniversary. Emerald ReSprited features the work of 130 artists to give every one of the game’s Pokemon sprites a makeover. There’s a huge range of art styles on show here, with plenty of jokes and references thrown in for good measure. Alongside the Vanilla release that keeps the base game the same, a Plus version is also available. In the Plus version you’re able to catch all 386 Pokemon on one save file, and fight edited trainers to represent all the artists who were involved. On top of this, your chance of finding a shiny Pokemon is increased from 1/8192 to 1/512 to give you a better chance to appreciate some of the custom shiny sprites too.

Both the Vanilla and Plus versions of the hack are available as ips patches on Google Drive, alongside a document showing all the sprites alongside their artist.

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[Lotoonlink]

 

[Scarlet]

There really are some cracking sprites here. Fantastic way to celebrate the game.

 

[MariArch]

poor mudkip

 

[VXNlcm5hbWU]

Lovely anniversary celebration! Looking forward to playing this again for the umpteenth time.

 

[Josh4u]

Hey, emerald was the first game I ever beat! Glad to see it getting more love for its anniversary.

 

[Maximumbeans]

Really fun way to celebrate the game. Also somewhat numbs the pain that Emerald was two decades ago.

 

[Chary]

community celebrating its games better than game freak itself

this is so adorable!!!

 

[SDA]

I'm sorry to say this but the original sprites are much better. Mudkip's face... blegh. That shading looks like a pair of cartoony eyes.

 

[Dud]

Treecko and its branch blunt goes hard af.

 

[Maximumbeans]

Treecko and its branch blunt goes hard af.

Now that I’ve seen it I really wish original Treecko had it.

 

[lordelan]

Looked through the list of sprites. LOL. That's going to be fun.

 

[KanaKonpaku]

As much as I probably won't play this, I still find projects like this interesting. I don't really find the novelty in the sprites being different, at least for a reason to play it. On the other hand, looking at the sprites done in so many art styles is interesting to me, thus I find it cool over all.

 

[JustABadger]

community celebrating its games better than game freak itself

this is so adorable!!!

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

 

[ViDeOmAnCiNi]

OMG Wobbuffet! What happened to you? Zombie Wobbuffet? Yikes!
Possibly the most shocking change although Teddiursa with a gun is something...

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Normally I don't like sprite edits, as then the Gen 3 games lose their Gen 3 identity I feel, but maybe I'll check the Plus version out.

 

[ZeroFX]

Inb4 DMCA.

 

[BlusterBong]

>multiple sprite artists for one fucking spritehack
>the three pokemon shown look aggressively awful and out of place from one another

What is the point?

 

[Dud]

What is the point?

Artists having fun. And shitposting.

 

[x65943]

that derpy mudkip reminds me of the original japanese pokemon red/green where every pokemon looked derpy

I bought a bootleg english pokemon green just to play with those derpy little guys on the go on original hardware - so maybe I'll pick this up too

never forget