Pokémon Legends Johto Step Aside, We Just Got The Next Best Thing

Pokémon Legends Johto Step Aside, We Just Got The Next Best Thing

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The Pokémon Legends spin-off series has made a solid enough start, and Z-A continues to maintain a very active player base, some eight months after its original launch. That said, there's definitely some room for improvement in the next iteration, though we don't know too much about what that will actually look like when it gets here.

One oft-discussed project is the supposedly canceled Legends game that would have taken us all the way back to the second region ever introduced into the game, in Johto. It certainly would have been very exciting to see what Game Freak cooked up, but in lieu of that ever happening, there is another release that could strike all the same notes.

Over on Twitter/X, Pokémon Fangame News shared a post detailing the release of Pokémon Crystal Inheritance, a ROM hack that adapts the titular Pokémon Crystal into an entirely new experience. The game takes place in a historical version of Johto, though you'll be able to catch 'mons from across Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh and Hisui.

The fun doesn't stop there though, as the fan game makes a bunch of tangible changes to the gameplay that will really make the experience...

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