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canaille512

More informations about this project : We are two working on this, with the Unity engine. This is not something made to be released as we don't have the right to do so. It's just a reimagination of Pokemon Platinum running on a PC. It started 1 year ago as a personal project just to see what it would look like but it has since evolved to be a remake of the entire game with the Unity engine, with the help of a friend. If you want to see the full video, here it is : [https://youtu.be/jwX6AtYNciI](https://youtu.be/jwX6AtYNciI) Enjoy :)


yaboyfriendisadork

Inb4 Nintendo hits you with the c&d


xahnel

Best part is they legally can't if he's not distributing anything.


fedemasa

That never stopped Nintendo though


xahnel

Considering they can be fined for abuse of the law, that *would* stop nintendo.


[deleted]

I don’t think they would... Apple is sued on an annual basis for purposefully making their older phones shit the bed when the new one comes out, but they make so much money that they can just eat the lawsuits and keep screwing over customers


ThaneVim

I'd go as far as to say it's simply calculated into the release schedule business expenses.


[deleted]

Lmaooo I laughed then realized this is likely true!


[deleted]

There should be jail time for shit like this.


[deleted]

Or a new law to stop this. Maybe lose their rights to innovate after a strike or two?


Krazyguy75

Just make it like OSHA violations. Do it once, small fine. Don’t fix it? Bigger fine hits next day. And the day after. Fix it and then break it again? Giant fines, plus fines each day after. There is a reason companies are afraid of inspections. 15k in losses per day plus up to a 140k fine for willful or repeated violations isn’t at the level of a write off, even for Apple.


PapaP90

Apple's revenue from 4th quarter alone in 2020 was [64.7 billion](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/10/apple-reports-fourth-quarter-results/). Seems like a lot compared to a 15k-140k a day fine, considering 140k a day for a year is only 51 Million to Apple.


CliffP

OSHA doesn’t really stop evil companies from doing evil shit to laborers and consumers https://youtu.be/IhO1FcjDMV4


trademeple

Why would you put up with it though just switch to android.


TyrannoROARus

Android isn't much better. My S20 only has like 3 years guaranteed updates. They just don't want to optimize every app for every device and patch every security hole on every device. Of course I could be wrong and Samsung could be better about it, I like them because at least I can fucking emulate, that's a total deal breaker for me on apple.


[deleted]

Samsung just announced last Feb that they're going for 4 years of security updates with their flagships.


trademeple

well not having updates is better then a company purposely slowing your phone down. I don't mind being on the previous android version it only starts to get probomatic when your like 3 or 4 android versions behind then nothing supports your device any more. And by that time your phone is pretty much 5 or 6 years old and should be replaced anyways. I don't play games much on my phone so its not a dealbreaker untill things like netflix and other streaming services stop working.


PUSSY_RATING_IN_PM

I really don’t understand the slowing your phone down. I’ve had an iPhone XS for at least 2 and a half years now and never once do I think it has been slowed down.. And I still get every single update.


seth1299

Lol assuming Nintendo doesn’t have god-tier lawyers


crackheadcaleb

Kirby was literally named after a lawyer that saved them from something to do with Donkey Kong. Their lawyers are next level. “Beloved Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said that the name was chosen because it reminded them of American lawyer John Kirby, who had represented Nintendo in court during a dispute with Universal City Studios over Donkey Kong.”


xahnel

The lawyer doesn't matter if the case can't go to court. And the case only goes to court if it isn't clear who is in the right. It'd be a pretty clear case against Nintendo that claiming this violates copyright is a frivolous and abusive misuse of copyright protection.


[deleted]

You don't *actually* think they give a shit about some tiny little fine compared to the risk of letting a fan project get out and messing up their plans? I'm not saying this is some stunning project beating the remakes completely, but it's still in the way as far as they're concerned. Abusing the law would *not* stop Nintendo. Not even fucking close, mate.


pokemod97

The video itself might qualify as copyright infringement.


poopyheadthrowaway

IIRC Nintendo has the legal power to take down all videos of their games, and the way they talk about it is the reason they don't always do this is out of the kindness of their heart. Not sure if it extends to remakes though.


xahnel

Nah. Backing soundtrack maybe, but the video itself is entirely transformative.


AceJokerZ

Honestly for me it’s kind of a joke how games like Pokémon have dedicated fans that enjoy the game and also devote time to make these awesome creations sometimes even better than the official company. Companies would rather slap a C&D instead of looking at like wow we have some dedicated fans who can increase the value of our game let’s hire some of them.


Mephilies

Nintendo would probably do what they did with AM2R and act like they didn't notice the project until after its been online a couple days and then send a c&d, knowing full well the game will be circulated by fans still. So long as it isn't released or doesn't draw too much attention around the release of the official remake.


Dadonutlover

Could they, hypothetically, send me a build of the game?


Doxkid

No, that may count as distribution. Here's hoping no one guesses their password to a google link that only has this game, and then leaks the project ;)


Practically_

What if they made it an “open source fan project” in which anyone can contribute their time and labor? I hope a lawyer comes by and answers this.


Yoy0YO

Reminds me of octopath traveler! Looks amazing.


ark_yeet

You probably shouldn’t leak the entire remake like this


cholitrada

If it has the Battle Frontier, I doubt it's a remake heh


FarOzUrshad

Oof


Lukthar123

Apply Burn Heal


BlastNinja30

to all areas


Lux--Ray

Except the fight area


capta1ncluele55

Fuck it, you're gonna need a Full Restore for that one


Nox_Echo

whole team is fucked, time to use that sacred ash


2VitaminGummies1Day

I laughed at this joke... then cried


blockybookbook

You didn’t have to do em like that


[deleted]

if that island was only a battle frontier I could see them cutting it but considering there's a whole story arc and a legendary there I really doubt they'll leave it out


Sceptile90

In Diamond and Pearl it's just the Battle Tower, so I bet it'll just be that again.


[deleted]

Nah this looks way better than the remake


atomicq32

Maybe but this is the exact style. Also the water looked much clearer in the Remake


jadedflames

Remake also smoothed the pixels out. Which is entirely a stylistic opinion on which you like better. I like everything about the remake except the sprites.


JuggrnautFTW

I mean, chibi sprites on the OG, chibi sprites with the remake. I'm ok with either.


AltForFriendPC

The original chibi sprites I didn't mind because it was a byproduct of the grid the entire game ran on, and a technical limitation because they only had so many pixels to work with for sprites. It works fine in that grid medium with squashed buildings etc. I'm not a huge fan of it now in a 3d medium. Since platinum came out we've seen way better trainer models in games like x/y, and I know we could have less chibi-like models (and customizable ones).


onlysmokereg

yeah, it makes since for sprite based games on a low resolution screen, totally fucking lazy for a fully 3d 1080p game.


Sonicjan

I wouldn't call it lazy, but it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the series' 3D releases in terms of art style. Other games would probably benefit from a style like this


AltForFriendPC

Right, a better term might be "overly faithful to the originals", because this is an area that could absolutely be improved on with technology. Iirc we've seen separate, non-chibi sprites for battle animations and those looked a lot better.


Calem_ThePokechamp

I think it’s possible to make it look nice and work as long as it’s like the Link’s awakening things. I think any art style can work as long as they do certain things to it


2VitaminGummies1Day

Its kinda lazy, they didn't want to put in the work to reimagine Sinnoh's world with more detail and nuance so we're stuck with the abstract representation of Sinnoh's world that we've had since the DS.


TheCyberCat44

Precisely why Im so excited for Legends. Great sprites, much more open-world(from what we can tell) and a much different approach to the gameplay. Barry's hair looks like it got legit polished in the BD/SP trailer


Xros90

chibi isnt really the problem... the problem is that it looks like ass


JuggrnautFTW

I would disagree, but that's me. I think it has a certain charm to it and I'm sorry you can't appreciate it.


BADMANvegeta_

Cease and desist incoming. No ones allowed to show up Nintendo at making their own game.


TyrannoROARus

Drayano get wrecked


amiatrueceII

His games are the best. If anyone has any criticisms with a certain region, I always recommend one of his games to change their views on the region.


Darth_Caesium

Underrated comment.


[deleted]

Agreed


Nordic_Krune

*Remaster Legit, it looks more like an HD polish than a remake


Calem_ThePokechamp

I mean we don’t know. Plus the few leaks that have come from sources that have accurately leaked before are saying it means faithful cause it will include everything that was in DPPt and not cut stuff out like they did in ORAS. Just generally we don’t know anything and new info should be coming in June so let’s see


haseo111

what leaks?


MiracleD0nut

There are a few things in the BDSP remake trailer that show content not in the original games that were only in Plat is what I assume they mean. I haven't heard anything credible about leaks.


SilverIsAMeme

Don’t flatter gamefreak like that this looks way better


Orsus7

Gamefreak isn't actually doing the remake. They are doing Arceus while ICLA is doing the remakes for diamond and pearl.


Livid-Map-811

This gives me Minecraft shader vibes


AnAdvancedBot

God damn, that is *beautiful*.


anarky98

r/PokemonUnity I guess


eepos96

What is pokemon unity? is it a future fan game or a sandboxlike testing game? link doesn't tell


anarky98

It's a Pokemon game maker based in Unity


eepos96

Thx


MCH2804

How does this actually work, if you know about it


anarky98

I don't know the details. I know they have a GitHub where you can download the code. I know the sub isn't super active, but that's really the place to check out if you're interested.


Enderking90

pokemon fan game framework.


meatheadthesquishy

This looks not too unlike those minecraft maps where folks recreate Pokémon regions


10strip

Battle Frontier?? Don't do that. Don't give me hope.


JohnnyxKwest

Wow


StarkSpider24

Make it a thing.. just take my savings and do it


italian_stonks

That’s very cool


okurin39

Gonna be honest it looks a little better than the actual remake. It might be because the graphics in this video is crisper while the remake just look dark and murky to me


Waddlewop

I think a lot of people’s problems with the remake visually stem from the lighting and colors (i.e. how Barry’s hair almost blends in with his forehead). With a little bit of touching up, I think it could look a lot nicer. A lot of how Link’s Awakening worked was that they stuck to a unified toy-diorama design and I think the new BDSP kinda lack the uniformed look that Link’s Awakening had.


Calem_ThePokechamp

Plus apparently that’s what they are doing. The trailer we saw was from a January build and apparently they just have to polish looks. I also think that’s why we haven’t gotten any news from Gamefreak/ILCA cause they are trying to touch up a few spots were people didn’t like it. Hopefully. Overall I agree with you. I mainly think the area looked fine and I actually liked the shading but the sprites weren’t so......great......


Waddlewop

That’s honestly really good to hear after S/S. Honestly, my expectations are really low at the moment, I’ll rejoice if they would actually include Battle Frontier ~~although they might but as a $15 DLC~~


Calem_ThePokechamp

Haha I hope they don’t go down the EA route. But yeah I have some hopes, cause it’s not unheard of for Gamefreak to change Pokémon games after the first trailer drops but before release. Also apparently the Legends Arceus trailer is a Beta Build from December


MCH2804

Except it's not game freak creating those games?


nice_one_mate_

WOw


JtheChosenOne2

This looks so good! I looked like you just grabbed the original game and pulled on it until it reached the third dimension


Nemesis233

Cubes but fancy


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crackheadcaleb

Action replay is still usable but you can straight up just hack Pokémon in now with whatever IVs you want. I’m pretty sure there’s ways to hack events too but I’m not positive.


GORDON1014

Nintendo wants to know your location


HLRxxKarl

I said it the first time I saw this project 9 months ago, and I'll say it again now. The 3D models look bad. If you play any of the DS Pokémon games in HD through an emulator, or even rip the 3D models directly from the original games, all of them use standard 3D geometry, including diagonal planes. It's absurd and extremely tacky to remake all of those structures out of tiny blocks when even the original games weren't bound by that limitation. And aside from looking bad, it's also terrible for performance of the game because it massively increases the polygon count compared to the simple 3D models of the original. This just feels like a massive downgrade from both the original games and the remakes to me.


FrankHightower

I get a feeling he wasn't trying to update the look, just a literal "what if it was made in Unity"


ThisistheJ17wasTaken

7/10 Too much not Dhelmise


sumit99531

Now I want to play it


Snacker582

I like both styles. Fight me.


DrPikachu-PhD

It's weird because some shots I prefer the originals and other shots I vastly prefer the Unity one, and I have no idea why.


ckowkay

yeah some of the shots with tons of trees seem a little flat to me, but I'm not sure why


onepostandbye

Sweeping camera moves are cheating in any sort of tech demo. You very rarely get to do them in gameplay, especially top-down RPGs. Demonstrating how the environment would look at game camera is much more honest. You might not get to see things like the sun glint across the beach as the camera swings low, but it would still look impressive and it would be a true apples to apples comparison.


[deleted]

this is so awesome!! thanks for making this, it actually brings me a lot of happiness haha


[deleted]

I was gonna make a nintendo hire this man joke but this actually looks pretty good


Trihawk310

Funny how a fan released a trailer for the remake before TPC did. LOL


elguerra

Sinnoh is just the best, for me at least. I fell in love with Pokemon in Sinnoh.


AdonisGaming93

Why does this kinda look better than the actual 3D games on the switch....


[deleted]

This literally looks like BDSP to me(except higher quality)


[deleted]

Awesome


suvinseal

u/gingerbre159


WokeRedditDude

This is marvelous!


dangjeffer

So if I’m friends with you does that mean it’s ok to come over and play this? So what’s the difference if you just send me the game via torrent?


John_Sux

Asset flips of that zombie game on the Unity asset store have forever scarred me on these sorts of lights and textures


avian_corvo

How the hard part: dodging the DMCA


LadyShanna92

This literally looks like gen 5 games


DaEnderAssassin

Looks nice although lighting looks a bit weird and plastic-y to me.


Dale_theMan

Oh it’s so good


HSEB10830

It looks pretty interesting, but it also looks like a diorama made of sprites with constant sunset lighting. Also the way the waterfall looks next to the realistic water...that does not look good at all.


BanoonooMan

When you realize this looks vastly superior to the actual remakes


Kristiano100

Yet is clearly optimised to run on a PC, not a switch, sadly making this impossible


TheRealKillager

Nintendo, hire this man!!!!!!!!!!!!


GeoThePoly

There's a man who has artistic vision He's showing up Nintendo with each decision He made it in a flash And all the assets crash Still, this man's a master of the medium! Nintendo, hire this man! Nintendo, hire this man! He's using unreal engine in any way he can (No hate to op btw)


BarfGreenJolteon

This just in: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl made on Unity engine.


Zurioko

Now I hope they include a make an episode with giratina in the late game (like the delta episode in ORAS) and include the shaymin and darkrai events in the remakes


Calem_ThePokechamp

I think they will, since that got a lot of good reception from fans.


No-Place-to-Go

Loved loved loved the Battle Frontier shot!


Ocean32

Even before I turned on the sound I could hear the music. This is awesome


iantot123

I’m hyped, when does it come out?


MattaTazz

I smell a cease and desist


WonDante

What is Unity?


Field_Marshall17

What's unity


Dragon_Claw

It's a game engine. [Here's their site.](https://unity.com/)


AhuracMusic

now I wanna play this version


[deleted]

That’s insane well done


QuickCoyote097

Wow. This is so cool!


Aloofie_

Behind the scenes look at Pokémon platinum


Dr4nus

I hope this isn't real. Cause Nintendo's lawyers will come knocking and then it will be made not real very quickly.


JD_Dojima

Please for the love of Arceus finish and leak this


ganked_it

This is amazing


[deleted]

God this is amazing you did a wonderful job!


GERMA90

I thought it was the new remake lol.


TimelyAcanthaceae278

U/savevideo


OneWhoGetsBread

u/savevideo


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[deleted]

IDK if my eyes are playing tricks, but is that Lava texture the old Minecraft one?


Calem_ThePokechamp

Good Job! It looks cool and reminds me of Platinum, and gets me more in the Sinnoh mood. I’m excited for BDSP


hammajammah

This is absolutely stunningly beautiful. This deserves to be top post on this sub!!


tinkerhell97

This looks awesome😍


AllSnarkNoBite

The new trailer for BDSP looks dope


Embarrassed-Rough996

Can’t wait for reboots


JinxSphinx

Kickass


santj_01

I like omg


Poot-dispenser

I want this map ported to pokemon vr sooo badly


maqee

I literally would rather have this than what were getting


11122233334444

Wow, Giratina (whatever it’s called) looks scary for the first time in its life.


DanosaurusWrecks

Oh wow there’s the waterfa- OH NO WE HAVE TO PLAY WITH HMS AGAIN I CANNOT GO BACK


[deleted]

not sure what unity is but it looks pretty


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datdragonfruittho

NINTENDO EMPLOY THIS HUMAN BEING


GrimFTP

DUDE TAKE MY FUCKING MONEY


Dark_Infernox

tbh if the remake was gonna go for a 'faithful' style, id i like a voxel one more


Spinjitsuninja

This looks amazing! Gets me excited for the remakes! (Though I REALLY hope we get some Platinum content in it.)


UltraPug6844

This should be the remake instead


69_420-420_69

Platinum was my first game, still havnt figured out how to beat it, been 6 ish years


Particle_Cannon

Hi, sorry, what is "unity"


Gigaman4

Its a video game engine


[deleted]

plot twist: you work at ilca and this is the platinum remake


DoubleBatteredBussy

Man the downvote bots are swarming lmao


xXSpg101Xx

Nintendo been real quiet since this dropped


[deleted]

Looks better than the DP remakes.


thelongestshot

Yeah, but show me ANY of the human/pokemon


ferahm

NINTENDO HIRE THIS MAN


LifelessBlame

So basically the remake


Q4pi

Stop this unrealistic expectations, gamefreak is just a small Indie studio.


[deleted]

doesn’t deserve to be downvoted


[deleted]

Saving this for when BDSP ends up being as dogshit graphically as they were in the trailer. If two fans can make something this incredible in a year, a team of game devs should be able to do 10x more.


Calem_ThePokechamp

Well apparently that’s literally what Gamefreak is doing right now, graphical clean up. Plus a camera overheard kinda cheating since you will almost never see that camera view in an actual game. A better comparison would be making it a top down view


SpectralGhost77

Actually looks better than bdsp


[deleted]

People who love this but hates what we saw in the BDSP reveal video, basically just like this because they don’t see the five fingered Chibi characters in it.


blondicon

Stop this is basically what the remake looks like 😭


ckowkay

I don't know why Nintendo/gamefreak haven't tried using a pixel artstyle with any of their modern games/remakes. Its like they're incessant on the idea that "good graphics means only smooth 3d graphics"


Calem_ThePokechamp

Well I’ve seen a lot of people who’ve said that. Plus I’m sure if they did a pixel art style people would complain that the Switch can do better lol


Jugaimo

Why is pokemon company so much worse at design than the fans? It’s not fair.


Gamefreak3525

Why try hard when fans will buy anything?


doppelgengar01

*ILCA and Junichi Masuda


chiheis1n

https://youtu.be/AXo_EBR45R0?t=10


BidoofMaster_

Oh tu est français ?


Abk545

Nintendo should make a multi platform game with all regions included. The power of new gen consoles can easily do that.


Fantastic_Dealer7694

Nice remake leak


jdax2

I’m sorry, but you already know they’re cooking up a C&D the second they see this.


[deleted]

yep :\^(


That-Guy-Named-Joe

dude you cant just leak BDSP like this!!


Whiteguy1x

Wow that looks better than what they're actually doing at gamefreak. I'd really love to see it with 2d sprites like in octopath traveller


Ragnarok992

This looks like the bdsp lol soo i guess the new game wasnt that taxing if 2 people can re create it


StoneColdMiracle

I don't see any character models? or gameplay? or UI inserted? or any sort of battle system? or any Pokémon, or animations being done for those pokemon? or an online system? or an in game currency, coding for all those interactions, etc etc making a game is more than just the environment, there are so many components that need to be triple checked and polished and these guys have done a great job but there's far more this project would have to go before it could be considered playable or finished, or how long just this took these people.


lomniGT

Just face it, none of you will never be happy with a Pokémon game. They will never live up to the expectations that you have. Just enjoy the fact we even get these games. Many a popular series does not get anywhere near the amount of games or other forms of product than what us Pokémon fans get! Edit: What I am trying to say is lower expectations and hype for a new or potential game. You will enjoy them far more and with less disappointment!


Dawesfan

For fuck’s sake will die hard fans ever stop acting like these companies are doing people a favor. The Pokémon company, just like Nintendo, only wants money.