History VideoGame / PokemonReborn

''Pokémon Reborn'' is an episodically released [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]] fan game set in the newly created Reborn region. Interestingly, ''Pokémon Reborn'' is not a ROM hack, but an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker game. Not only that, its plot and characters are based on the former players of the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot now defunct Pokémon Reborn League online role-playing group.]]

** [[spoiler: Also, near the end of Episode 15, he shows up in the Water Treatment Center and gives you a cryptic poem. What it means is not yet clear.]]

* AllForNothing: By the half-way point of the [[spoiler: Magikarp]] side quest, [[spoiler:after you purchase it for two Blue shards, it gets stolen by Dashing Rouge [[MeaningfulName Corin-Rouge]], sends the player off from a wide goose chase just for them to get away from him and his ill-gotten gains, and after a few battles and some impostor shenanigans, you finally have one final showdown with him at the Tourlamine Desert, during the last battle with him in this sidequest (specifically when he's down to his ''last'' Pokémon), he reveals what the supposed Pokémon is... only to be confused and disappointed that he did all of this, just to get a Magikarp. He decides that, out of embarrassment, he decides to turn himself in after the battle after how much he pulled off just to get a pathetic Pokémon like Magikarp]]

* AfterTheEnd

** Defeating [[spoiler: [[HopelessBossFight Solaris]]]] at Pyrous Mountain will slightly affect [[spoiler:Meteor's raid on Fiore Mansion]], including Julia teaming up with you instead of Florinia.

** There are two [[spoiler:post game routes: Lin's and Anna's. The former being the default while the latter requires you to meet a large list of prerequisites.]]

* StaticRoleExchangeableCharacter: In a sense. Certain scripted encounters have more than one Pokémon to choose from; after you battle Victoria for the first time, the game randomly picks which Pokémon to use for all of them.

** When you battle Solaris atop Pyrous Mountain, it's expected that his Garchomp will sweep you without breaking a sweat. However, to achieve one of the two [[GoldenEnding Golden Endings]], the player must defeat it.

* HopelessBossFight: When you battle Solaris atop Pyrous Mountain, it's expected that his Garchomp will sweep you without breaking a sweat. Even if you ''do'' win, the story proceeds in much the same way..
** The Darkrai quest in the post-game has another one. More specifically: the first battle against [[spoiler: [[Videogame/PokemonDesolation Shiv]]]]. His team is nothing to write home about; the main issue is that ''your entire team is [[LevelDrain turned back to Level 1 once you begin the fight]]''. While his team is around Level 130 due to the game increasing the level cap even further during the post-game.

** But all of these pale in comparison to [[spoiler: getting the Anna route for the postgame.]] In order to get it you have to [[spoiler: expose Corey as a meteor agent, win [[HopelessBossfight the first fight against Solaris]], not fight Dr. Connal at the Yureyu building, have Sapphira be the one that gets kidnapped during the belrose mansion raid, side with Radomus over El,[[HopelessBossFight defeat the fake Arceus]] not give Blake the ruby ring, not fight Taka at the water treatment plant, Team up with taka in the desert and finally beat both final fights against Lin on your first try. [[AntiFrustrationFeature Thankfully for this last step the game creates a backup save within your save file directory before fighting Lin so if you fail you can reload it and try again.]]]] but if you happen to miss a single step along the way you're not getting it.

** But all of these pale in comparison to [[spoiler: getting the Anna route for the postgame.]] In order to get it you have to [[spoiler: expose Corey as a meteor agent, win [[HopelessBossfight the first fight against Solaris]], don't fight dr. Connal at the Yureyu building, have Sapphira get kidnapped during the belrose mansion raid, side with Radomus over El,[[HopelessBossFight beat the fake Arceus]] not give Blake the ruby ring, not fight Taka at the water treatment plant, Team up with taka in the desert and finally beat both final fights against Lin on your first try [[AntiFrustrationFeature thankfully for this last step the game creates a backup save within your save file directory before fighting Lin so if you fail you can reload it and try again.]]but]] if you happen to miss a single step along the way you're not getting it.

** There are two [[spoiler:post game routes: Lin's and Anna's.]]

** Blake extorts the Ruby Ring away from the player and flees up the peak of Ametrine Mountain. At the top, once the player beats him, Shelly suggests that since Blake lost, he has to give the player the ring... only for Blake to refuse and mock her. Not only is he an enemy, but he's an enemy with no respect for the rules—why the hell would he play along? On the other hand his pokemon all being fainted also means that he doesn't have any way to defend himself when [[spoiler: Cal and Heather swoop in on the backs of their flying pokemon and snatch the ring from him.]]

** But all of these pale in comparison to [[spoiler: getting the Anna route for the postgame.]] In order to get it you have to [[spoiler: expose Corey as a meteor agent, win [[HopelessBossfight the first fight against Solaris]], don't fight dr. Connal at the Yureyu building, have Sapphira get kidnapped during the belrose mansion raid, not give Blake the ruby ring, not fight Taka at the water treatment plant, Team up with taka in the desert and finally beat both final fights against Lin on your first try [[AntiFrustrationFeature thankfully for this last step the game creates a backup save within your save file directory before fighting Lin so if you fail you can reload it and try again.]]but]] if you happen to miss a single step along the way you're not getting it.

** Blake extorts the Ruby Ring away from the player and flees up the peak of Ametrine Mountain. At the top, once the player beats him, Shelly suggests that since Blake lost, he has to give the player the ring... only for Blake to refuse and mock her. Not only is he an enemy, but he's an enemy with no respect for the rules—why the hell would he play along?

On June 16, 2015, a Pokémon Reborn forum user named Solarance created a mod for the game called ''Pokémon Reborn Hardcore'' (although he later passed control of the project to Commander, another Pokémon Reborn forum user). The mod seeks to make the already [[NintendoHard Nintendo Hard]] base game ''[[SerialEscalation even harder]]''; for example, it gives Gym Leaders from the [[spoiler: fourth]] Gym on (as well as certain other bosses) [[SuperMode Mega Evolutions]]. It also adds a new {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:[[CreatorCameo Commander himself]]]], as well as a post-game BossRush called the Chamber of Memories. The download link for the most recent version can be found [[http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17984&page=1 here]].

** On 7th Street there is a cult dedicated to [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon The Helix Fossil]]. Additionally there is a Trainer with a Charmeleon named named [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon ABBBBBBK]].

** During Team Meteor's attempt to [[spoiler:use a PULSE Camerupt to make Pyrous Mountain erupt]], [[spoiler:Cal]] pulls a HeelFaceTurn and [[BigDamnHeroes saves the day]] [[spoiler:by destroying the PULSE before it fires up]]. Unfortunately for him, he does this ''after'' it's revealed that [[TheMole he was working for Team Meteor]] and he was [[spoiler:forced to throw Kiki's Medicham into a pit of lava]], so he's remembered not as a hero but as a coward who betrayed both his friends and Team Meteor. By the time you meet him again, [[NeutralGood he's been forced to work as a third party]], unable to reveal that he [[spoiler:[[GoodAllAlong sabotaged the PULSE when he installed it]]]]. Solaris even lampshades this:

On June 16, 2015, a Pokémon Reborn forum user named Solarance created a mod for the game called ''Pokémon Reborn Hardcore'' (although he later passed control of the project to Commander, another Pokémon Reborn forum user). The mod seeks to make the already [[NintendoHard Nintendo Hard]] base game ''[[SerialEscalation even harder]]''; for example, it gives Gym Leaders from the [[spoiler: fourth]] Gym on (as well as certain other bosses) [[SuperMode Mega Evolutions]]. It also adds a new [[BonusBoss Bonus Boss]]: [[spoiler:[[CreatorCameo Commander himself]]]], as well as a post-game BossRush called the Chamber of Memories. The download link for the most recent version can be found [[http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17984&page=1 here]].

* BonusBoss: Several. Many popular or useful Pokémon are gated behind these, including typically easy to obtain Gastly.

* GrandeDame: Mrs.Craudberry

* RedHerring: Partway through the game, it's revealed that Team Meteor has a hacker in their team codenamed 'Titawin'; Amaria thinks it must be [[spoiler:Titania, even though Titania denies it, because the names are so similar and she's seen Titania talking to Meteor grunts. In actuality, Titania was giving Team Meteor false information to keep Amaria safe; 'Titawin' is actually Terra, and the name is just a coincidence- Team Meteor uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon_Andromedae astronomy-based codenames.]]]]

* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite the myriad of terrible things Team Meteor does, the game goes out of its way to make it clear they're not completely evil villains. Even the mooks have names for one, [[spoiler: a fact that is actually used at one point to humanize a pair of confused Meteor Grunts]], and [[spoiler: you wind up in an enemy mine situation with them regarding an out of control Abra. Lumi, the "nice" personality of ZEL's even thanks you for it, and is reprimanded by one of the meaner ones.]]

* CrapsackWorld

* WhamLine: At the showdown on Pyrous Mountain:
-->'''Solaris:''' [[spoiler:Cal! Stop her!]]

-->'''Sirius:''' [[spoiler: [[CallBack This isn't the first time I've had to burn down a house over one of]] [[MacGuffin those.]]]]

-->'''Ame:''' [[spoiler: Besides, as the champion, I can't just do nothing, right?]]

** There's a kid in Spinel Town staring at a train who says "[[WebAnimation/asdfmovie I like trains."]]