Video Game / Pokémon Fire-Ash

Pokemon Fire Ash is a Pokémon fan game made in RPGMaker XP.

The game loosely follows the adventures of Ash Ketchum throughout his entire journey in the anime, from Kanto all the way to Galar, including the Orange Islands and Battle Frontier adventure, all in the style of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions.

The game has encounters with Ash's travelling companions and rivals, 50+ Gyms and all 905 Pokemon from Generation I to Generation VIII, including those from Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

It can be downloaded here.

This game contains examples of:

• Adaptational Dye-Job:
  • Misty's sisters are all blondes due to them using the generic sprite for Beauties. This means it's played straight with Violet and Lily, but averted with Daisy since she's canonically blonde.
• Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed with Tobias. He still has Darkrai and Latios… But only those two Pokémon and nothing else.
• Anti-Frustration Features:
  • Pokemon that Ash caught in the anime are a category of Pokemon called "Iconic Pokemon". These Pokemon can be encountered in the overworld and can join the player's party without fighting. The exception is Buizel, which has to be obtained by trading an Aipom to Dawn on Route 209.
    • To avoit making them unobtainable, the Starters that are not Iconic Pokemon are instead Gift Pokemon.
    • You also receive two Cyndaquill, Rowlet and Oshawott in account of the Hisuian forms of their final evolutions.
  • Since trading is impossible in this game outside in-game trades, Pokemon that, in the normal games, evolve via trade now evolve via leveling up, though most of them still have to hold a certain item to evolve.
  • Unlike in the anime, where the Team Rocket Trio appears once per episode, this is not the case in this game. While they keep stalking the player, they appear rarely enough to prevent them from being a frustration.
  • Starter Pikachu is not the only Pikachu you can obtain; you can obtain other Pikachu by evolving Pichu, which outside of breeding can be found in Sinnoh's Trophy Garden and Alola Route 2.
• Demoted to Extra:
  • In this game, Ash's travelling companions are merely recurring Trainers.
  • Similarly, the Team Rocket Trio doesn't appear at every corner.
• Developer's Foresight:
  • All of the Pokemon Ash caught in the anime are a type of Gift Pokemon called "Iconic Pokemon".
  • Despite the fact you can actually defeat the Trainers that defeated Ash in the league (and you'll likely want to win against Tobias and Alain), the game still treats the match as if you lost.
• Early-Installment Weirdness:
  • Earlier versions of the game had the male player character more closely resemble Red. Later versions changed his looks so resembles Ash more.
  • Up to and including version 3.4, Delia was black-haired. Version 3.5 changed it so she has her canon hair color
• Guide Dang It!: Averted for the most part; the game has a folder titled "Helpful Notes" which is pretty much a comprehensive guide to the game. It's played straight with challenging Ash, though: the guide tells you you can encounter him, but not where.
• Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: As noted, even if you do defeat one of the six trainers who knocked Ash out of a League, the game still treats it as if you lost.
• Mythology Gag:
  • While this game is mostly based on the anime, there's a girl in Fuschia City that, if talked to, turns out to be Janine, Koga's daughter that doesn't appear in the anime.
  • In a similar vein to Janine's existence, Blaine looks like his game counterpart rather than his anime counterpart.
  • Also in the same vein, Daisy Oak appears in this game, having the job of giving you the map.
  • The Pokedex Holders from Pokémon Adventures can be fought in the post game.
  • If you play as Leaf, her outfit before obtaining Pikachu (which is supposedly correspondent to Ash's pajamas) is the outfit of Blue (female) from Pokémon Adventures.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. There's a lot of characters which share names. Oneshot characters sharing their names with each other, oneshot characters sharing names with main characters, and there's even an instance of major characters with the same name (Gary's sister and Misty's oldest sister).
• Permanently Missable Content: The Buizel Ash got from trading Aipom to Dawn can only be obtained the first time you enter Route 209 (and through the same means, as Dawn can be found there). Leaving route makes Dawn vanish, and the trade can no longer occur. This means that, if you want to emulate Ash's journey, you have to have an Aipom in your party before you enter Route 209.
• Post-End Game Content: A lot. Rematches against Gym Leaders and Ash's traveling companions and friends and even the Team Rocket Trio, encounters against the Pokedex holders from Pokémon Adventures and even secret encounters against Ash with his various teams from the anime.
• Recursive Adaptation: A game based on the anime of the game.
• Running Gag: More often than whatnot, you'll run into (and likely curbstomp) a trainer named Kutz who has Pokemon with much lower levels than every other trainer in the area.
• Sliding Scale of Gameplay and Story Integration:
  • While all of the Pokemon Ash canonically owned can be found in the overworld (except Buizel, which can only be obtained by trading an Aipom to Dawn on Route 209), and the game even encourages you to take them (this is noted at Anti-Frustration Features above), there's nothing stopping the player from evolving the ones that never did. And yes, unlike in Pokemon Yellow, that includes the Starter Pikachu.
    • You also don't have to release Butterfree, Pidgeot, Lapras, Larvitar, Ash-Greninja, Goodra, Solgaleo and Naganadel.
  • There's also nothing stopping the player from catching Pokemon Ash never did. So if you want to catch Pokemon you believe Ash should have caught or to complete the National Pokedex, go ahead.
  • Likewise, there's nothing stopping you from making your player character a girl, case in which you play as Leaf.
  • That said, even if you do manage to beat Ritchie, Harrison, Tyson, Tobias, Cameron and Alain, who canonically beat Ash in the anime, the game still treats it as if you lost.
• Superboss: Several in the post game.
  • First off, the Pokedex Holders from Pokémon Adventures. They have all of their main teams, and all of them are level 90, making them extremely tough trainers who always use full teams that test your skill as a trainer. This means that if you play your cards right (read: fight the Holders in reverse order), Red becomes the game's True Final Boss.
  • Secondly, if you can find him, Ash himself. He is encountered in multiple locations, has no less than eleven teams, and all of his Pokemon are level 85. The only Pokemon from a canon game that are stronger than any of Ash's Pokemon are Red's Pikachu in HeartGold and SoulSilver (Level 88) and Cynthia's Togekiss, Lucario and Garchomp in Brilliand Diamond and Shining Pearl (the former two are level 86, the latter is level 88). As of version 3.5, the Pokemon Adventures Pokedex holders are stronger than him, though.
• True Final Boss: The Indigo League rematch, where all Trainers have levels in the 90s. Gary in particular, being the last Trainer you challenge in the League and has his Blastoise at the maximum level of 100. Gary being the True Final Boss is also a Development Gag, where one of the original ideas of ending Ash's run in the anime was him facing off with Gary in the finals of the Indigo League.
• You Don't Look Like You: There's a lot of trainers based on oneshot characters from the anime, and they all use the same generic sprites. It's particularly blatant with Aya and Janine, who are Koga's sister and daughter, respectively; Aya uses the Crush Girl sprite, and Janine the "pink-haired little girl" sprite, with Janine not even being fightable. Moreso in Janine's case since she has her own unique sprites in Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Also, humorously enough, Blaine looks like his game counterpart while he was looking vastly different in the anime.