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Pokémon Firelight & Shadowlight (also known as FL/SL) is a fanmade Pokémon game concept made by somepersonnamedcaloy and Mrperson2006, being a more Darker and Edgier take on the series while delving into personal themes...alongside addressing the more frightening implications of OHKO moves. The game takes place in the Criht Region, containing all Pokemon from Pokémon Red and Blue up to Pokémon Sword and Shield with some regional forms.

It's a normal day in the Criht Region, with Professor Veylunne tasking you to travel through Criht, a land known for battling, change and chaos, and catching as many Pokemon as you can, the usual routine... then you and your rivals stumble across a plot that involves not just one, not just two, but three villainous teams. Team Victory, Team Lock, and Team Firework. With Team Shadow assisting you and your group, your primary goals are to help put a stop to the other teams alongside getting all 8 Gym Badges. However, things aren't what they seem... since a nefarious plot to unrestrict several outlawed Dangerous Forbidden Techniques begins to take center stage. You're out to stop them while getting all 8 badges.

There are three difficulty settings for Firelight & Shadowlight. For those simply wanting to experience the story, "Story" is your main choice, and it doesn't shame you for choosing it over the other two listed difficulties, understanding that they can feel a bit much for some while reassuring others that it's a valid way to play. "Competitive" goes all in on Criht's hyper-emphasis on battles, with trainers using competitive strategies while having their AI jacked up to accomdate for it. Thankfully, EV training and IVs are easy to go through. For those seeking a challenge, "Hell Mode" amplifies battle gimmicks and even throws in at least one or two Olympus Mons into all trainer's teams. Mercifully, all E Vs and I Vs are maxed, and those include your mons.

The second version is not to be confused with the possibly upcoming Shadow497's Shadowlight.

Tropes in Pokemon Firelight & Shadowlight:

• Ascended Extra: While Victini and Marshadow are mythical Pokémon in their respective home games, they are promoted to Box Legenaries in both versions, being used respectively by Team Victory and Team Shadow.
• Ascended Fridge Horror: OHKO moves have been a staple of the series, but there have been cases of Fridge Horror about it due to how potentially dangerous and life-threatening they are. FL/SL on the other hand, makes this a legitimate plot point, with three incidents taking place at the same time leading to it's ban alongside forming a key motivation for one of the villainous teams.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Dyna is a Fiery Redhead and an overall extremely energetic woman, often times doing silly dance moves during battle. This changes nothing about the fact that she's the Psychopathic Womanchild leader of the violent Team Firework.
• Cerebus Rollercoaster: Although the story is more personal and high-stakes, the game allows itself to catch a break with more silly plotlines and lighthearted scenarios so that the characters can be happy even if for a few moments. So one moment you'll have Professor Veylune dealing with her soul-crushing remorse over some vague events that are taken seriously by the narrative, and on the other hand you'll be Dance Battling with one of your rivals in order to drive out Team Firework members from a city.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Team Shadow. Despite their ominous-sounding name, they only want to put a stop to Team Victory, Team Lock, and Team Firework, even going out of their way to assist you in your endeavors...or at least that's what they want you to think, since in truth? They're the real villains of the story, trying to take out the other teams to prevent them from interfering with their plans so they can locate the device nullifying OHKO moves so they can overrun Criht and the entire universe with several Dangerous Forbidden Techniques now being unrestrained.
• Darker and Edgier: Despite the occasional humor and levity, the story revolves around the consequences of One-Hit Kill moves and evil teams seeking dominion over the Criht Region. There have even been incidents with the aforementioned One-Hit Kill moves that involved multiple deaths before the events of the game, with at least two character's motivations having it as a factor!
• Developer's Foresight: Although it's only possible with save editing, attempting to use OHKO moves before Team Shadow locates and destroys the Nullification Device after the 5th gym will automatically end the battle upon usage. Two things can happen depending on the outcome, but they both cause the Player Character to get arrested and put in prison.
  • If the move lands, an increasingly Extreme Close-Up of horrified onlookers fills up the screen, implying that you straight up murdered the opposing Pokemon AND their trainer.
  • If the move misses, a horrified/angered expression, or in some cases both shows up on the opponent, wordlessly villifying you for even thinking about using a Dangerous Forbidden Technique.
• Elite Four: As usual, there is a group of four team members. It isn't a Pokémon game without them, after all.
  • Professor Veylune, known the Elite Spectral specalizes in Ghost Types.
  • Rival Nathan, known as the Elite Flame and the leader of Team Victory specializes in Fire Types. The reason he's even on the Elite Four to begin with is because Criht, in spite of their mixed reception to Nathan is a key reason to why the region was saved from Team Shadow and desire to avert Cut Lex Luthor a Check, ensuring he's not rotting in a jail cell. He's still on house arrest within the Elite Four, though.
  • Rival Caslana, known as the Elite Whirlwind specalizes in Flying Types.
  • The 4th Gym Leader Warren appears as the Elite Cascade, once again specalizing in Water Types.
• Easy-Mode Mockery: Inverted. When selecting the Story Difficulty Setting, the game reassures the player that this is a valid way to play the game if Competitive or Hell mode are too much, or if they're just more into the story.
  (When selecting the Story Difficulty Setting) If Competitive or Hell is getting too much for you, or you just want to experience the story... by all means, that's alright! It's a perfectly valid way to play Firelight and Shadowlight, so no need to feel ashamed! That, and the characters alone can be a selling point.
• Filthy Fun: The Gomithan City Gym Leader Graimee adores being grungy and coated in rubbish to the degree that her Gym is themed around a repurposed trash-pit that she retooled into a gym. Fittingly, her Signature Mon is Criht Cinccino.
• Face of a Thug: The Sable City Gym Leader Kadmon. Alongside being the bodyguard of Champion Chroma, he looks like the leader of a villain team and a potential admin of the actually evil Team Shadow when he actually isn't. In actuality? He's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet within the region.
• Gameplay and Story Integration:
  • Criht Minccino & Cinccino both adore being filthy and covered in trash to the point they're incredibly grungy as a result. They have the aptly-named ability "Pigsty", which allows them to absorb entry hazards that aren't Sticky Web alongside having amplified defense. Additionally, they're always seen around the Trubbish line.
  • Criht Hydreigon is all but stated to be genuinely remorseful for striking back against people in the worst way possible, now becoming The Atoner who decides to prevent others from going through what they did as Zwelious, while seeking to be used for something good. They appropiately have the highest catch rate ingame, and come with max friendship towards the trainer.
  • The Gym Leader of Cosmo City (and the Champion of the Criht Region) Chroma is cited to be one of the strongest trainers within the region. While it comes off as Character Shilling, there is a very, very good reason for it. He uses several competitive strategies and even makes use of switching, adding hazard, and removing his own hazards via Rapid Spin users. While trainers use the full potential of the battle system by employing those strategies, Chroma stands out for having a team tailor-made for competitive battling.
  • OHKO moves cannot be learned by any Pokémon, even those that natively have those moves. The reason for this is because there were three horrifying incidents taking place at the same time that involved these moves, causing a device to be made specfically to suppress them.
• Good All Along:
  • One of your rivals, Nathan, is leading the evil Team Victory. While him leading Team Victory is true, he's actually trying to stop Team Shadow from trying to unleash hell on the Criht region. Once Team Shadow's true colors are revealed after the fifth gym, people start to notice that although their intentions are questionable at best, at least they aren't the ones trying to overrun the world with moves that are the epitome of battling being perverted to a lethal degree.
  • The 3rd Gym Leader Graimee is outed as a double agent for Team Victory. Because she's a member of Team Shadow, this earns the quirky but lovable Gomithan City Gym Leader a horrific amount of backlash and scorn. Once the nullification device is located shortly after the fifth Gym by Team Shadow, Criht realizes way too late that Graimee was actually trying to save them.
• Harder Than Hard: Hell mode, as the name implies, is much harder than the other two difficulties. Trainer's Pokémon have much higher IVs, with some later ones using Legendary Pokémon, and fights with gimmicks are amplified.
  (When selecting Hell Mode) By Arceus, unless you want to torture yourself or you know the game very well, picking this difficulty option is not reccomended. All Pokemon's E Vs and I Vs are maxed, stronger pokemon will be used, and that includes Legendaries. Good luck.
• Mad Bomber: Team Firework is mostly made up of these, with most members of the team having some kind of explosive on them, mainly fireworks.
• Mythology Gag: The Big, Bulky Bomb Dyna uses during her final fight is specifically the Giant Bomb, a Pokémon Tool card seen in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
• The Social Darwinist: Team Firework is made of combat-loving Mad Bombers, who believe that only the strong should survive and the strongest should rule.
• Shout-Out: When attempting to engage Dyna at the end of Team Firework's base, she's nowhere to be found, with a time bomb with a sticky note saying "Screw You! Love, Dyna" on it taking her place.
• Underground Monkey: On top of more traditional regional forms, Team Lock and Team Firework both have their own modified Pokémon, up to including Legendary Pokémon, with Lock having enslaved Heatran and Firework having Regigigas in their possession.