It’s been over two and a half years since we first discovered a unique, fanmade Pokémon game that was in the works: Pokémon Uranium Version, a title that promised a darker storyline and the introduction of corrupted “Nuclear-type” versions of classic Pokémon that had been exposed to radioactive elements. We may not have heard much from the team in the interim, but they’ve been quietly continuing their efforts all this time, and now the first full release of the game has launched!

Uranium looks to shake up the formula of standard Pokémon games through a variety of additions and twists, not the least of which is the aforementioned Nuclear typing. Nuclear-types serve as something of a glass cannon, with their attacks being super effective against numerous type of Pokémon in exchange for each attack of those same types being super effective against them. There’s also the darker storyline, which looks poised to address the effect of humanity, and its toxic and radioactive energy sources, on the environment.

There are also several other new ideas that the game brings into play, such as a “Pokémon Speech Translator” that lets you talk directly to your partners and a special “Nuzlocke Mode” that automatically enforces the standard rules of a Nuzlocke challenge run. Several different options are available to help modify your Nuzlocke run, too, such as turning off Poké Marts or not allowing the use of healing items in battle. And aside from all that, the game even has its own GTS system in place, as well as, of course, a host of original Pokémon made specifically for this title for players to battle, catch, and train.

If you’d like to pick it up for yourself, you can check out

the fangame’s official website—or, if that’s down (as it has been several times since the game was released), you can grab it from a mirror here. I’ll definitely be checking it out; what about you guys? Has anything in here piqued your interested in this new title? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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