Pokémon Uranium
2016 fan made Pokémon game
Pokémon Uranium is a fan-made video game based on the Pokémon video game series. The game features gameplay similar to the main series games, though incorporates numerous Fakemon alongside existing species of Pokémon as well as an original story and setting. Developed by users ~JV~ and Involuntary Twitch, the game was made using the Pokémon Essentials fan-made add-on for the game RPG Maker XP. Pokémon Uranium was in development for nine years, with several betas being released to the public prior to the game's full release on August 6, 2016.
Due to the Pokémon franchise experiencing a rise in popularity at the time of Uranium's release, the game was downloaded 1.5 million times within its first week, becoming highly popular with the Pokémon fan community. Soon after its release, the game received a DMCA takedown request from Nintendo, one of the Pokémon franchise's parent companies, which resulted in all download links to the game being removed. Though development continued behind the scenes following the takedown, development was eventually entirely halted by September 2016.
Though initially nominated for the Game Awards under the category "Best Fan Creation", it was pulled following the game's takedown. The game developed an active community and popularity following the takedown, with fans working on unofficial updates for Uranium. The developers of Uranium later went on to develop another fan game titled Pokémon Flux.
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The game follows a similar gameplay formula to mainline series Pokémon games.
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