Pokémon Shadowside

Gohan's Tips
Jan 11
2 min read

Author: hmat1298.

PROGRESS: Project Version: Demo 1.0.0 - 10/01/2026 - This is a playable early demo. It allows players to experience the beginning of the story in the Rubiss region and its unique 'all Triple Battles' gameplay. The full version is still a work in progress.

It is a new fan game that transforms the Pokémon experience into a traditional RPG, where every single battle is a strategic Triple Battle. The game completely abandons the standard Gym Challenge, instead focusing on a dark, story-driven adventure in the brand new region of Rubiss. Set 20 years after a "Great Pokemon War," you must uncover the truth behind a new shadowy threat. This demo features modern mechanics like Terastallization, a roster of Pokémon up to Generation 9, and new moves and abilities designed to make the Triple Battle format as deep and strategic as possible.

🛑Features:

➡️All Triple Battles: The game's core feature. Every single battle in the game is in the 3v3 Triple Battle format, emphasizing strategy, positioning, and rotation.

➡️No Gyms, Traditional RPG Story: The game completely removes the traditional Gym Challenge in favor of a new, dark, story-driven adventure set 20 years after a "Great Pokemon War."

➡️Terastallization: The Generation 9 mechanic, Terastallization, is fully implemented, adding a new strategic layer to the Triple Battle system.

➡️New Rubiss Region: Explore the brand new, original region of Rubiss, filled with dangerous lands, secrets, powers, and visions.

➡️Pokémon Roster up to Gen 9: The game features a wide variety of Pokémon from the first nine generations.

➡️Crafting & Wild Drop Items: The game includes a crafting system to create items from materials dropped by wild Pokémon after battle.

➡️Raid Battles: You can participate in Raid Battles for challenging encounters and unique rewards.

➡️New Moves & Abilities: Several new moves and abilities have been added, many of which are designed to make support Pokémon more useful and enhance the Triple Battle format.

➡️Overworld Encounters: Pokémon appear visibly in the overworld, allowing you to see and choose your encounters.

➡️Sidequests: The game features a variety of sidequests to complete alongside the main story.

➡️Multiple Save Slots & Autosave: Modern save features are included, allowing for multiple save files and an automatic save function.

➡️Built-in Speed Up: The game includes a built-in speed-up function for faster gameplay.

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