Pokemon Phoenix Rising RMXP Fan Game
Game Name: Pokemon Phoenix Rising
Based On: Pokemon Essentials
Status: v0.1.5.1, Episode One
Language: English
Based On: Pokemon Essentials
Status: v0.1.5.1, Episode One
Language: English
Story
THE WAR THAT WAGES
For hundreds of years, the Council of Oracles has maintained peace in Hawthorne. They established after a great war saw a revolution overthrow their tyrannical king. However, there are many who believe the Oracles have become complacent and detached. Their integrity is challenged by a family led by a man who calls himself “King” claiming to have descended from Royal Blood -- the true heir to sovereignty. The Royal Family promises to unite Hawthorne and develop it into a powerful force among larger nations. Despite their oppressive distant past people are beginning to flock to the side of the Royal Family. It is time for the High Oracle Anastasia to reunite her Council and regain their grip of peace, or surrender to the pages of history opening once more.
THE PHOENIX RISING
The region of Hawthorne was, at one time, a land torn asunder by war and suffering. Its people despaired in the face of such destruction, crying out for a savior. In a sign of divine acknowledgment, the Legendary Ho-oh soared across the sky; its feathers rained down to the people below and blessed the earth. Similar legends of the winged savior are told in many cultures; however, the people of Hawthorne have traditionally believed that Ho-oh would one day be resurrected to fight alongside a powerful Trainer and unite their nation once more. This is the legend of the Phoenix Rising. Although the memory of this tale has slipped from the public eye, it is in times of strife that these memories recapture the imagination of a people.
Choice & Consequence
As the hero, your mission will require you to make tough choices. Rarely will you be required to make a decision that has simple choices between good and evil. In a morally ambiguous world; your choices can affect the fate of others in different ways. Phoenix Rising features multiple endings that result from the choices you make throughout the game. Your decisions have an impact on how this war wages and who remains on top. With three penultimate epilogues and various end-world states, Phoenix Rising offers much replayability.
University
Only the best and the brightest receive acceptance to Trinita University, the Hawthorne region's premier establishment of education. The School offers several disciplines focusing on Pokémon Battling, Pokémon Breeding, and all-around knowledgeable adventuring. As a newly enrolled student, you will choose what you study, your choice affects your gameplay. The discipline you choose will affect your skill tree and the perks you can obtain in the game. Trinita University will serve as a new home for you during your journey. A place to return to for new quests, to stock up, or just to chat with characters you’ve met along the way.
List of Features
- Choice Determined Gameplay: The decisions you make during the main quest and side-quests will have various outcomes. Rarely is it ever a simple choice between good and bad - in a morally grey world, there is never an easy answer.
- Character Customisation: Change your outfit and your skin tone to resemble the hero you want to play as. Unlock new outfits as you play, and mix and match clothing! You're the hero, express your individuality.
- Skill Trees: Skills trees allow you to unlock "talents". You achieve talent points as you play. You can spend them on new perks to suit your play style. Trinita University will help you unlock more skills!
- Quest System: You will encounter people who are in need of your help. They may not be on the path of your main adventure but each one holds a story. Track quests using your journal and choose to help them - or not!
- Multiple Save Files: Whether you're making different decisions in this playthrough or simply want to choose a different starter Pokémon this time around - you'll be able to do so without deleting your previous saves!
- PokéStrap: The PokéStrap is a key item you receive during your adventure. Packed with useful applications and utilities - it should surely help you during your adventure. You can always toggle it on or off if you wish to!
- New Mega Evolutions & Formes
- Let's Play Mode: The mode was inspired by Let’s Players who take advantage of the entire screen with elements such as the current Pokémon in their party, the current location, and so on. We decided we would do something similar. The Let’s Play Mode or “LP Mode” for short, has several features. In the center, you have your game screen. So the action is always right in front of you. To each side of your game screen, there are multiple GUI elements that aid you in your game, you can see your Party and their current health and status, your registered items and what button each of them is mapped to, your region map, and where you’re currently located, and plenty more.
- Relic Forms: Interwoven in the tension between Oracles, the Royal Family, and indeed the inhabitants of Hawthorne, is the mysterious appearance of these alternative Pokémon forms. Even stranger is that so-called “Relic Pokémon” are quite rare compared to their more well-documented base forms which are still found in the wild. Having only appeared recently, nobody seems sure where they have come from or why. There are whispers that link them back to Ho-oh, and the war that ravaged Hawthorne so many years past...