While everyone in the world is crazy about "Pokemon Go" right now, a group of Pokemon fans made their own Pokemon game in the style of the original main games. However, despite the positive attention "Pokemon Uranium" got, legal issues surrounding copyright and intellectual property forced the developers to take the game down.
"Pokemon Uranium" is a fan-made, non-profit game for the PC that's a spin-off of the main adventures. The game, which seems right at home among the Generation V or VI entries, takes place on the region of Tandor, and the developers introduce at least 150 new Pokemon (while still using pre-existing Pokemon by Nintendo), and a Nuclear Pokemon type. It seems to be a more mature version of the Pokemon story, complete with designs that look like they come straight from Nintendo themselves. Check it out:
Look at that. If you didn't know any better, you'd think that "Pokemon Uranium" was an official Nintendo production. It looks like a fully-functional Pokemon game as nothing seems out of place, save for the fact that their original Pokemon names could use a little more tweaking and polishing.
"Pokemon Uranium" is too good to be true, so naturally the lawyers over at Nintendo have already sent them notices. The developers haven't been sent an actual cease-and-desist letter, but after seeing these warnings, they'd decided to take the download down from their website, according to GameSpot. However, it seems as though online multiplayer support is still up among the players who have already downloaded the game.
As of now, we don't know where you can download "Pokemon Uranium," as they probably won't allow anyone on their forums to post public links to the game. However, if the developers aren't allowed to keep their game up, we believe Nintendo should at least offer them jobs. They've certainly proved that they deserve it.
