Some are loaded onto actual Game Boy Advance cartridges, and bootlegged to unwitting consumers. Dozens, if not hundreds, of these games can be found online for free. Since the early 2000s, fans with the knowhow, software and artistic ability to do so have been creating unofficial Pokémon games in the form of ROM hacks. To even attempt high-level competitive play requires hundreds of hours of breeding, battling and pure, dumb luck.ĭespite the truly gargantuan amount of time demanded by the core series, there are fans who demand more - and fans who create more.

To fully complete a PokeDex in Pokémon X and Y, you have to collect over 700 discrete monsters, either through catching, trading, evolving, transferring from previous installments or obtaining from timed Wi-Fi or real-world events. That tenacity is built into the franchise's very nature. The Pokémon-playing community has proven to be one of the most industrious groups of fans this industry has ever seen. Not only have you not caught them all - you haven't even played them all.

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