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Velvet Version - Special Hatenna Edition

March 1, 2026

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Pokemon Yellow, but with a custom regional variant of Hatenna! Also a lot of other regional variants and custom evolutions and Pokémon from other generations.
  • New Dark/Fairy Hatenna is a lot of fun and looks great.
  • I like almost all of the new variants/evolutions a lot and they add a lot of variety to ghe game.
  • Different Pokémon buffed and changes to movepools makes for a unique gen 1 playthrough.
5/5 Stars

Summary

A new Pokémon Yellow hack that stars a custom regional variant of Hatenna and a variety of other variant Pokémon and gym changes to make for a new Gen I adventure

Major Features

  • Full opening updated to have Hatenna instead
  • New regional forms and Fakemon evolutions
  • Some Pokémon from future generations added to the game
  • Dark, Steel, and Fairy types added
  • Ghost is now special type
  • Pokemon type, stats, and move updates
  • New moves from future generations to increase type viability
  • All Pokémon obtainable.

Review

This hack is kind of like catnip for me, I really like the idea of Yellow hacks that swap out Pikachu and I really like fan regional variants, so a game with both seemed like it was going to be right up my alley. Thankfully, it was. 

It can be hard to get fakemon designs correct, but custom regional variants usually help keep the design principles in line, and I love the Pokémon on offer here. All the original starters get more drastic type changes, such as a psychic/flying Squirtle, but others like dark-type Teddiursa are a bit more subtle. I really liked the fairy/flying alicorn ponyta line as a good alternate take on galarian ponyta, and the mothman-like Venomoth is a fun, original design.

The new Pokémon are bolstered by a few future generation Pokémon like Hisuian Sneasel and Frillish, as well as several cut beta Pokémon such as Gorochu the evolution of Raichu. A greater movepool variety and some reworked stats helps make it easy to play around with different team compositions.

Changes to a few gyms and elite four members also keep things fresh beyond just the Pokémon. This adds some new type specialties to the game allowing for more exposure to the new Pokédex. 

I really think you can't go wrong with this hack, I loved my time with it and I can't wait to see the creator's next project.