Pokémon Spiral Version

is an upcoming Pokémon main series installment set for release for the Nintendo Switch, developed as an "interlude" title meant to bridge the gap between the series' seventh and eighth generations. is notable for taking place in the Kanto region (the first title to do so since Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver), but takes place in an "alternate universe" of sorts to Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and features new player characters traveling across the region while collecting Gym Badges and fighting against a new villainous team. The game was conceptualized as a counterpart of sorts to Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee, as the two have similar concepts, but, while Let’s Go appeals to a more casual audience, Spiral’s content appeals more to longtime fans looking for a familiar, yet entirely new game experience.
The game is regarded as a complete overhaul to the original Kanto adventure and its remakes, as it changes a large amount of the game's content to fit new additions, as well as four generations worth of new content since FireRed and LeafGreen. features a completely remade Kanto region, a new story, an overhauled regional Pokédex featuring all 251 Pokémon from both Kanto and Johto, alongside a whopping 149 added Pokémon from the other five regions, accumulating to 400 Pokémon in the region, new characters, and updates from previous generations, such as the RotomDex, the Fairy type, Mega Evolution, and more. Similarly to Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, also features the ability to travel to a second region, as the player is able to travel to Johto as part of the postgame storyline.
One notable feature in are the new "Kantonian" regional forms, referred to as "Spiral Variants". Inspired by the "Delta Forms" of Pokémon from fangame Pokémon Insurgence, "Spiral Variants" were created by scientists in Kanto as a result of experimentation on existing Pokémon, by significantly altering their DNA. Because of this, these Spiral Variants have completely overhauled typings, stats, movepools, and such. While it is currently unknown how many Spiral Variants exist within Spiral, it's unconfirmed that the affected Pokémon are not limited to the first generation, but rather many Pokémon spread out between the seven generations.
The game is set for a January 11, 2019 release for the Nintendo Switch, being the first main series installment of the Pokémon series to be released on a console, and the first for the Switch, alongside Let’s Go.
==Gameplay==
Overall, the gameplay of more closely mirrors the gameplay of previous mainline Pokémon titles, as opposed to the simplistic changes made in Let’s Go!: in other words, the gameplay is nearly identical of its predecessors, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. As per the pair of games, the player travels throughout the region, creating a team of Pokémon to fight with, while filling out a Pokédex with Pokémon they find, completing trials adhering the region’s league challenge, and facing off against an eccentric team with villainous motives. 
The battle system of stays faithful to the main series Pokémon games, though a few small tweaks have been made to simplify things. A fifth option has been added to the battle menu: Data, which allows players to access the RotomDex’s data on the Pokémon they are battling, to determine what strategies can be used to defeat them. Data will become available for a Pokémon once the player has obtained the Pokémon themselves: for example, if the player catches a Rattata, they can view the data on Rattata the next time they fight one. This “data” contains information regarding their typing, strengths, weaknesses, and common behavior (in the case of wild Pokémon). The data can also be accessed during Trainer Battles, though data on behavior will be left out accordingly. The other options on the battle menu retain their functions: “Fight” accesses your Pokémon’s attacks, “Party” gives the option to check your Pokémon party, “Item” allows use for items, and “Run” allows players to escape from wild Pokémon battles. 
In a similar vein to Pokémon Sun and Moon and their sequels, rather than fighting Gym Leaders to progress the story, the player undergoes trials to challenge the Pokémon League, now under the moniker of the Indigo Guilds. Guilds are a fusion of the Gym Leader and Island Trial formats, involving elements of both challenges. When challenging a Guild, he playe must first take on a trial of some sort, with each Guild presenting a different challenge for the trial, often puzzle-related. The end of some trials feature a “Chief Pokémon”, a powerful Pokémon that must be defeated to continue the challenge. When the trial has been completed, players must return to the Guild to challenge the Guild’s Master to a Pokémon battle, sometimes under harsher conditions. When the Guild Master is defeated, the player is rewarded with a Guild Talisman, an amulet signifying victory against the Guild Master. In total, Kanto and Johto hold 13 Guilds, each with their own individual typings and challenges.
==New Features and Alterations==
*The game is set in the Kanto region (which, along with Let’s Go!, marks the first time since Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver to do so), ten years after the events of Pokémon FireRed and Leaf Green. As a first for the series, Spiral follows an entirely new storyline centered on a questionably-aligned organization known as the Psychron Facility, and their attempts to create a “Pokémon superweapon” using the DNA of Pokémon in the region, though their intentions seem to remain in a morally grey area. 
*The Kanto regional PokéDex has grown drastically, increasing from 151 to a total of 400 Pokémon in the region: this includes every Pokémon originally native to Kanto and Johto, plus a large number of Pokémon from other regions migrating to Kanto. Additionally, every Pokémon with an Alola Form that debuted in Pokémon Sun and Moon appear in their Alolan forms in Kanto, as opposed to their original forms, as a result of Alolan culture crossing over to the region.
*A new type of Pokémon, “Spiral Variants”, have been introduced: endangered Pokémon who have had their DNA experimented on or tampered with by human scientists, now living in the wild. These are forms of pre-existing Pokémon, similar to Alola Forms, with entirely new typings, stats, moves, abilities, and appearances, as their behavior and capabilities have been altered during these experiments. As of now, there is an unknown number of confirmed Spiral Variants spread throughout the game.
*A new Pokémon Professor has taken over for the now retired Professor Oak—Blue Oak, the former professor’s grandson, still getting used to the moniker held by his predecessor. The player has three new rivals, as well—Robin, the player’s aloof next-door neighbor; Nari, an Alolan teenager who is extremely curious about her new home region; and Brooks, a fervent wild child, and the daughter of a renowned Kantonese scientist. Calum utilizes the starter Pokémon strong against the player’s, Nari utilizes the starter weak to the player’s, and Brooks utilizes the Spiral Variant of the starter Pokémon selected by the player.
*In the ten years since the last full-fledged adventure in Kanto, many things have changed about the region—innovations, growths, downsizes, destruction, and the like. New areas have cropped up, be it routes, caverns, or towns, and previous locations have been changed drastically in other ways. Many changes to Johto have also occurred.
==Storyline==
===Johto Travels===
===The Genesis Episode===
===Post-Game===
==Characters==
===Main Cast===
===Gym Leaders and Elite 4===
===Psychron Squad===
===Obsidian Facility===
===Other Characters===
==Kanto Regional Pokédex==
As mentioned above, Kanto's regional Pokédex has been greatly heightened to a total of 400 Pokémon. This includes all 151 Pokémon originally native to Kanto, all 100 Johto-native Pokémon, and 149 other Pokémon native to five other current regions. This makes for a relatively large regional Pokédex, especially for a region originally with only 151 Pokémon total. Below is a list of the Pokémon, in the designated order of the regional Pokédex. To see the page for a particular Pokémon, simply click their icon.
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									
===SpiralDex===
==Kanto Region==
===Routes===
Route Name	Description
Route 1 	Linked To:Pallet Town (S)Viridian City (N)
A calming country road, greenery surrounding a dirt path. Despite its simplicity, it’s well known as a spot for novice trainers to begin their adventure. Young trainers litter the route near the Pallet Town entrance, itching for a battle.
Route 2 	Linked To:Viridian City (S)Pewter City (N)Viridian Forest (entrance/exit)Connection Caverns (Pewter entrance)
A multi-pathed verdant route containing the entrances to Viridian Forest, and linked to one of the first Connection Cavern entrances you’ll find. The western path connects to the gates of Viridian Forest, where bugs crawl all over; the eastern path connects to a terminus of the sprawling underground tunnel.
===Towns and Cities===
Town Name 	Description
Viridan City	Linked To:Route 1 (S)Route 2 (N)Route 22 (W)
The player's hometown, a small city located in the Western region of Kanto. Once upon a time, it was populated by a crime boss posing as a Gym Leader, but Team Rocket has been long gone since. Now, it’s a peaceful village known as the hometown of the new Pokémon Professor. It’s also where the player and their austere neighbor, Robin.
Pallet Town 	Linked To:Route 1 (N)Route 21 (S)Pallet Park (E)
A quaint little settlement south of Route 1, where the retired Professor Oak now lives in his laboratory. Linked to an expanded beachside at the south, people visit the town for a moment or two of solace. A kind older woman lives in the town, who, upon meeting the player, begins to support the player from the sidelines.
===Notable Landmarks===
Area Name 	Description
Pallet Park	LocationPallet Town
A serene, verdant public garden east of the quaint Pallet Town, having been built to allow trainers some solace with their Pokémon. Different trainers frequent the park on different days of the week, some willing to battle, others just wanting to talk. The park is often populated by Bug Pokémon, inspiring a three-day-a-week Bug-Catching Contest in the park.
==Johto Region==
==Ride Pager Pokémon==
==List of New Moves==
===List of New Abilities===
==Credits==
*: Made the game’s logo
*: Creating the MenuSprite template used in the PokéDex table
==Trivia==
* is the first Pokémon game to allow the player to revisit Kanto since HeartGold and SoulSilver, as well as the first game since then to feature the ability to travel to more than one region. Interestingly, this game allows the player to travel to Johto after Kanto, a reversal of the order of previous games.
*Pokémon Solar Red and Lunar Blue was a major inspiration for this game's creation and ideas, though no plagiarism is intended.
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