A little while back, we reported on the ongoing work to redesign the Johto and Kanto regions from the Pokémon franchise by a group of over one hundred pixel artists called 'Pokémon Redrawn'. At the time of writing in 2021, the Johto region was complete and the Kanto region was roughly 25% of the way there. Now, it's been confirmed that the Kanto region is fully complete and explorable via a dedicated website.
It's been a long process to put everything together, but we have to say that the resulting image is perhaps the most stunning depiction of Kanto we've ever seen. Everything is here, of course, including the starting location of Pallet Town, the sleeping Snorlax on Route 12, and of course the final controntation with your rival at Indigo Plateau.
It's all been lovingly recreated in stunning detail with lots of added bits and bobs to really bring the region to life. Of course, we should note - however obvious it may be - that this is a static image, so there are no animations involved and certainly no chance of this thing running on any emulation software. What's cool though is that the website gives you the option to flip between the original map from Pokémon Red and Blue and the redesigned map, so you can really appreciate the changes that have been implemented.
Here's a peek at some of the redesigns on offer; we're particularly enraptured by the redesign of Pewter City by @saltiestbunny:
What do you think of the completed Kanto region pixel project? Do you wish Game Freak would create a new game in a similar art style? Let us know!
[source retroredrawn.com, via twitter.com]
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Pixel art is one of my favorite forms of artwork, so there is a lot to be admired here! That being said, I wish the artists didn't try to do so much with each piece. There is SO much going on and it seems like most of the artists tried to pack in way too much detail for their own good, that it distracts from the overall work.
This is so good!
Beautiful, I rather see this than how Gamefreak handles the games nowdays (I am not against 3D games, it’s just how GF does it being the problem…)
Let’s hope Nintendo doesn’t pull this down, we all know how they look at dan made things most of the time.
There is a surprising amount of love for the anime going in there, I half expected to see Jessie and James holding guns in the Safari Zone.
I like how they turned Saffron and Celadon into busy bustling cities.
Always enjoy seeing these projects! I know it helps the technical/gameplay aspect to streamline regions...but these cities have 5 buildings.
Hopefully the next generation fixes that, even if we can go inside every building
Love it. I had to scan my eyes over every bit a few times and saw something different going on each time.
Genuinely very cool!
In modern pixel art style Kanto’s ugliness really shows. Everything is so geometric. Cycling road is such an eyesore. Town art does look nice though. Love the idea of the museum going on there.
Hmm. No Missing No. on the coast of Cinnabar island?
Really though, this is pretty rad!
Safari Zone is great. I hope there will be classic Pokemon games in the future. I do not mind 2D at all.
Man I wish that Pokemon would return to pixel art. I think that if they made the games in similar style to Eastward and spent much more time on story, characters, and difficulty (maybe add a "hard" mode), the games would be amazing. I think the move to3D have made them lazy.
Pewter looks like it came out of a Where's Waldo book
There is a proper retro remake already… It’s called Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen. How many remakes do we need?
It's a bit too chaotic for me
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