Regular Retro Dodo readers will already know how much we've enjoyed Pokémon Dark Rising over the years, and you'll no doubt have caught up with our coverage of the Pokémon Dark Rising Remake over the past couple of weeks too. It's a new remake coming to us from Lord Lucario who has lovingly recreated DarkRisingGirl's work by remaking the original Dark Rising ROM hack in a new engine. Now, Lord Lucario has released an announcement trailer for their remake of Dark Rising's sequel.
Some of you might be thinking, 'What's Pokémon Dark Rising all about?' Well, you'll be playing through the Core region created by DarkRisingGirl, just in a reimagined way with Mega Evolutions and lots of other features. Now, it's been confirmed that Dark Rising 2 is in active development.
In terms of story, you'll carry on with your adventure to rescue your father and release Arceus from the sealed chamber it resides within. You'll also keep battling away until you defeat the evil Darugis.The game includes every Pokémon from the first 6 generations, new moves, hidden abilities, new learned moves, more gym leaders, new custom music, and much more. And now it's been remade in Pokémon Essentials v21.1, it looks even better than before.
At this point in time, all we have is a trailer to let us know that it's in active development. There's no word on a release date yet, but what I've seen in the trailer thus far looks amazing. It's been 12 years since Dark Rising 2 dropped, and the difference between the original and the remake in the clip above is pretty stark! Still, DarkRisingGirl's creation is still the beating heart of this remake, and Lord Lucario is keeping to the original plotline and elements of the game while giving it a new lease of life.
You can head to the official Pokémon Dark Rising Discord server to find out more about the project up to this point, and make sure to keep your eyes peeled here for new developments as and when I get them!
