{"id":834660,"date":"2026-07-29T23:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834660\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:10:08","slug":"pokemon-red-and-blue-mod-turns-games-into-a-gorgeous-3d-diorama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834660\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Red And Blue Mod Turns Games Into A Gorgeous 3D Diorama"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been plenty of fanmade mock-ups of what an HD-2D Pok\u00e9mon game might look like, but a new mod for Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue<\/a> has finally made this idea a reality, and it\u2019s a perfect way to go back and play the original games for the series\u2019 30th anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The mod is part of the Pok\u00e9mon Gen 1 Recompilation Project<\/a>, which is a recreation of the original Game Boy games that introduces several modifications, such as being able to swap out character sprites from other games, change up filters and graphics settings, and now, a Voxel mod<\/a> that allows you to tweak the look of the game to turn the environment upright like a 3D diorama.<\/p>\n

Creator bryanthaboi admits the project is still not perfect. There are some odd visual glitches and sprites that are missing some colors. As such, he\u2019s asking folks to join the community on Discord<\/a> if they want to help playtest it further. But still, Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue look pretty damn good with this new perspective and shading. The battles look different as well, because they now take place in the overworld as they do in games like Scarlet and Violet, rather than in a blank void as they did on the Game Boy.<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue do feel a bit dated by modern standards, and if you\u2019re looking for what is considered the \u201cdefinitive\u201d editions of the games, the FireRed and LeafGreen<\/a> Switch ports are available now. But there is still an almost period piece\u2013like charm to the original games that can\u2019t be found in a lot of the modern Pok\u00e9mon games. If you want to see them in a new light, look no further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There have been plenty of fanmade mock-ups of what an HD-2D Pok\u00e9mon game might look like, but a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,291310,61],"class_list":["post-834660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-pokemon-red-and-blue","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}