Pokémon Sword and Shield, which was released on Nintendo Switch in 2019, are currently the newest items in the main Pokémon game series. Of course, plenty of Sword and Shield players will have been with the franchise from the very beginning, and while the new games are a lot of fun in their own way, nostalgia means that the original Red and Blue on the Game Boy will always be pretty special, too. .
But what if you could somehow mix the two? Well, while that is next to impossible for most of us, Japanese YouTube user ハ ヤ テ 京 雲 heeft has reinvented the new games in the style of the Game Boy classics. “I listened to the background music from the town of Sword & Shield [and] I wanted to listen to Game Boy style! “ハ ヤ テ 京 雲 寺 says.” I couldn’t find it when I searched for it so I made it myself! “
Much work later, and the video below was born. After a nice little introduction and a quick review of the opening of Pokémon Red and Blue, the video delves into Sword and Shield locations and songs, all de-made Game Boy style. You’ll see well-known locations such as Wedgehurst and Motostoke, all accompanied by chiptune versions of the songs from the new titles. They are impressive things.
It’s only been a month or so that we also came across an amazing work by an artist named Pat Ackerman, who re-imagines each new Sword and Shield Pokémon in the form of a Game Boy sprite. Perhaps this will become a (very welcome) trend?