A 3D world to explore
Kanto is built as five connected 3D maps of roughly a kilometre each: the south (Pallet Town, Viridian City and Pewter City), the north (Mt. Moon and Cerulean City), the centre (Saffron, Celadon, Lavender and Vermilion), the sea (Fuchsia City, the Safari Zone, Seafoam and Cinnabar Island) and the plateau (Victory Road and the Pokémon League). The Orange Islands are a second region. You cross between maps at route exits, cave mouths and piers.
Each town has its own landscape, landmarks and building style, and you can walk into homes, Pokémon Centers, Poké Marts and Gyms. A day lasts 48 real minutes, with night from 19:00 to 05:00, and each part of the world has its own weather, which also affects battles fought in it. A minimap and a quest card show where the story goes next.
Run, ride, surf and fly
On foot you walk, run and jump. Later you can ride a bicycle, ride on your lead Pokémon, Surf across water and fly. With the Fly lesson and a Pokémon that can carry you, the map screen lets you fly back to towns you have already visited. Field moves change the world around you: Cut clears small trees, Strength pushes boulders and Flash lights dark caves.
Outside, your lead Pokémon follows you and keeps up when you run or cycle. Bird Pokémon take to the air to keep up, and land beside you when you stop.
An open-world Pokémon fan game
Pokémon Fight is an open-world fan game in the sense that you travel the land yourself rather than through menus: five connected 3D maps of Kanto plus the Orange Islands, joined at route exits, cave mouths and piers, with day and night on a 48-minute clock. You walk, run and cycle, ride your Pokémon over land, surf across water and fly, and once you can use Fly the map screen takes you straight back to any town you have visited.
The way forward is still a story: route blockers, Gym badges and field moves open the world in order, as in the original games. It is not an MMO. Story Mode is single-player, and the only online play is Battle Mode’s one-on-one battles with a friend you invite.
152 Pokémon as 3D models
The roster is the original 151 Pokémon plus Chikorita. Each one has its own animated 3D model, and all of them share one scale: Pokémon compare with one another as their Pokédex heights do, and Nidoqueen stands about as tall as your trainer. A large Pokémon such as Onix or Gyarados towers over the battlefield, while Caterpie stays small beside your trainer.
Battles in third person
Battles happen in the same 3D world, with no separate battle screen. The camera sits behind your Pokémon, and you move it, attack and dodge in real time. One Pokémon fights on each side at a time. The real-time battle guide lists every control.
3D stages in Battle Mode
Battle Mode lets you choose where to fight: stadiums, landmarks from the world, every Kanto Gym, the Orange League’s arenas and the Pokémon League. Gym fields have terrain that matters. In Cerulean Gym, water helps Water types and conducts electricity.
Questions and answers
Is Pokémon Fight fully 3D?
Yes. The world, the people, the Pokémon and the battles are all rendered in real-time 3D in the browser, using Babylon.js on WebGL.
Do I need a powerful computer?
The game picks a graphics preset from what your browser reports about the device and drops optional effects that the device can’t run. You can change the preset in Settings. No frame-rate figures for specific hardware have been published.
Which regions are in the game?
Kanto, with eight Gyms, the Elite Four and the Champion, and the Orange Islands, with four Orange League Gyms and Drake.
Can my Pokémon fly?
Yes. In battle, flying Pokémon take off and land with F and climb while you hold Space. In the world, Fly carries you to towns you have visited.
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