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How to play Pokémon online for free

How to play Pokémon online for free
Jacob Yothment

Jacob Yothment

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With Pokémon Sword and Shield only a few months away, we’re all looking for a way to satisfy our Pokémon craving. Luckily, there are free options online to scratch our Pokémon itch!

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How to play Pokémon online for free

Pokémon Showdown

Showdown

If you are into competitive battling, you’ve probably heard about Smogon. If you don’t, Smogon is the online tier list for ranking Pokémon in terms of battle capability. Although this tier list is not official with the Pokémon Company, it is the go-to standard for battling within the Pokémon community.

Showdown is a battling simulator run through Smogon. Through it, you can make teams and battle against other players across the globe. To make things even better, you can play in whatever tier you want. What truly makes the simulator great is that you don’t need to catch and train the Pokémon yourself! 

Instead, you can add whatever Pokémon you want and add whatever items and moves you want to try! Want to make your Pokémon shiny? That’s just a button click away!

Pokémon Insurgence

Insurgence

There is no shortage of Pokémon fan games. However, there are only so many good ones. For every decent fan game you find, there are about 50 awful ones that aren’t worth your time. In the sea of bad fan games lies Pokémon Insurgence, the best fan-man Pokémon game ever created.

In order to play it, you’ll need to download something like Wineskin:

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Pokémon Insurgence has all the same great mechanics of the best Pokémon games. It also has some unique features that are both fan-servicey and fun! For example, the creators gave certain mons new forms called Delta forms. Delta forms give Pokémon a new look, new typings, and new abilities. It’s essentially Alolan forms before Alolan forms existed.

Universal Pokémon Randomizer

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Nothing beats the classic Pokémon games. However, we sometimes wish we could include some of the more modern features. Enter the Universal Pokémon Randomizer: the website that can give you the most unique Pokémon experience possible. 

Do you want a completely random set of starters? Done. Do you want to bring new mons to old games? Simple. Do you want to find random items including Master Balls throughout the overworld? Absolutely!

Wrapping up

We cannot wait for Sword and Shield and whatever new mons will be inhabiting the new region. Until then, you better believe we will be schooling other players on the Showdown in the meantime!

Jacob Yothment

Jacob Yothment

Jacob Yothment is the assistant content editor for Softonic. He's worked in journalism since high school, and has been a fan of all things technology and video games his entire life. He is a 2016 graduate of Purdue University Northwest.

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