Pokémon, but with Cults and Human Sacrifices

I've played a lot of Pokémon games, so I decided to explore the great beyond of fan games and stumbled up Insurgence. An edgy take on Pokémon and easily the most surprising game I've ever played.
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[@Alpharad]

Any other fan games or romhacks you want to see me play soon? :D

[@ArchiverOfWorlds]

Rejuvenation please!

[@icyhotnate5875]

Pokemon heads and tails, it's a fan made game where your a hero.

[@professoryugi131]

Play Pokémon Unbound I think you will have a great time with it

[@TheTitaniumSamurott]

Uranium 👉👈

[@sherifgamleldin1277]

Pokemon xenovervs

[@ThatFedoraGuyyy]

An Insurgence video? In the year 2024, localized entirely within Alpharad's channel? Time to get comfy then

[@Lopezelpesado2423]

Yes!

[@cobaltprime9467]

Can I see it?

[@JoeEnglish2010]

@@cobaltprime9467 no.

[@P.A.L.09]

Literally this fangame was my childhood

[@bahhhhhs]

you grew up in a cult?

[@dante_dmc3]

​@@bahhhhhsYou didnt?

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

@@bahhhhhs yeah this is completely normal, we have blood sacrifices after every Wednesday dinner

[@Meltydown_]

I only watched one minute of this and Mew already licked blood to give you the DNA of a fucking cult member. Is this the peak Pokémon experience?

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

yes (I mean there are much creepier and more violent pokemon fan stuff out there but that's besides the point)

[@phoenixflamegames1]

And keep in mind, he played the MILD version (you can tell by the opening cutscene). Yes there is a different version that is more creepy and horror filled.

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

@@phoenixflamegames1 :O WHERE

[@tyler-df3wy]

Cults in real life: we aren’t a cult, don’t call us a cult, we’re just a group of people Every group in Insurgence: hey wanna join our cult? :) We love doing cult stuff :)

[@various3653]

Pokemon Insurance is one of my favorite Pokemon fan games and the one that got me into the genre. My all time favorite has to be Pokemon Rejuvenation, phenomenal in every way

[@insiv]

rebornverse trio has to be peak pokemon

[@MelodyLumina]

pokemon insurance is great but isn't it weird that it's only offered by private companies yet it's still a crime to battle uninsured?

[@chompon7120]

He finally did insurgence, my life is complete

[@BoopisMaximus]

holy real

[@StunningModelDonnaDempsey-b4r]

In terms of fangames, my favorite has always been Rejuvenation, which DOES feature stuff you could call edgy but has such an earnest way of expressing the story and so many likeable characters that it's kind of just... Really good in every way tbh

[@GuyPersonBobicus]

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[@insiv]

goat rejuvenation mention

[@notmithosis7350]

bots stealing comments, not cool

[@delphoxhoopa7289]

I question the mindset of the people who make these romhack stories. Someone seriously woke up and said, "Let's make a Pokemon game, but with cults." Not judging, I'm just REALLY curious about what inspired them...

[@sythrus]

Iirc there was a big wave of kids getting back into Pokemon at the tail end of gen 5/beginning of gen 6, so there were a lot of edgy pre-teens who were influencing this sort of stuff at the time (i know because i was one of them lol)

[@ACasualFool]

I mean with all these different legendary Pokemon who are each powerful enough to be seen as gods or being of worship, it honestly does make sense for there to be a few cults. Or would you tell me that people wouldn’t worship the gigantic whale who can flood continents and conceptually control water and the weather?

[@bobbybobv]

Is that not functionally the plot of the gen 3 and 4 games? You have these groups of people pledging allegiance to the destructive power of ancient gods. Put team Aqua in some black robes and bada bing you have cult.

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

​@@bobbybobvgen 4 was moreso one guy wanting to kidnap a god to rebuild the universe for shits and giggles

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

Maybe Pokepastas and stuff

[@dzapps_]

Alpha NOT screaming “ITS LOST WOODS BABY” was the biggest surprise in this whole video

[@Zer0_TrueMoo]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="184">3:04</a> Bloodedge? LIKE RAGNA THE BLOODEDGE (yes that’s is his actual name)FROM HIT FIGHTING GAME SERIES BLAZBLUE??? THAT BLOODEDGE??? LETS GOOOOOOOOOO! I LOVE MAKING REFERENCES WHERE THERE ISNT ONE!!!

[@MrPickleEdits]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLAZBLUE BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@ismailkeskinklc5300]

LEZZ GOOO BLAZBLUE MENTIONED!

[@demirderinler5887]

How... HOW DOES THE LEAGUE WORK IF ONE OF THE GYMS IS IN A RANDOM DUDES HEAD?!

[@darkiusmc979]

It just doesn't. No one can beat all the gyms so no one can challenge the league.

[@Scarylyn14]

The first rule of ROM hack plots is that we don't ask too many questions😂

[@br0k3n_url]

its a romhack, they dont know how to write stories 99% of the time LMAO

[@ethan2060]

@@darkiusmc979 Yeah this is like a fundamental part of the story too haha

[@Caliber918]

Holy shit a feature length Alpharad video, we’re eating good today!

[@Pearl_Blossom]

They had to make up for that 40 minute ad from the other day

[@cobaltprime9467]

This game is so dang edgy. Like “ouch the edge” or “nothing personnel, kid” edgy.

[@esteban8471]

They had no business making Persephone look like that for the thumbnail, but I'm not complaining. Glad to see an Insurgence video.

[@JuliaJulia-vh4xc]

As a Pokémon Insurgence apologist, *god* I hope Alpha mentions the custom music for this game. It’s genuinely such a fucking banger, like the gym leader theme and Audrey’s theme is SO GOOOOD

[@thebige6562]

Within the first 30 seconds Jacob already mentions things that would get a while channel demonetised on KZbin.

[@Elite07-nc4wh]

the Balan wonderworld reference hits different surprised it came back

[@Ducktagon]

Blood Edge on his way to 5B the whole region is something I couldn't have predicted in this video

[@kostasrakevicius2441]

"Hey it's been a while, I wonder Alpharad is doing..." Proceeds to watch a stream where he praises cults and becomes an edgelord.

[@ArchiverOfWorlds]

OH SHIT INSURGENCE MENTIONED

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

You can tell this game was made before the pandemic solely because they called their new Pokémon forms Delta variants. Boy does that have a different meaning nowadays…

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

Oh sweet Arceus, it got worse. I was NOT expecting this plot to go anti-vax…!

[@NurseValentineSG]

This game is such a whiplash. Like you have actual nice quality sprites and obviously making a game that looks like pokemon is nothing to sneeze at, that's alot of work. But those edgy designs. And the tryhard writing. Like, a corrosive lake? And then cute little Shaymin comes and saves everyone? Also I guess the assassins just follow the rules of pokemon battle and don't try to actually assassinate things? It's adorable, like someone in their mid teens wrote this and somehow got actual developers to create this game for them.

[@PonchertheFirst]

Ahh yes, my favorite pokemon game, Pokemon Cult!

[@HotCrossB1S]

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[@icyshrooms8502]

Based on the title alone I can tell this is Pokémon Insurgence. This should be good!

[@stanzacosmi]

this game has a spot in my heart, because even though it's ow the edge edgy, it's also got some of my favorite fakemon form ideas and it's fun.

[@Podcast-ux9ph]

I guess that the entire innocent population of Torren will meet a terrible fate.❤

[@guydooeinfinity]

fun fact: Delta Species pokemon originated with the TCG

[@just_a_morningstar]

First guess: "I reckon the kill count will be about 16..." Second guess after seeing the video run time: "Ohhhhh... 416"

[@sythrus]

I remember when Insurgence was making its first rounds around KZbin back when it was in demo (story went up to the first mega rayquaza fight). Then a few years later, it finally fully released and i was absolutely ecstatic, hell, i even wrote some of the wiki pages for it. This game was so much of my pre-teen to late teen years, and holy hell did i never realize the story was the way it was. Still kinda sad that alpha never went to the entire separate region though, that part of the game is fun

[@mack4-_.]

Surprisingly solid fangame, though I wish there were more original battle themes instead of themes taken from official games and the lack of pokeball sounds at the beginning of trainer battles is incredibly awkward but otherwise this a nice dark fan game.

[@gantr13]

An insurgence video in 2024? By Alpharad??? Dreams do come true

[@_Mike_-nr8fb]

Alpharad desthgrips reference is not what I expected

[@PopStarAzena]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="13">0:13</a> I just wanna say before I watch this and learn your opinion on this game that Pokemon Insurgence is personally my favorite pokemon fangame and also up there as one of my favorite pokemon games I love it

[@FemboyGB]

Would you recommend it because I am interested in playing it

[@Real_RPGgaming]

Can you play it on a homebrewed switch?

[@Shottos]

Yes any day of the week. One if the best fangames​@@FemboyGB

[@AwakenedRAGEJustin]

@@FemboyGBi would recommend it

[@AwakenedRAGEJustin]

@@Real_RPGgamingand no fucking clue

[@vanibath8814]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="620">10:20</a> oh no its even better, delta scyther has ice cleats, which is just slush rush but it means that that single mon beat out gamefreak through both its name, abillity, and being an ice variant of a gen 1 mon

[@RupertPeterson]

I played this game when I was a kid and loved it (this was during the first update). When alpharad started streaming this, I replayed the entire game and watched all the vods. Thanks for allowing me to relive my childhood and finish what I couldn’t when I was younger.

[@Tuturial464]

Who cares

[@gr3ldd]

me

[@Subpar1O1]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="770">12:50</a> using the mail feature to send threats to the player is such a funny and clever use of something that never made it outside the DS ganes

[@arrowblade_1238]

Me when Damien gets kidnapped during my playthrough. Me laughs hysterically.

[@ethanvon222]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="290">4:50</a> that latin is something about killing the cultists, so those 2 are just dead

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

If you couldn't tell from my profile picture Insurgence is one of my favorite games. The story is fun and the Delta Pokemon are a treat

[@kaye_spl]

these streams were so peak this vid is bouta be fire

[@real_kel]

This reminds me of when i tried to do a nuzlocke of this game a couple years ago, despite having absolutely no experience with nuzlocking, it went terribly as you would expect, but it was fun! Shoutout to mario the azumarill, the pokemon i had that lasted the longest, absolute champ

[@kevinhachey635]

Proud of your mario!!!

[@YoutubeKing2772]

Alpha the goat of Explaining Pokemon

[@Rufussssssss]

HOLY SHIT HE ACTUALLY PLAYING IT

[@BlinciLIVE]

This was most certainly one of the fangame playthroughs of all time

[@demirderinler5887]

I HEAR NO SEE NO EVIL! BLACK WRITINGS ON THE WALL!

[@GamerNintendo25]

That battle where the Lanturn hit scald three times despite 4x minimise and Fissure hitting 3 times in a row was wild

[@babybababofski7908]

Actually love this game even if it's absurdly edgy lol. It's also really cool that one of the elite 4 members ( Kayla ) is canonically trans iirc

[@jaybirdsgames]

You know, this game gets a lot of crap for being edgy, but I genuinely do love it. The music is great, I love the regional designs, I LOVE side quests (main games please give me side quests), and the difficulty isn't too easy. Even with the plot being ridiculous and cheesy, I prefer a ridiculous plot that is involved than an almost non existent one. The endgame of scarlet/violet was by FAR my favorite part. I know a lot of people like pokemon as an almost battle simulator/puzzle boss rush, and I get that (I do love elite redux a lot), but I like when fan games lean into the rpg aspect more, and I wish the main games would too. Plus the pokemon follow you, come on.

[@pheonix4383]

Man neurolink bouta go crazy

[@CosmicOkapi]

“Ambipom! Use double glocks!”

[@hedgehogpower194]

Hearing Alpharas beg for mercy against the Cinccino was honestly both hilarious and terrifying 😭

[@patrickmileski7543]

I just started re watching the vods (on Alphard replay) of this an hour ago. I don't know if I should be happy that I could have just waited.

[@jstar3382]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1424">23:44</a> I was looking away and thought "damn Alpha is really cooking with these lines" No, the game was. Wow

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

GOOD TIMING, I'm currently in my Pokepasta obsession and the only thing that makes me happy now is watching my favorite Pokemon and characters B U R N.

[@Luke0_27]

My two favorite pass times!

[@ShadowHybridXx]

I don’t know why but I really like this dark twist on pokemon. And the forms of the pokemon are incredible

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Literally discovered this game a couple years ago and got obsessed The enemy teams and new Megas were PEAK

[@blazingghost9963]

You know, if you think about it hard enough, this title could apply to multiple games....

[@lx11x]

Pokemon took all of the satanic panic so Shin Megami Tensei could thrive

[@mimikyube1738]

I saw the title, and went "INSURGENCE BLBLSGENEOSGWBEKEV" and shook my head violently with excitement

[@PulseEffects]

I remember watching someone speedrun this and had no idea how edgy the story was until just now LOL! What a wild game. 😂

[@donovan802]

While I knew it was Insurgence based off the title, I looked at the thumbnail and just immediately saw Eda from the Owl House and Darkrai contemplating Ash’s fate

[@Alexander_Luv1]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="878">14:38</a> “and by that I mean going to dye my hair black cause it’s cool and edgy” *shadow the hedgehogs I am all of me starts playing* 💀💀💀💀

[@Yumito_the_Alien]

Oh nooooooooooooooo, spoink died……………………………….and cults? This game is great, Pokémon can actually die

[@generalmcguffin593]

Delta pidgey is based on a cockatrice (a weird bird with a dragon tail and a plume on its neck) and they turn people to stone by looking at them. Pouring the blood of a cockatrice on the petrified victims will return them to normal :D

[@NightskySkyler]

One of my favorite games ever, and seeing Alpharad play it feels like a DREAM

[@zdelrod829]

Insurgence has a "SFW" version that basically Nintendo-fies it, removing all references to Cultism, Death, etc. Would have helped a bunch for monetization.

[@insertuncreativepun3573]

Ah this old classic, it is.... Definitely a ride seeing it again. A fun ride, but a very weird ride

[@Dracomash]

Ever since I made my yt channel I have had this pfp which is Delta Charizard. Insurgence was the first pokemon fangame I have played and I never ended up changing my pfp for no particular reason. Looking back, this game isn't even that good, besides the deltas ofc.

[@KingTaltia]

Actually, Insurgence beat pokemon to regional variants, BUT Pokemon TCG literally inspired Insurgence, Delta pokemon are based on the "Delta Species" pokemon who have a different type than they should in the Pokemon TCG. Some "Delta Species" involve; Mewtwo as a Fire/Steel type, Metang as an Electric type, or Eevee as a Steel type (All real pokemon cards)

[@anthonyhill8305]

Most goated fan game ever, i mightve had more hours in this then i did in any single actual pokemon game lol

[@AJNovaNexus]

I had literally JUST finished watching the vods for this game

[@CactusRat-b1t]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="871">14:31</a> IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES

[@Naszy_the_great]

We have cults and murder in vanilla Pokemon. It’s called a *NUZLOCKE*

[@Alexander_Luv1]

I am not nerdy enough to understand this video lmao. HELP.

[@lowiekey]

I was literally just checking whether there were still videos of yours that I hadn't watched :)

[@InabaHare]

I'm predicting 1137 assuming there is some apocalypse, fitting for this game

[@Hide____]

Crazy that he’s playing this, kinda looking forward to more fangames now

[@that.guy.1208]

Wait a minute I remember this stream! Glad Jacob alpharad is going through his video back log finally!

[@ToastyMozart]

I wouldn't really characterize the people who like Lucario as "edgy." *Thirsty* absolutely.

[@lucent1600]

The sheer confusion at the Mega Stunfisk

[@NininLucario]

Imagine that this is some sort of alternate dimension in the world of Pokémon…it’d be cool if ghost types knew about it and nobody else knows

[@Falloutboy76.4]

A good video in 0 seconds. Alpharad has not fallen off.

[@orangesilver8]

I love the running trend of Lost Woods.

[@bavarian_mapping]

Pokemon Insurgence is my favorite fangame to date. Some say the plot is obvious, but it surprised me and I definitely enjoyed it!

[@bavarian_mapping]

Like I might be slow, but I totally didn't expect Auger Jaern to be the leader of the sky cult. 😅 I played the game a few years ago without spoilers

[@ninthfloor]

Can't think of any playstyle more on-brand than luckmaxxing with Minimize and Fissure. Well played

[@Joan-jq5ho]

Alpharad should play all Digimon World games in release order for a severe whiplash experience

[@TheTitaniumSamurott]

Augur Jaern has such a banger theme tho

[@l.mikallieanderson7127]

I have a feeling that Alpharad has an evil alter ego who takes over the stream when he gets too deep into the game

[@nadir4260]

As someone who has dabbled in BlazBlue, the starter name made me smile :) Thanks

[@seraphinitee]

My jaw dropped at the video length - time to grab some popcorn!

[@Meme-pg5tw]

I forgot how hype sand devil hitting 5 fissures in a row

[@SeaweedBrainCabin3]

3 Alpha videos in a week? What did I do to deserve this?

[@CombatSportsNerd]

COOL! Always wanted a Pokémon story with a evil death cult! Sign me the hell up

[@monarchy028]

I’ve played this game once a year, I’m so happy to see this!

[@thesusmemegodmilituga1744]

I think Persephone just awakened something in me I didn’t know I had. That woman could suck my (this was bad choice of words) memories any day

[@Garfeed_Awesome]

Ngl I got to the elite four of this game and just could NEVER beat them

[@MargaretWright-p4f4f]

This video made our evening. Now we have a new rule: more laughter, less fighting💕