Pokemon Rom Hacks Tier List! - Rank The World

Welcome to "Rank The World"! The show where I rank everything on this big blue marble!
Starting off, I sat down to rank something I've been obsessed with the past couple of years, Pokémon Rom Hacks! So come along as I rank 30+ Rom Hacks, and find out which ones I enjoyed the most!
Let me know in the comments if you agree, disagree, and what you want me to rank next!
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[@patricktarver4573]

this man coming in with 55 subs pushing high quality content like he went to school for it. Subbed immediately, can't wait to watch you rank the world.

[@Manhamproductions]

Well you know what? I appreciate the hell outta you ❤️

[@tpsam]

​@@Manhamproductionsbro you need to play Pokémon Gaia low key the GOAT of romhack for GBA Pokémon glazed in terms of being complete and full of options Better story Quality of life and polishedness top tier legit looks like and presentation better than official games best of any rom hack ever Also Pokémon Vegas quite difficult but not impossible like radical red I just need to tell it was created by Japanese fans original music fakemon and brandnew moves All in English

[@ponderingtrainer523]

Remove "Episode 1" From the Title. KZbin algorithm doesn't promote series thats not KZbin Originals, this channel deserves to grow

[@Manhamproductions]

Hey, I REALLY appreciate the advice, and the compliment! Thanks a bunch!

[@RaichuGamesFormalyBeef]

@@Manhamproductionscan you play Pokémon psychic adventures

[@zerobasedgod9291]

​@Manhamproductions put ponderingtrainer on the channel bro clutched up for you

[@BigCoagulatedGravyHotDog]

It sucks that KZbin is like this but you seem to be right. Since he removed Episode 1 I actually got this video recommended to me.

[@RaichuGamesFormalyBeef]

@@BigCoagulatedGravyHotDog same here

[@Kirbyster]

Rom hack tier list with no mention of Drayano is crazy

[@thadjarvis9514]

Real

[@TwoHandsOneHeart]

Overrated af.

[@Chillznuriidk]

@TwoHandsOneHeartstill has some of the best roms

[@coleanderson8035]

If you're intimidated by radical red but want to get into the challenge ROM hacks, renegade platinum is an easy choice. It's very good and you get so many pokemon to choose from

[@Iulznazi]

I second this! Follows the storyline, but makes the fights more challenging. With that, you can catch every single pokemon up to that generation for more fun, weak Pokemon get buffed so that they become more viable, and the "grinding" isn't too bad since you can do training at the pokemon daycare in order to EV train easily.

[@100firestar]

This was really fun to watch! Very entertaining, loved your commentary on each of the games. Was surprised Quetzal didn't go higher, felt like you spoke very highly of it!

[@Manhamproductions]

Glad you enjoyed it! I think the only real detractor for Quetzal for me is that it isn't an original story. If it had its own plot line, it would be top tier for sure, it has SO much else going for it!

[@lucashetzel5960]

I loved Wallys Version. You get to do so much in Emerald that its just so funny to think that Wally was doing all of that as you were just derping through Hoenn lol

[@SpinelessVermin]

Emerald elite redux is probably the best difficulty hack ever made.

[@renelite7181]

No Pokemon Gaia?

[@Greeds_]

Incredible video, love the series. The editing and work is very high quality

[@Manhamproductions]

Hey, thank you so much!

[@cherrypepsicola7813]

Pokémon Clover is elite offensive memes aside it’s a well made game

[@wolfpredator5226]

Pokemon dark rising?! Havent u played it yet. Man it's crazy fun and really difficult

[@ragequit7151]

Long comment inbound (subscribed btw) Pokemon Clover: Easy S tier. You already covered the two big hurdles: offensive humor and fakemon. If these are an issue for you, I get it. But, these aside, Clover is absolutely incredible. Game balance is the best out there, tough but fair. The fakemon are excellent and very well done. There's tons of content, a new region and story, and an absolutely incredible OST. Plus, New Game + to do it all again. GS Chronicles: F Tier. Sorry. I've made three separate attempts to get through it, but it's a buggy awful mess. FireRed Rocket Edition: B Tier. Mostly overrated. Story is decent, but it gets way too whack near the end for my tastes. Gameplay is unremarkable. Crystal Clear: Shuck Fockslayer tier. Prism is better. Play Radical Red. If you were able to get through Clover, you can definitely beat Normal difficulty. Promise. A few recommendations: Gaia, Obsidian Emerald, and Inclement Emerald. Edit: Btw, where'd you get the box art for these?

[@Manhamproductions]

Hey, I appreciate the reply and can definitely see where you're coming from with those rankings! Currently playing Rad Red so we'll see how it goes lol. Also, all the box art I just pulled off Google images!

[@piranhalettuce]

I don't remember GS Chronicles being that bad, It just felt like a mediocre version of HGSS (like 90% of rom hacks based on Johto.)

[@ragequit7151]

@@piranhalettuce I don't have an issue with the quality of the hack per se. I just found it to be unplayable due to encounters with multiple game breaking bugs. Drayano's Sacred Gold/Storm Silver is much better for a gameplay-focused Johto hack imo.

[@sergioamaral8233]

light platinum, radical red, hyper emerald and pokemon crown

[@riccardorizz3931]

Hey man, just watched this while I’m eating and I have I to say that it was a good video I generally do not watch really small channels, but thank god I watched this The video itself is nice, straight to the point, and without spoilers, that I really don’t know why usually channels that do this type of review stack on the video I rarely write comments too, so I hope you will appreciate this Keep working 💪🏼

[@Manhamproductions]

Dude this is such a nice comment, and I do really appreciate it! Working on the next couple right now! Appreciate you watching and the feedback!

[@Robert-fr4it]

Team Rocket definitely S tier. I remember having fun with snakewood years ago I think it was one of my first rom hacks I played. The only thing I remeber was having a qwilshark, a dragoone and one one the eggs. A tier imo

[@Alrandoe]

This is a pretty good tier list. Hurts to see Clover in C tier, but was made up with seeing the Crizzle hacks, Prism, and Crystal Clear. So yeah, I'll stick around watch the rest of your videos.

[@cat_steel6658]

Can't wait to see more ranking videos I like how easy it is to listen to you when you speak.

[@Manhamproductions]

Hey, I really appreciate that! I'm working on the next one right now!

[@eVill504]

Playing Fire Ash now and am currently in the 3rd gym. Love how it follows the tv show story line

[@Rakutan-san]

Fun video, although a bit more info on each of the hacks would have been nice, as a fellow romhack fan who hasn't played some of them and was hoping for some more technical info to decide if I wanted to try em. As far as recommendations: If you are willing to dip your toes into gen 4, Pokemon Renegade Platinum is my favorite romhack of all time. The same guy also did a great romhack of Soul Silver/Heart Gold called Sacred Gold/Storm Silver which is pretty good, although a bit more dated. Pokemon Deadwood is also pretty amusing, and I feel obligated to mention SmithPlays' new Crystal Legacy and Yellow Legacy hacks, for fairly authentic experiences with a lot of quality of life upgrades and a bit more difficulty.

[@alfalfas2849]

Great video but BRUH not a single drayano hack? the godfather?!

[@Manhamproductions]

Appreciate you! And don't you worry, we'll get there!

[@YamiBlast]

If you haven't played it yet and love Gen 2, I'd say give Polished Crystal a shot. It's the best Gen 2 rom hack for me, fleshes out Johto a lot without making it feel like it's not Gen 2 anymore, ups the difficulty but not so much that it becomes Radical Red-like, makes a ton of mons more viable and is graphically really pretty. It also adds some extra stuff from the Orange league and events from HGSS. Definitely try it out if you love Johto !

[@Manhamproductions]

Oooh thanks for the recommendation! That's going on the list!

[@100firestar]

I know you mentioned how you were chasing the high of Firered Team Rocket, there's a new one that recently got translated to English just last week! Very easy to confuse with Firered one, but this one's called Team Rocket Edition, you play as team rocket with a ton of expanded gameplay. Unfortunately no stealing in this one though.

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

Very good video for a channel of your size but you missed a LOT of pretty big hacks, and you certainly could have been more descriptive with some of the hacks you did include. Though I certainly understand not wanting to spend months playing through every significant Pokemon ROM hack just for one video Anyways if you're going to be ranking more romhacks please consider Mario 64, criminally underrated scene for just how high quality it is and all of its significant hacks are much shorter than the average pokemon romhack (except for the most popular one, 471 stars and a maddeningly confusing metroidvania on top of that lol)

[@Manhamproductions]

Hey I appreciate it! Yeah this was mostly just ones Id already played, currently working on getting through the ones I missed/been suggested for a follow up video though! Also, absolutely love that idea!

[@piranhalettuce]

I recommend playing Coral Version, it's a Gen 2 hack set in a new region and has some quality of life features. However do keep in mind that the game only goes up to the 4th gym and beyond.

[@pablodelgado7919]

Loved Adventures Red, man Pink's death quite got me. By far one of my favorite characters in the game

[@Manhamproductions]

For real, RIP

[@pablodelgado7919]

@@Manhamproductions Indeed. Great list, subscribed too

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

I would trade GS Chronicles with Shiny Gold Sigma *BUT* but main issue with Sigma is that they add a lot without really putting much of a difficulty curve on the game. The original Shiny Gold, while buggy, was amazing for the pure fact that it was harder and it added more rivals to the game. You literally get your starter and are thrown into a battle with "Carlos" right out the gate. I haven't played the most recent Sigma update but I'll always remember the original Shiny Gold for giving you a bunch of rivals and making the game fairly difficult. Definitely consider checking that out Also please do recommend me some remakes that add a difficulty curve. I know Crystal Legacy by KZbinr SmithPlays Pokémon but it's in the original Crystal graphics. Anything like that but with newer ones?

[@Manhamproductions]

I haven't tried either of them yet, but I've heard both Inclement Emerald and Radical Red are pretty tough! Or if you're truly a masochist, you can always do Emerald Kaizo!

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

@@Manhamproductions Honestly dude, I hope you do more of these. I don't think there's a Pokemon RomHack dedicated channel yet, or at least someone who stuck it out. Maybe one or two but i think they stopped. You have a pretty good mic so good luck on the path

[@Manhamproductions]

The plan is to rank everything, one video at a time lol. So there's gonna be a ton of variety to the topics I cover, but I LOVE pokemon, so I'm sure there will be more videos on it, along with some more Rom Hack stuff!

[@Hurley164]

I just finished Fire Red Rocket Edition, and this is the first rom hack I never skipped because of the storyline. I agree it's number 1

[@XxTRIPLE-EX69Xx]

Good video bro keep working hard and your channel is going to be popular

[@Manhamproductions]

Really appreciate it!!!

[@michaelbrown7455]

You should play Radical Red. If you're that scared of it then just don't play Hardcore mode. Normal mode is how the game is intended after all. I'm currently working on my 2nd Hardcore Nuzlocke on the 4.1 version and it is amazing once you figure out the AI.

[@Steelersrg8]

My recommendations DBZ team training: where you play as a character that can capture dragon ball characters. It has a lot of content. Pokémon fire ash, it follows all of ash’s journey. Has every region up to gen 8. Including the battle frontier.

[@almostshay]

If you like Gen 2, Polished Crystal SLAPS. I don't even like Gen 2 and it's maybe my favorite romhack.

[@Thesportsgamer]

you should make a "world" tier list where at the end of each video you rank the topic you ranked into a rank. if that makes sense lmao

[@ridleydaemonia1134]

I am incredibly disappointed that mikachu isn't pikamew

[@Manhamproductions]

Honestly

[@andrescorona3332]

Play Pokemon Crown(A Complete revamp of the combat system in a FRLG Rom), Pokemon Coral (GBC fan region), Amalgamagenta(Pokemon typeswap and new storyline) and R.O.W.E(An Emerald Roguelike)

[@catnoir1333]

I don't know if you have heard of it yet, but there's another team rocket rom hack, it was translated from Spanish. It isn't completely translated but it is translated up to end game and post game but the other two regions aren't translated from what I've seen.

[@iantaran2843]

Right off the bat I gotta recommend my favorites. Pokemon Gold 97 Reforged Pokemon Prism Pokemon Coral (If they ever FINISH IT !! Would be my favorite if it was completed) And Pokemon Unbound, Gaia, and Brown would be my honorable mentions.

[@irishchamp]

Gaia is an absolute must!

[@Manhamproductions]

I was waiting for someone to mention Gaia, I've played it and beat it, and it totally slipped my mind until I was editing this video 😅 if I end up doing a part 2, its first on the list lol

[@irishchamp]

Look forward to it!

[@angryyordle4640]

Sad that there's no essentials games and other fangames included. Pokemon Insurgence and Pokemon Infinite Fusion are really good for example. Like, Fused Dimensions doesn't even come close to Infinite Fusion. Also I recommend you to play Pokemon Emerald Kaizo. It's quite difficult, but an absolute blast in my opinion.

[@CentralSDMPClips]

quite literally last month I saw my friend playing pokemon off his phone it looked like emerald but I saw a pokemon who’s evolution looked far different from what I had got when I was younger been hooked on roms for months now

[@tnastymma]

U gotta check out blazing emerald, easily the best romhack ive ever played

[@thadjarvis9514]

Some recommendations I have is 4 GBC hacks; Pokemon Fool's Gold which is gen 2 story and mechanics but every pokemon is redesigned with different types, and they even added Sevii islands as a post post game where all Hoenn Pokemon are available and redesigned with new types and a new storyline. Pokemon Pyrite which is Gen 2 but more access to Pokemon like early Larvitar in Dark Cave and increased difficulty but not as bad as Crystal Kaizo which is also fun if you're extreme about wanting a challenge. The third is Pokemon Pyrite which is Gen 2 mechanics but in a new cool region that loops around and there's those scrapped beta Pokemon that are cool. The 4th one I just remembered but it was good. The post game is still being finished but the whole thing is fun and cool its basically Gen 2 but with some new things added and every mon is a fakemon. Also Yu-Gi-Oh Pokeduel on GBA is really cool it's basically Fire Red but with Yu-Gi-Oh monsters and characters. It's challenging too.

[@PMniac]

No Pokémon Light Platinum? :O

[@sylvienyas]

A romhack i really enjoyed was pokemon fool's gold like altered its a type swap romhack but its a hack of pokemon crystal! in the newest(and final) version they added a whole 3rd region with gen 3 mons (havent gotten that far tho) the spritework is great too! and all gen 1-3 mons that evolve after gen 3 do get their evolutions from 4-9 my fave sprites in it are the dark-psychic meowth and dragon-psychic flygon

[@TheKyubiisaan]

7:44 based

[@4339steelerfan]

If you love gen 2 you have to play crystal legacy

[@caremo98]

Ok to be honest outside of your s tiers and glazed, quetzal and the trashlocke i never heard of any of these. Im surprised Insurgence and Uranium arent in here or any of the kaizo games. Then again the kaizo ones are mainly a difficulty challenge just like radical red or renegade platinum. Still i would really recommend you playing Insurgence, its one of the most popular out there and while it can be a little bit edgy at times i loved it and its delta pokemon system aswell as the new megas. But yeah the main selling point of Insurgence is its story ^^ Other than that i would keeep your eyes open for is Pokemon Pathways. Its not finished yet, but it has a lot of potential with its branching storyline once everything is implemented.

[@Manhamproductions]

If you'd like to do your own ranking for this set of Rom Hacks, here's the tier list! tiermaker.com/create/man-hams-pokemon-rom-tier-list-16945679

[@Jack_Krauzers]

Bro, try to play Mega Power and come back to me. It's not an S tier but it's fun. I've spent 200+ hours in it

[@Manhamproductions]

Thats on the roster for the next set of roms!

[@ravencl]

saw a video on pokemon voyager recently, it looks pretty cool

[@DKTN11]

Hey great video btw, there is any good rom hack with pokemon X and Y ? I wanted to play for the story

[@Manhamproductions]

Hey thanks! Haven't played them yet, but I know there's Eternal X and Wilting Y out there!

[@TheGameLooters]

DUDE WHERES RADICAL RED!!!? jk jk imagine lmao. Nice video sir!

[@Manhamproductions]

🤣 It's coming eventually! Currently doing my first play through! And thank you!

[@Jairjax]

try pokemon clover. not really a romhack since it's a new game. Really good story actually... which is weird, because it's a 4chan meme game.

[@azelfdaboi5265]

You should play the drayano hacks

[@oui7171]

I wouldn't call clover edgy in the regular sense of a pokemon romhack, it's a lot of edgy humor for sure, but when I call a Pokémon fangame edgy I only see the shit like pokemon reborn with death and cringeworthy dialogues everywhere

[@beato5418]

you should try pokemon gaia bro it's the best of the bests

[@bradthunderpants3283]

WTF kind of started trio is cyndiquil, kakuna, and Aerodactyl???? 12:10. How did someone write a whole story out and not decide to come back and change this after all that work.

[@Manhamproductions]

Dude I was just as perplexed while playing 🤣

[@eto4506]

Can you play Pokemon voyager?

[@darkraitoast5529]

I dont rmr....B.

[@nicolaslanguidey3292]

Falto infinite fusion

[@manojmadile5863]

Play Unbound Darkwarship You will not regrete

[@saumitranath628]

Snakewood is actually an S tier Game

[@DarthPooh]

Snake wood is garbage the worst rom hack ever

[@jaotrx7163]

Pokémon clover, in c? Xd