Pokémon Fire Red Omega is basically Fire Red, but cranked up to eleven. The devs took the classic Kanto adventure and stuffed it with way more Pokémon from later gens—you’ll run into stuff like Ralts and Bagon before you even hit Pewter City. The gym leaders? They’ve got actual teams now, not just two or three weaklings. Brock’s Onix knows Dragon Breath, because of course it does.

At first, I thought the difficulty spike was just for show, but nope—you’ll actually need to strategize instead of mashing A with your starter. And the wild encounters? Way more variety, so grinding feels less tedious. Just don’t expect to steamroll everything with a Charizard this time. The game makes you work for those wins.

It’s still Fire Red at its core, just with way more teeth. If you’ve played the original to death, this is the remix you didn’t know you needed.