Given that there is no BW/B2W2/"Gray"/"Gray2" legacy, what are the BW & B2W2 romhacks that best approximate the Legacy experience for Generation 5 please?
I picked up Emerald Legacy and have absolutely loved every minute of it. I've been taking my time and have logged 180 hours and only just beat Tate & Liza (yes, for the first time). My team fills up an entire PC box; I've essentially been training entirely new Pokémon for every Gym Leader battle, AND going Professor Oak Lite by catching (but not necessarily evolving) every new Pokémon on every route before moving on to the next route (or, occasionally, to the next gym). I love that I'll be able to catch every single Pokémon in one Emerald save file, I love that it's not some insane difficulty hack and it lets me play at my speed, I love the QoL and story changes, and I'm super excited to see what surprises the postgame has cooked up for me. I can't wait to catch all the legendaries and eventually indeed catch'em all.
I'm already itching to tackle other regions as well. I've picked out HeartSoul as my likely "definitive" romhack of choice for Johto (I won't be playing Crystal or Yellow legacy; Growing up I played III-VI, so HeartGold and SoulSilver are my nostalgic Johto experiences), I may check out Emerald ROWE at some point, but I have yet to find as good an answer to the Legacy series/how I currently feel about HeartSoul for Unova, Sinnoh, and Kanto (in that order -- I don't have the same affection for Kanto that I do for Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova). For Sinnoh I'm at least vaguely aware of Renegade Platinum though it doesn't quite seem right for what I'm looking for, but for Unova I've got absolutely nothing. Are there any good romhacks that truly approximate the Legacy experience for Unova? -- One that both allows for every Pokémon to be caught, and ideally is more of a "Grey version" that combines story elements from both games...? I loved the entire Unova experience, too, I'd love to play romhacks for both sets of Unova games. Any ideas please? I'll settle for either a White and White 2, or Black and Black 2, with the minor standard changes that simply allow for everything to be experienced in one game without needing another (no version exclusives and trade evos removed type of thing), but naturally I'd prefer something a little more deep than that.
Finally, very much looking forward to XY Legacy! I didn't care much for XY but that was mainly because of all Kalos' squandered potential; Even if I feel VI is where many Pokémon stopped looking like Pokémon, I enjoyed enough of the new 'mons, I enjoyed the region, graphics, AND MEGA EVOLUTION OF COURSE!!!, to where I can see myself thoroughly enjoying XY Legacy. It wouldn't have been my personal very next pick for a fourth Legacy series hack, but I'm pleasantly surprised and very happy we're getting it, and I have faith in the team to deliver something that ties up Kalos' various loose ends of squandered potential. Woohoo! I'm excited.