Modder turns Red Dead Redemption 2 into Pokemon & it’s unbelievable

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A popular modder named Blurbs has created a Red Dead Redemption 2 experience that plays like a Pokémon game, and the results are surprisingly fantastic.

Red Dead Redemption 2 puts you in the role of Arthur Morgan, a member of a dying breed of outlaw gunslingers, and is fundamentally a third-person shooting game. Pokémon, on the other hand, casts you as a Trainer who captures creatures and battles with them. Despite both being games, they offer vastly different experiences.

So, Pokemon and Red Dead Redemption 2 seem totally different, right? But this amazing modder, Blurbs, figured out how to actually play Pokemon inside the Red Dead world. Seriously, you have to see it to believe how cool it is!

Blurbs started a Twitch stream with a fun question: what if Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption wasn’t an outlaw, but a Pokémon trainer? He then spent hours actually building a program to explore that idea.

Pokemon comes to life in Red Dead Redemption 2

Like with any complex software project, even small changes to the massive amount of code in a major game can sometimes create strange and funny glitches.

Whether it was strange cartoons or animals having accidents at inconvenient moments, Blurbs definitely had a memorable time figuring things out.

I’ve transformed Red Dead Redemption 2 into a Pokémon-style RPG! Here’s what you can expect: you can catch and name wild animals, battle characters with different types and moves, and challenge Arthur’s gang members, who act as Gym Leaders. Keep an eye out for the release!

— Blurbs (@Blurbstv) February 2, 2026

Slowly but surely, the idea started to work. When you throw a unique red ball at any animal – whether it lives on land, in the sea, or in the air – the game switches to a special camera view, showing you a randomly determined capture sequence. Before that, though, you need to choose a starting animal: a Snake (Poison type), a Fish (Water type), or a Bird (Flying type).

Once you’ve assembled a team of creatures, you can initiate a battle by targeting any townsperson or Gym Leader with your weapon. The game then shifts to a traditional turn-based format where you select attacks, use abilities, or heal your creatures as you try to defeat your opponent’s captured animals.

Okay, so we’re getting highlights of all the fun stuff happening, which is awesome! But we can’t actually play it ourselves… yet. The creator says he’s definitely planning to release it for us to try, but he needs a little time to fix some things in the code first. Fingers crossed it won’t be too long!

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2026-02-03 05:19