They thought it might not work, but the dev behind beloved Pokemon game’s fan-made remake now says that adding its iconic commentator “is 100% possible”

The Pokemon Battle Revolution fan taking matters into their own hands and making their own remake of the 17-year-old spin-off title has now confirmed that it’s “100% possible” to add the iconic voiced commentator to the game, something which they initially thought might not work.

Pokemon Battle Revolution is basically the Nintendo Wii version of Pokemon Stadium, and allows players to pit their beloved ‘mons against each other on a home console game with glorious 3D visuals (which was extremely cool at a time when the main series games were still 2D). The dynamic battle animations still hold up really well to this day, but there’s no doubt that the spin-off’s most iconic feature, like Stadium and Stadium 2 before it, is the fully voiced and ever-enthusiastic announcer, there to offer live commentary for each fight. In the English speaking version, he’s voiced by Rodger Parsons, who you might recognise as one of the narrators in the Pokemon anime, which in itself is really neat for fans of the show.