WHO'S THAT POKEMON?! The Lua game that tugged at everyone's heart strings even as early its Alpha release has now poke-evolved into its next version: PSPokemon Beta. Yep, that's right: Beta. Still not a final full version that developer sony_psp_player has in mind, however, while it's in Beta, it's still quite a catch as things go.

There's a lot of new stuff included in this release, plus some added touch-ups:

* Loading screen
* Menu
* easy fight engine
* You can select one of six pokemon at the beginning

Right now, sony_psp_player is calling for a graphic artist who can help him with the background for the fighting scenes. Now while some of you would firstly rather see Ash being re-sized (yeah, he's still in Godzilla mode, same as the previous version), I personally think it's an interesting quirk that this game has. Oh, and as an added note from the developer:

"There is no version for FW 1.50 now. I think there will never be one because everyone is using the new custom firmwares."

For those interested in working with sony_psp_player on the fighting scene re-vamp, just get in touch with him through our forums. And enjoy the download, while you're at it!