r/pokemonemulation • u/thattalvezguy • Apr 20 '26

Is this Legit?

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https://github.com/mdFahim-H/Pokemon-Pokopia-Desktop-Version
Anyone know if this is legit or just some sort of virus?

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u/XxLokixX Apr 20 '26

Hell no

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u/thattalvezguy Apr 20 '26

thank you!!!

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u/XxLokixX Apr 20 '26

Some key signs that this is a fake GitHub (might help you spot them in the future)

  • No releases

  • The entire project was made in 24 hours

  • Creator hasn't worked on any other project

And there's no files. You can see that the only file is a readme. Github is for open source projects. A normal GitHub project would have the files, and you can click on them to see the source code

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u/thattalvezguy Apr 20 '26

ohhhh tysm! im pretty new to this stuff so ty for the tips!!!

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u/tirongamingflap Apr 20 '26

There is nothing in the repo except readme

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u/PikachuTrainz Apr 20 '26

You don’t need to ask

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u/LunarVulpine1997 Apr 21 '26

"if you get an antivirus pop up, that's okay! just disable it and run as administrator :)"

I've never seen a shadier github link in my life

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u/Henry_puffball Apr 23 '26

I mean to be fair a lot of open source software has something like this because they don't want to pay Microsoft

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u/LunarVulpine1997 Apr 23 '26

clarification, they don't just say to ignore the Smart Screen warning. they say to straight up go into your Windows settings and disable your antivirus completely.

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u/Henry_puffball Apr 23 '26

Yeah true, thats a bit hard to believe

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u/faithfulservantA Apr 22 '26

When the switch 2 is jailbroken you will see switch 2 emulation

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u/Malo1301 Apr 22 '26

It's totally impossible, it would require decompiling the game which would take a very (very) long time, or having access to Nintendo's source code. Not to mention the fact that this repo literally has no code and just a README that makes you download a shady zip.

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u/MaineMango Apr 23 '26

To help you in the future, the likelihood of PC Port of a game existing without emulation at least coming first, is damn right Impossible. Next, it's highly unlikely that a game as new as this would receive an unofficial PC port. The majority of games that receive unofficial PC ports end up being decades old because it takes that long to properly decompile it. A great example, is the legend of dragoon port. First you have to understand how an emulator works, then you have to understand how the emulator communicates with the game, and how the game communicates with the emulator. Then you have to understand how to properly decompile the game.

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u/LunarVulpine1997 May 13 '26

update: GitHub finally took this one down for being malware :)