A childish fiend that views his world as his playground, Hoopa proved to be crueler and more dangerous than Darugis. At the end of the game, Hoopa tries to have the heroes killed, but he only manages to kill Kaz. Hoopa also commits personal crimes, such as taunting Kaz that he's becoming a remorseless killer thanks to the Trainer's Curse and having Joel turned into a zombie, causing Kaz grief. He has the zombies hunt down any trainers, seeking to remove anyone he deems unworthy of existing in his 'perfect' world, with no mercy given to children. Hoopa turned the world into a wasteland and inflicted the 'Trainer's Curse' on anyone who owns a Pokémon, which will cause them to die and eventually become a zombie should they lose a battle. Complete Monster: Hoopa is an ancient Pokémon who manipulated the events of the first two games to get rid of Arceus and Darugis and gain control of the universe.Many other people consider the story an incredibly dull Cliché Storm with weak and forgettable characters, and that it has strong elements of bad fanfiction given the presence of characters from the anime (including Brock, Misty, and Ash who has become champion) and a special guest appearance by Yami Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh! as a gym leader.

Some people did enjoy the more serious plot and found the original characters interesting.

Posts by the romhack creator indicate that it was her primary concern when creating Dark Rising, to have a stronger and more ambitious storyline.

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