Pokemon – Red Version
- Collect up to 139 Pokémon with this game
- both Red and Blue versions are required to capture all 150
- use the optional Game Link cable to trade Pokémon and play against a friend;
- for one to two players
Product Description
It’s the game that started a revolution, but it’s not just the fad that convinced gamers to “catch ‘em all.” This deceptively unadorned and outcome-friendly roleplaying game design is a far deeper game design than it looks. Pokemon features way more approach and gameplay than it leads on, offering gamers nearly infinite gaming possibilities even after the main adventure ends. Pocket Monsters Red was released in Japan in 1996 by mail-order only (the two launch titles were Green and Blue). The franchise arrived in the west in 1998 as Pokemon Blue and Red (Roald Dahl holds the copyright for “Pocket Monsters” in the west, so the title was changed to the Japanese colloquial name). The sports meeting could be linked up with each other and with the N64’s Pokemon Stadium titles for creature trading.Editorial Review
Welcome to the world of Pokémon, one filled with wild Pokémon and the people who attempt to tame them. You are Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokémon trainer in the world. Professor Oak, the chief authority on Pokémon, has given you your choice of three tame Pokémon in exchange for your helping him catalog and document every Pokémon in the world.
But to catalog a Pokémon, you have to capture it, by first beating it up with one of your trained Pokémon, and then hitting it with an empty Poké Ball. As your tame Pokémon gain experience in battle, their abilities increase and they earn access to new attacks. Sometimes they even evolve into more advanced Pokémon.
Aside from capturing wild Pokémon and evolving your own, you can catalog new Pokémon–the only way to gather some Pokémon–by trading with another Pokémon player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Affect’s infrared system. Pokémon gained owing to trades learn and evolve quicker, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokémon, since each Pokémon game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, andPokémon Golden-haired) has certain Pokémon missing. So if you own Red and want to have a complete set of Pokémon, you must find a friendly Blue or Golden-haired owner and arrange a trade.
Pokémon Red is packed with fascinating characters, an ingenious tale hook, intriguing approach, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon, and it’s simple to see how it started the Pokémania that is sweeping the world. –Michael Fehlauer
Pros:
- Gameplay and approach that are fun for all ages
- Fantastic replay regard
- Brilliant game design encourages players to meet and trade
Cons:
- Hours of looking at the Game Boy’s small screen may hurt neck
- Only 1 saved game per cartridge–2 people can’t share a release game
- No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokémon
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This game will ruin your life! When I first got it I’d play it hours straight and accomplish absolutly NOTHING! I played it forever until I suddenly realized “This game is horrible”.
Don’t dissipate your life, DON’T BUY POKEMON!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
I’m bored so i’m writing a review for this horrible game. The tv series is terrible enough so why the hell would they make a game just as terrible? the graphics really sucks and so does the sound… DEATH TO ALL POKEMON!!!!
Rating: 2 / 5
The game is highly repetitive and is an imitation of Gameboy Zelda. It is not worth the time to play and the cash wasted on batteries.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ll admit, probobly 2 years ago I’d be giving this game 5 stars because it was fun. It was the first gameboy game I got, it was challenging(at first), and I always had fun. I used to be a hordcore fan of Poke’mon. But lets face the facts, THAT WAS 2 YEARS AGO. People who like Poke’mon today are living in the past. I do not like Poke’mon anymore. As a matter of fact I recently sold this game and all the other Poke’mon stuff I had like cards and other sports meeting. Poke’mon was once the hottest thing around. But after they made that movie, Poke’mon went down. This game is challenging, it took me two and a half months to beat it then at a snail’s pace it started to get dull. So if you like Poke’mon get it but if you want to live in today’s world don’t buy it.
Rating: 1 / 5
My brother bought me this game for my birthday, the first day I loved it, but after a while its dull. all you do is battle other pokemon. I would recomend another game. Susie
Rating: 1 / 5