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Pokémon: Red Version

Original title: Poketto monsutâ aka
  • Video Game
  • 1996
  • E
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
3.1K
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Pokémon: Red Version (1996)
ActionAdventureFantasySci-FiSport

Play as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.Play as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.Play as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.

  • Director
    • Satoshi Tajiri
  • Writers
    • Satoshi Tajiri
    • Ryohsuke Taniguchi
    • Fumihiro Nonomura
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.8/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Satoshi Tajiri
    • Writers
      • Satoshi Tajiri
      • Ryohsuke Taniguchi
      • Fumihiro Nonomura
    • 16User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    10TOMNEL

    No matter how bad the television show and trading cards were, this game was still amazingly fun!

    Pokemon Blue Version is probably my favorite game for the original Gameboy. It is challenging, but certainly not impossible, and it's extremely addictive. It's a sandbox style game where you can walk around to different towns and talk to various people, and as your Pokemon grow in level and learn new moves, you can find new areas and new Pokemon and items.

    Your character you play as has just woken up to the first day when they can get a Pokemon. You go to Professor Oak and he gives you the choice of 1 of 3 different starter Pokemon. Your main goal is to collect all 8 badges from the different Gym Leaders and catch new Pokemon to fight them. In the end, you are granted access to a cave containing the genetically engineered Mewtwo, which is a very climactic battle, more so than in any other game up to this point.

    This game is just pure fun. The battles are cool to get into and necessary to get money to buy more items for your Pokemon. Some of the sub-plots are really interesting, including trying to get through a ghost tower full of unknown ghosts, and you must first get a scope to see what they are, and the constant attacks from Team Rocket who for some reason just want to bully you. The music in the game actually really impresses me too. It's like a full musical score, with some well thought out tunes, my favorite being the creepy tune from Lavender town, which is a creepy and sad song. After you've beaten the game and collected all the Pokemon there's not much to do, but good look trying to collect them all without cheating. It will take you days. It's just a great game.

    Pokemon has been killed with the television program and the trading cards, and even the more complicated newer games. The oldest is the best, and is one of the funnest games I've ever played! My rating: **** out of ****.
    10GENERAL NOCTORA

    IT WAS COOL

    It was the first of all of the POKeMON shows that i have seen. It was cool to see some of the first POKeMON this way. on a scale from 1 {bad}10 {best} i give it a 10. I would tell everyone to see it again and again.
    Darth_Homer

    One of the most creative and original games ever

    Wow, even though I hate Pokemon, the game is actually kind of good, because not only is it the addictiveness of the game, but in a clever case of game designing, the game is put into two seperate games, each containg 75 of the monsters each.

    Storyline wise, the game is ok, it's the same, I must become the greatest trainer in history storyline, but still, it works, Soundwise, it's ok as well, the sound isn't GTA:VC great (which is an extremely high standard). Gameplay wise, it's like an RPG, without the insanely hard battles.

    So enjoy or hate, it's your choice
    DragonMasterHiro

    Very Clever.

    I had no idea this game would be so addictive. Despite being on a small black & white Gameboy screen, the game's content and appeal overcomes all that. There's so much to do in the game that it drives you nuts because you want to do it all. There are 150 kinds of POKeMON (in this Red/Blue version) to be found. They are all unique which makes it easy for anyone to pick a favorite (my personal favorites were Kadabra, Omastar and Raticate). Your goal is to earn all 8 gym badges from the different elemental leaders and beat your rival to becoming a POKeMON Master. Little side quests put you in situations to collect more POKeMON. The more you have, the more flexible you can be in battle. The catchy music is great for Gameboy standards. It changes depending on the town, different places you walk through, your current action and when you're in battle. I thought it was cool they incorporated all the game themes into the cartoon. Sometimes the battles could get tedious as there are always many competing trainers on the way from place to place. It was a great way to build experience but in certain spots they were just overwhelmingly annoying. I haven't played any of the sequels but I've seen some of the new character designs on the more recent versions of the cartoons. I don't like them as much as the old POKeMON. It just seems like they're trying too hard.

    Overall, POKeMON is a great game and I dare you not to get addicted.
    10jerekra

    A game you wont be able to stop playing, ever.

    Pokemon (both the blue and red version) is one of the most addicting games that was ever made. It is a game that you wont be able to stop playing, ever.

    Basically you start off being able to choose one of three Pokemon (Charmander, Bulbasaur, or Squirtle). Then you start off on your quest to get 8 gym badges and defeat the elite four and become the greatest trainer ever. You also try to capture all 150 pokemon, well actually you could catch 151 but Ill get to that later.

    What makes this game so fun is that you battle your pokemon and they increase in levels and ability. THe more you battle them against other trainers and other pokemon the better they get at fighting. It is just addicting getting them stronger so that you can get a better team of pokemon.

    Sometimes the game can be tricky, like when you have to make long travels on foot. And you can be slowed down by the constant appearance of wild pokemon as you are going through caves.

    Overall this game is one of the greatest games ever made. If you start to play you will not be able to stop.

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    • Trivia
      Cerulean Cave was slightly redesigned for the U.S. release of Red and Blue for concern that the dungeon would be too difficult for American players.
    • Goofs
      Go to the item list, and select any HM. Attempt to use it on a Pokemon. Before you do, the text below will say "Use TM on which Pokemon?". However, you are attempting to use an HM, not a TM.
    • Crazy credits
      Various Pokémon fly through the screen during the ending credits.
    • Alternate versions
      In the original Japanese version, the old man in Viridian City says he blocked your progress earlier because he was drunk. However, in the English versions, this line was cut out, and instead he says he's had his coffee.
    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of Poketto monsutâ midori (1996)

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    • Can I trade Pokémon from different foreign languages of the game?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 28, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official Pokemon.com Red and Blue page
      • Official Pokemon.com Red and Green page (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pokémon: Versione rossa
    • Production companies
      • Creatures
      • GAME FREAK Inc.
      • Nintendo
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    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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