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Pokémon Red and Green Versions

2009-11-24T04:21:30Z

PokemonObsessedFreak: Fixed a mistake

:''This article is about the Japanese releases. For the international releases, see [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]].''
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{{Infobox_game |
name = Pocket Monsters Red and Green Versions |
boxart = [[image:Pokemon_red_box_ja.jpg|200px]][[image:Pokemon_green_box_ja.jpg|200px]] |
caption = Pocket Monsters Red and Green's boxart, [[version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Charizard}} and {{p|Venusaur}} respectively. |
category = RPG |
players = 2 players simultaneous |
release_date_ja = 1997|
release_date_au = November 1, 1998{{tt|*|As Red and Blue Versions}} |
release_date_eu = October 5, 1999{{tt|*|As Red and Blue Versions}} |
release_date_na = September 1, 1998{{tt|*|As Red and Blue Versions}} |
release_date_kr = N/A |
publisher = [[Nintendo]] |
developer = [[Game Freak]] |
esrb = E for Everyone |
staff = yes |
stafflink = Staff of Pokémon Red and Green |
website_en = [http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-317 Games : Pokémon Red] |
website_ja = [http://nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apaj/index.html ポケットモンスター赤] [http://nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apbj/index.html ポケットモンスター緑] |
}}

'''Pocket Monsters Red''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター {{tt|赤|あか}}''') and '''Pocket Monsters Green''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター {{tt|緑|みどり}}''') were the first-ever [[Pokémon games]] to be released to the public, in Japan in 1996. Introducing the main gameplay concepts that went on to provide the standard from games in the [[main series]], the games were eventually translated and released worldwide as [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]] using a combination of the engine from [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|the Japanese Blue Version]] and the obtainable Pokémon from Red and Green. Much as would become standard, Red and Green were later joined by third version [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Blue]], which slightly improved upon their features and provided the code for the international releases of Red and Blue, and eventually [[Pokémon Yellow Version|Pocket Monsters Pikachu]], a fourth version based on the [[Pokémon anime]].

==Plot==
Red and Green began the Pokémon series in the region of [[Kanto]], where players became a ten-year-old [[Pokémon Trainer]] just starting off a journey from their home of [[Pallet Town|Masara Town]], on the same day as their {{ga|Blue|rival}}. After obtaining a [[starter Pokémon]] (a choice of the {{type2|Grass}} {{p|Bulbasaur|Fushigidane}}, {{type2|Fire}} {{p|Charmander|Hitokage}}, or {{type2|Water}} {{p|Squirtle|Zenigame}}) from [[Professor Oak|Dr. Okido]], the local authority on Pokémon (and with their rival choosing the Pokémon whose type weakens that of the player), players would journey across the region, defeating the eight Gym Leaders: [[Brock|Takeshi]], [[Misty|Kasumi]], [[Lt. Surge|Matis]], [[Erika]], [[Koga|Kyo]], [[Sabrina|Natsume]], [[Blaine|Katsura]], and [[Giovanni|Sakaki]]. After all eight have been defeated, the player goes on to challenge the Elite Four, [[Lorelei|Canna]], [[Bruno|Shiba]], [[Agatha|Kikuko]], and [[Lance|Wataru]], and finally, in their last battle, the current champion, their rival.

Along the way, Trainers will encounter the evil [[Team Rocket|Rocket Gang]], a group of criminals that seek to exploit Pokémon, rather than train them as friends and partners, and must defeat them to put a stop to their actions. The rival will also continuously harass the player, challenging him to {{pkmn|battle}} over and over, with an increasingly powerful team. That is, not to say, that the player's own Pokémon will not also be ever more powerful. Thus is the path to the [[Indigo Plateau|Quartz Plateau]]....

==Connectivity==
The two games introduced the ability to allow players to [[trade]] Pokémon between two cartridges using a [[Game Boy]] [[link cable]]. To take fullest advantage of this feature, several Pokémon are exclusive to each game of the pair, making it required that a person trade with others in order to complete their [[Pokédex]]. The link cable also makes possible battles with another player, allowing one to pit their Pokémon against equals when their Pokémon are as powerful as they can be, at level 100.

Trades done between Pokémon games in different languages are impossible in this generation, and will always result in corruption if it is attempted. This is due to the fact that the games cannot automatically translate the Pokémon as there is not enough room on either cartridge for all of the text in so many languages (a feature that would later become possible).

==Features==
===Gyms===
As would become the case for each Pokémon game in the [[Version|main series]] to come, there are eight [[Pokémon Gym]]s in Kanto, each with their own type affiliation. The [[Gym Leader]]s are [[Brock|Takeshi]] ({{t|Rock}}), [[Misty|Kasumi]] ({{t|Water}}), [[Lt. Surge|Matis]] ({{t|Electric}}), [[Erika]] ({{t|Grass}}), [[Koga|Kyō]] ({{t|Poison}}), [[Sabrina|Natsume]] ({{t|Psychic}}), [[Blaine|Katsura]] ({{t|Fire}}) and [[Giovanni|Sakaki]] ({{t|Ground}}).

===Elite Four===
Another trend established by Red and Green, the goal for players, the [[Elite Four]], is located at the [[Indigo Plateau|Quartz Plateau]]. The Elite trainers are [[Lorelei|Canna]] ({{t|Ice}}), [[Bruno|Shiba]] ({{t|Fighting}}), [[Agatha|Kikuko]] ({{t|Ghost}}) and [[Lance|Wataru]] ({{t|Dragon}}). The [[Champion]] is none other than the rival, {{ga|Blue|Green}}, who has Pokémon of mixed types.

===Pokémon===
Each game contains pre-recorded data on 151 different species of Pokémon, including {{p|Mew}}, a Pokémon even [[Nintendo]] was not aware of initially. Despite this, not all Pokémon are available to the player, regardless of version; trades must occur between players in order to complete their Pokédex without the use of cheats or glitches. Mew is the only Pokémon in these games that ''must'' be acquired through attending either a Nintendo sponsored event, [[Mew glitch|a glitch]], or [[cheating]].

==[[Version-exclusive Pokémon|Version exclusives]]==
The following Pokémon are only obtainable in one game of this pair. In order to obtain Pokémon exclusive to the other game of this pair, they must be traded either from that game or from another compatible game of [[Generation I]] which has that Pokémon available.
{| align="center"
|- align="center" valign="top"
|
{| align="center" style="background: #{{red color}}; -moz-border-radius: 1em; border: 5px solid #{{red color light}};"
|-
! Red
|- align="center"
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{red color}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- align="center"
{{Moveentrytm|023|Ekans|1|Poison|}}
{{Moveentrytm|024|Arbok|1|Poison|}}
{{Moveentrytm|043|Oddish|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|044|Gloom|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|045|Vileplume|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|056|Mankey|1|Fighting|}}
{{Moveentrytm|057|Primeape|1|Fighting|}}
{{Moveentrytm|058|Growlithe|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|059|Arcanine|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|123|Scyther|2|Bug|Flying}}
{{Moveentrytm|125|Electabuzz|1|Electric|}}
|}
|}
|
{| align="center" style="background: #{{green color}}; -moz-border-radius: 1em; border: 5px solid #{{green color light}};"
|-
! Green
|- align="center"
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{green color}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- align="center"
{{Moveentrytm|027|Sandshrew|1|Ground|}}
{{Moveentrytm|028|Sandslash|1|Ground|}}
{{Moveentrytm|037|Vulpix|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|038|Ninetales|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|052|Meowth|1|Normal|}}
{{Moveentrytm|053|Persian|1|Normal|}}
{{Moveentrytm|069|Bellsprout|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|070|Weepinbell|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|071|Victreebel|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|126|Magmar|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|127|Pinsir|1|Bug|}}
|}
|}
|}

==Legacy==
Pocket Monsters Red and Green set the precedent for what has become a blockbuster, multi-billion dollar franchise. In Japan, Red, Green, and the [[Versions|third version]] Blue combined have sold 10.23 million copies.<ref>[http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm Japan Platinum Game Chart. The Magic Box. Access date: 2008-01-26.]</ref> In the United States, Pokémon Red has sold 4.83 million copies, while Pokémon Blue has sold 5.02 million copies.<ref>[http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml US Platinum Videogame Chart. The Magic Box. Access date: 2008-01-26.]</ref> These numbers combine to make a total of 9.85 million copies sold in the US.

Pocket Monsters Red and Green were the namesake of the [[Generation I]] remakes of {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} released in 2004, even in regions where Blue was paired with Red.

==Trivia==
* Development of Red and Green started during 1990, making their development the longest of all by far.
* The game's main characters {{ga|Red}} and {{ga|Blue|Green}} have several default names, among them サトシ ''Satoshi'' and シゲル ''Shigeru'', respectively. These names come from Pokémon creator [[Satoshi Tajiri]] and his friend and fellow Nintendo developer, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. When the games were translated into the English Red and Blue, the defaults became Red and Blue. Alternative names that could be chosen were Ash and Gary, after the anime characters that share the names [[Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]] and [[Gary Oak|Shigeru]].
* While Red and Green are the first [[Pokémon games]] released, they were not necessarily the first Pokémon trademark ever registered. {{p|Mew}} was the first Pokémon trademark ever applied for; the application for the Pokémon was submitted on May 9, 1990, while the application for Pocket Monsters Red and Green was submitted on September 11, 1995. Before Red and Green were granted registered trademarks on December 26, 1997, Mew (then spelled ミュー, not ミュウ) had already become the first Pokémon trademark registered, granted on March 31, 1994; ミュウ was later granted on August 6, 1999.
* Red and Green, as well as [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|their remakes]] are the only [[main series]] Pokémon games to be released in the first two thirds of the year in Japan. All of the others to date have been released between September and December.
* The storyline of Kanto introduced in these games has the honor of being the most available one of all games, being featured in six separate games (Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen, in addition to Red and Green).
* Although {{game|Crystal}} was the only version whose name included the term "Version" in Japanese, the term was used in English on the back covers and the title screen of Pokémon Red and Green.
** The same situation occurs with the Japanese versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver, except it does not appear on the title screen.

==References==
<references />

{{Main series}}
{{Project Games notice}}
[[Category:Game Boy games]]
[[Category:Games]]

[[de:Pokémon Rot und Grün (Japan)]]
[[fr:Pokémon Vert]]
[[ja:ポケットモンスター赤・緑]]
[[pt:Pokémon Red e Green]]

Pokémon Red and Green Versions

2009-08-17T00:39:55Z

PokemonObsessedFreak: Fixed a Mistake

:''This article is about the Japanese releases. For the North American releases, see [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]].''
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{{Infobox_game |
name = Pocket Monsters Red and Green Versions |
boxart = [[image:Pokemon_red_box_ja.jpg|200px]][[image:Pokemon_green_box_ja.jpg|200px]] |
caption = Pocket Monsters Red and Green's boxart, [[version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Charizard}} and {{p|Venusaur}} respectively. |
category = RPG |
players = 2 players simultaneous |
release_date_ja = 1997 |
release_date_au = November 1, 1998{{tt|*|As Red and Blue Versions}} |
release_date_eu = October 5, 1999{{tt|*|As Red and Blue Versions}} |
release_date_na = September 1, 1998{{tt|*|As Red and Blue Versions}} |
release_date_kr = N/A |
publisher = [[Nintendo]] |
developer = [[Game Freak]] |
esrb = E for Everyone |
staff = yes |
stafflink = Staff of Pokémon Red and Green |
website_en = [http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-317 Games : Pokémon Red] |
website_ja = [http://nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apaj/index.html ポケットモンスター赤] [http://nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apbj/index.html ポケットモンスター緑] |
}}

'''Pocket Monsters Red''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター {{tt|赤|あか}}''') and '''Pocket Monsters Green''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター {{tt|緑|みどり}}''') were the first-ever [[Pokémon games]] to be released to the public, in Japan in 1997. Introducing the main gameplay concepts that went on to provide the standard from games in the [[main series]], the games were eventually translated and released worldwide as [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]]. Much as would become standard, Red and Green were later joined by third version [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Blue]], which slightly improved upon their features, and eventually [[Pokémon Yellow Version|Pocket Monsters Pikachu]], a fourth version based on the [[Pokémon anime]].

==Plot==
Red and Green began the Pokémon series in the region of [[Kanto]], where players became a ten-year-old [[Pokémon Trainer]] just starting off a journey from their home of [[Pallet Town|Masara Town]], on the same day as their {{ga|Green|rival}}. After obtaining a [[starter Pokémon]] (a choice of the {{type2|Grass}} {{p|Bulbasaur|Fushigidane}}, {{type2|Fire}} {{p|Charmander|Hitokage}}, or {{type2|Water}} {{p|Squirtle|Zenigame}}) from [[Professor Oak|Dr. Okido]], the local authority on Pokémon (and with their rival choosing the Pokémon whose type weakens that of the player), players would journey across the region, defeating the eight Gym Leaders: [[Brock|Takeshi]], [[Misty|Kasumi]], [[Lt. Surge|Matis]], [[Erika]], [[Koga|Kyo]], [[Sabrina|Natsume]], [[Blaine|Katsura]], and [[Giovanni|Sakaki]]. After all eight have been defeated, the player goes on to challenge the Elite Four, [[Lorelei|Canna]], [[Bruno|Shiba]], [[Agatha|Kikuko]], and [[Lance|Wataru]], and finally, in their last battle, the current champion, their rival.

Along the way, Trainers will encounter the evil [[Team Rocket|Rocket Gang]], a group of criminals that seek to exploit Pokémon, rather than train them as friends and partners, and must defeat them to put a stop to their actions. The rival will also continuously harass the player, challenging him to {{pkmn|battle}} over and over, with an increasingly powerful team. That is, not to say, that the player's own Pokémon will not also be ever more powerful. Thus is the path to the [[Indigo Plateau|Quartz Plateau]]...

==Connectivity==
The two games introduced the ability to allow players to [[trade]] Pokémon between two cartridges using a [[Game Boy]] [[link cable]]. To take fullest advantage of this feature, several Pokémon are exclusive to each game of the pair, making it required that a person trade with others in order to complete their [[Pokédex]]. The link cable also makes possible battles with another player, allowing one to pit their Pokémon against equals when their Pokémon are as powerful as they can be, at level 100.

Trades done between Pokémon games in different languages are impossible in this generation, and will always result in corruption if it is attempted. This is due to the fact that the games cannot automatically translate the Pokémon as there is not enough room on either cartridge for all of the text in so many languages (a feature that would later become possible).

==Features==
===Gyms===
As would become the case for each Pokémon game in the [[Version|main series]] to come, there are eight [[Pokémon Gym]]s in Kanto, each with their own type affiliation. The [[Gym Leader]]s are [[Brock|Takeshi]] ({{t|Rock}}), [[Misty|Kasumi]] ({{t|Water}}), [[Lt. Surge|Matis]] ({{t|Electric}}), [[Erika]] ({{t|Grass}}), [[Koga|Kyō]] ({{t|Poison}}), [[Sabrina|Natsume]] ({{t|Psychic}}), [[Blaine|Katsura]] ({{t|Fire}}) and [[Giovanni|Sakaki]] ({{t|Ground}}).

===Elite Four===
Another trend established by Red and Green, the goal for players, the [[Elite Four]], is located at the [[Indigo Plateau|Quartz Plateau]]. The Elite trainers are [[Lorelei|Canna]] ({{t|Ice}}), [[Bruno|Shiba]] ({{t|Fighting}}), [[Agatha|Kikuko]] ({{t|Ghost}}) and [[Lance|Wataru]] ({{t|Dragon}}). The [[Champion]] is {{ga|Green}}, who has Pokémon of mixed types.

===Pokémon===
Each game contains pre-recorded data on 151 different species of Pokémon, including {{p|Mew}}, a Pokémon even [[Nintendo]] was not aware of initially. Despite this, not all Pokémon are available to the player, regardless of version; trades must occur between players in order to complete their Pokédex without the use of cheats or glitches. Mew is the only Pokémon in these games that ''must'' be acquired through attending either a Nintendo sponsored event, [[Mew glitch|a glitch]], or [[cheating]].

==[[Version-exclusive Pokémon|Version exclusives]]==
The following Pokémon are only obtainable in one game of this pair. In order to obtain Pokémon exclusive to the other game of this pair, they must be traded either from that game or from another compatible game of [[Generation I]] which has that Pokémon available.
{| align="center"
|- align="center" valign="top"
|
{| align="center" style="background: #{{red color}}; -moz-border-radius: 1em; border: 5px solid #{{red color light}};"
|-
! Red
|- align="center"
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{red color}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- align="center"
{{Moveentrytm|023|Ekans|1|Poison|}}
{{Moveentrytm|024|Arbok|1|Poison|}}
{{Moveentrytm|043|Oddish|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|044|Gloom|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|045|Vileplume|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|056|Mankey|1|Fighting|}}
{{Moveentrytm|057|Primeape|1|Fighting|}}
{{Moveentrytm|058|Growlithe|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|059|Arcanine|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|123|Scyther|2|Bug|Flying}}
{{Moveentrytm|125|Electabuzz|1|Electric|}}
|}
|}
|
{| align="center" style="background: #{{green color}}; -moz-border-radius: 1em; border: 5px solid #{{green color light}};"
|-
! Green
|- align="center"
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{green color}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- align="center"
{{Moveentrytm|027|Sandshrew|1|Ground|}}
{{Moveentrytm|028|Sandslash|1|Ground|}}
{{Moveentrytm|037|Vulpix|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|038|Ninetales|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|052|Meowth|1|Normal|}}
{{Moveentrytm|053|Persian|1|Normal|}}
{{Moveentrytm|069|Bellsprout|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|070|Weepinbell|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|071|Victreebel|2|Grass|Poison}}
{{Moveentrytm|126|Magmar|1|Fire|}}
{{Moveentrytm|127|Pinsir|1|Bug|}}
|}
|}
|}

==Legacy==
Pocket Monsters Red and Green set the precedent for what has become a blockbuster, multi-billion dollar franchise. In Japan, Red, Green, and the [[third version]] Blue combined have sold 10.23 million copies.<ref>[http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm Japan Platinum Game Chart. The Magic Box. Access date: 2008-01-26.]</ref> In the United States, Pokémon Red has sold 4.83 million copies, while Pokémon Blue has sold 5.02 million copies.<ref>[http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml US Platinum Videogame Chart. The Magic Box. Access date: 2008-01-26.]</ref>

Pocket Monsters Red and Green were the namesake of the [[Generation I]] remakes of {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} released in 2004, even in regions where Blue was paired with Red.

==Trivia==
* Development of Red and Green started during 1990, making their development the longest of all by far.
* The game's main characters {{ga|Red}} and {{ga|Green}} have several default names, among them サトシ ''Satoshi'' and シゲル ''Shigeru'', respectively. These names come from Pokémon creator [[Satoshi Tajiri]] and his friend and fellow Nintendo developer, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. When the games were translated into the English Red and Blue, the defaults became Red and Blue. Alternative names that could be chosen were Ash and Gary, after the anime characters that share the names [[Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]] and [[Gary Oak|Shigeru]].
* While Red and Green are the first [[Pokémon games]] released, they were not necessarily the first Pokémon trademark ever registered. {{p|Mew}} was the first Pokémon trademark ever applied for; the application for the Pokémon was submitted on May 9, 1990, while the application for Pocket Monsters Red and Green was submitted on September 11, 1995. Before Red and Green were granted registered trademarks on December 26, 1997, Mew (then spelled ミュー, not ミュウ) had already become the first Pokémon trademark registered, granted on March 31, 1994; ミュウ was later granted on August 6, 1999.
* Red and Green, as well as [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|their remakes]] are the only [[main series]] Pokémon games to be released in the first two thirds of the year in Japan. All of the others to date have been released between September and December.
* The storyline of Kanto introduced in these games has the honor of being the most available one of all games, being featured in six separate games (Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen, in addition to Red and Green).

==References==
<references />

{{Main series}}
{{Project Games notice}}
[[Category:Game Boy games]]
[[Category:Games]]

[[de:Pokémon Rot und Grün (Japan)]]
[[fr:Pokémon Vert]]
[[ja:ポケットモンスター赤・緑]]