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title_en=A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!|
title_ja=釣りソムリエ・デント登場！|
title_ja_trans=The Fishing Sommelier - Dent Appears! |
broadcast_jp=June 23, 2011 |
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'''A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!''' (Japanese: '''釣りソムリエ・デント登場！''' ''The Fishing {{tt|Sommelier|Connoisseur}} - {{tt|Dent|Cilan}} Appears!'') is the 37th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', and the 694th episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It first aired in Japan on June 23, 2011, and in the United States on October 15, 2011.

This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on April 7, 2011, as the 26th episode of ''Pokémon the Series: Black & White'', but it was postponed, along with the original {{OBP|BW023|unaired}} and {{OBP|BW024|unaired}}, because of the {{wp|2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami}}. Unlike the [[Team Plasma]] episodes, this one was eventually aired.

{{spoilers}}

==Blurb==

Before Ash can get to his next Gym Battle challenge in Nimbasa City, our heroes run into their friend Bianca once again! She’s in a hurry to get to a fishing competition nearby. She’s never fished before, but we learn that Cilan certainly has...he calls himself a Fishing Connoisseur! He decides to compete, and all of our heroes join him.

Meanwhile, it’s revealed that the competition has been secretly taken over by none other than Team Rocket! They plan to steal all the Water-type Pokémon the competitors catch and give the best of them to the Boss.

As Cilan wrestles in a huge Basculin and Bianca frantically attempts to catch an even bigger Frillish, Team Rocket changes the plan: they decide to make their escape with all the Fishing Poké Balls while the competitors are distracted! Our heroes catch on to their plot and a serious battle ensues. Jessie, James, and Meowth make their escape after discovering that the Pokémon they planned to steal have been rescued, thanks to Bianca’s new Frillish!

And so, with the competition canceled due to Team Rocket’s tomfoolery, our heroes bid Bianca a warm farewell, and their journey to Nimbasa City continues!

==Plot==
{{Ash}}, {{an|Cilan}}, and {{an|Iris}} continue on their journey to [[Nimbasa City]]. They notice everyone crowding around a certain area--naturally, all of them get curious. Ash was just about to go in and see what was going on, when he is suddenly knocked into a wall-enclosed river by {{an|Bianca}}, who apologizes, halting his attempts. Meanwhile after Ash was knocked into the water, a female {{p|Frillish}} notices him. While trying to dry his clothes with a fire, Ash asks her why she was in such a hurry. She tells him that she was going to enter a [[fishing]] competition. This convinces Ash, Iris, and Cilan to enter as well. Cilan becomes very ecstatic, exclaiming that he is a Fishing Connoisseur. During his Connoisseur lecture, he was picturing that he was fishing on a boat.

When they get there, {{TRT}} (in disguise) is handing out the fishing rods and Fishing [[Poké Ball]]s. They say that the grand prize is a golden fishing rod, causing Cilan to get extremely excited. Bianca tries to choose a certain fishing rod, but Cilan explains that there is a better one more suited for the beginner fisherman. Cilan brings out what looks like a pen, and opens it up to show off his own personal Fishing Rod.

While everyone begins to fish, Bianca winds up her fishing rod but hooks onto Ash's jacket. Cilan had to unhook the rod after it got caught. Cilan begins to demonstrate the proper way to use the fishing rod. He explains to everyone that they must be patient waiting for the Pokémon to grab onto the line. When the Pokémon does grab onto the line, he explains that they must wait patiently for the Pokémon to fully tug on the line and then reel it in. Cilan reels in a {{form|Basculin and Basculegion|Blue-Striped}} {{p|Basculin}} which flops around in the water after being reeled in. As Ash looks up Basculin in his [[Pokédex]], Cilan reels Basculin to the surface and brings {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}} out to engage the {{pkmn|category|Hostile Pokémon}} in {{pkmn|battle}}. Basculin uses {{m|Water Gun}} to knock Pansage into the water. Basculin uses {{m|Bite}} while Pansage tries to swim to the surface. Pansage tries to swim away while Basculin uses {{m|Aqua Tail}}. Pansage jumps out to use {{m|Bullet Seed}} and then {{m|Solar Beam}} to knock out Basculin. Cilan throws a Fishing Poké Ball to capture Basculin. Red-Striped Basculin, Alomomola, and Blue-Striped Basculin have been battled and caught by other Trainers. Iris tries to fish but becomes bored with it taking so long for a Pokémon to bite the line that she went into the water to grab a Pokémon herself. Iris grabs a Blue-Striped Basculin and is both whistled and yellow carded by James.

Cilan hands in his Poké Ball containing the Basculin that he caught and asks Jessie about when they get the results of the contest and what they will do with the Poké Balls handed in. Jessie explains that they will let everyone know the results later on. Bianca attempts to toss her fishing line into the water, and this time, a Pokémon grabs onto the line. Everyone tries to help her reel in the Pokémon, but Cilan had to step in and reel it out of the water. A female Frillish comes out of the water and uses {{m|Constrict}} on Ash and won't let go. Everyone tries to force the Frillish to let go, but they had no choice but to have {{p|Pikachu}} use {{m|Thunderbolt}} to send Frillish away back into the water.

Team Rocket grabs the Poké Balls and heads out to the boat to make their getaway, but notice that the boat is getting away. A female Frillish moves the boat away from them. Everyone finds Team Rocket and realizes that the whole competition was fake and they were trying to steal all of the Poké Balls. Team Rocket calls out {{p|Woobat}} and {{p|Yamask}}, while Ash scans Yamask with his Pokédex. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and Pansage uses Bullet Seed which Yamask blocks to protect Woobat. Pikachu uses {{m|Iron Tail}} on Yamask, and Pansage uses {{m|Bite}} on Woobat to defeat them. Everyone begins to notice that all of the Poké Balls are empty and that the female Frillish {{pkmn2|released}} the Pokémon caught during the competition, including Cilan's Basculin. Team Rocket gets away on their jet packs after Yamask uses {{m|Haze}}. Cilan searches for the golden fishing rod and discovers that it was only painted gold and was destroyed in Team Rocket's escape. Bianca tells them that she is going to the Desert Resort to train hard and leaves them.

==Major events==
[[File:Cilan catching Basculin.png|thumb|220px|Cilan after catching Basculin]]
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Bianca}} again.
* {{an|Cilan}} catches a {{form|Basculin and Basculegion|Blue-Striped}} {{p|Basculin}}. However, it is later {{pkmn2|released}}.
* Bianca encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
* [[James's Yamask]] is revealed to know {{m|Haze}}.
{{animeevents|BW}}

===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Basculin}}


==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Iris}}
* {{an|Cilan}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* {{an|Bianca}}
* Participants
* Citizens

===Pokémon===
[[File:WTP BW037.png|thumb|200px|right|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Basculin}} (Red-Striped and Blue-Striped)
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Axew}} ({{OP|Iris|Axew}})
* {{p|Pansage}} ({{OP|Cilan|Pansage}})
* {{p|Basculin}} ({{an|Cilan}}'s; {{form|Basculin|Blue-Striped}}; new; released; debut)
* {{p|Woobat}} ({{OP|Jessie|Woobat}})
* {{p|Yamask}} ({{OP|James|Yamask}})
* {{p|Patrat}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Minccino}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Basculin}} ({{form|Basculin|Red-Striped}} and {{form|Basculin|Blue-Striped}}; multiple; debut)
* {{p|Frillish}} (female)
* {{p|Alomomola}}
* {{p|Pidove}}

==Trivia==
* [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster]]: {{p|Scraggy}}
* This episode was originally supposed to be the 26th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'' and was supposed to fall in between ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]'' and ''[[BW024|Emolga the Irresistible!]]'', formerly the 25th and 27th episodes, respectively. It was also originally titled '''ヒウンシティのつり大会！釣りソムリエ・デント登場！！''' ''Fishing Conference of {{tt|Hiun City|Castelia City}}! Fisher {{tt|Sommelier|Connoisseur}} - {{tt|Dent|Cilan}} Appears!!'' in Japan before it was postponed.
* Clips from this episode were first shown in the Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster following ''[[BW033|Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!]]''.
* In order to ensure better continuity from being placed between ''[[BW036|Archeops In The Modern World!]]'' and ''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]'', this episode went through a couple of minor {{wp|Retroactive continuity|retcons}}:
** All references to the group being in [[Castelia City]] have been removed.
** The ending has {{an|Bianca}} leave the group instead of joining them, with [[BW024]] instead beginning with the narrator explaining she joined off-screen.
* Despite the edits listed above, some carry over errors due to this orginally being an earlier episode remain:
** {{Ash}} was surprised when Cilan revealed his personal fishing rod, despite having seen it in ''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]'', five episodes before.
** The map of the region that Cilan looks at in one scene shows that the group is still in Castelia City
* Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked only the second time {{an|Cilan}} meets {{TRT}}.
* A Trainer who looks very similar to {{ga|Hilbert}} appears as a contestant in one wide-angle shot of the competition.

===Errors===
[[File:BW037 error.png|thumb|200px|The Scraggy error]]
* The profile of the Scraggy appearing in Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster has a yellow scale on its head instead of red.
* In the {{pmin|the Czech Republic|Czech}} dub, the text on the title card doesn't match the episode title being read.

===Dub edits===
* In the original Japanese version, Ash wonders what type of [[Gym]] the [[Nimbasa Gym]] will be. In the English dub, he is just looking forward to battling there.
* In the original Japanese version, Cilan makes several references to alcohol when talking about how to reel in a fish throughout the episodes. The references are removed in the English dub.

==In other languages==
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|da={{tt|En Fiske-Kender i en lusket konkurrence!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a fishy competition!}}
|fi={{tt|Kalastustuntijan kalastustunti!|A Fishing Connoisseur's fishing lesson!}}
|fr_eu={{tt|Un connaiseur pêcheur tend ses filets !|A Fishing Connoisseur tends his nets !}}
|de={{tt|Angeln will gelernt sein...!|Fishing takes practice...!}}
|el={{tt|Ένας Ειδήμονας Ψαράς σε Ύποπτο Διαγωνισμό!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!}}
|hi=फिशी कॉम्पटिशन मे एक फिशिंग कोन्नोईसुएर! {{tt|''Fishy Competition me Ek Fishing Connoisseur!''|Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy competition!}}
|id={{tt|Pancing-memancing. Pertandingan tipuan!!|Fishing. Spoof competition!!}}
|it={{tt|L'Intenditore di Pesca finisce nella rete!|The Fishing Connoisseur falls into the net!}}
|ko={{tt|피싱소믈리에 덴트 등장!|Fishing Sommelier Cilan Appears!}}
|nl={{tt|Een sportvis deskundige in een wedstrijd die niet in de haak is!|A sport fishing Connoisseur in a competition that's not in the hook!}}
|no={{tt|En fiskekjenner i en fiskekonkurranse!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a fishing competition!}}
|pl={{tt|Znawca Wędkarstwa i rybny pojedynek!|A Fishing Connoisseur and a fishy competition!}}
|pt_br={{tt|Um Especialista em Pescaria em uma Competição de Pesca!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishing Competition!}}
|pt_eu={{tt|Um Perito de Pesca numa grande peixeirada!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishing Competition!}}
|ru={{tt|Ценитель рыбалки в деле!|A Fishing Connoiseur in action!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Un Conocedor de Peces en una competencia sospechosa!|A Fish Connoisseur in a suspicious competition!}}
|es_eu={{tt|¡Un Sibarita Pescador en un concurso escamante!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a ''squamy'' contest!}}
|sv={{tt|En fiskekännare i en skum tävling!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a fishy competition!}}
|th={{tt|ซอมเมอลิเยต์นักตกปลา เด็นโตะมาแล้ว!|The Fishing Sommelier - Dent Appears!}}
}}

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BW037

2026-07-12T06:34:42Z

RubyLeafgreenCrystal: Not actually true. His reaction is about same as in dub.

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title_ja=釣りソムリエ・デント登場！|
title_ja_trans=The Fishing Sommelier - Dent Appears! |
broadcast_jp=June 23, 2011 |
broadcast_us=October 15, 2011 |
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en_op={{so|Black and White}} |
ja_op= {{so|Best Wishes!|ベストウイッシュ！}} |
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'''A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!''' (Japanese: '''釣りソムリエ・デント登場！''' ''The Fishing {{tt|Sommelier|Connoisseur}} - {{tt|Dent|Cilan}} Appears!'') is the 37th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', and the 694th episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It first aired in Japan on June 23, 2011, and in the United States on October 15, 2011.

This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on April 7, 2011, as the 26th episode of ''Pokémon the Series: Black & White'', but it was postponed, along with the original {{OBP|BW023|unaired}} and {{OBP|BW024|unaired}}, because of the {{wp|2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami}}. Unlike the [[Team Plasma]] episodes, this one was eventually aired.

{{spoilers}}

==Blurb==

Before Ash can get to his next Gym Battle challenge in Nimbasa City, our heroes run into their friend Bianca once again! She’s in a hurry to get to a fishing competition nearby. She’s never fished before, but we learn that Cilan certainly has...he calls himself a Fishing Connoisseur! He decides to compete, and all of our heroes join him.

Meanwhile, it’s revealed that the competition has been secretly taken over by none other than Team Rocket! They plan to steal all the Water-type Pokémon the competitors catch and give the best of them to the Boss.

As Cilan wrestles in a huge Basculin and Bianca frantically attempts to catch an even bigger Frillish, Team Rocket changes the plan: they decide to make their escape with all the Fishing Poké Balls while the competitors are distracted! Our heroes catch on to their plot and a serious battle ensues. Jessie, James, and Meowth make their escape after discovering that the Pokémon they planned to steal have been rescued, thanks to Bianca’s new Frillish!

And so, with the competition canceled due to Team Rocket’s tomfoolery, our heroes bid Bianca a warm farewell, and their journey to Nimbasa City continues!

==Plot==
{{Ash}}, {{an|Cilan}}, and {{an|Iris}} continue on their journey to [[Nimbasa City]]. They notice everyone crowding around a certain area--naturally, all of them get curious. Ash was just about to go in and see what was going on, when he is suddenly knocked into a wall-enclosed river by {{an|Bianca}}, who apologizes, halting his attempts. Meanwhile after Ash was knocked into the water, a female {{p|Frillish}} notices him. While trying to dry his clothes with a fire, Ash asks her why she was in such a hurry. She tells him that she was going to enter a [[fishing]] competition. This convinces Ash, Iris, and Cilan to enter as well. Cilan becomes very ecstatic, exclaiming that he is a Fishing Connoisseur. During his Connoisseur lecture, he was picturing that he was fishing on a boat.

When they get there, {{TRT}} (in disguise) is handing out the fishing rods and Fishing [[Poké Ball]]s. They say that the grand prize is a golden fishing rod, causing Cilan to get extremely excited. Bianca tries to choose a certain fishing rod, but Cilan explains that there is a better one more suited for the beginner fisherman. Cilan brings out what looks like a pen, and opens it up to show off his own personal Fishing Rod.

While everyone begins to fish, Bianca winds up her fishing rod but hooks onto Ash's jacket. Cilan had to unhook the rod after it got caught. Cilan begins to demonstrate the proper way to use the fishing rod. He explains to everyone that they must be patient waiting for the Pokémon to grab onto the line. When the Pokémon does grab onto the line, he explains that they must wait patiently for the Pokémon to fully tug on the line and then reel it in. Cilan reels in a {{form|Basculin and Basculegion|Blue-Striped}} {{p|Basculin}} which flops around in the water after being reeled in. As Ash looks up Basculin in his [[Pokédex]], Cilan reels Basculin to the surface and brings {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}} out to engage the {{pkmn|category|Hostile Pokémon}} in {{pkmn|battle}}. Basculin uses {{m|Water Gun}} to knock Pansage into the water. Basculin uses {{m|Bite}} while Pansage tries to swim to the surface. Pansage tries to swim away while Basculin uses {{m|Aqua Tail}}. Pansage jumps out to use {{m|Bullet Seed}} and then {{m|Solar Beam}} to knock out Basculin. Cilan throws a Fishing Poké Ball to capture Basculin. Red-Striped Basculin, Alomomola, and Blue-Striped Basculin have been battled and caught by other Trainers. Iris tries to fish but becomes bored with it taking so long for a Pokémon to bite the line that she went into the water to grab a Pokémon herself. Iris grabs a Blue-Striped Basculin and is both whistled and yellow carded by James.

Cilan hands in his Poké Ball containing the Basculin that he caught and asks Jessie about when they get the results of the contest and what they will do with the Poké Balls handed in. Jessie explains that they will let everyone know the results later on. Bianca attempts to toss her fishing line into the water, and this time, a Pokémon grabs onto the line. Everyone tries to help her reel in the Pokémon, but Cilan had to step in and reel it out of the water. A female Frillish comes out of the water and uses {{m|Constrict}} on Ash and won't let go. Everyone tries to force the Frillish to let go, but they had no choice but to have {{p|Pikachu}} use {{m|Thunderbolt}} to send Frillish away back into the water.

Team Rocket grabs the Poké Balls and heads out to the boat to make their getaway, but notice that the boat is getting away. A female Frillish moves the boat away from them. Everyone finds Team Rocket and realizes that the whole competition was fake and they were trying to steal all of the Poké Balls. Team Rocket calls out {{p|Woobat}} and {{p|Yamask}}, while Ash scans Yamask with his Pokédex. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and Pansage uses Bullet Seed which Yamask blocks to protect Woobat. Pikachu uses {{m|Iron Tail}} on Yamask, and Pansage uses {{m|Bite}} on Woobat to defeat them. Everyone begins to notice that all of the Poké Balls are empty and that the female Frillish {{pkmn2|released}} the Pokémon caught during the competition, including Cilan's Basculin. Team Rocket gets away on their jet packs after Yamask uses {{m|Haze}}. Cilan searches for the golden fishing rod and discovers that it was only painted gold and was destroyed in Team Rocket's escape. Bianca tells them that she is going to the Desert Resort to train hard and leaves them.

==Major events==
[[File:Cilan catching Basculin.png|thumb|220px|Cilan after catching Basculin]]
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Bianca}} again.
* {{an|Cilan}} catches a {{form|Basculin and Basculegion|Blue-Striped}} {{p|Basculin}}. However, it is later {{pkmn2|released}}.
* Bianca encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
* [[James's Yamask]] is revealed to know {{m|Haze}}.
{{animeevents|BW}}

===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Basculin}}


==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Iris}}
* {{an|Cilan}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* {{an|Bianca}}
* Participants
* Citizens

===Pokémon===
[[File:WTP BW037.png|thumb|200px|right|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Basculin}} (Red-Striped and Blue-Striped)
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Axew}} ({{OP|Iris|Axew}})
* {{p|Pansage}} ({{OP|Cilan|Pansage}})
* {{p|Basculin}} ({{an|Cilan}}'s; {{form|Basculin|Blue-Striped}}; new; released; debut)
* {{p|Woobat}} ({{OP|Jessie|Woobat}})
* {{p|Yamask}} ({{OP|James|Yamask}})
* {{p|Patrat}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Minccino}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Basculin}} ({{form|Basculin|Red-Striped}} and {{form|Basculin|Blue-Striped}}; multiple; debut)
* {{p|Frillish}} (female)
* {{p|Alomomola}}
* {{p|Pidove}}

==Trivia==
* [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster]]: {{p|Scraggy}}
* This episode was originally supposed to be the 26th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'' and was supposed to fall in between ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]'' and ''[[BW024|Emolga the Irresistible!]]'', formerly the 25th and 27th episodes, respectively. It was also originally titled '''ヒウンシティのつり大会！釣りソムリエ・デント登場！！''' ''Fishing Conference of {{tt|Hiun City|Castelia City}}! Fisher {{tt|Sommelier|Connoisseur}} - {{tt|Dent|Cilan}} Appears!!'' in Japan before it was postponed.
* Clips from this episode were first shown in the Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster following ''[[BW033|Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!]]''.
* In order to ensure better continuity from being placed between ''[[BW036|Archeops In The Modern World!]]'' and ''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]'', this episode went through a couple of minor {{wp|Retroactive continuity|retcons}}:
** All references to the group being in [[Castelia City]] have been removed.
** The ending has been altered to show {{an|Bianca}} leaving the group instead of joining them, contradicting the [[BW024|two]] [[BW025|episodes]] following where it was intended to air, in which she is traveling with them.
* Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked only the second time {{an|Cilan}} meets {{TRT}}.
* A Trainer who looks very similar to {{ga|Hilbert}} appears as a contestant in one wide-angle shot of the competition.

===Errors===
[[File:BW037 error.png|thumb|200px|The Scraggy error]]
* Despite the edits listed above, some indications that this was an earlier episode have been left in, which create the following continuity errors:
** {{Ash}} was surprised when Cilan revealed his personal fishing rod, despite having seen it in ''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]'', five episodes before.
** Team Rocket's jetpacks are shown more closely than during their previous uses, indicating that they are being used for the first time, although they were already shown in the same aforementioned episode.
** The map of the region that Cilan looks at in one scene shows that the group is still in Castelia City.
* The profile of the Scraggy appearing in Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster has a yellow scale on its head instead of red.
* In the {{pmin|the Czech Republic|Czech}} dub, the text on the title card doesn't match the episode title being read.

===Dub edits===
* In the original Japanese version, Ash wonders what type of [[Gym]] the [[Nimbasa Gym]] will be. In the English dub, he is just looking forward to battling there.
* In the original Japanese version, Cilan makes several references to alcohol when talking about how to reel in a fish throughout the episodes. The references are removed in the English dub.

==In other languages==
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|cs={{tt|Znalec - rybář v rybářské soutěži!|Connoisseur - Fisher in a fisher competition!}} {{tt|*|audio}} {{tt|Znalec - rybář v rybí soutěži!|Connoisseur - Fisher in a fish competition!}} {{tt|*|written title card}}
|da={{tt|En Fiske-Kender i en lusket konkurrence!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a fishy competition!}}
|fi={{tt|Kalastustuntijan kalastustunti!|A Fishing Connoisseur's fishing lesson!}}
|fr_eu={{tt|Un connaiseur pêcheur tend ses filets !|A Fishing Connoisseur tends his nets !}}
|de={{tt|Angeln will gelernt sein...!|Fishing takes practice...!}}
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|hi=फिशी कॉम्पटिशन मे एक फिशिंग कोन्नोईसुएर! {{tt|''Fishy Competition me Ek Fishing Connoisseur!''|Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy competition!}}
|id={{tt|Pancing-memancing. Pertandingan tipuan!!|Fishing. Spoof competition!!}}
|it={{tt|L'Intenditore di Pesca finisce nella rete!|The Fishing Connoisseur falls into the net!}}
|ko={{tt|피싱소믈리에 덴트 등장!|Fishing Sommelier Cilan Appears!}}
|nl={{tt|Een sportvis deskundige in een wedstrijd die niet in de haak is!|A sport fishing Connoisseur in a competition that's not in the hook!}}
|no={{tt|En fiskekjenner i en fiskekonkurranse!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a fishing competition!}}
|pl={{tt|Znawca Wędkarstwa i rybny pojedynek!|A Fishing Connoisseur and a fishy competition!}}
|pt_br={{tt|Um Especialista em Pescaria em uma Competição de Pesca!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishing Competition!}}
|pt_eu={{tt|Um Perito de Pesca numa grande peixeirada!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishing Competition!}}
|ru={{tt|Ценитель рыбалки в деле!|A Fishing Connoiseur in action!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Un Conocedor de Peces en una competencia sospechosa!|A Fish Connoisseur in a suspicious competition!}}
|es_eu={{tt|¡Un Sibarita Pescador en un concurso escamante!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a ''squamy'' contest!}}
|sv={{tt|En fiskekännare i en skum tävling!|A Fishing Connoisseur in a fishy competition!}}
|th={{tt|ซอมเมอลิเยต์นักตกปลา เด็นโตะมาแล้ว!|The Fishing Sommelier - Dent Appears!}}
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Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)

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{{Infobox game | colorscheme=blue|bordercolorscheme=blue
|name=Pokémon Blue Version
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|platform=[[Game Boy]] (enhanced for the [[Super Game Boy]] and [[Super Game Boy 2]]) [[Nintendo 3DS]] ([[Virtual Console]])
|category=RPG
|players=2 players simultaneous
|link_method=[[Game Link Cable]] (Game Boy) 3DS Wireless (3DS VC)
|developer=[[Game Freak]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
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|release_date_ja=December 1996 to January 1997 (Game Boy, mail release)<ref name="Lava"/> June 13, 1997 to August 31, 1997 (Game Boy, mail re-release)<ref name="1997 re-release">[https://web.archive.org/web/19970707185911/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/POKEMON/NEWS/NEWS.HTM ポケットモンスター・ブルーバージョン再販中！！] (Pokémon Blue Version Re-Release!!)</ref> October 10, 1999 (Game Boy, {{wp|retail}})<ref name="TPC" /><ref name="NoJ" /> February 27, 2016 (3DS VC) (Note: October 15, 1996 is claimed to be Pokémon Blue's Japanese release date according to some official sources,<ref name="TPC" /><ref name="NoJ" /> but this was actually the date when the still unreleased game was announced on {{wp|CoroCoro Comic|CoroCoro}} magazine<ref name="Lava"/>)
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'''Pokémon Blue Version''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター　青}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Blue'') is the third [[core series]] [[Pokémon games|Pokémon game]] for the [[Game Boy]].

This game was announced on October 15, 1996, via the {{wp|cover date|cover-dated}} November 1996 issue of {{wp|CoroCoro Comic}}. It was originally [[#Release|released]] by mail in early December 1996 to those who had requested it using an application form included with this specific issue of CoroCoro.

The game was originally released to celebrate 1 million sales of Pokémon Red and Green. It was later re-released (again as mail order) in 1997 to celebrate 4 million sales of Red, Green, and Blue combined, and then was ultimately released to general {{wp|retail}} on October 10, 1999.

In Japan, Pokémon Blue is a minor revision of {{game|Red and Green|s}}, which were released earlier in the same year. It was thus the first [[core series|upper version]] in the core series Pokémon games. Fixes in the game include a graphics upgrade, as well as the removal of several known glitches that had been found in the original pair. Outside of Japan, the pair of games {{game|Red and Blue|s}} was released with the same [[wild Pokémon]] and [[version-exclusive Pokémon]] as Japanese Red and Green, with the graphics and game engine from Japanese Blue.

The game was available on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] in Japan between the [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary]] on [[Pokémon Day#2016|February 27, 2016]], and the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop on March 27, 2023.

==Plot==
{{spoilers}}
Much as would become standard for solitary versions, {{player}}s follow the plot of the previous two games. Like in Red and Green, the player starts in [[Pallet Town]] in the [[Kanto|Kanto region]], receiving a [[first partner Pokémon]] from [[Professor Oak]]. As before, the choices are {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, and {{p|Squirtle}}, and the {{ga|Blue|rival}} chooses the first partner Pokémon that is super effective against the player's first partner Pokémon.

Once more, the eight [[Gym Leader]]s of Kanto are [[Brock]], [[Misty]], [[Lt. Surge]], [[Erika]], [[Koga]], [[Sabrina]], [[Blaine]], and [[Giovanni]], while the [[Elite Four]] are [[Lorelei]], [[Bruno]], [[Agatha]], and [[Lance]], with {{ga|Blue|the rival}} still in the {{pkmn|Champion}}'s place.

Again, the evil [[Team Rocket]] is causing chaos across the region, and it is up to the player to defeat them.

==Changes from Red and Green==
* [[Kanto]] is aesthetically redesigned, with the design of doors, signposts, and other tilesets redesigned. [[Cerulean Cave]], the game's final dungeon, receives the most significant overhaul, sporting a completely different layout. These designs would later be reused for the international {{game|Red and Blue|s}}. [[Indigo Plateau]] remains unaltered.
* All Pokémon have new front sprites but retain the same back sprites from Red and Green. [[Pokémon Trainer]]s and the {{OBP|ghost|Pokémon Tower}}s of [[Pokémon Tower]] have the same sprites from Red and Green. The sprites from Blue would later be used in the international Pokémon Red and Blue.
* Pokémon have new [[Pokédex entry|Pokédex entries]].
* [[In-game trade]]s are changed to different Pokémon.
* The places where some Pokémon are obtainable were changed:
** {{p|Jynx}} and {{p|Lickitung}}, only available through in-game trades in Red and Green, are now found in the wild.
** {{p|Kangaskhan}} and {{p|Tauros}} are now only available through in-game trades.
** {{p|Raticate}}, {{p|Clefairy}}, and {{p|Rapidash}} are now found in [[Cerulean Cave]].
** {{p|Ditto}} is now found in [[Rock Tunnel]].
** {{p|Psyduck}} and {{p|Golduck}} do not appear on land inside the [[Seafoam Islands]], but Psyduck can still be encountered by fishing at various locations.
* [[HP Up]] is now sold at the [[Celadon Department Store]].
* The concept of [[Mythical Pokémon]] was introduced in this game, as seen in {{p|Mew}} and {{p|Dratini}}'s Japanese Pokédex entries. However, Mew is called a "mirage" instead in the English {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, since those games predated the English [[Terminology of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon|separation between Legendary and Mythical]].
* The introduction of the game features a battle between a {{p|Gengar}} and a {{p|Jigglypuff}}, as opposed to a Gengar and a {{p|Nidorino}}, as it was in {{game|Red and Green|s}}. This change carried on into the localized version of Pokémon Blue, while the original appeared in the localized Pokémon Red.
* {{ga|Red}}'s full body sprite that appears in the [[Game intro#Generation I|title screen]] was changed, where he now holds a [[Poké Ball]] which moves up and down. (This is not to be confused with Red's full body sprite that appears during a [[new game]], which also appears on the {{ga|Trainer Card}} with cropped feet.)
** The title screen now features a new roster of Pokémon than those that appeared in Pokémon Red and Green. The [[Kanto first partner Pokémon]] are the only Pokémon that appear in the title screen of all three games.
* The [[slot machine]]s in the [[Celadon Game Corner|Game Corner]] have a new design, including different icons and color palettes. Since Pokémon Red and Green also had their own slot machine designs, this is the third version.
** The prizes are different as well.
* A small number of glitches were fixed:
** A glitch that allows the player to surf from the top of a cliff was removed.
** A glitch where the game mistakenly believes the player has beaten [[Sabrina]] (when they actually lost to her) was removed.
* [[MissingNo.]] was given the placeholder Pokédex entry コメントさくせいちゅう ''Comment to be written.'' and became the ??? species. This was not translated, resulting in a glitched Pokédex entry in the localized {{game|Red and Blue|s}} and the corruption of MissingNo.'s original height and weight (1.0 m (3.3 ft) and 10.0 kg (22.1 lb), respectively), showing instead a height of 10.0 ft (3.1 m) and a weight of 3507.2 lb (1590.8 kg).<ref>[https://iimarckus.org/i/missing-number/ Missing Number]</ref>

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===[[Version-exclusive Pokémon|Missing Pokémon]]===
The following Pokémon could be found in Red and Green Versions but are not obtainable in Pokémon Blue. In order to obtain any of the below Pokémon, they must be traded from one of the paired versions of [[Generation I]], or from [[Generation II]]. The table below indicates which paired Generation I game has that Pokémon available.

Note that the Pokémon obtainable in Pokémon Green are the same as {{game|Red and Blue|s|Western Blue}}.
{| style="margin:auto"
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{| class="roundy" style="background:#{{blue color}}; border:5px solid #{{blue color light}}"
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{{Moveentry|023|Ekans|1|Poison||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{red color}}|'''R'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|024|Arbok|1|Poison||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{red color}}|'''R'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|037|Vulpix|1|Fire||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{green color}}|'''G'''}}]][[Pokémon Yellow Version|{{color|{{yellow color}}|'''Y'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|038|Ninetales|1|Fire||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{green color}}|'''G'''}}]][[Pokémon Yellow Version|{{color|{{yellow color}}|'''Y'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|056|Mankey|1|Fighting||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{red color}}|'''R'''}}]][[Pokémon Yellow Version|{{color|{{yellow color}}|'''Y'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|057|Primeape|1|Fighting||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{red color}}|'''R'''}}]][[Pokémon Yellow Version|{{color|{{yellow color}}|'''Y'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|069|Bellsprout|2|Grass|Poison|[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{green color}}|'''G'''}}]][[Pokémon Yellow Version|{{color|{{yellow color}}|'''Y'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|070|Weepinbell|2|Grass|Poison|[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{green color}}|'''G'''}}]][[Pokémon Yellow Version|{{color|{{yellow color}}|'''Y'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|071|Victreebel|2|Grass|Poison|[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{green color}}|'''G'''}}]][[Pokémon Yellow Version|{{color|{{yellow color}}|'''Y'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|125|Electabuzz|1|Electric||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{red color}}|'''R'''}}]]|gen=1}}
{{Moveentry|126|Magmar|1|Fire||[[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|{{color|{{green color}}|'''G'''}}]]|gen=1}}
|}
|}
|}

==Color palettes==
[[File:Route 10 RB SGB.png|thumb|right|{{rt|10|Kanto}} on the Super Game Boy]]
{{main|Color palette (Generations I–II)}}

Pokémon Blue appears in black and white by default on the [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Nintendo Game Cube]]'s [[Game Boy Player]], and [[Nintendo 3DS]]'s [[Virtual Console]].

===Super Game Boy===
:''For a list of color palettes and their respective design elements, see [[List of color palettes by index number in Generation I]]''
:''For a list of Pokémon by color palette, see [[List of Pokémon by color palette in Generation I]]''

Pokémon Blue includes different color palettes for {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, overworld areas, [[slot machine]]s, and other design elements. They are compatible with [[Super Nintendo]]'s [[Super Game Boy]] and [[Super Game Boy 2]], as well as the [[Game Boy Tower]] from the [[Pokémon Stadium series]].

In this game, all the available color palettes include the white shade with a purple tint used by Pokémon Red, instead of the green tint used by Pokémon Green.

===Game Boy Color===
These are the default color palettes used by Pokémon Blue on the [[Game Boy Color]]:

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{{palette row|pal=BGP OBP1|FFFFFF|63A5FF|0000FF|000000|textcolor3=white|textcolor4=white}}
{{palette row|pal=OBP0|FFFFFF|FF8484|943A3A|000000|textcolor3=white|textcolor4=white}}
|}

<center><gallery widths=160px heights=144px>
First partners Oak Lab - Blue GBC.png|Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pokémon Blue (GBC)
Route 19 Blue GBC.png|{{rt|21|Kanto}} in Pokémon Blue (GBC)
Bulbasaur entry Blue GBC JP.png|{{p|Bulbasaur}}'s [[Pokédex entry]] in Pokémon Blue (GBC)
</gallery></center>

==Connectivity==
Players may [[trade]] Pokémon between two cartridges or battle with another cartridge using a [[Game Boy]] [[Game Link Cable]]. To take full advantage of this feature, several Pokémon are exclusive to other Generation I games and others require trading to evolve, making trading necessary to complete the [[Pokédex]]. The game can trade and battle with Japanese versions of {{Game|Red and Green|s|Pokémon Red, Green}}, Blue, and {{v2|Yellow}}. It can also trade with Japanese versions of {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}} via the [[Time Capsule]]. Pokémon Blue is completely incompatible with games from [[Generation III]] onward.

Trades between Pokémon games in different languages are possible; however, a Japanese game cannot connect with a non-Japanese game without causing corruption. This is due to the fact that the games cannot automatically translate the Pokémon data from Japanese to a different language or vice versa, since neither game fully {{OBP|Character encoding|Generation I|encodes}} both {{wp|kana}} and the {{wp|Latin alphabet}} (only encoding one fully and the other partially). If a battle between a Japanese game and a non-Japanese game is attempted, the battle simply does not work, with the save files left unharmed.

Pokémon Blue is compatible with {{jpn|Pokémon Stadium}}, [[Pokémon Stadium|Pokémon Stadium 2]] (released as Pokémon Stadium in English), and {{pkmn|Stadium 2|Pokémon Stadium G&S}} (released as Pokémon Stadium 2 in English). While link battles are not possible directly between Pokémon Blue and the Generation II games, a player may challenge a Generation II game using Pokémon Stadium G&S.

===Virtual Console===
The [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] release uses 3DS wireless communication as a substitute for the Game Link Cable. Japanese and non-Japanese Generation I core series games do not recognize each other when attempting to link them via 3DS wireless communication.

Using [[Poké Transporter]], the entirety of Box 1 can be sent from the Generation I core series games to {{g|Bank}} (regardless of language), from where they can be withdrawn in the [[Generation VII]] core series games.

==Release==
Pokémon Blue was originally announced at the {{wp|cover date|cover-dated}} November 1996 issue of {{wp|CoroCoro Comic}}, which was distributed on October 15, 1996. This CoroCoro issue had an application form to request Pokémon Blue via mail. This was originally the only way to obtain this game. The period to request Pokémon Blue was between October 15 and December 27.<ref name="Lava">[https://lavacutcontent.com/corocoro-comic-pokemon-blue/ Translation: Forgotten Story of Pokemon Blue’s Release - Lava Cut Content]</ref>

This CoroCoro issue could be obtained either via a subscription or by simply being bought from a magazine stand. Each subscription form could be used to purchase two copies of Pokémon Blue. According to the instructions in the magazine, the buyers were expected to send money via bank transfer only after Pokémon Blue arrived.<ref name="Lava"/>

The game was originally released to celebrate 1 million sales of Pokémon Red and Green.<ref>[https://zoidsland.com/1rebyu-/koro96-10.html CoroCoro - October 1996] (specifically the [https://zoidsland.com/1rebyu-/koro96-10-a70.jpg page about 1 million Pokémon sales])</ref> Pokémon Blue was distributed by mail from early December 1996 to January 1997.<ref name="Lava"/> It was later re-released (again as mail order) in 1997 to celebrate 4 million sales of Red, Green, and Blue combined,<ref name="1997 re-release"/><ref>[https://zoidsland.com/1rebyu-/koro97-7b.html CoroCoro - July 1997]</ref> and then was ultimately released to general {{wp|retail}} on October 10, 1999.<ref name="TPC" /><ref name="NoJ" />

October 15, 1996 (the date when the CoroCoro magazine was originally released) is also known as Pokémon Blue's release date according to Pokémon and Nintendo's official Japanese websites.<ref name="TPC">[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-blue/ ポケットモンスター青 | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト]</ref><ref name="NoJ">[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apej/ ポケットモンスター青]</ref>

==Differences in the Virtual Console release==
The Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] release can [[#Connectivity|link]] with other Virtual Console Generation I and II core series games via Nintendo 3DS wireless communication, simulating the [[Game Link Cable]]. When initiating a link, the Virtual Console menu on the touch screen replaces the Cable Club attendant's dialogue.

Using [[Poké Transporter]], Pokémon can be sent from the Generation I core series games to {{g|Bank}}, from which they can be withdrawn in the [[Generation VII]] core series games.

The moves {{m|Blizzard}}, {{m|Bubble Beam|BubbleBeam}}, {{m|Confusion}}, {{m|Dream Eater}}, {{m|Explosion}}, {{m|Guillotine}}, {{m|Hyper Beam}}, {{m|Mega Kick}}, {{m|Mega Punch}}, {{m|Psychic}}, {{m|Reflect}}, {{m|Rock Slide}}, {{m|Self-Destruct|Selfdestruct}}, {{m|Spore}}, and {{m|Thunderbolt}} had their animations changed slightly to tone down the flashing.

The game was available on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] in Japan between the [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary]] on February 27, 2016, and the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop in March 2023.

==Development==
{{main|Pokémon Red and Green beta}}

An error made during development causes the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} depicted during [[Professor Oak]]'s introductory lecture to be a {{p|Nidorino}} but with the [[cry]] of a {{p|Nidorina}}. This was already the case in the Japanese {{2v2|Red|Green}} and it was not fixed in {{2v2|Red|Blue}}.

==Soundtrack==
{{main|Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD}}
The soundtrack release for {{game|Red and Green|s}} also applies to Pokémon Blue.

==Staff==
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Blue (JP)}}

==Gallery==
===Logos===
<gallery>
Pokemon Blue JP Logo.png|Japanese Blue logo
</gallery>

===Title screens===
When played on the [[Super Game Boy]], [[Super Game Boy 2]], [[Game Boy Tower]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[Game Boy Advance]], or [[Game Boy Player]], the game uses [[Color palette (Generations I–II)|predefined color palettes]] instead of displaying in monochrome.
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File:Japanese BlueTitle GB.png|Title screen ([[Game Boy]])
File:Japanese BlueTitle SGB.png|Title screen ([[Super Game Boy]], [[Super Game Boy 2]], [[Game Boy Tower]])
File:Japanese BlueTitle GBC.png|Title screen ([[Game Boy Color]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Game Boy Player]])
</gallery>

===Flyers===
<gallery>
B retail flyer front.jpg|Front of Japanese flyer
B retail flyer back.jpg|Back of Japanese flyer
</gallery>
===Virtual Console icons===
<gallery>
Blue VC JP icon.png|Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console icon
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* Because Pokémon Red and Blue use a translation of the script of Pokémon Blue but use the [[in-game trade]]s from {{game|Red and Green|s}}, two translation errors related to these trades occur.
** The man who trades the {{player}} an {{p|Electrode}} on [[Cinnabar Island]] claims that the {{p|Raichu}} he received "went and [[Evolution|evolved]]". As Raichu does not have an evolved form, this is not possible. However, in the context of Japanese Pokémon Blue, it makes sense as the player trades away a {{p|Kadabra}}, which evolves through trade, for a {{p|Graveler}}.
** The old man who trades the player a {{p|Jynx}} in [[Cerulean City]] claims that the {{p|Poliwhirl}} he received "went and evolved". As Poliwhirl cannot evolve via [[trade]] in [[Generation I]], this is not possible. However, in the context of Japanese Pokémon Blue, the old man trades away a {{p|Haunter}} for a {{p|Machoke}}, which does evolve through trade.
* Pokémon Blue (Japanese) and {{game|Yellow}} are the only [[core series]] games where no [[item]] was introduced.
* This is the only [[Generation I]] core series game in which neither {{p|Seel}} nor {{p|Dewgong}} is available through an [[in-game trade]].
* This is the only Generation I game where {{p|Golem}} can be seen without physically linking to another Game Boy.
* Due to [[List of graphical quirks (Generation I)#Purple Jigglypuff oversight|an oversight]], Jigglypuff appears purple (instead of pink) in the battle against Gengar at the game intro. This is a leftover from the battle between two purple Pokémon (Gengar vs. Nidorino) in the earlier games {{game|Red and Green|s}}.
* Sales of this game combined with {{game|Red and Green|s|Pokémon Green, the Japanese version of Pokémon Red}}, and {{game|Red and Blue|s|the English versions of Pokémon Red and Blue}} exceed 31 million units, making these the highest selling Pokémon games as well as the only games in the series to exceed 30 million units.

==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{Blue color}}|bordercolor={{Blue color light}}|textcolor=fff
|ja={{tt|ポケットモンスター　青|Pocket Monsters Ao}}
|fr=Pokémon Version Bleue
|de=Pokémon Blaue Edition
|it=Pokémon Blue Version 
|ko={{tt|포켓몬스터 블루|Pocket Monsters Beullu}}
|es=Pokémon Edición Azul}}

==External links==
* [https://miiverse.nintendo.net/titles/6437256808907399718/6437256808907399721 Pokémon Generation I (Virtual Console) Miiverse Community]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Related articles==
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