Generation I: Difference between revisions

Generation I (often referred to as the color generation) Pokémon games consist of Pokémon Red, Pokémon Green, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow on Gameboy and two Pokémon Stadium games on Nintendo 64. The Generation I games take place in the Kanto region. Pokémon Red and Green versions were remade in Generation III as Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. The games were first released on February 27, 1996 in Japan, September 1998 in North America, and in 1999 everywhere else.

Advances in Gameplay

This generation started it all. There's not much that was advanced in this generation as Pokémon was just starting out. The games marked the first appearance of Professor Oak, the Kanto gym leaders and the first 151 Pokémon. Some of the basic features included:

• Pokémon Storage System
• Complex Stats System
• Move System restricting knowing only four moves at a time.
• Game Boy Link-up for trading and battling

Those items set Pokémon apart from previous RPGs of its time.

Starters

The starting Pokémon for this generation are Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. This started the Grass-Fire-Water (respectively) starter type trend that would last to the present as it is similar to the style of rock-paper-scissors games where each has an advantage and disadvantage against one of the others. Choosing either the Water or especially Grass-type starters makes for an easier game; choosing the Fire-type starter proves more of a challenge. The starter choice usually dictated how hard the first few gyms would be. In the Yellow version, Pikachu is the starter, and the rival takes Eevee.

Gym Leaders

The first group of gym leaders started with Brock of Pewter City who trained Rock-type Pokémon. The gym leaders followed this order:

• Brock
• Misty
• Lt. Surge
• Erika
• Koga
• Sabrina
• Blaine
• Giovanni

Discussion of Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow

The games were revolutionary when they were released and set the mould for future generations to improve upon and by the present games, Pokémon itself evolved into a mainstay in the world of Nintendo.

Pokémon Yellow followed the Pokémon anime to the point where the main character started with Pikachu and ended up with Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle over the course of the game, much like the anime's central character, Ash Ketchum did over the first season. The nefarious Team Rocket, while present in the first games, included Jessie and James from the anime as well, complete with their Ekans, Koffing, and Meowth.

This generation started off the world of Pokémon with the Kanto region, introducing the first five HMs, all of which would maintain their HM status until Generation IV when Flash became TM70, and the fifty TM quota, which would also remain the norm until Generation IV, when the TMs listed up to 92. From both the errors made in their development as well as the successes, Pokémon has advanced to its current form while still maintaining the same feel among games.

Things that have their roots in the first generation of games include the Grass-Fire-Water starter Pokémon types, the regional professor's name referencing a tree of some kind, the eight-badge system, and the ever-present numbered routes connecting the cities and towns.

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