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Pokemon - Red Version |  | From: SPIG
Category: Video Games
List Price: $34.99
Buy Collectible: $11.15
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Used (38) Collectible (9) from $11.15
Seller: eric_bohl
Rating:  157 reviews
Sales Rank: 1156
Platform: Game Boy
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Game Cartridge
Operating System: Game Boy
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 2.6 x 0.3
MPN: 73073
UPC: 045496730734
EAN: 0045496730734
ASIN: B00000IYEQ
Release Date: February 15, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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 |
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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 simple and child-friendly roleplaying game design is a far deeper game design than it looks. Pokemon features way more strategy and gameplay than it leads on, offering gamers almost 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 games 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 leading 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 improve 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 Color's infrared system. Pokémon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokémon, since each Pokémon game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, andPokémon Yellow) 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 Yellow owner and arrange a trade. Pokémon Red is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story hook, intriguing strategy, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon, and it's easy to see how it started the Pokémania that is sweeping the world. --Michael Fehlauer Pros: - Gameplay and strategy that are fun for all ages
- Fantastic replay value
- Brilliant game design encourages players to meet and trade
Cons: - Hours of looking at the Game Boy's little screen may hurt neck
- Only 1 saved game per cartridge--2 people can't share a single game
- No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokémon
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Not bad at all. :D August 4, 2010
Sara Marie
I was a little sceptical at first, but when I got the game in the mail today, I put it in my gameboy and it was great! now I've got my entire collection finished, all thanks to "A Happy Soul Inc." thanks so much guys! It quicker than I thought it would and I am VERY satisfied.
Great game! August 2, 2010
PokemonMaster!
Great game. Was one of Nintendo's best handheld/GameBoy/Pokemon games if not the best. Only thing I dont like though, is that although it can pretty fun most of your time is spent training to defeat super high level pokemon or long/tedious battles. Great game overall, great start for the Pokemon series, but needs more adventure and less battling.
An absolute classic! July 17, 2010
Crazy Appalachian Ninja
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Squirtle, I choose you!" These are the somewhat cheesy yet classic words of Ash Ketchum, a hyper young lad from Pallet Town whom you get to play in this game, only you can name him whatever you want. You'll travel the region of Kanto, the first of now 5 regions in the world of Pokemon, where you'll catch and train Pokemon, battle other trainers, stop a villianous terrorist organization called Team Rocket from using Pokemon in harmful ways, and take on a quest to become the world's greatest pokemon master.
If you're a Pokemon nerd to this day, despite being old enough to play these original games when they first came out (like me), your memory will kick in when you start this game and you'll say "I remember playing this when I was _______! <- [insert age]", and you'll have the time of your life playing through this thing.
However, if you're a new young lad or lady who is used to playing Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heartgold, Soulsilver, Battle Revolution, and XD: Gale of Darkness, then this game will likely bore you out of your skull. Why? The graphics, compared to the new games mentioned previously, are a complete, well, katasztrófa - a word that means "disaster" in Hungarian.
The Pokemon games have a special effect on people. With most games, you can start a new game every time you beat it without thought. But with these games, you literally become attached to your Pokemon and would feel bad if you started a new game and made your original Pokemon cease to exist. I, personally, feel like a fool for feeling that way, but its true.
If you can put up with the graphics (or lack there of) and love Pokemon, then this game will entertain you for years to come.
 Old School May 4, 2010
James Rutherford (Indiana)
I purchased this game for my daughter who still had found her gameboy from 1999. She really wanted the red version again, so I purchased it. She said it was as fun as she remembers! The game itself was in excellent condition.
Different Times? February 27, 2010
D. Wright (California)
People don't understand why there's a blue then red version...IT WAS 1999. as the original gameboy was coming to an end, nintendo started to put color in their games. They did this with Pokemon. It was supposed to make it one full color but decided other kids might want different colors so they made both red and blue for different kids. thanks
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