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- Platform: Game Boy
- ELSPA Minimum Age: 3
- Media: Game Cartridge
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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 catalogue and document every Pokémon in the world.
But to catalogue 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 Pokémon 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 catalogue new Pokémon by trading with another player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Colour's infrared system. Pokémon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 since each game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow) has certain Pokémon missing. Of course, as a Pokémon trainer, you've "gotta catch 'em all!"--150 to be exact. So if you own Blue and want to have a complete set, you must find a friendly Red or Yellow owner and arrange a trade.
Pokémon Blue is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story hook, intriguing strategy, and and it's easy to see how it started the Pokémania that is sweeping the world. --Michael Fehlauer
- Pros:
- Gameplay and strategy that's 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 your neck
- Only one saved game per cartridge--two people can't share a single game
- No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokémon
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In Pokemon Blue, your mission is to collect all 150 Pokemon. To collect all 150, you'll need to train each captured Pokemon. Once they evolve, each Pokemon gains power, which can be used to defeat and capture other Pokemon. Along the way, several skilled trainers will challenge you to Pokemon duels. To win the game, you must defeat them all.
Keep in mind that some Pokemon are rare and won't be found in your game. To get all 150, trade Pokemon with your friends using the Game Boy Link Cable, which allows the transfer of Pokemon between Game Paks.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Its hard to believe looking back, that this game caused so much of a stir in the playground. Pokemon Red and Blue where a big deal during the mid 90's, and it was the game that really absored kids into a great adventure.
The layout of the game itself is simple, which I guess helped the popularity. But it was more of the objective that took sold the game - you had to become the 'best' pokemon trainer, and this could be done by winning lots and lots fights with other trainers.
I won't even go into what 'Pokemon' are (japanese for Pocket Monsters - hence they are kept in Pokeballs...) but to make it simple, their just creatures that are trained up and used for fighting other Pokemon. On your travels, you can catch Pokemon by using Pokeballs you may buy, and various other things can be bought too.
The game is captivating in that it seems to go on forever, and it is incredibly obsessive - there weere many a time you'd be in the middle of a battle, and the battery was about to die.... uh oh! The range of things to do is good as well - swim, ride a bike, go to a casino style place, lots of environments/people to see.
Their was also the now infamous cheat that soon went round the playgrounds. Remember it??..... Well, for those who want to know, it enables the player to gain MISSINGNO - the pokemon that is a... circuit board. Kids rumour had it that it 'ate' your other Pokemon, but was essential to completing the collection. The cheat also allowed the player to gain many other rare pokemon, including those available only on Red! To do these cheats, the player must 'surf' around the bottom left island, (on the map) on the edge of the right of the pier/ground. Sorry about the inaccurate description!... Read more ›
The layout of the game itself is simple, which I guess helped the popularity. But it was more of the objective that took sold the game - you had to become the 'best' pokemon trainer, and this could be done by winning lots and lots fights with other trainers.
I won't even go into what 'Pokemon' are (japanese for Pocket Monsters - hence they are kept in Pokeballs...) but to make it simple, their just creatures that are trained up and used for fighting other Pokemon. On your travels, you can catch Pokemon by using Pokeballs you may buy, and various other things can be bought too.
The game is captivating in that it seems to go on forever, and it is incredibly obsessive - there weere many a time you'd be in the middle of a battle, and the battery was about to die.... uh oh! The range of things to do is good as well - swim, ride a bike, go to a casino style place, lots of environments/people to see.
Their was also the now infamous cheat that soon went round the playgrounds. Remember it??..... Well, for those who want to know, it enables the player to gain MISSINGNO - the pokemon that is a... circuit board. Kids rumour had it that it 'ate' your other Pokemon, but was essential to completing the collection. The cheat also allowed the player to gain many other rare pokemon, including those available only on Red! To do these cheats, the player must 'surf' around the bottom left island, (on the map) on the edge of the right of the pier/ground. Sorry about the inaccurate description!... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's been a little bit over a decade since the Pokémon craze ran wild all over Britain, but I still remember it like it was only yesterday. The endless number of trading cards (my younger brother use to buy them almost every day!), the movies, the cartoon series which SM:TV Live showed every Saturday morning, the commercials ...heck, virtually every single piece of merchandise in the shops had a happy looking Pikachu on the front of it. For a while Ash Ketchum was the Don of cartoon characters, and made kids like Bart Simpson and Eric Cartman look small and pathetic.
Also embedded amongst the craze was, of course the video games. Two of the earliest games were Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue for the Game Boy. Many more games have been released over the years which have gotten better in the graphics department and higher in the features count. Because of this Red and Blue seem completely irrelevant; but to me, even after all these years, they still provide plenty of depth, challenge and entertainment.
First of all, for anybody who doesn't know the differences between Red and Blue, I tell you. Red comes on a red cartridge and Blue comes on blue. Also, certain Pokémon appear in Red but not Blue, and vice-versa. Now onto the plot. You play the role of a ten year old boy who you need to provide a name for. You can call him Red or Ash or anything that comes to your mind. You also need to provide a name for your rival. You can call him Blue or Gary, or again anything that comes to your mind.
The game starts off in the small and very peaceful Pallet Town. You're about to leave town and see the world when Professor Oak stops you. Apparently it's too dangerous to venture out alone and you need a companion.... Read more ›
Also embedded amongst the craze was, of course the video games. Two of the earliest games were Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue for the Game Boy. Many more games have been released over the years which have gotten better in the graphics department and higher in the features count. Because of this Red and Blue seem completely irrelevant; but to me, even after all these years, they still provide plenty of depth, challenge and entertainment.
First of all, for anybody who doesn't know the differences between Red and Blue, I tell you. Red comes on a red cartridge and Blue comes on blue. Also, certain Pokémon appear in Red but not Blue, and vice-versa. Now onto the plot. You play the role of a ten year old boy who you need to provide a name for. You can call him Red or Ash or anything that comes to your mind. You also need to provide a name for your rival. You can call him Blue or Gary, or again anything that comes to your mind.
The game starts off in the small and very peaceful Pallet Town. You're about to leave town and see the world when Professor Oak stops you. Apparently it's too dangerous to venture out alone and you need a companion.... Read more ›
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Tealady2000
VINE™ VOICE
Pokemon Blue is one of the two original and best Pokemon Gameboy games (Red being the other). Your mission is to catch as many Pokemon as possible and train them up by defeating wild Pokemon, and Pokemon belonging to rival trainers, so that eventually you are powerful enough to defeat the Elite Four and become the champion trainer of all time. You'll have loads of adventures on ths way - you have to defeat 8 gym leaders and loads of bad guys who are members of Team Rocket.
Although this game is a complete adventure in itself, if you want to catch all 150 Pokemon you will need to trade with someone who has the Red game, as some Pokemon are exclusive to each game. In addition some Pokemon only evolve when traded so you need to trade in order to actually generate certain evolved species.
This has to be the most original and absorbing console game ever - full marks!
By The Man
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
First got this in the 90s for a black and white GameBoy Pocket. For some reason I was looking for something else and found this game just lying about, I had nothing to do so I thought why not play again. Its brilliant.
You are Ash and trying to become the best Pokemon trainer in the world. You start off by picking 3 pokemon, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle. After that you have to fight your arch nemesis then you go do a little mission then your adventure begins, training and catching pokemon.
For me this is the best Pokemon game, along with red and yellow. Downside is you cant get all 151 pokemon on this game, you need red and maybe yellow as well to get all 151 pokemon. That is the only downside but no biggy.
You are Ash and trying to become the best Pokemon trainer in the world. You start off by picking 3 pokemon, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle. After that you have to fight your arch nemesis then you go do a little mission then your adventure begins, training and catching pokemon.
For me this is the best Pokemon game, along with red and yellow. Downside is you cant get all 151 pokemon on this game, you need red and maybe yellow as well to get all 151 pokemon. That is the only downside but no biggy.
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