Pokémon Red & Blue

Pokémon Red & Blue

1996
Adventure, Role-Playing
The first installment of the worldwide monster collecting phenomenon released on the west. This game counted with 151 little creatures to battle, trade and capture. The story follows a young boy in hist journey to become a pokemon master and his challenges. A tale about friendship and care in a magical world populated by these strange creatures. Turn based combat and an open world map are some of the gameplay elements of the franchise.
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Pokémon Red & Blue

1996
Adventure, Role-Playing
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Rated 22 Jan 2018
65
65th
that this is on the same system as Super Mario Land is like a magic trick. made obsolete by every subsequent installment in the series, but still fun. it also taught me to read as a child, at least partially. the cartridge I still have will always be one of my most precious possessions.
Rated 28 Jan 2018
56
39th
The nostalgia for this game clouds what is ultimately a shitty game. The UI is total shit and often makes basic tasks a cumbersome knowledge test. The way stats work is astoundingly retarded - no Sp.Df makes psychic moves way overpowered, speed gives you crit chance, etc not to mention a lot of bugs that make play inconsistent. Even then, you likely wouldn't know all of this because both the ai and encounter design is braindead. The plot and setpieces are iconic but basic and boring.
Rated 21 Jan 2018
80
80th
Missing No. took over the school yard. Hushed tones etc. Related: I watched a full out brawl unfold over someone ripping a foil Chairzard card in half at recess. Everything Pokemon was BANNED so fast.
Rated 25 Jan 2018
79
49th
In 1996 I was 6. I had Pokemon Red (1 only had about 4 games total so having a brand new one was a pretty big deal) and I played this game for 8 hours straight. I was all in baby. Turns out, triple A batteries don't have an infinite life span and I got to learn a very hard lesson about the importance of saving your game. Literally 8 straight hours of progress lost. First time I put a gun in my mouth so I could taste the steel and consider my options.
Rated 11 Feb 2018
75
21st
It hasn't aged very well, and I couldn't recommend it over Fire Red/Leaf Green unless you are just nostalgia hungry or a super fan that really wants to experience it. It was the start of a phenomenon though and I was just as obsessed as anyone.
Rated 22 Jan 2018
6
89th
probably the most excited i've ever been about anything ever tbh
Rated 28 Jan 2018
8
92nd
I like Pokemon but this (and Blue) is probably the one time I was ever truly OBSESSED with the series. One of the few Game Boy games that I popped into the Super Game Boy and just played on my TV like a main console game for dozens upon dozens upon dozens of hours. My parents probably thought I was crazy pouring over stats and numbers for so long. Only not graded higher because future games made its mechanics a bit obsolete. My Starmie (Blizzard, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Recover) was the tits son.
Rated 25 May 2018
9
52nd
This game is everything. It is history, it was the game of the playground, it started it all. You caught them all and nothing more sweet than beating your 9 year old brother when you're 3 years his junior.
Rated 24 Feb 2018
90
85th
They're still the best ones yeah I said it. Fuck all this training and breeding and thousands of samey-looking boring creatures bullshit, just give me the first 150 and a bunch of cool towns.
Rated 10 Apr 2018
100
90th
No one could have predicted the impact these games would have. But even looking past all that. The world to explore is astounding when considering the GameBoys processing abilities. It has massive replay value and there is even a sense of humor thrown into some of the dialogue.
Rated 07 May 2018
86
87th
Warts and all this was the beginning. Special was only one stat. Hypno was a powerhouse as was Alakazam. The journey to craft your own team and become Pokemon Master started here. It would get better in later renditions- but still could be even better in even those renditions. Enjoy your two-tone pokemon!
Rated 10 Sep 2018
80
29th
Pokémon Red & Blue are classics of the RPG genre. They're very dated games, and extremely glitchy, but at their core, they're the exact same Pokémon games everyone else grew up on. If you like Pokémon, you'll like these.
Rated 01 Oct 2018
80
59th
I remember back in the day being surprised at how good of an RPG this was.
Rated 22 Oct 2018
87
94th
A great gameplay experience that is hampered by constant bugs and a handful of uninteresting Pokemon design. However, it feels like a grand adventure of the highest scale and rewards people who do like to do everything.
Rated 23 Sep 2019
6
64th
Groundbreaking, I actually stole money just so I could buy a gameboy and play it… no regrets. The game itself was quick to finish, but the whole atmosphere of discussing pokemon in the real world before you could know everything on the internet was a very special thing.
Rated 25 Oct 2019
60
63rd
A good game that stands alone. This is more so to catch all the pokemon and battle your friends vs theirs in pokemon stadium.
Rated 22 Jun 2022
80
80th
/completed
Rated 08 Feb 2023
100
99th
Era-defining.

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