Pokémon (Generation 1 games)

This page is about the original Pokémon game. For the information on the Pokémon series, see Pokémon and Pokémon (universe). For information about the Game Boy Advance remake, see Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

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Pokémon
File:Pokemonred.jpg Box cover for the Red version of Pokémon.
Developer(s)	Game Freak
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Satoshi Tajiri
Released	Template:Japan January 27, 1996 Template:NA September 30, 1998 Template:Europe May 10, 1999
Genre(s)	Handheld role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: E
Platform(s)	Dumbutt

Pokémon (Red, Green*, Blue, and Yellow versions), whose versions are commonly referred to individually as Pokémon Red, Pokémon Green*, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow, and collectively as "Pokémon Red and Blue" or "Pokémon Red & Blue", is the first installment of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games, released for Game Boy in North America in 1998. Set in the fantasy world of Kanto, the game's story follow the progress of the central character in his quest to capture and collect "Pocket Monsters" ("Pokémon" for short), and master battling. Pokémon is known for introducing a unique premise of being published in alternate versions separated by the color of the cartridge. The first initial versions were Red and Blue**. Other versions would later be introduced (Blue* and Yellow), however Red and Blue are generally considered the "main" versions most commonly referred to when referencing the original game. Both versions feature the same plot and basic gameplay, but contain slight differentials in certain monster appearances-- some being more common in one version over another, and others being exclusive to a version, requiring players to trade with players with the other version in order to collect all 150 species.

Red and Blue have subsequently been remade for the Game Boy Advance as FireRed and LeafGreen. These, are generally considered "advanced" generation games, serving to allow the player to obtain all of 386 then-available Pokémon species created by the franchise.

* Japan only.
** Green in Japan.

Super Smash Bros. series

Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Pokémon Trainer (with Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard), and Mewtwo, who premiered in these two games, are playable characters in the series, the first two being available since the first Super Smash Bros., Mewtwo being available for Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Pokémon Trainer being one of the newcomers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Numerous other Pokémon from these two game would also appear in the series, either through Poké Balls or through trophies.

Songs (Brawl)

• Pokémon Main Theme
• Road to Viridian City (From Pallet Town / Pewter City)
• Pokémon Center
• Pokémon Gym / Evolution

Stage (SSB)

Saffron City, a place located in the game, is also a stage in the first Super Smash Bros.