Pokémon Red and Green beta: Difference between revisions

As with most gaming software, {{game|Red and Green|s}} went through different stages during development and many elements in the final release differ from those announced in the pre-release phase. They also contain several leftovers from the development stages that pertain to elements once planned but later scrapped.

In addition, the English localizations of these games, {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, had several of their own altered aspects during the two-and-a-half years between the release of Red and Green, their bug-fixing release, {{game|Blue| (Japanese)}}, and the release of the merger of the trio into Red and Blue for overseas markets.

The games were originally scheduled for a December 21, 1995 release, according to an old Nintendo of Japan flyer.<ref>[http://famicom.chu.jp/p/logs/log_disp.php?no=S0001&ind=10001 すばらしきポケットモンスター赤緑（表側）の広告]</ref> This could explain the copyright year of 1995 that appears in the games' introductory sequence, and all subsequent games and official merchandise.

At the beginning of the {{player}}'s adventure, [[Professor Oak]] introduces {{ga|Red}} to the {{pkmn|world|world of Pokémon}} using a sprite that is similar to the {{pkmn|battle}} sprites of other characters. However, he also has three full teams of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} programmed in, each consisting of a [[level]] 66 {{p|Tauros}}, level 67 {{p|Exeggutor}}, level 68 {{p|Arcanine}}, level 70 {{p|Gyarados}}, and the final [[evolution]]ary stage of one of the {{pkmn2|starter|starter Pokémon}} at level 69.

His Pokémon are of an even higher level than those of {{ga|Blue}} as {{pkmn|Champion}}, perhaps implying that he was at one point intended to be faced after the player enters the [[Hall of Fame]].

This battle is present in all [[Generation I]] games and can be triggered in different ways.

 

* By performing the {{DL|Mew glitch|Ditto glitch}} using a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with a {{stat|Special}} stat of 226 if the wild {{p|Ditto}}'s {{stat|Attack}} is lowered by 4, 5, or 6 stages (each number of stages will yield a different one of the three teams).

 

It is possible to force a situation where the {{player}} has a choice of selecting options <sc>North</sc>/<sc>West</sc> (Japanese: きた/にし), <sc>North</sc>/<sc>East</sc> (Japanese: きた/ひがし), and <sc>South</sc>/<sc>East</sc> (Japanese: みなみ/ひがし) as opposed to the options which appear in the final release, such as <sc>Yes</sc>/<sc>No</sc> and <sc>Heal</sc>/<sc>Cancel</sc>.<ref>[http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,36.msg185558.html#msg185558 Official 1st Gen (Red/Blue and Yellow) Glitch Discussion]</ref><ref name="TCRF">[http://tcrf.net/index.php?title=Pok%C3%A9mon_Red_and_Blue&oldid=134791 Pokémon Red and Blue - The Cutting Room Floor]</ref> The option <sc>South</sc>/<sc>West</sc> (Japanese: みなみ/にし) is not present, however.

A [[Trainer class]] known as '''{{DL|Glitch Trainer|Chief}}''' (Japanese: '''シルフのチーフ''' ''Silph's Chief'') was omitted from the final releases, though like [[Professor Oak]], a {{pkmn|battle}} with an [[Non-player character|NPC]] with this data can be accessed through modification of the internal data or saved game data as well by cheating. It is apparently mentioned in-game by one of the {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s in [[Celadon City]], and shares its battle sprite with the {{tc|Scientist}} Trainer class since its index number of '''<code>0xE3</code>''' precedes it (Scientist's is '''<code>0xE4</code>'''). He has no defined roster, instead using the one for the first Scientist on the internal list.

An extra [[field move]] might have been planned as there is an unused entry between {{m|Fly}} and {{m|Surf}} within the internal data. It could also have been an [[HM]] as it is placed between the aforementioned [[HM02]] and [[HM03]] and all HMs are ordered by number in the internal data. Given its index number of '''<code>0xB4</code>''' and that the highest index number used for actual moves is '''<code>0xA5</code>''', other moves beyond the 165 introduced in [[Generation I]] were once planned as well.<ref name="TCRF" />

Unused [[key item]]s with the names of all the [[Badge]]s exist in the internal data (index numbers '''<code>0x15-0x1C</code>'''). This could mean that the Badges were originally going to be items that were carried in the {{player}}'s [[Bag]]. The BoulderBadge (index number '''<code>0x15</code>''') and CascadeBadge (index number '''<code>0x16</code>''') are the only ones that do something when used in {{pkmn|battle}}&mdash;they allow the player to throw {{DL|Pokémon food|Bait}} and Rocks, respectively, as in the {{safari|Kanto}} battles. When used in the overworld (except [[dungeon]]s and [[cave]]s), it changes the background music to a single channel of {{tt|道案内|みちあんない}} [[Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD|''Guidance'']]; if used in a dungeon or cave, it changes the background music to a single channel of ～オープニング～ [[Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD|''~Opening~'']]. This is due to the function that plays the "throw Bait or Rock" sound effect attempting to load it but referring to the wrong soundbank.

Key item '''?????''' (index number '''<code>0x07</code>''') enables the {{player}} to {{m|Surf}} without using a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. [[Badge]]s are not required either. Due to this ability, it is often referred to as ''Surfboard''. In the final releases, the [[move]] Surf can be used by a Pokémon as a [[field move]] serving the same function. It may indicate that Surf was not originally implemented as a field move or that this is a debugging item used by the programmers. Unlike the move Surf, it also allows surfing on {{rt|17|Kanto}}'s Cycling Road and does not trigger the "''Cycling is fun! Forget <sc>Surf</sc>ing!''" (Japanese: せっかくのサイクリング！&#8943;&#8943;なみのりはやめとこう) message.

The [[Pokédex]] is also present as an key item with index number '''<code>0x09</code>''' and can be accessed during battle, much like {{Ash}} does in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It also causes the VRAM to load the overworld tileset and turns the HP bar to letters when used in battle.

[[TM]]s 51-55 (index numbers '''<code>0xFB-0xFF</code>''') were planned and contain each [[HM]]'s respective field move by order. They stack as any other TM and can be sold at Poké Marts.<ref name="TCRF" />

* [[TM55]] teaches {{m|Flash}} like [[HM05]]; can be sold for {{PDollar}}2000 and bought for {{PDollar}}4000. Also appears as <sc>Cancel</sc> (Japanese: やめる) and hides items below it.

Different front sprites of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} were planned for {{game|Blue| (Japanese)}}, notably the ones for {{p|Raticate}}, {{p|Rhydon}}, {{p|Ditto}}, {{p|Dragonair}} and {{p|Mewtwo}}. These were featured in the November 1996 issue of {{wp|CoroCoro Comic}}, which published general information about the game.<ref>[http://d.hatena.ne.jp/poke_age/20120601 2012-06-01 - ポケモンのおっさん]</ref>

 

 

 

Unused text strings referring to badges and titles exist in the Japanese versions but were not translated for the localizations. The katakana used for the {{wp|gairaigo}} of "badge" is also slightly different, being バッヂ instead of バッジ.<ref name="TCRF" /> These appear to reveal that {{pkmn|Egg}}s were planned as early as [[Generation I]].

{{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Red}} has {{wp|VRAM}} tileset data for <sc>Green</sc>. {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Blue}} lacks any equivalent data for <sc>Red</sc>, however.<ref name="TCRF" />