Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese): Difference between revisions

|jname=<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">ポケットモンスター{{tt|青|あお}}</span>

|boxart=Blue JP boxart.jpg

|caption=Box art of Pokémon Blue Version, [[Version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Blastoise}}.

|link_method=[[Link cable]]

|cero=N/A

|release_date_ja=October 15, 1996 <small>({{wp|CoroCoro Comic}})</small><ref name="TPC" /><ref name="NoJ" /><br>October 10, 1999 <small>({{wp|retail}})</small><ref name="TPC" /><ref name="NoJ" />

|release_date_na=September 30, 1998{{tt|*|Red and Blue}}

|release_date_au=November 1, 1998{{tt|*|Red and Blue}}

|release_date_eu=October 8, 1999{{tt|*|Red and Blue}}

'''Pokémon Blue Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|青|あお}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Blue''), also known as '''Pocket Monsters: Blue Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスターブルーバージョン''') in the in-game credits, is the third [[core series]] [[Pokémon games|Pokémon game]] for [[Game Boy]], released in Japan on October 15, 1996 exclusively to subscribers of {{wp|CoroCoro Comic}}<ref name="TPC">[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-blue/ ポケットモンスター 青 | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト]</ref><ref name="NoJ">[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apej/ ポケットモンスター青]</ref> and on October 10, 1999 to general {{wp|retail}}<ref name="TPC" /><ref name="NoJ" /> as a minor revision of [[Pokémon Red and Green Versions]] (Japanese: ポケットモンスター{{tt|赤|あか}}・{{tt|緑|みどり}} ''Pocket Monsters: Red & Green''), which were released earlier that year. It was thus the first [[core series|solitary version]] in the core series Pokémon games.

Various fixes in the game include a graphics and sound upgrade, as well as the removal of several known glitches that had been found in the original pair. Like its paired predecessors, it was never ''truly'' released outside of Japan; however, while Red and Green provided the [[wild Pokémon]] and [[version-exclusive Pokémon]] lists for the rest of the world's {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, Blue provided the graphics, game engine, and script for translation.

* The introduction of the game features a battle between a [[Gengar (Pokémon)|Gengar]] and a [[Jigglypuff (Pokémon)|Jigglypuff]], as opposed to a [[Gengar (Pokémon)|Gengar]] and a [[Nidorino (Pokémon)|Nidorino]], as it was in {{game|Red and Green|s}}. This change carried on into the localized version of Pokémon Blue, while the original appeared in the localized Pokémon Red.  

* Some Pokémon only available through in-game trades in ''Red and Green'' are now found in the wild.

==[[Version-exclusive Pokémon|Missing Pokémon]]==

The following Pokémon are not obtainable in Pokémon Blue. In order to obtain any of the below Pokémon, they must be traded from one of the paired versions of [[Generation I]], or [[Generation II]], which has that Pokémon available, which will be indicated.

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