Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions: Difference between revisions

The plot follows the same storyline as [[Generation I]], with the {{player}} beginning in [[Pallet Town]]. After meeting up with [[Professor Oak]] while trying to leave for {{rt|1|Kanto}}, both the player and their [[rival]] are asked by Oak to choose a [[starter Pokémon]], {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, or {{p|Squirtle}}, from the desk near him. Oak allows the player to choose first and the [[rival]] quickly gets jealous, chooses the starter whose [[type]] is super-effective against the player's starter, then challenges the player to a {{pkmn|battle}}. During this battle, [[Professor Oak]] commentates.

There is some more work that Celio needs to do on his network machine, as he wishes to link to yet [[Hoenn|another region]]. The signal, however, is not strong enough, and he needs the {{i|Ruby}} and the {{i|Sapphire}}, two items found in the Sevii Islands, to strengthen it. The Ruby is found deep in a cave in [[Mt. Ember]], which Team Rocket grunts have been seen fooling around with. The Sapphire lies at the deepest part of the [[Dotted Hole]] in [[Ruin Valley]]. The Ruby can be given to Celio without a hitch; however, the Sapphire, when found, is stolen by a {{tc|Scientist}} named [[Gideon]], who takes it back to Team Rocket's [[Rocket Warehouse|warehouse]] in the [[Five Isle Meadow]]. By infiltrating the warehouse and defeating the remaining Rocket Admins, they realize that Giovanni has disbanded Team Rocket. They do, however, {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|vow to return one day}}, and bring Team Rocket back to its former glory. Gideon reluctantly gives back the Sapphire, and after this, trades are possible with the [[Hoenn]]-based {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}. The Elite Four can once again be challenged, and their Pokémon are 12 levels higher, with some of them possessing new Pokémon. In addition, [[Cerulean Cave]] is now open, and the powerful {{p|Mewtwo}} can be found there. {{p|Entei}}, {{p|Suicune}}, or {{p|Raikou}} will also begin roaming the Kanto region, depending on whether the player chose {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, or {{p|Squirtle}}, respectively, as their starter Pokémon.

* {{m|Blast Burn}}, {{m|Frenzy Plant}}, and {{m|Hydro Cannon}} are available as Move Tutor moves at [[Cape Brink]] on [[Two Island]]. They can only be taught to the final evolved form of the player's [[starter Pokémon]], or other members of that same species.

* One of [[Johto]]'s [[legendary beasts]] ({{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, or {{p|Suicune}}) will [[Roaming Pokémon|roam]] around Kanto after completing the Network Machine quest on the Sevii Islands during the post-game. The beast that appears is the one that has a type advantage over the player's [[starter Pokémon]].

* Poké Center and Poké Mart signs were altered between regional releases.

===Localization changes inherited from earlier games===

** This was also a Famicom in Japanese Red, Green, and Blue, but a Super Famicom in Japanese Yellow. In the localized versions of all Generation I games, this was a SNES.

* In the player's house, the film on TV depends on the game language and player's gender. The ''Stand by Me'' reference originated in Generation I, while the other references were introduced in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

** In all languages except French, if the player is male, a movie involving four boys walking on railroad tracks, possibly a reference to ''{{wp|Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me}}''.

** In all languages except French, if the player is female, a movie featuring a girl in pigtails walking down a brick road, possibly a reference to ''{{wp|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}''.

** In French, if the player is male, a movie featuring a "cool guy in a taxi" (French: ''"Y'a un gars cool dans un taxi."''), possibly a reference to the 1998 French movie ''{{wp|Taxi}}''.

** In French, if the player is female, ''{{wp|The Lord of the Rings}}'' is mentioned by name.

* In the Japanese version, the {{ka|old man}} passed out drunk at the start of the game, hence why he blocks the way out of [[Viridian City]] at the start of the game. In the English version, he is grumpy due to not having had his coffee yet.

* In the Japanese version, at the [[Celadon Department Store]] 3F, the boy who receives Haunter in a trade calls himself Haunter Maniac (Japanese: ゴーストマニア ''Ghost Maniac''). This name is not mentioned in the English versions.

** In FireRed and LeafGreen, Haunter is mentioned in all languages. In Generation I, this was changed from a Haunter in Japanese into a Graveler in the localizations.

* In the Japanese version, the characters [[Erik and Sara]] (Japanese: コージ ''Kōji'' and アツコ ''Atsuko'') may be cameos of [[Kōji Nishino]] and [[Atsuko Nishida]]. There is some wordplay in their Japanese dialogue, which was lost in the English version.

* The Japanese version of the [[Pokémon Mansion journals]] use a singular "わたし" (watashi, "I" pronoun), implying that only one person was involved in discovering {{p|Mew}} and creating {{p|Mewtwo}}. The English localization changed this pronoun to "we"; this happens to be consistent with the events of [[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]], in which a group of scientists created Mewtwo.

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* The [[game mascot|mascot]] of each game is a [[starter Pokémon]] or the evolved form of a starter Pokémon.

* They are the first games where the {{pkmn|availability}} of some [[wild Pokémon]] (in this case, the [[Legendary beasts]]) depends on which [[starter Pokémon]] was chosen.