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{{Infobox game | colorscheme=red|bordercolorscheme=green
|name=<span style="color:#FFF">Pokémon Red Version</span>
|name2=<span style="color:#FFF">Pokémon Green Version</span>
|jname=<span style="color:#FFF">ポケットモンスター　赤</span>
|jname2=<span style="color:#FFF">ポケットモンスター　緑</span>
|boxart=Red JP boxart.png
|boxart2=Green JP boxart.png
|caption=Box art of Pokémon Red Version, [[Game mascot|depicting]] {{p|Charizard}}.
|caption2=Box art of Pokémon Green Version, [[Game mascot|depicting]] {{p|Venusaur}}.
|platform=[[Game Boy]] <small>(enhanced for the [[Super Game Boy]] and [[Super Game Boy 2]])</small>
|category=RPG
|players=2 players simultaneous
|link_method=[[Game Link Cable]] <small>(Game Boy)</small><br>3DS Wireless <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|developer=[[Game Freak]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|gen_series=[[Generation I]] [[core series]]
|cero=A <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|gsrr=6+ <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_ja=February 27, 1996<ref name="TPC"/><ref name="NoJ"/> <small>(Game Boy)</small><br/>February 27, 2016<ref name="VC"/> <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_hk=February 27, 2016 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_tw=February 27, 2016 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|website_ja=[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-rg/ The Pokémon Company] <small>(Game Boy)</small><br>[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/VCAMAP/ The Pokémon Company] <small>(Virtual Console)</small><br>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apajapbj/ Nintendo] <small>(Game Boy)</small><br>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000038658 Nintendo] <small>(VC, Red)</small><br>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000038657 Nintendo] <small>(VC, Green)</small>
}}

'''Pokémon Red Version''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター　赤}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Red'') and '''Pokémon Green Version''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター　緑}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Green'') are the first video games in the {{pkmn|games|Pokémon series of games}}. They are the first primary [[Core series|paired versions]] of [[Generation I]], developed by [[Game Freak]] and published by [[Nintendo]] for the handheld [[Game Boy]]. They were first released in Japan on February 27, 1996,<ref name="TPC">[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-rg/ ポケットモンスター 赤・緑 | 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/apajapbj/ ポケットモンスター赤・緑]</ref> and were later followed by the updated {{game|Blue| (Japanese)|Pokémon Blue}} and the supplementary {{game|Yellow||Pokémon Yellow}}.

Developed over the course of several years, Red and Green established several standards for later Pokémon games and sequels. They take place in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], with the player having to collect eight [[Gym Badges]] to become the [[Pokémon Champion]] while also completing the [[Pokédex]] by collecting all 151 Pokémon. The game was a commercial success in Japan, which prompted the localization of Red and Green for an international release; the games were then released as {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue}}.

In 1999, the sequels to these games, {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, were released for the [[Game Boy Color]]. In 2004, Red and Green were remade for the [[Game Boy Advance]] as {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. In Japan, the original 1996 games, along with Blue and Yellow, were available on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] between the [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary]] on February 27, 2016 and the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop on March 27, 2023.<ref name="VC">[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/VCAMAP/game/ 『ポケットモンスター』シリーズの原点 | ニンテンドー3DSバーチャルコンソール用ソフト『ポケットモンスター赤・緑・青・ピカチュウ』公式サイト]</ref> The rerelease also allowed compatibility with [[Poké Transporter]], a tool which can send Pokémon from Virtual Console copies of Pokémon to {{g|Bank}}, where they can be withdrawn in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun, Moon}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon}}.