Pokémon Red and Green Versions: Difference between revisions

|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>

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

|caption2=Box art of Pokémon Green Version, [[Version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Venusaur}}.

|link_method=[[Game Link Cable]]

|cero=Not applicable<ref group=note>CERO did not exist at the time of release, therefore they have not rated the game.</ref>

|esrb=Not applicable

|release_date_ja=February 27, 1996<ref name="TPC" /><ref name="NoJ" />

|release_date_na=September 30, 1998<br>(as {{2v2|Red|Blue}})

|release_date_au=November 1, 1998<br>(as {{2v2|Red|Blue}})

|release_date_eu=October 8, 1999<br>(as {{2v2|Red|Blue}})

|release_date_kr=Unreleased

|website_ja=[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-rg/ Pokémon.co.jp]<br>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apajapbj/ Nintendo.co.jp]

'''Pokémon Red Version''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター{{tt|赤|あか}}}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Red'') and '''Pokémon Green Version''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター{{tt|緑|みどり}}}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Green'') were the first [[Pokémon games]] ever released to the public, 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> Introducing the gameplay concepts that went on to provide the standard for games in the [[core series]] games, these games were eventually localized and released worldwide as {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions}}, using a combination of the engine from the Japanese {{game|Blue| (Japanese)|Pokémon Blue Version}} and the obtainable Pokémon from Red and Green. Much as would become standard, Red and Green were later joined by a solitary version, the aforementioned {{game|Blue| (Japanese)|Blue}}, which slightly improved upon their features and provided the code for the international releases (Red and Blue), and eventually {{game|Yellow}}, a second solitary version based on the {{pkmn|anime}}.

Red and Green begins the Pokémon series in the region of [[Kanto]], where players play the role of an ten-year-old boy just starting off on a journey as a [[Pokémon Trainer]] from his home of [[Pallet Town]], on the same day as his {{ga|Blue|rival}}. After obtaining a [[starter Pokémon]] (a choice of the {{type|Grass}} {{p|Bulbasaur}}, the {{type|Fire}} {{p|Charmander}}, or the {{type|Water}} {{p|Squirtle}}) from [[Professor Oak]], the local authority on Pokémon (and with the player's rival choosing the Pokémon whose type weakens that of his or her Pokémon), players journey across the region, defeating the eight [[Gym Leader]]s: [[Brock]], [[Misty]], [[Lt. Surge]], [[Erika]], [[Koga]], [[Sabrina]], [[Blaine]], and [[Giovanni]]. After all eight have been defeated, the player goes on to challenge the [[Elite Four]], [[Lorelei]], [[Bruno]], [[Agatha]], and [[Lance]], and finally, in his or her last battle, the current Champion, the player's {{ga|Blue|rival}}.

Along the way, the player will encounter the villainous [[Team Rocket]], a group of criminals that seek to exploit Pokémon as tools, rather than train them as friends and partners, and must defeat them to put a stop to their actions. The rival will also continuously harass the player, challenging him or her to a {{pkmn|battle}} multiple times, with an increasingly powerful team. As the player's own Pokémon become more powerful, he or she draws ever closer to the [[Indigo Plateau]].

The two games introduced the ability to allow players to [[trade]] Pokémon between two cartridges using a [[Game Boy]] [[Game Link Cable]]. To take fullest advantage of this feature, several Pokémon are exclusive to each game of the pair, making it required that a player trade with others in order to complete their [[Pokédex]]. The Game Link Cable also makes possible battles with another player, allowing one to pit their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} against equals when their Pokémon are as powerful as they can be, at level 100. Trades done between Pokémon games in different languages are impossible in this generation, and will always result in corruption if it is attempted. This is due to the fact that the games can't automatically translate the Pokémon as there isn't enough room on either cartridge for all of the text in so many languages (a feature that would later become possible).

If a battle between two different region games is to be attempted, the battle would simply not work, with the save file left intact.

==[[Version-exclusive Pokémon]]==

The soundtrack contains all of the background music and sound effects used in the games, all of which were composed solely by [[Junichi Masuda]]. This includes {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} [[Cry|cries]] and [[Pokédex]] entries read by "Dexter", {{Ash}}'s Pokédex.

{{main|Staff of Pokémon Red and Green}}

==Notes==

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[[zh:神奇宝贝红绿蓝版]]