Pokémon Red and Green Versions: Difference between revisions

|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　赤}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Red'') and '''Pokémon Green Version''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター　緑}}''' ''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 a {{ga|Red|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}}, who is the grandson of the local authority on Pokémon, [[Professor Oak]]. Oak lets the two boys choose a [[starter Pokémon]], a choice of the {{type|Grass}} {{p|Bulbasaur}}, the {{type|Fire}} {{p|Charmander}}, or the {{type|Water}} {{p|Squirtle}} (and with the player's rival choosing the Pokémon who has a type advantage over the player's Pokémon). Oak also gives them a [[Pokédex]] and asks them to catch all the Pokémon in the region.

During their travels, the player will encounter the villainous [[Team Rocket]] and their boss [[Giovanni]], a group of criminals that seek to exploit Pokémon as tools, rather than train them as friends and partners. The player and must defeat them to put a stop to their crimes which include killing a {{p|Marowak}} while keeping [[Mr. Fuji|a man]] hostage, stealing a [[Silph Scope]] and taking control of [[Silph Co.]] to obtain plans for the [[Master Ball]]. 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]].

Between the battles with Team Rocket, their rival and other trainers, the player journeys across the region, defeating all the [[Gym Leader]]s: [[Brock]], [[Misty]], [[Lt. Surge]], [[Erika]], [[Koga]], [[Sabrina]] and [[Blaine]]. The eighth and final leader is the Team Rocket boss Giovanni who disbands the team after his final defeat within his Gym. After defeating all eight Gym Leaders, the player goes on to challenge the [[Elite Four]]: [[Lorelei]], [[Bruno]], [[Agatha]], and [[Lance]], and finally, in the last battle, the current Champion, the player's {{ga|Blue|rival}}.

The player becomes the champion after defeating their rival and is commended by Professor Oak for their friendship with Pokémon.

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.

==Notes==

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[[zh:神奇宝贝红绿蓝版]]