Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese): Difference between revisions

|name=<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pocket Monsters Blue</span>

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

|platform=[[Game Boy]]{{tt|*|Enhanced for the Super Game Boy}}

|gen_series=[[Generation I]] [[version|main series]]

|release_date_ja=October 10, 1996<ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-blue/ Pokémon.co.jp]</ref>

'''Pocket Monsters: Blue''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケットモンスター 青|Poketto Monsutā Ao}}''') is the third [[Version|main series]] [[Pokémon games|Pokémon game]] for [[Game Boy]], released in Japan on October 10, 1996 as a minor revision of {{game|Red and Green|s|Pocket Monsters: Red & Green}} (Japanese: {{tt|ポケットモンスター 赤・緑|Poketto Monsutā Aka Midori}}), which were released earlier that year. It was thus the first [[Versions|third version]] in the main series Pokémon games, and was initially sold exclusively to subscribers of {{wp|CoroCoro Comic}}.

Much as would become standard for third versions, players followed the plot of the previous two games. Like in Red and Green, they started in [[Pallet Town]] in the [[Kanto|Kanto region]], receiving a [[starter Pokémon]] from [[Professor Oak]]. As before, the choices are {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, and {{p|Squirtle}}, and the {{ga|Blue|rival}} chooses the starter that is super-effective against the player's starter.

* [[Missingno.]] was given the placeholder Pokédex entry 「{{tt|コメント さくせいちゅう|Komento sakusei-chū}}」 "''Comment to be written.''" and became the ??? species. This was not translated, resulting in a glitched Pokédex entry in the localized {{game|Red and Blue|s}} and the corruption of Missingno.'s original height and weight ({{tt|1.0 m|3.3 ft}} and {{tt|10.0 kg|22.1 lb}} respectively), showing instead a height of {{tt|10.0 ft|3.1 m}} and a weight of {{tt|3507.2 lb|1590.8 kg}}.<ref>[http://iimarck.us/i/missing-number/ IIMarckus]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azoyziIrwIc YouTube]</ref>

==Staff==

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

==Music==

The soundtrack contains all of the background music and sound effects used in Pokémon Red and Green (the basis for the soundtrack of the Japanese Pokémon Blue), 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.

==Beta elements==

{{main|Pokémon Red and Green beta}}

* Because the script for Pokémon Blue, rather than that of {{game|Red and Green|s}}, was used for the translation of the Japanese trio into {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, an old man who trades the player an {{p|Electrode}} on [[Cinnabar Island]] claims that the {{p|Raichu}} he received "went and evolved". As Raichu does not have an evolved form, this makes no sense whatsoever. In the context of Pokémon Blue, however, it makes sense, as the player trades away a {{p|Kadabra}}, which evolves through trade, for a {{p|Graveler}} in this game.

** The same issue arises with the old man that trades the player a {{p|Jynx}} in [[Cerulean City]] who claims that the {{p|Poliwhirl}} he received "went and evolved". While Poliwhirl does evolve, it does not evolve by a trade but rather through the use of a [[Water Stone]]. This issue is likely because in Pokémon Blue, the old man trades away a {{p|Haunter}} for a {{p|Machoke}} which does evolves through trade and the original script was not edited.

* Pokémon Blue, as well as [[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|its older, paired counterparts]], are the only [[Generation I]] games that don't provide a waiting message when the [[saving]] process is in course.

** Unlike {{2v2|Red|Green}}, however, it doesn't inform the player that the [[saving]] process will overwrite the previous save file, a situation that carried over into the [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|English versions]].

* The {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} depicted during [[Professor Oak]]'s introductory lecture is a {{p|Nidorino}}. However, the [[cry]] that plays belongs to {{p|Nidorina}}. This is actually a mistake that was carried over from {{2v2|Red|Green}}. The issue also remained in [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|the localizations]].