Pokémon Red and Blue Versions: Difference between revisions

'''Pokémon Red Version''' and '''Pokémon Blue Version''' were the first [[Pokémon games]] to be released outside of Japan, becoming available in North America on September 28, 1998,<ref name="Sept28PR"/> in Australia and New Zealand on October 23, 1998 and in Europe on June 10, 1999<ref name="TPCi (RB) [UK]">[http://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-red-version-and-pokemon-blue-version/ Pokémon™ Red Version and Pokémon™ Blue Version | Video Games | Pokemon.com] (UK)</ref><ref name="Iwata Asks (UK)">[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-in-Motion-Pokemon-X-and-Pokemon-Y/Pokemon-X-Pokemon-Y/2-Pokemon-Born-Anew/2-Pokemon-Born-Anew-815805.html Iwata Asks | 2. Pokémon Born Anew | Pokémon X and Y]</ref> or October 5, 1999<ref name="NoE (Red)">[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy/Pokemon-Red-Version-266109.html Pokémon Red Version | Game Boy | Games | Nintendo]{{dead link}}</ref><ref name="NoE (Blue)">[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy/Pokemon-Blue-Version-266054.html Pokémon Blue Version | Game Boy | Games | Nintendo]{{dead link}}</ref> (depending on the source used). In North America, the pair closely followed the debut of the {{pkmn|anime}}'s English dub, which began airing on September 8, 1998,<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=270&page=25 Anime News Network - (Pokemon TV)]</ref> and within a year, Pokémon was well known as a popular [[Nintendo]] franchise.