Pokemon - Red Version (Game Boy) (Cartridge Only)
Platform: Game Boy
Condition: Pre-Owned/Used in Very Good Condition
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Product Information
- Collect over 139 different Pokemon playing in the Red version.
- Trade with friends with the Blue version to get all 150.
- Trade and battle with the universal Game Link.
- Save your gameing progress on Game Pak Memory.
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Product Description
Your mission: Collect all 150 Pokemon, just like Ash, using your own Pokemon to capture others. Along the way, several skilled trainers, such as Gary, and many minor trainers will challenge you to Pokemon duels. To win the game, you must defeat them all.
Remember, Pokemon are not ordinary creatures. To collect all 150, you will need to train captured Pokemon so they evolve. For instance, a captured Caterpie will evolve into a Metapod, which will then turn into a Butterfree. Each transformation adds more power to the Pokemon--giving you more power to defeat and capture other Pokemon.
Also keep in mind that some Pokemon are rare and won't be found in your game. The Red and Blue versions of the game each carry their own variety of Pokemon to defeat, collect and train. To get all 150, trade Pokemon with your friends using the Game Boy Link Cable, which allows the transfer of Pokemon between Game Paks.
Review
Welcome to the world of Pokemon, one filled with wild Pokemon and the people who attempt to tame them. You are Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokemon trainer in the world. Professor Oak, the leading authority on Pokemon, has given you your choice of three tame Pokemon in exchange for your helping him to catalogue and document every Pokemon in the world.
But to catalogue a Pokemon, you have to capture it, by first beating it up with one of your trained Pokemon, and then hitting it with an empty Pokemon Ball. As your tame Pokemon gain experience in battle, their abilities improve and they earn access to new attacks. Sometimes they even evolve into more advanced Pokemon.
Aside from capturing wild Pokemon and evolving your own, you can catalogue new Pokemon--the only way to gather some Pokemon--by trading with another Pokemon player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Color's infrared system. Pokemon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokemon, since each Pokemon game (Pokemon Red, Pokemon Blue, andPokemon Yellow) has certain Pokemon missing. So if you own Red and want to have a complete set of Pokemon, you must find a friendly Blue or Yellow owner and arrange a trade.
Pokemon Red is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story book, intriguing strategy, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon, and it's easy to see how it started the Pokeemania that is sweeping the world. --Michael Fehlauer
- Pros:
- Gameplay and strategy that are fun for all ages
- Fantastic replay value
- Brilliant game design encourages players to meet and trade
- Cons:
- Hours of looking at the Game Boy's little screen may hurt neck
- Only 1 saved game per cartridge--2 people can't share a single game
- No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokemon
