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Legends never die, they just fade with the passage of time...

2008-05-28
This is one of the first two US releases of the series of games all known as Pokemon. Before release, the name was "Pocket Monsters", but the name was shortened for reasons I do not know. Two of the rarest Pokemon in existence can only be found on the original Blue and Red versions, one being Mew, whom rumors have circulated about for ages with definitive proof only surfacing in recent years. The other one, Missingno, is avoided at all costs, as it only exists because of insufficient debugging and playtesting. This pokemon, when caught, will irrepairably corrupt your cartridge, and those your gameboy interacts with as well. To risk unpopularity with blunt honesty, I wish to strongly advise against getting a used copy for this reason. These two, the rarest and the deadliest, may be playable in the potentially inevitable expansion/sequel to Smash Brothers Brawl. Missigno's visuals will almost certainly be inspired by fan input.

The Definitive Handheld Experience

2008-05-02
This game came out some time ago, but this is my review. I have played many handheld games since this treasure. I have realized none have been as much fun as this game. It is truly the best portable game ever.

The story, now mediocre at best, was incredible for a little kid. Not to say an adult would not enjoy it. A boy or girl sets off on an adventure to capture and train 151 creatures called Pokemon. The Pokemon are all great and varied up enough to keep them interesting. There are all different skills and abilities they could learn throughout. Your ultimate goal is to become experienced enough to beat the Elite Four. The Elite Four is the best of the best in the world of Pokemon.

The graphics were nice, but nothing was really outstanding on the Game Boy Color. I only played around twenty GBC games so my knowledge is limited. Animations are not amazing. They get the job done. The Blue version had a slightly greenish-blue tint to everything. While the Red version had a red tint. This makes a very big difference depending on which one you started playing. I started on Blue and attempted to play the Red version, which was nearly impossible. My eyes could not adjust. It is the only graphical difference between the two.

Not all Pokemon were available in this one. You had to get both versions if you wanted all the Pokemon.

The music is annoying I usually played it with the sound off. I did that with all GBC games, though.

The best part about this game is the glitches. Normally these things would not be in a game. They add so much. You can duplicate items, get a Pokemon that was only available in the Japanese version, and create the ultimate Pokemon team. The glitches add so much value and most importantly fun to the game once beaten.

This is the game I compare all portable games against. This game was followed by the Yellow version. Which was basically the same with minor changes and no glitches. The reason for this review is simple. I want people to enjoy this classic game. You don't have to get a PSP or DS, if you want to experience a great game.

Started the craze. 4 stars.

2007-11-23
The graphics are piss-poor but the game play and music rarely get better.

Bulbasaur is better than any other starter ever and always will be. Charmander was cute but not as cool. And Squirtle as adorable as he was was way too slow.

The madness never stopped in my house once me and my bro (22 and 16 now) got these into our grubby paws. We did next to no trading, but tons of gaming.

20 Pokemon that are in this title are:

Bulbasaur, Starmie, Vulpix, Vileplume, Articuno, Electabuzz, Ponyta, Gloom, Tangela, Lickitung, Mewtwo, Chansey, Taurus, Jynx, Oddish, Golbat, Horsea, Dragonite and Magmar.

Game play : A-
Sound : B-
Originality : A-
Story: C-
Trading : A-
Fun : A
Replay : A++
Overall : B

4 stars.

GET YELLOW

2007-09-17
This game is fun but not very much of an objective, all you have to do is beat the champion in the indigo plataue and "catch em all" but thats it, get yellow because you always have to make your pikachu happy theres a lot more to it but if you want to get this get it, its not a bad game it just doesnt have much replay value.

Go! Pikachu!

2007-05-30
Pokemon is a great way to spend your time. It is very challenging, but it is very satisfying when a mission is completed.

You start out as Ash Ketchum in Pallet Town, where you meet Professor Oak, who gives you your first Pokemon (a Bulbasaur, a Charmander or a Squirtle), and you're off! Throughout your adventure, there are many towns and cities connected by bridges or paths or forests. Each major city has a gym and a Gym Leader, whom you have to fight. Sometimes it takes a long time to defeat them though. For example, it took me a week to beat Misty. Your objective is to become the world's best Pokemon trainer. To do this, you have to catch all 150 Pokemon. Pokemon are everywhere. In towers, on paths, in forests, caves, etc. You also have to beat each of eight Gym Leaders, then beat the "Elite Four". Your final step to ecoming the world's best Pokemon trainer is succesfully catching the legendary Mewtwo, the "ultimate fighting machine" and the "hardest Pokemon to catch. Its all great fun. You have a number of rivals, including "Team Rocket" and Oak's grandson. You will encounter them many times in your journey, and it's loads of fun. There are also many other trainers along the way. You can buy stuff at the Poke Mart, like potions, antidotes, etc. There is a Celadon Department Store in Celadon City which almost everything you need is there. There are Poke Centers, where your Pokemon can be healed completely. In Lavender Town, there is a Pokemon Tower where there are ghost Pokemon, an S.S Anne ship with loads of trainers and a guy you need to find, and much, much more.

Pokemon fight and win battles for you. They obey orders. But they're not looking for masters--they're looking for friends! Treat them well. Give them their vitamins. Your Pokemon evolve now and then. Some evolve through experience, some through trading, some through special elemental stones. Once they're evolved, they can't learn some techniques that they would be able to learn at their previously evolved stage. So it's important you teach them as much as they can learn before they evolve. It's important to have a well-balanced team of Pokemon. You want them all at a good, high level so if one faints the others can come in. There are also different elements of Pokemon. For example, water would beat fire, so if you have a level 50 Charizard(fire Pokemon) and a level 50 Blastoise (water Pokemon), it would be more likely for the Blastoise to win than the Charizard.

There is also money, which you can spend at Poke Marts. Trainers you beat give you money as a prize. YOU NEED IT, AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO GET IT.

Hours and hours of fun can be spent with Pokemon Blue Version for Gameboy, and unlimited possibilities. Blue and Red, the original versions, are definitely the best, because in the newer versions like Diamond and Pearl, there are all these weird and dumb Pokemon. So if you are looking for a Gameboy game that would really be fun and satisfying, choose POKEMON BLUE!

This is Where It All Began

2007-05-02
Welcome to the world of Pokémon, one filled with wild Pokémon and the people who attempt to tame them. You are Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokémon trainer in the world. Professor Oak, the leading authority on Pokémon, has given you your choice of three tame Pokémon in exchange for your helping him catalog and document every Pokémon in the world.

But to catalog a Pokémon, you have to capture it by first beating it up with one of your trained Pokémon, and then hitting it with an empty Poké Ball. As your tame Pokémon gain experience in battle, their abilities improve and they earn access to new attacks. Sometimes they even evolve into more advanced Pokémon.

Aside from capturing wild Pokémon and evolving your own, you can catalog new Pokémon by trading with another Pokémon player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Color's infrared system. Pokémon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokémon, since each Pokémon game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, andPokémon Yellow) has certain Pokémon missing. Of course, as a Pokémon trainer, you've "gotta catch 'em all!"--150 to be exact. So if you own Blue and want to have a complete set of Pokémon, you must find a friendly Red or Yellow owner and arrange a trade.

Pokémon Blue is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story hook, intriguing strategy, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon and it's easy to see how it started the Pokémania that is sweeping the world. --Michael Fehlauer

Pros:

Gameplay and strategy that's 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 Pokémon

My First Pokemon

2006-12-31
I LOVE this game. I bought it when I was seven and have loved it ever since. It's the original! Sure, the graphics are less than impressive (most everything is a nice shade of blue, teal or green), but for me that doesn't matter. The storyline is great and really keeps you guessing. It gets hard! I have Pokemon Silver, Crystal, Sapphire and Fire Red also, and so far Blue has been the only game in which I had real trouble beating the Elite Four, the four strongest trainers in the land that you must beat to complete the game. You also have to get through Victory Road, this huge cave, which is full of tons of trainers who are trying to beat the Elite Four, too.
You really have to work, especially to get HMs. The hardest thing for me was Rock Tunnel - it's completely black, so unless you tip your Gameboy almost upside down under a light, you have to feel your way through. The trainers and gym leaders are also pretty hard. The only downside to this game is that there's absolutely nothing to do after you finish the game except go beat the Elite Four or go capture Mewtwo, which is less than exciting.

Glitches are lots of fun

2006-11-11
I've had this game for years, and it's still fun even after playing the Advanced games. Sure, the graphics are prehistoric, but the heart of the game is fun. On the suface, it doesn't look like there's much to do; after you beat the Pokemon league there really aren't any more goals besides getting all 150.

But there are all kinds of really cool glitches, like the Missingno. glitch and Glitch City. That, in my opinion, is the funnest part of the game. There's also a glitch that lets you get Mew!

That's really all there is to it. Fun game, crazy glitches, and tons of Pokemon!

The Beginning Of The Classic Series

2006-09-26
We probably all know about the hype that Pokemon (Pocket Monsters) has received about 7 years ago. It started off as a game that originated in Japan around 1995-1996, and it was introduced to the United States in 1998. A TV show and a trading card series followed. Plush Pikachu dolls were everywhere. I was a big fan of this fad, and I was only in the 5th grade (late 1999) when I purchased this game and strapped in for the time of my life.

This is the "blue version" of the original Game Boy series. Just like in the Red Version, there are Pokemon that cannot be captured (Ekans, Magmar, Scyther, Growlith and Mankey just to name a few), and a trade cable will be required to fulfill "catching them all", but here's a little lowdown and some advice to some starters of this game:

You are given one out of three Pokemon to start out with (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle), and note that your first trainer is Brock, who uses the rock type. I recommend you choose Squirtle if you want to take it easy at first, because it learns Bubble at level 8. Bulbasaur is also a good choice, but it doesn't learn Vine Whip until level 13. (I'm explaining the best moves to defeat Brock's Pokemon.) Charmander is not a good bet, but good for a challenge. When you get to Pewter City, however, don't rush to battle Brock until you feel like you are prepared. Metapod and Kakuna give out a lot of experience points so that leveling is easier, and if you catch a Caterpie/Metapod and raise it to a level 12 Butterfree, it can also help defeat Brock as well (with its Confusion skill).

If you're familiar with the later games of this series, you'll realize a lot of differences. You can hold only 20 different types of items at a time (including PokeBalls and Key Items). And you gotta love the cheesy Pokemon graphics!

Despite some flaws that haven't been perfected until the later games of the series, this is still a classic game.

And I'm not a big fan of RPG style games, but this is the easiest and less stressful of them in my opinion. Recommended.

A Classic

2006-07-25
Pokemon blue is hands down the best pokemon game along with red and yellow chiefly because they are the origanals, they do not mess around with all the technical crap of colour graphics etc etc they concentrate on the game playability and fun. it is great to pay over and over you can loose yourself in the game. i would 100% recommend this game to anybody who likes pokemon or just anyone who loves gaming!!