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Pokémon Red Version (1996)

Game Freak

Game Boy · Nintendo 3DS

4.20 from 46 ratings

94 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 13 backlogged · 4 wish listed

How long? Main story 30h · 100% 200h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Pokémon Red, along with Pokémon Green, are the first video games in the Pokémon series of games. They are the first paired versions of Generation I. Developed over the course of several years, Red and Green established several standards for later Pokémon games and sequels. They take place in the Kanto region, with the player having to collect eight Gym … Read more
Pokémon Red, along with Pokémon Green, are the first video games in the Pokémon series of games. They are the first paired versions of Generation I. Developed over the course of several years, Red and Green established several standards for later Pokémon games and sequels. They take place in the Kanto region, with the player having to collect eight Gym Badges to become the Pokémon Champion while also completing the Pokédex by collecting all 151 Pokémon. Read less
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Details

Developers
Game Freak
Publishers
Gradiente, Nintendo
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Kids, Open world
Franchises
Pokémon
Series
Pokémon
Event
Dai-7-kai Shoshinkai Soft Tenshikai / Famicom Space World '95

Release dates

  • Feb 27, 1996 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy
  • Sep 28, 1998 (Full Release) (North_America) Game Boy
  • Oct 23, 1998 (Full Release) (Australia) Game Boy
  • 1998 (Full Release) (Brazil) Game Boy
  • Oct 05, 1999 (Full Release) (Europe) Game Boy
  • Feb 27, 2016 (Full Release) (China) Nintendo 3DS
  • Feb 27, 2016 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
  • Feb 27, 2016 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS

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Rating distribution

5 stars
19
4 stars
18
3 stars
8
2 stars
1
1 star
0
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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Feb 23, 2026

What's your favorite Pokémon?

You can get a 30th Pokémon anniversary Pokémon logo with any of the 1025 Pokémon that exist. They were assigned at random by the japanese twitter account Poke-Times, but fans got all the 1025 in a matter of hours.

All of them are in here.

Here's my favorite.

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