Status thebigmack Jul 14, 2021
Despite Pokemon Blue being my life in 8th grade... I can't remember what I named my squirtle. That just doesn't seem right.
Pokémon Blue Version (1996)
4.26 from 6177 ratings · #123 top rated on Grouvee
10209 members have it in their collection · 191 playing now · 518 backlogged · 359 wish listed
How long? Main story 25h · with extras 48h · 100% 569h (from 40 logged playthroughs)
Pokémon Blue is the third core series Pokémon game released as a minor revision of Pokémon Red and Green, which were released earlier that year. It was thus the first solitary version in the core series of Pokémon games. Various fixes in the game include a graphics and sound upgrade, as well as the removal of several known glitches that …
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Pokémon Blue is the third core series Pokémon game released as a minor revision of Pokémon Red and Green, which were released earlier that year. It was thus the first solitary version in the core series of Pokémon games. Various fixes in the game include a graphics and sound upgrade, as well as the removal of several known glitches that had been found in the original pair. Outside of Japan, its graphics, game engine and script formed the basis of Pokémon Red and Blue, while the wild Pokémon and game-exclusive Pokémon lists were changed to match Red and Green.
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Details
- Developers
- Game Freak
- Publishers
- Gradiente, Nintendo
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Themes
- Fantasy, Kids, Open world
- Franchises
- Pokémon
- Series
- Pokémon
Release dates
- Oct 15, 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) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
- Feb 27, 2016 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
- Feb 27, 2016 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
- Feb 27, 2016 (Full Release) (China) Nintendo 3DS
Related
Remakes
- Pokémon LeafGreen Version (Jan 2004)
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
3021
4 stars
1994
3 stars
934
2 stars
196
1 star
32
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Status internpepper Nov 12, 2020
The one that started it all. This one has a lot of charm and despite its simplicity, it's more complex than one would think.
Status pombo Feb 2, 2018
Playing this as a kid felt great. It was at the same time that the first season of the cartoon was airing in my country so it felt very real. Battling against friends with the cable was pretty cool too. But when I come back to those games as I get older I start to see some details that aren't …
Read morePlaying this as a kid felt great. It was at the same time that the first season of the cartoon was airing in my country so it felt very real. Battling against friends with the cable was pretty cool too. But when I come back to those games as I get older I start to see some details that aren't soo good.
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Status jman506 Oct 3, 2015
Just started. Here's how this is going to go down. I thought about trying a Nuzlocke challenge, but maybe I'll do that later. This time I wanna get all 151 fucking Pokemon. I'm using a dex'd rom-hack with all 151 in game somehow, through events, trading npcs, or in the wild whatever. I've never really played this, but I played …
Read moreJust started. Here's how this is going to go down. I thought about trying a Nuzlocke challenge, but maybe I'll do that later. This time I wanna get all 151 fucking Pokemon. I'm using a dex'd rom-hack with all 151 in game somehow, through events, trading npcs, or in the wild whatever. I've never really played this, but I played Yellow. So this is going to be cool to actually see the adventure play out.
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Status Westane Aug 19, 2015
Day 1:
Leave it to my PVR to crap out and not record any gameplay... That's probably alright, since nothing really happened. I started up a new game and, just like I did over a decade and a half ago, chose Squirtle as my starter. I made it to Pewter City and defeated Brock to get my first badge! Had …
Day 1:
Leave it to my PVR to crap out and not record any gameplay... That's probably alright, since nothing really happened. I started up a new game and, just like I did over a decade and a half ago, chose Squirtle as my starter. I made it to Pewter City and defeated Brock to get my first badge! Had a long day today, so I decided to turn in early anyway. Tomorrow will be Cerulean City and maybe, just maybe, a Mew...
I will say the original Gameboy sprites and music have caused a flood of nostalgia, and it's easy to see how I would have become so engrossed in this world as a kid. It's good to be back, if only for a visit.
Day 2:
Leading up to my lunch break today I was thinking about how I was going to tackle this game. I was still very early in it, and starting over wouldn't be too much of a hassle. It's the oddest thing... feeling guilty for not cheating...
Ultimately I decided that early Pokemon games were made to be broken!
I didn't want to deal with the headaches of catching an Abra, which I'd need for the early Mew, so I started with the Experience Undertow glitch for the lv100 Gengar.
It took about 45 minutes straight just to get RNG to cooperate with me, but I did eventually get it. The hardest part of the glitch is getting a wild Pokemon battle to trigger on the same space that would trigger a trainer battle, then lose the fight. I actually got this to happen pretty quickly, but it was against a Kakuna and I wasn't poisoned, so I couldn't lose and had to reset.
Now it's off to go show Brock my new Pokemon! I'll save Mew for when I either get Fly, or get lucky and catch an Abra.
Day 3:
Man, playing through the early game with a lv100 Pokemon almost feels like cheating... Oh wait...
During lunch I managed to work my way through the first two gyms and Mt. Moon, and am headed towards Vermilion Town. Despite how hilarious overpowered I am, it's still fun taking in all the old sites again. I've even stopped long enough to catch a few Pokemon for nostalgia's sake.
I actually forgot all about Mt. Moon, which is funny because of how awesome I thought it was during my very first playthrough. Every area, from Viridian Forest to Mt. Moon, felt so special and unique, and the prospect of seeing brand new Pokemon for the first time was SO exciting. The anime had a lot to do with this, which is why I found Mt. Moon so exciting back as a kid. Not only could i finally catch a Clefairy, but I could pick up a Moon Stone right there in the same cave!
My next objective is to hurry up and grab Fly so I can get my Mew!
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