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| Pokemon - Blue Version | 
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Category: Video Games
Buy New: $10.37
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $10.37
Avg. Customer Rating:  (141 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2092
Platform: Game Boy
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Game Cartridge
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 4 x 4 x 0.3
MPN: 73082
UPC: 045496730826
EAN: 0045496730826
ASIN: B00000IYER
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Collect up to 139 Pokemon with this game | | • | both Red and Blue versions are required to capture all 150 | | • | use the optional Game Link cable to trade Pokemon and play against a friend | | • | for one to two players |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
It's the game that started a revolution, but it's not just the fad that convinced gamers to "catch 'em all." This deceptively simple and child-friendly roleplaying game design is a far deeper game design than it looks. Pokemon features way more strategy and gameplay than it leads on, offering gamers almost infinite gaming possibilities even after the main adventure ends. Initially released in Japan as Pocket Monster Red and Green in 1996 (and later Red), the franchise arrived in the west in 1998 as Pokemon Blue and Red. The games could be linked up with each other and with the N64's Pokemon Stadium titles for creature trading.
Editorial 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 catalog and document every Pokemon in the world. But to catalog 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 Poke 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 catalog new 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. Of course, as a Pokemon trainer, you've "gotta catch 'em all!"--150 to be exact. So if you own Blue and want to have a complete set of Pokemon, you must find a friendly Red or Yellow owner and arrange a trade. Pokemon 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 Pokemania 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 Pokemon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 136 more reviews...
 Good but not AS good as the Yellow Version December 28, 2008
Hi people,
Today I will be reviewing an awesome game that can work with the original Game Boy Platform. NOTE: this does not work with the OLD SCHOOL Stupid Nintendo DS Lite :P.
You start off the game in your house, then you walk out of your house and then southeast toward a patch of grass, then prof oak turns you in to a lab for the choice of 1 of 3 different trainer Pokemon.
Charmander=Level 16 Evolution=Charmeleon=Level 36 Evolution= Charizard(Fire Flying) (strong)
Squirtle=Level 16 Evolution=Wartortle=Level 36 Evolution=Blastoise Water (tough)
Ivysaur=Level 18 Evolution= Ivysaur= Level 32 Evolution= Venusaur Water (Semistrong+Semitough)
after that you do a few chores for prof oak then get a few items go to the woods that lead to pewter, beat brock, then later the real challenge comes in, I used a level 100 Dewgong and totally owned Bruno with Aurora Beam.
Catch a Dewgong because it is better than a Blastoise.
Legends never die, they just fade with the passage of time... May 28, 2008
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, Missing no, is avoided at all costs, as it only exists because of debugging and playtesting complications, which is incredibly anomalous in and of itself for Nintendo, and has thus catapulted this Pokemon all of the way to the top of desirable Pokemon in this particular game because of the amazingly unusual circumstances, as well as the fact that the glitch is impossible to transfer to sequels like crystal, emerald, and so on, making Missingno's existence a fluke that will probably never be seen again and a small piece of gaming mythology. This Pokemon, when caught, can potentially result in irreversible corruption of this particular cartridge (no other Gameboy game, either Pokemon or otherwise has suffered a problem remotely like this), and those your Gameboy interacts with as well (again, this is limited to the very first Pokemon games ever made and does not pose even the slightest uncertainty of performance for Pokemon or non-Pokemon games that were made in some of the following years. To risk unpopularity with blunt honesty, I wish to strongly advise against getting a used copy for this reason unless you are willing to see it as something of a lottery ticket with better than 50% odds of success. These two, the rarest and the deadliest, may be playable in the potentially inevitable expansion/sequel to Smash Brothers Brawl. Missingno's visuals will almost certainly be inspired by fan input.
The Definitive Handheld Experience May 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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. November 23, 2007
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 September 17, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
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