Rating: 4.3/5
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version were the first Pokémon games to be released outside of Japan, becoming available in North America on September 30, 1998, and thus being the first Pokémon media to hit the international market. The pair closely followed the debut of the anime's North American dub, which began airing September 8, 1998, and within a year, Pokémon was well-known as a popular Nintendo franchise. Unlike later generations, Red and Blue were not the same as their corresponding Japanese releases. Japan had gotten their first pair of Pokémon games as Pocket Monsters: Red & Green (Japanese: ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãƒ¢ãƒ³ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ¼ 赤・緑), which in all aspects were the same as Red and Blue with the exception of Pokémon sprite designs. When preparing the games for their English release, it was decided that Red & Green would be merged with Japan's already-released third version, Pocket Monsters: Blue (Japanese: ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãƒ¢ãƒ³ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ¼ é’), for its improved graphics, sound, and lack of easily-accessed gamebreaking glitches. Despite being released towards the end of Game Boy's lifespan, they quickly became the best-selling non-bundled games released for the Game Boy as well as being the best-selling role-playing games of all time.
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