New Pokemon

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

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

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

Pok mon 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 Pok mania 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 Pok mon

Customer Review: Legends never die, they just fade with the passage of time…
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.
Customer Review: The Definitive Handheld Experience
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.