@@Acacius1992 eh i like silver more he has in my opinion a more intresting character like being giovanni's kid is an intresting idea and he kinda gets an arc after lance beats him up making him realize that being a power hungry trainer isnt the right way of being a trainer but we was kinda poorly managed back then but in the manga and anime like pokemon generations made him a better character
Here's how it works: Japan makes Red and Green Japan makes Blue, which is basically just Pokemon v1.1. The world gets localized versions of Blue, and then make a slightly different version with the original Red's available pokemon. Yellow is more or less the same in Japan and the World, just locallized differently. By the time FireRed and LeafGreen came out, Game Freak was a lot better at programming and localization, so the same games released internationally with just the languages switched out.
@@WTXYN This video didn't cover Gen 2 (and I'm admittedly less versed in its programming history). I brought up Gen 3 only to the extent of the remakes. I can tell you that Game Freak had developmental problems and the game was delayed and famously required Satoru Iwata's assistance, but as far as localizations go, I am unaware of significant differences. In fact, I think Iwata's help is why the game code is so solid. Well, with the exception of Vietnamese Crystal. That said, all games have errors, and if you want a list of them, just google it.
Not exactly. When they localized Blue, they never used Blue’s available Pokémon. They used Red’s available Pokémon and launched it in the US as Red, and then used Green’s available Pokémon and launched it in the US as Blue.
I find it interesting that Pokemon Yellow was the last original Game Boy game released in Japan, and it released so late that by the time they localized it for every other country they made it a Game Boy Color game with added colors.
My favorite ‘real world’ connection is that Lt. Surge is called “the lightning american”, meaning that the American revolution happened in the Pokémon world. Like lol wut? Did Washington cross the Delaware on a Lapras?
@Rick K I just felt they were outsiders who settled into that world. Like rather than the world being american, Lt Surge is an american who just moved to live in Vermilion CIty. And he wasn't necessarily in the Vietnam war, he is just one of those wannabe soldiers.
@Jake C, I'm a lot more inclined to believe he's a typical American stationed in post-WW2 Japan, since that also explains why nearly everyone is either female or a young or old male, with few non-senior adult males aside from Surge. This is further backed by the fact that Kanto is a real region in Japan (Tokyo), and has Gen 2 taking place in Johto, to the West of Kanto and with buildings that match real life Kyoto (to the West of Tokyo).
John West I play on console with an original japanese cartridge. It seems do be an issue with de- or encoding the buffer, since the graphical issues are (as far as I can tell) exactly the same for all images displayed that way. Simple sprites are fine. Once I get a dumper for the cartridge I’ll run a comparison of the roms though to really know. Whenever that’s going to happen, haha.
Cuban Pete gotta buy something to read the cartridge first. Not really keen on spending 40€ on a reader to rip a single game. If I can flash my EMS cartridge with the ripped Pokémon green rom and still get the error that would be the first step currently in figuring where the error comes from.
@@johnhouston1590 Yes I am joking. It’s funny Gengar is one of the most popular Pokémon and he finally gets one in the most recent “fan service” season
As Game Freak notoriously was known for terrible programming skills, I definitely theorize that the delay from 1995 to 1996 was because they broke the game somehow and almost shipped a completely broken game.
Terrible? Is this a joke? Game Freak basically worked magic to create the original games. The presence of glitches doesn't make a program bad, especially when said glitches are no more numerous than any other game, just more well-known because the notion of catching a new, secret pokemon fit right into the lore of this new cultural phenomenon.
I like Missigno actually and in fact all of the glitches are easter eggs being triggered by the gamer. You can get Mew in Yellow by triggering a glitch as well. So wtf are you talking about?
Well it's not like the game was stuck or some error from the game during playtime and for very first time the programming was stellar. Ruby/ Sapphire had the battery run dry thing. Gold and Silver you could clone Pokemon.
@@northstarr9838 I remember reading about some store in Japan that sells all sort of Pokemon retro games/merchandise. I've been wanting to find the neo genesis thyplosions since I was 13 and those came out 😅 Plus Japan has all of the anime videogames for ps1/2/3...
Thinking back, the only green games I saw here in EU-west were crappy fake bootleg Pocket Monster Green games. I even remember being in Spain and they were selling obvious rom-hacks on cartridges, lol. And the whole 100 in 1 games. I remember seeing people play Gold/Silver hacks with weird ass sprites that weren't pokemon, on original game cartridges that were obviously made by some shady shop cleric claiming it was an unreleased leaked pokemon game to parents and younger kids that didn't know better.
Also, the original Japanese Stadium is the only way for Japanese players to get a Surfing Pikachu. The Surfing Pikachu was carried over to what Japan got as Stadium 2, when it was released internationally as Stadium 1.
It only had 42 pokemon and America wanted all of them so they just made stadium 2 stadium 1, it actually happened a lot back then(sonic drift 1 didn't come out but it's sequel sonic drift 2 did so in some regions they named it sonic drift racing, on the cover at least, and also with most of the final fantasy games, like 2 and 3 were not localized until a decade or 2 later and final fantasy 5 didn't get localized as well)
Imagine if Pokemon would have made Red, Blue, and Green international releases and made it so depending on your color, that would be the starter you'd get. Charmander for Red, Squirtle for Blue, and Bulbasaur for Green. That would have probably been highly unique.
@@TheDeathmail I have never ever met anybody nor remember anyone choosing Bulbasaur, or even Chikorita or Treecko as a starter. Even in yellow, Bulbasaur was one of my weakest pokemon...but that changed when I traded a Bulbasaur from Blue to Silver, and things got a little different.
0:10 Facts about that commercial. Not only do we see a young Drake Bell, but the voice of Pikachu in that ad was Rachael Lillis who was the original voices of Misty and Jessie.
I mean, that was one of the other big reasons to make a better version which code will fit enough symbols for english text. The original japanese versions couldn't afford that cause they were, well, japanese.
Fun fact: The American versions of Red and Blue use the Pokemon distributions/exclusives as Red and Green respectively, rather than taking them from Japanese Blue, which had the distributions changed. And of course, Green version is also why the remakes are called FireRed and LeafGreen, rather than FireRed and AquaBlue or something ^^
The trademark filed was 'WaterBlue' IIRC, so they definitely considered it. It was probably just easier in the end to just keep LeafGreen in the end, since they'd have to make less changes to the game itself.
you can play through literally any of them the first time with minimal difficulty. pokemon has never been hard. the difficulty is in catching them all.. because it requires that you have friends or make them. it's always been about bringing people together.
@@brovid-19WITHOUT HAVING THE CAPABILITY TO READ JAPANESE YOU CAN STILL GET THROUGH GREEN EASILY IF YOU'VE ALREADY PLAYED RED OR BLUE. Actually think before you post such a stupid comment...
My mom somehow bought me a green version but it is terribly translated to English 😂 I have no clue what any move is because they're like squirt or throw lol
That's a fan game given, since she has no real name. That will be like saying Green/Blue is Terry cause one of his filename was called that. I prefer to call her Blue/Green since the Manga came before FR/LG.
The Japanese Blue Version would later be available in Japanese stores soon after it's limited release and red and blue were most likely chosen to compliment each other since the Pokemon on the covers represent fire and water, they most likely chose this pairing as fire and water are seen as being natural opposites to each other, as well as the colours of red and blue themselves.
The creator has said that Japan see’s red and green as opposites and Americans see red and blue as opposite. That’s why it was changed. Both is actually true. Green is the opposite of red but if your talking about warm vs cool then blue is the opposite of red.
Pokemon: this 2D pixel game is way too heavy and complicated, it takes 5 years to release it. Id: here's Doom, we, bunch of dudes put it together in like, idk months Also Id: here's Doom 2 some months later :d
The doom 2 is not the surprise because making another game with the same stuff is easy, but making a game from scratch in a few months is very impressive
I think Green version should have being released internationally, with the Green sprites and with Pokemon and Trading available in the Japanese Blue Version.
@@ryangallagher9723 Actually that's not true, that's an urban myth in pokemon community. Pokemon Blue and Red in english were an enhanced version of first japanese Red and Green games mixed with the japanese Blue version, where there are slight changes and different sprites. In the original intro of Green/Red japanese versions appears a Nidorino against a Gengar, however in the Blue japanese version there's a Jigglypuff against a Gengar. Almost all dialogues for Red/Blue (USA) are also from Blue japanese version, however the gameplay are from the original Red/Green, that's why there are some mistakes, as the old man in Cinnabar Island saying that his Raichu has evolved. And more... Maybe we just needed the original japanese Red/Green/Blue translated into english and released internationally.
My favourite glitch in the original Red & Green games is getting any party Pokémon to level 100 before Brock just by simply having 7 items in your bag, doing some Select button stuff and winning a Pokémon battle
So yeah, to anyone that wants to try it out, you need to put the Pokémon you want to be level 100 at the front of your party. It needs to know at least 3 moves and your bag needs to have at least 7 items. Open your bag on the overworld and scroll down to the 7th item. Exit your bag and go into a Pokémon battle. Go to the fight menu and move the cursor to the last option. Press select. The move name will now be something different. Defeat the enemy and your Pokémon will be level 100
Besides the goofy sprites, some of the funniest things in the Green version (at least from what I've seen) are the absolutely goofy names for moves. Ledder is apparently Night Shade, and Explosion... isn't Explosion as we'd call it. I think Tackle is called Go All Out.
I remembered buying Pocketmonster Red cuz my neighbor bought Pockermonster Green so we can traded for version exclusive pokemons. As far as i can remember Red has Gardie(Growlithe), Strike(Scyther), Nasonokusa(Oddish), Mankey, Erebu (Electrabuzz), Arbo (Ekans) Green has Rokon(Vulpik), Kairos(Pinsir), Madasubomi (Bellsprout), Buba(Magmar), Nyasu(Meowth), Sando (Sandshrew) I forgot the rest.
Basically: In February 1996, Pokémon Red and Green were released in Japan. Just before release, Mew is added to the game, an extremely risky decision, since untested code could mess up the game. The games are in black-and-white, but have partial colour support when played on the Super Gameboy. In October 1996, Pokémon Blue is released in Japan, exclusive to subscribers of Coro Coro (a Japanese magazine). All pokémon sprites are changed, but not because of the animé, which isn't out yet. Some overworld sprites are also changed, and many glitches are removed. Cerulean Cave's layout is completely changed. This version allows you to catch pokémon only obtainable through in-game trades or evolution in Red and Green, such as Jynx and Rapidash. In April 1997, the Pokemon animé comes out. Like the games, it is hugely popular. In December 1997, the Pokémon seizure incident happens. This changes attitudes to flashing lights in media all around the world, particularly in Japan. In January 1998 the Super Gameboy 2 is released in response to complaints that the original Super Gameboy didn't contain a link cable port. In October 1998. the Gameboy Color is released. On September 12th, 1998, Pokémon Yellow is released in Japan. All pokémon sprites are once again updated, this time to look more like the animé. Backsprites in all versions are unchanged from the original Red and Green. Flashing lights for moves such as Thunderbolt and Explosion are toned down, due to new awareness after the animé inicident. It does not feature support for the upcoming Gameboy Color, but retains its predecessors' support for the Super Gameboy. Some of the overworld sprites are again updated. The story follows the animé a bit more, allowing you to obtain all three Red, Green and Blue starters. Jesse, James and Meowth also make an appearance. Just over two weeks later, Red and Blue are released in North America. These are based on Japanese Blue, but have the version differences (pokémon appearances, in-game trades, etc.) of Japanese Red and Green. This led to anomalies such as a trainer on Cinnabar Island saying that the Raichu you traded him "just went and evolved". In Japanese Blue, you traded him a Kadabra. In the localisation process, Game Freak introduced the now-infamous Missingno glitch, which allows you to catch pokémon next to Cinnabar Island that you shouldn't be, and also allows for item duplication. This exists only in the English-language version of Red and Blue. The mount of pokémon in boxes was reduced from 30 to 20, probably because of language issues. Also, in the localisation, the positions of Item and PKMN on the battle screen were switched. Pokémon Red and Blue were released in Europe on October 5th, 1999. Two weeks later, Pokémon Yellow was released in North America. This was identical to the Japanese version, but in addition to Super Gameboy support, it also added support for Gameboy Color, so the partial colour support that already existed for Super Gameboy is also supported on Gameboy Color. The Missingno glitch was fixed. Pokémon Yellow came out in Europe on June 16th, 2000.
I remember finding a copy of green at a garage sale. I started it and decided to overlevel my starter to evolve it. I got the parcel, returned to oak… and he began to tell me about my Pokédex stats. Doing this means you cannot obtain the Pokédex and are softlocked
A coding issue that they fixed in Blue, thankfully. For some weird reason, the game assumed if you had 'owned' more than one Pokémon (ie by evolving, though I suspect trading one in works as well), you had the Pokédex. They might actually have been aware of the issue on a basic level and that's why you can't obtain Poké Balls before you deliver the parcel. They just didn't think to test the other scenarios which would put you at a 'greater than 1' Pokémon Caught count.
I wish they released a Green version here in the US with the old sprites and the Pokémon in Japans Blue version! I think it would have done well! Red is still my favorite because I love Vileplume, Arcanine, and Scyther! (I always choose Bulbasaur so I usually only used Vileplume in the later games) 🌺
i just got pokemon red, yellow, blue, and green (all Japanese) with all new batteries for 25 bucks on eBay. Can't wait to see how they all work. Got to catch 'em all!
Nice video. I figured there was more to the differences between blue and green and looked it up years ago but probably forgot. This video helped me remember without me actually having to do any reading.
There are large graphical changes between the overworld tileset in R/G and BlueJP with the former looking pretty bare and the latter being way more detailed. Also pokeballs were added to window boxes alongside the town map border being removed. Gen II Kanto is mostly based off of the former. Yellows overworld partially reverts to R/G but with its own unique differences to things like water, doors, windows, signs, fences etc. Interior tileset is the same across all of Gen I.
Red and blue was pretty bad quality wise let’s be honest. And as someone who owns a copy of green, it’s like a horrible fever dream in comparison. It’s a wonder how this series became what it is if not for the anime helping it along. And the rival? He’ll always be green in my heart.
Gravalite Niforia it’s bad quality compared to the rest of the games to come forth but that’s usually the case for any series. The game for its time was amazing besides the glitchy tendency it had
It was amazing back in the days it was the coolest thing ever ! You must be pretty young if you dont remember these days We played the game with no knowledge of the game so much to Explore thats why it is such a big thing
"lets be honest" lol speak for yourself . you're looking at it from the perspective of someone in 2020 . not 1998. when you're in 1998 & its a brand new game you don't think that , nobody thought that. the games got critical acclaims worldwide for how good they were. nobody in 1998 said , "man as someone who is alive in 1998 at this very moment, i must say .. these games suck by 2020 standards." lmao
The change in the way storage boxes work has something to do with resource management. It's be better for the game to address a box of a smaller size, so this fixed one of those many glitches you mentioned
Great video BUT ONE THING YOU LEFT OUT, Blue version actually does have more than graphics and bug fixes. Blue version had different pokemon available like other versions of pokemon games. So it's more accurate to say we DID get Green, and Red, but Blue is what we never got from a version view point. Though from a graphics/bugs standpoint, it's the other way around.
Omg every time I try to explain the characters names thing everybody looks at me like I’m crazy! To make it worst Blue (the female trainer) was renamed Leaf in redfire and leafgreen games...
Some of the red and green sprites look better, but most look just plain bad Lol 6 hidden items exist in red and green that are glitched and 5 vanish when you pick one up.
Another difference is the map in Blue's house actually says Kanto (カント) while the English map didn't have it named. It wouldn't get a name until gen 2.
When you said you were 8 when pokemon fire red and leaf green came out, I immediately felt my age. I was 10 when red and blue came out in the states lol
Justin Franklin If that makes you feel old, I get comments from people who say diamond and pearl came out before they were born. They came out (outside japan) in 2007
@@PaPaSea There's a hack of Pokémon Blue that turns it into Green with proper English. The only thing is that it likely doesn't have any Red/Green-specific glitches, like the extremely annoying glitch where the game sometimes registers pressing A and B as pressing it twice. It would also probably have the Missingno glitch, which no Japanese version of Pokémon has.
I've played the version you're talking about, and it's the closest representation you get to playing the original green. The reason the english is broken is because the originals only had a 5 character limit because that's all you need in Japanese and thus the engine doesn't know how to input more characters.
@@obvfw This is it: www.romhacking.net/hacks/876/ and another hack to turn it into Japanese Blue, which has unique wild Pokémon appearances and different in-game trades and game corner prizes: www.romhacking.net/hacks/2909/
Hi there. I have some good questions. I downloaded the English translated Green Version rom through VisualBoy Advance on my computer. I understand that the original green version was in in Japanese so maybe that's why all the grammar is poor in the game. But what I wonder is why everytime when someone mentions the word 'Pokemon' it is replaced with the word 'PET'? And most importantly the attacks of my 'PETS' are renamed. Such as my Pikachu's thunderbolt being named 'electron shock' and it's growl being renamed 'chirps'. Same with tackle being renamed as "Go All Out' and string shot being "Spin Silk' and my items bag being called 'Goods'. The Pokedex is named Book and a lot of the 'PETS' are renamed as well. Is this what happens to an old Green Version game when translated? Like because it's so old that there were things that were named differently back then?
I've always thought Japanese Blue was the more interesting game than Green. Beyond looking generally worse (there are a few sprites that are better in RG), minor script changes, and having more glitches, there really isn't a lot separating RG and RB. Japanese Blue, though, has entirely different wild pokemon encounter lists and in-game trades. I'm not sure if trainers changed between versions, but I could definitely see that happening. It's interesting because it's a Kanto journey we never got.
Pocket Monsters Blue Version didn't have updated sprites because of the anime. Blue came out on October 15, 1996, whereas the anime premiered in April of 1997 in Japan.
Fun fact: I don't speak or read Japanese. But the game is similar enough to yellow that I can play it though with no issue what so ever. It's a fun way to test your play though memory. A bit challenging but a ton of fun to do!
Had green version and couldn't speak or read japanese. had to memorize what attacks were in what slot what items were where. Super hard to do as a 6 year old kid. Helped that I had and played red and blue
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the glitch where if you evolve your starter before getting the Pokedex, Oak will never give you the Pokedex because the game assumes that with more than 1 Pokemon registered, you already have the Pokedex. The guy in Viridian never moves, and you can never progress... well, without exploiting other glitches. I know you mentioned the link where we could find more glitches, but that one’s so huge I thought it would have made the video. Anyway, cool video.
one thing i think is interesting is how the gen 1 games reference real life countries several times as if the pokemon world is just our own. kanto is even a real place in japan.
I buy Pokemon Green 2DS collection package few weeks too play the Green Version Im a huge fan of Green and Leafgreen Im having a blast on this Green version games Im glad that I watch this video for the difference
What's very interesting is that Kanto in Gold/Silver is based on JPN Red/Green which is why the Kanto tile set and buildings look slightly "off" to us in the west
WAIT SO, I was told green was a demo which only went up to Pikachu? Like you cna find American versions of green version right now Gameboy color cartridges and it says green version and then you can also find the Japanese versions. So what happened there?
i had a copy of green when i was a kid i found it in a warejouse but coulnt understand a damn thing. still managed to play through to the elite four. no idea how
Supposedly part of the reasoning behind the rest of the world receiving Pokémon Red and Blue was the Pokémon Company thought the games might be well received in the United States. The colors of the US flag are red white and blue, so they decided to stick with red and blue for the international releases
captainrobots they do occasionally, I never said they didn’t, but that doesn’t mean that Pokémon takes place in the real world despite having some parts loosely based on it
I know im 4 years late but the reason its Red & Blue internationally compared to Red & Green in Japan is because Red & Green are considered opposites in Japan while for the US it's Red & Blue (one of the devs said so)
This will sound crazy, but I remember seeing Green version being displayed at Walmart, And my mother asked me which one I wanted for my birthday. I told her I wanted to flower toad, because I didn't know what pokemon was at the time. A month later she purchased me red version because green was "out of stock"
In Pokemon RBY in the US and Canada it is impossible to get a Lickitung that knows Wrap because you can only get it by trading an NPC for a Slowbro Lickitung wll be the same level as SLowbro and there is no way to get a Slowbro that is at a low enough level for Lickitung to still know Wrap. However in Japanese Pokemon Blue you can supposedly catch a wild Lickitung in the Safari Zone however this is not stated in the Safari Zone entry on Bulbapedia so what Im trying to find out is can you get a Lickitung that knows Wrap by catching it in the Safari Zone in Japanese Pokemon Blue? Or is it truly impossible to get a Lickitung that knows Wrap without trade backs from Gen 2.
Fun fact: FireRed, LeafGreen, Lets Go Pikachu, and Lets Go Eevee, the remakes of these games, use the original cerulean cave layout, even in western releases,
@@PaPaSea i think Mew is catchable on Green without glitches or codes, using strengh on the truck in S.S. Anne spot, from left to right. Mew will show up in the back of the truck and it's level 50. I remember watching that some time ago, dunno if some trick was used cuz all the text on that part was japanese.
@@PaPaSea yes, i saw in a japanese video someone using strentgh on the truck from left to right in the green version. The truck is placed on 2 spaces, with one single push, the truck will move the 2 spaces to right and Mew will be in the second space.
I think they went with Blue internationally because a large turtle with cannons on the Blue box can compete better against having a dragon on the Red box. Had they gone with Green, customers would have probably overwelmingly grabbed Red (a dragon) over Green (a plant), limiting trades
Fun fact: the reason why the box art has Charizard and Venasaur for the different versions is because of how the rival chooses his starter Red gets bulbasaur and blue or green in Japan gets the starter strong against it being charmander therefore Red chose bulbasaur this isn’t up for debate it is simply fact (Red has Venasaur in Let’s go in addition origins and masters aren’t canon and Red choosing charmander due to his name is dumb)
Seen pokemon green very early on maybe 97, 98 in the US at a dope Buy Trade Sell video game spot on st marks in the village, nyc, used to have tons of old and imported games, was showing the Pokémon movie on bootleg before release, we were all gathered up at the window! Was very hard to convince my friends i saw a green version i remember.
Here's a nifty trick. Im not sure if this still works but if you give a rare candy to a Pokémon that's out of health when it levels up you get a little bit of health. Very handy at the elite 4 if you run out of revives. 👍
Green is my favorite color and in 2016 I managed to import a Green Transparent 2DS that came out in all 4 colors. It also has Pokemon Green pre downloaded as well.
You’re wrong about the rivals name. It’s neither blue or green, his name is actually douche, and oak admits it
lmaoo
True, but still a far better rival as Silver ever will be xD
@@Acacius1992 you mean '???'
@@dedchanel4002 Yeah for me Blue is still and will always be a better rival then Silver. Especially in Team an character.
@@Acacius1992 eh i like silver more he has in my opinion a more intresting character like being giovanni's kid is an intresting idea and he kinda gets an arc after lance beats him up making him realize that being a power hungry trainer isnt the right way of being a trainer but we was kinda poorly managed back then but in the manga and anime like pokemon generations made him a better character
Here's how it works:
Japan makes Red and Green
Japan makes Blue, which is basically just Pokemon v1.1.
The world gets localized versions of Blue, and then make a slightly different version with the original Red's available pokemon.
Yellow is more or less the same in Japan and the World, just locallized differently.
By the time FireRed and LeafGreen came out, Game Freak was a lot better at programming and localization, so the same games released internationally with just the languages switched out.
What about the 2 gen?
@@WTXYN This video didn't cover Gen 2 (and I'm admittedly less versed in its programming history). I brought up Gen 3 only to the extent of the remakes. I can tell you that Game Freak had developmental problems and the game was delayed and famously required Satoru Iwata's assistance, but as far as localizations go, I am unaware of significant differences. In fact, I think Iwata's help is why the game code is so solid.
Well, with the exception of Vietnamese Crystal.
That said, all games have errors, and if you want a list of them, just google it.
@@ElladanKenet true, thanks for the clarification :)
Not exactly. When they localized Blue, they never used Blue’s available Pokémon. They used Red’s available Pokémon and launched it in the US as Red, and then used Green’s available Pokémon and launched it in the US as Blue.
I find it interesting that Pokemon Yellow was the last original Game Boy game released in Japan, and it released so late that by the time they localized it for every other country they made it a Game Boy Color game with added colors.
My favorite ‘real world’ connection is that Lt. Surge is called “the lightning american”, meaning that the American revolution happened in the Pokémon world.
Like lol wut?
Did Washington cross the Delaware on a Lapras?
No but its true that Paul Revere risked his life on a pony....ta
It also means that the civil rights movement happened in the pokemon world.
Protestors getting sprayed by Blastoise.
I feel like Surge was more of a reference to the Vietnam War, but who really knows
@Rick K I just felt they were outsiders who settled into that world. Like rather than the world being american, Lt Surge is an american who just moved to live in Vermilion CIty. And he wasn't necessarily in the Vietnam war, he is just one of those wannabe soldiers.
@Jake C, I'm a lot more inclined to believe he's a typical American stationed in post-WW2 Japan, since that also explains why nearly everyone is either female or a young or old male, with few non-senior adult males aside from Surge. This is further backed by the fact that Kanto is a real region in Japan (Tokyo), and has Gen 2 taking place in Johto, to the West of Kanto and with buildings that match real life Kyoto (to the West of Tokyo).
Green is fun. It’s literally so glitchy, that my sprites sometimes just spontaneously corrupt.
Lmfao
That might be your emulator.
John West I play on console with an original japanese cartridge. It seems do be an issue with de- or encoding the buffer, since the graphical issues are (as far as I can tell) exactly the same for all images displayed that way. Simple sprites are fine. Once I get a dumper for the cartridge I’ll run a comparison of the roms though to really know. Whenever that’s going to happen, haha.
@@kortkunig2291 just do it, man. I believe in you. You should too.
Cuban Pete gotta buy something to read the cartridge first. Not really keen on spending 40€ on a reader to rip a single game.
If I can flash my EMS cartridge with the ripped Pokémon green rom and still get the error that would be the first step currently in figuring where the error comes from.
So that's how Ash got Sabrina's badge despite not winning.
@Ferniand Von Edgelord Man...how do you miss the joke....
The feels are real in that episode. 😟
Should’ve caught that haunter. Now he’ll never get a Gengar.
@@dannigro8794 You're joking right? He actually currently has a Gengar lol
@@johnhouston1590 Yes I am joking. It’s funny Gengar is one of the most popular Pokémon and he finally gets one in the most recent “fan service” season
As Game Freak notoriously was known for terrible programming skills, I definitely theorize that the delay from 1995 to 1996 was because they broke the game somehow and almost shipped a completely broken game.
The Bizarre Hermit they kinda did that anyway
Terrible? Is this a joke? Game Freak basically worked magic to create the original games. The presence of glitches doesn't make a program bad, especially when said glitches are no more numerous than any other game, just more well-known because the notion of catching a new, secret pokemon fit right into the lore of this new cultural phenomenon.
I like Missigno actually and in fact all of the glitches are easter eggs being triggered by the gamer. You can get Mew in Yellow by triggering a glitch as well. So wtf are you talking about?
@@dreadalex you could basicly trigger any Pokémon you wanted, just needed to know how.
Well it's not like the game was stuck or some error from the game during playtime and for very first time the programming was stellar. Ruby/ Sapphire had the battery run dry thing. Gold and Silver you could clone Pokemon.
I live in Japan and last year bought the original Red and Green games used, in their boxes, everything included, Good condition for 1 dollar a piece 😁
DOLLAR A PIECE!?! truly I am jealous :P
@@northstarr9838 same
Big bargain
@@northstarr9838 I remember reading about some store in Japan that sells all sort of Pokemon retro games/merchandise. I've been wanting to find the neo genesis thyplosions since I was 13 and those came out 😅 Plus Japan has all of the anime videogames for ps1/2/3...
Fakes?
I remember the one kid who actually had Green back after Red & Blue came out...so crazy
Man that crazy
Do I know you?
I doubt it, you live in Ohio?
Thinking back, the only green games I saw here in EU-west were crappy fake bootleg Pocket Monster Green games. I even remember being in Spain and they were selling obvious rom-hacks on cartridges, lol. And the whole 100 in 1 games. I remember seeing people play Gold/Silver hacks with weird ass sprites that weren't pokemon, on original game cartridges that were obviously made by some shady shop cleric claiming it was an unreleased leaked pokemon game to parents and younger kids that didn't know better.
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There is a version of pokemon stadium that didn't come out in the west either. Thats why the original stadium is stadium 2 in Japan.
Also, the original Japanese Stadium is the only way for Japanese players to get a Surfing Pikachu. The Surfing Pikachu was carried over to what Japan got as Stadium 2, when it was released internationally as Stadium 1.
It only had 42 pokemon and America wanted all of them so they just made stadium 2 stadium 1, it actually happened a lot back then(sonic drift 1 didn't come out but it's sequel sonic drift 2 did so in some regions they named it sonic drift racing, on the cover at least, and also with most of the final fantasy games, like 2 and 3 were not localized until a decade or 2 later and final fantasy 5 didn't get localized as well)
Imagine if Pokemon would have made Red, Blue, and Green international releases and made it so depending on your color, that would be the starter you'd get. Charmander for Red, Squirtle for Blue, and Bulbasaur for Green. That would have probably been highly unique.
Are you trying to humiliate Bulbasaur? Give it numerical proof that it's the least favorite?
@@TheDeathmail I mean it's still the best out of the three
@@Michael-mg5kq that’s what i always thought
@@TheDeathmail I have never ever met anybody nor remember anyone choosing Bulbasaur, or even Chikorita or Treecko as a starter. Even in yellow, Bulbasaur was one of my weakest pokemon...but that changed when I traded a Bulbasaur from Blue to Silver, and things got a little different.
@@samusranzer i always pick bulbasaur. And treeko is cool.
0:10 Facts about that commercial. Not only do we see a young Drake Bell, but the voice of Pikachu in that ad was Rachael Lillis who was the original voices of Misty and Jessie.
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@Katz Meowski im too lazy to edit this rn
@@silverXI22 but you did do it, and I appreciate that
I mean, that was one of the other big reasons to make a better version which code will fit enough symbols for english text. The original japanese versions couldn't afford that cause they were, well, japanese.
Fun fact: The American versions of Red and Blue use the Pokemon distributions/exclusives as Red and Green respectively, rather than taking them from Japanese Blue, which had the distributions changed.
And of course, Green version is also why the remakes are called FireRed and LeafGreen, rather than FireRed and AquaBlue or something ^^
Who doesn’t know this?
The trademark filed was 'WaterBlue' IIRC, so they definitely considered it. It was probably just easier in the end to just keep LeafGreen in the end, since they'd have to make less changes to the game itself.
Was that Drake Bell on the Pokemon commercial???
It was
I knew it !
@@johntheodosakis3501 are you a greek?
Evagelos Pappous Yes I am Greek I’m 50 percent Greek
But I was born and live in America
If you've played US blue and red a lot you can play through the original green version with minimal difficulty. I really enjoy it
Besides all the glitches
you can play through literally any of them the first time with minimal difficulty. pokemon has never been hard. the difficulty is in catching them all.. because it requires that you have friends or make them. it's always been about bringing people together.
@@brovid-19I think they meant without being able to read Japanese...
@@brovid-19WITHOUT HAVING THE CAPABILITY TO READ JAPANESE YOU CAN STILL GET THROUGH GREEN EASILY IF YOU'VE ALREADY PLAYED RED OR BLUE. Actually think before you post such a stupid comment...
My mom somehow bought me a green version but it is terribly translated to English 😂 I have no clue what any move is because they're like squirt or throw lol
your mom buying you it was really wholesome :) she probably didn't quite understand this pokémon thing, but wanted to see you happy anyway
@Top 3 I have the original box it came in from Japan so 🤷♀️ it's real, just poorly translated
There’s a bunch of funny counterfeit translates carts of the first two gens
i always thought bulbasaur was cooler than charmander anyway.
Dinosaur > Dragon
Fire lizard > plant toad
I never see Bulbasaur as anything else as a placeholder Squirtle and Charmander the only choice for me in Kanto xD
@Ghoul Gaming Fire Lizard & Turtle (If you mean Blastoise) >>>>>>>>>>> Fat Plant Toad
I personally think all three are pretty cool.
Leaf does exists as she’s in Smash Bros.!!!
Pokemon let's go too
@Pyro Flare bad joke
@Pyro Flare wtf is wring with you.... i was just sharing my honest opinon... why you so salty..
That's a fan game given, since she has no real name. That will be like saying Green/Blue is Terry cause one of his filename was called that. I prefer to call her Blue/Green since the Manga came before FR/LG.
“Leaf” was in the data files in FR/LG. Which is why people call her that.
The Japanese Blue Version would later be available in Japanese stores soon after it's limited release and red and blue were most likely chosen to compliment each other since the Pokemon on the covers represent fire and water, they most likely chose this pairing as fire and water are seen as being natural opposites to each other, as well as the colours of red and blue themselves.
The creator has said that Japan see’s red and green as opposites and Americans see red and blue as opposite. That’s why it was changed. Both is actually true. Green is the opposite of red but if your talking about warm vs cool then blue is the opposite of red.
@@trapez77 Genuinely it was changed as the west sees red and blue as true opposites unlike in Japan.
@@David315842 that’s what I said
@@trapez77 And what I was meant to convey with my original comment.
Red and Blue being opposite isn't true. It's Red and Green ffs. We are representing colors here.
Pokemon: this 2D pixel game is way too heavy and complicated, it takes 5 years to release it.
Id: here's Doom, we, bunch of dudes put it together in like, idk months
Also Id: here's Doom 2 some months later :d
The doom 2 is not the surprise because making another game with the same stuff is easy, but making a game from scratch in a few months is very impressive
Don't forget that Pokémon was created for hand-held Gameboy, which was a bit innovative and memory-limited, for its time.
@@xXxChAmPoChOpxXx plus balancing all those types and moves. That took generations to get right
Id released a lot of games that time. It was impressive even back then.
@@bg4164 balancing in gen 1... really?
I think Green version should have being released internationally, with the Green sprites and with Pokemon and Trading available in the Japanese Blue Version.
it WAS released internationally. they just called it pokemon blue.
@@ryangallagher9723 Actually that's not true, that's an urban myth in pokemon community. Pokemon Blue and Red in english were an enhanced version of first japanese Red and Green games mixed with the japanese Blue version, where there are slight changes and different sprites. In the original intro of Green/Red japanese versions appears a Nidorino against a Gengar, however in the Blue japanese version there's a Jigglypuff against a Gengar. Almost all dialogues for Red/Blue (USA) are also from Blue japanese version, however the gameplay are from the original Red/Green, that's why there are some mistakes, as the old man in Cinnabar Island saying that his Raichu has evolved. And more... Maybe we just needed the original japanese Red/Green/Blue translated into english and released internationally.
My favourite glitch in the original Red & Green games is getting any party Pokémon to level 100 before Brock just by simply having 7 items in your bag, doing some Select button stuff and winning a Pokémon battle
So yeah, to anyone that wants to try it out, you need to put the Pokémon you want to be level 100 at the front of your party. It needs to know at least 3 moves and your bag needs to have at least 7 items.
Open your bag on the overworld and scroll down to the 7th item. Exit your bag and go into a Pokémon battle. Go to the fight menu and move the cursor to the last option. Press select. The move name will now be something different. Defeat the enemy and your Pokémon will be level 100
Nobody would ever do that on accident
Besides the goofy sprites, some of the funniest things in the Green version (at least from what I've seen) are the absolutely goofy names for moves. Ledder is apparently Night Shade, and Explosion... isn't Explosion as we'd call it. I think Tackle is called Go All Out.
I remembered buying Pocketmonster Red cuz my neighbor bought Pockermonster Green so we can traded for version exclusive pokemons.
As far as i can remember
Red has Gardie(Growlithe), Strike(Scyther), Nasonokusa(Oddish), Mankey, Erebu (Electrabuzz), Arbo (Ekans)
Green has Rokon(Vulpik), Kairos(Pinsir), Madasubomi (Bellsprout), Buba(Magmar), Nyasu(Meowth), Sando (Sandshrew)
I forgot the rest.
聞いてねえ
Buba for Uber
Hold up a bit!.... anyone else notice how the box art for the Japanese games is used in the FireRed/LeafGreen end credits?
Scott Vergin i didn’t know that
"Unknown Dungeon"... that phrase triggered some old memories. Good job man, those kinds of UA-cam moments give me chills of joy
I love Venusaur's sprite in Red/Green. He's so derpy!
People who lives in Japan: *looks away*
Basically:
In February 1996, Pokémon Red and Green were released in Japan. Just before release, Mew is added to the game, an extremely risky decision, since untested code could mess up the game. The games are in black-and-white, but have partial colour support when played on the Super Gameboy.
In October 1996, Pokémon Blue is released in Japan, exclusive to subscribers of Coro Coro (a Japanese magazine). All pokémon sprites are changed, but not because of the animé, which isn't out yet. Some overworld sprites are also changed, and many glitches are removed. Cerulean Cave's layout is completely changed. This version allows you to catch pokémon only obtainable through in-game trades or evolution in Red and Green, such as Jynx and Rapidash.
In April 1997, the Pokemon animé comes out. Like the games, it is hugely popular. In December 1997, the Pokémon seizure incident happens. This changes attitudes to flashing lights in media all around the world, particularly in Japan.
In January 1998 the Super Gameboy 2 is released in response to complaints that the original Super Gameboy didn't contain a link cable port. In October 1998. the Gameboy Color is released.
On September 12th, 1998, Pokémon Yellow is released in Japan. All pokémon sprites are once again updated, this time to look more like the animé. Backsprites in all versions are unchanged from the original Red and Green. Flashing lights for moves such as Thunderbolt and Explosion are toned down, due to new awareness after the animé inicident. It does not feature support for the upcoming Gameboy Color, but retains its predecessors' support for the Super Gameboy. Some of the overworld sprites are again updated. The story follows the animé a bit more, allowing you to obtain all three Red, Green and Blue starters. Jesse, James and Meowth also make an appearance.
Just over two weeks later, Red and Blue are released in North America. These are based on Japanese Blue, but have the version differences (pokémon appearances, in-game trades, etc.) of Japanese Red and Green. This led to anomalies such as a trainer on Cinnabar Island saying that the Raichu you traded him "just went and evolved". In Japanese Blue, you traded him a Kadabra. In the localisation process, Game Freak introduced the now-infamous Missingno glitch, which allows you to catch pokémon next to Cinnabar Island that you shouldn't be, and also allows for item duplication. This exists only in the English-language version of Red and Blue. The mount of pokémon in boxes was reduced from 30 to 20, probably because of language issues. Also, in the localisation, the positions of Item and PKMN on the battle screen were switched.
Pokémon Red and Blue were released in Europe on October 5th, 1999. Two weeks later, Pokémon Yellow was released in North America. This was identical to the Japanese version, but in addition to Super Gameboy support, it also added support for Gameboy Color, so the partial colour support that already existed for Super Gameboy is also supported on Gameboy Color. The Missingno glitch was fixed. Pokémon Yellow came out in Europe on June 16th, 2000.
Hey this is awesome thanks
I remember finding a copy of green at a garage sale. I started it and decided to overlevel my starter to evolve it. I got the parcel, returned to oak… and he began to tell me about my Pokédex stats. Doing this means you cannot obtain the Pokédex and are softlocked
A coding issue that they fixed in Blue, thankfully. For some weird reason, the game assumed if you had 'owned' more than one Pokémon (ie by evolving, though I suspect trading one in works as well), you had the Pokédex. They might actually have been aware of the issue on a basic level and that's why you can't obtain Poké Balls before you deliver the parcel. They just didn't think to test the other scenarios which would put you at a 'greater than 1' Pokémon Caught count.
Watching them pokeballs float around and that blue background while I'm high as f*** is trippie lmao
I had Pokémon American red as kid as well as Japanese Green. But I never played green much because at the time I just thought it was the same game
Word on the playground was that green was the mythical rare version of pokemon where you could catch wild starters and mew
I'd love to own a copy of Green just for collections sake. Then my collection of original GameBoy Color/Advanced games would be complete.
You can order one second hand from japan. I got my green edition for 3$
@@YamiYume69 I'd be afraid of losing it tbh but I'v thought about buying one online
Lmfao is that Drake Bell in the beginning with Pikachu? 😂😂
Lol yup 😅
I've watched a lot of Pokemon fact and "did you know" vids but this is the first time I am learning of the swap in Rival names in Japan
I wish they released a Green version here in the US with the old sprites and the Pokémon in Japans Blue version! I think it would have done well! Red is still my favorite because I love Vileplume, Arcanine, and Scyther! (I always choose Bulbasaur so I usually only used Vileplume in the later games) 🌺
i just got pokemon red, yellow, blue, and green (all Japanese) with all new batteries for 25 bucks on eBay. Can't wait to see how they all work. Got to catch 'em all!
Nice video. I figured there was more to the differences between blue and green and looked it up years ago but probably forgot. This video helped me remember without me actually having to do any reading.
Your channel was suggested to me and now I want to binge watch all your videos
There are large graphical changes between the overworld tileset in R/G and BlueJP with the former looking pretty bare and the latter being way more detailed. Also pokeballs were added to window boxes alongside the town map border being removed. Gen II Kanto is mostly based off of the former.
Yellows overworld partially reverts to R/G but with its own unique differences to things like water, doors, windows, signs, fences etc. Interior tileset is the same across all of Gen I.
Then we never got Pokémon WaterBlue in 2004. Gen 1 Remakes.
Red and blue was pretty bad quality wise let’s be honest. And as someone who owns a copy of green, it’s like a horrible fever dream in comparison. It’s a wonder how this series became what it is if not for the anime helping it along. And the rival? He’ll always be green in my heart.
Gravalite Niforia it’s bad quality compared to the rest of the games to come forth but that’s usually the case for any series. The game for its time was amazing besides the glitchy tendency it had
It was amazing back in the days it was the coolest thing ever !
You must be pretty young if you dont remember these days
We played the game with no knowledge of the game so much to Explore thats why it is such a big thing
"lets be honest" lol speak for yourself . you're looking at it from the perspective of someone in 2020 . not 1998. when you're in 1998 & its a brand new game you don't think that , nobody thought that. the games got critical acclaims worldwide for how good they were. nobody in 1998 said , "man as someone who is alive in 1998 at this very moment, i must say .. these games suck by 2020 standards." lmao
Rival will always be Red in my pokemon fantasy world 🌎
The change in the way storage boxes work has something to do with resource management. It's be better for the game to address a box of a smaller size, so this fixed one of those many glitches you mentioned
Great video BUT ONE THING YOU LEFT OUT, Blue version actually does have more than graphics and bug fixes. Blue version had different pokemon available like other versions of pokemon games. So it's more accurate to say we DID get Green, and Red, but Blue is what we never got from a version view point. Though from a graphics/bugs standpoint, it's the other way around.
Fun fact in Red and Green Venusaur sprite looks like it got crushed by something invisible.
Omg every time I try to explain the characters names thing everybody looks at me like I’m crazy! To make it worst Blue (the female trainer) was renamed Leaf in redfire and leafgreen games...
It wasn't lmao, it's a fan game given since she has no actual name.
Some of the red and green sprites look better, but most look just plain bad
Lol 6 hidden items exist in red and green that are glitched and 5 vanish when you pick one up.
I thought the rival's name was Ballsac...
Another difference is the map in Blue's house actually says Kanto (カント) while the English map didn't have it named. It wouldn't get a name until gen 2.
Putting it in the replies so my heart doesn't disappear. カントー. Based on the real region of Kanto (関東)
I always wanted them to put green on the english virtual console, using the original red/green sprites and japanese blue’s pokemon locations
When you said you were 8 when pokemon fire red and leaf green came out, I immediately felt my age. I was 10 when red and blue came out in the states lol
Justin Franklin If that makes you feel old, I get comments from people who say diamond and pearl came out before they were born. They came out (outside japan) in 2007
LMAO I was a junior in High School! Btw great video!
@@jf148 Wait a minute, you were 10 in 1998 but still a junior in high school in 2007? Wouldn't you be like 19?
@@kourii I born in 89
@@kourii I'll take 19 over 31 any day lmao.
I’m conversational in Japanese, I bought green recently and I’m so glad I never got rid of my GameBoy color
Papa do you know what I sea in the sky?
honeytos28 I DONT REMEMBER
Very helpful!
Actually I have Pokemon green on my Gameboy emulator but it's in broken English so.....;-;
It's probably a fan translated version then since no official english version exists
@@PaPaSea There's a hack of Pokémon Blue that turns it into Green with proper English. The only thing is that it likely doesn't have any Red/Green-specific glitches, like the extremely annoying glitch where the game sometimes registers pressing A and B as pressing it twice. It would also probably have the Missingno glitch, which no Japanese version of Pokémon has.
I've played the version you're talking about, and it's the closest representation you get to playing the original green. The reason the english is broken is because the originals only had a 5 character limit because that's all you need in Japanese and thus the engine doesn't know how to input more characters.
@@SuperJM9 I've been searching and searching for a hack like that! Or an easy-to-use sprite editor...
@@obvfw This is it:
www.romhacking.net/hacks/876/
and another hack to turn it into Japanese Blue, which has unique wild Pokémon appearances and different in-game trades and game corner prizes:
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2909/
Man just trying to get through the translation is difficult and knowing what symbols are potions 🧪
Hi there. I have some good questions. I downloaded the English translated Green Version rom through VisualBoy Advance on my computer. I understand that the original green version was in in Japanese so maybe that's why all the grammar is poor in the game. But what I wonder is why everytime when someone mentions the word 'Pokemon' it is replaced with the word 'PET'? And most importantly the attacks of my 'PETS' are renamed. Such as my Pikachu's thunderbolt being named 'electron shock' and it's growl being renamed 'chirps'. Same with tackle being renamed as "Go All Out' and string shot being "Spin Silk' and my items bag being called 'Goods'. The Pokedex is named Book and a lot of the 'PETS' are renamed as well. Is this what happens to an old Green Version game when translated? Like because it's so old that there were things that were named differently back then?
It's not an official translation, I'm guessing they just dumped everything into google translate and left it
PaPaSea
You can download the game in English in Romsmania I play it on openemu
I've always thought Japanese Blue was the more interesting game than Green. Beyond looking generally worse (there are a few sprites that are better in RG), minor script changes, and having more glitches, there really isn't a lot separating RG and RB. Japanese Blue, though, has entirely different wild pokemon encounter lists and in-game trades. I'm not sure if trainers changed between versions, but I could definitely see that happening.
It's interesting because it's a Kanto journey we never got.
I played Pokémon green roughly around the same time as blue and red. I just downloaded it on my pc with dial up lol
Nice video!
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With how used game prices are I dont think fans wouldve minded a celestial crystal version to go along with heartgold and soulssilver
I had a copy of this. My step dad nabbed it at a garage sale. I have no idea what happened to it but i remember trying to sell it and nobody wanted it
Thanks for this! Just started Green today! Bit of a headache but i'll manage!
If the 1998 Japanese only knew about red kaiso blue kaiso and yellow kaiso games from 2019.....they would lose their minds
Pocket Monsters Blue Version didn't have updated sprites because of the anime. Blue came out on October 15, 1996, whereas the anime premiered in April of 1997 in Japan.
Fun fact: I don't speak or read Japanese. But the game is similar enough to yellow that I can play it though with no issue what so ever. It's a fun way to test your play though memory. A bit challenging but a ton of fun to do!
Look! It’s Drake Bell!
the best part of that commercial
@@PaPaSea I wonder who the other kid is...
Had green version and couldn't speak or read japanese. had to memorize what attacks were in what slot what items were where. Super hard to do as a 6 year old kid. Helped that I had and played red and blue
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the glitch where if you evolve your starter before getting the Pokedex, Oak will never give you the Pokedex because the game assumes that with more than 1 Pokemon registered, you already have the Pokedex. The guy in Viridian never moves, and you can never progress... well, without exploiting other glitches. I know you mentioned the link where we could find more glitches, but that one’s so huge I thought it would have made the video. Anyway, cool video.
This video wasn’t just about glitches which is why I didn’t mention every single one
@@PaPaSea I get that. I just thought it’d be the most interesting glitch, but that’s just my opinion. Anyway, good video.
one thing i think is interesting is how the gen 1 games reference real life countries several times as if the pokemon world is just our own. kanto is even a real place in japan.
We all know that Rival's name is actualy AssFart🗿
One change was with the old man. He’s passed out drunk in the Japanese version
I buy Pokemon Green 2DS collection package few weeks too play the Green Version Im a huge fan of Green and Leafgreen Im having a blast on this Green version games Im glad that I watch this video for the difference
What's very interesting is that Kanto in Gold/Silver is based on JPN Red/Green which is why the Kanto tile set and buildings look slightly "off" to us in the west
I never knew that. That’s pretty cool
WAIT SO, I was told green was a demo which only went up to Pikachu? Like you cna find American versions of green version right now Gameboy color cartridges and it says green version and then you can also find the Japanese versions. So what happened there?
The Japan version of gold and silver had some neat things English didn't. ( Celebi method) Should do a video on that next.
Never played Green, but Red and Blue sparked my fondness for Pokémon! 🔥👊🏽 #blessings #peace #love
Imported and played all of Gen 1 and 2 in Japanese. Had an absolute blast.
Pokemon Green and Japan’s Red just hit different. They’re so cool.
So Blue's sprites are an improved version of Green ones? Have you looked at them? Geez, thank God for Yellow 😂
They are, and then yellow improved them even more to look closer to the anime which wasn't out when Red and Green first released in Japan
i had a copy of green when i was a kid i found it in a warejouse but coulnt understand a damn thing. still managed to play through to the elite four. no idea how
Supposedly part of the reasoning behind the rest of the world receiving Pokémon Red and Blue was the Pokémon Company thought the games might be well received in the United States. The colors of the US flag are red white and blue, so they decided to stick with red and blue for the international releases
Fun fact this s drake bell in the Pokémon commercial
I’m guessing the extra boxes was so you could have a box dedicated to each type of Pokémon
Wait TOMORROW IS POKEMON DAY (as of writing this)
Yet pokemon does reference real-world animals and plants.
captainrobots they do occasionally, I never said they didn’t, but that doesn’t mean that Pokémon takes place in the real world despite having some parts loosely based on it
I know im 4 years late but the reason its Red & Blue internationally compared to Red & Green in Japan is because Red & Green are considered opposites in Japan while for the US it's Red & Blue (one of the devs said so)
This will sound crazy, but I remember seeing Green version being displayed at Walmart, And my mother asked me which one I wanted for my birthday. I told her I wanted to flower toad, because I didn't know what pokemon was at the time. A month later she purchased me red version because green was "out of stock"
My first pokemon games were green and emerald ❤
In Pokemon RBY in the US and Canada it is impossible to get a Lickitung that knows Wrap because you can only get it by trading an NPC for a Slowbro Lickitung wll be the same level as SLowbro and there is no way to get a Slowbro that is at a low enough level for Lickitung to still know Wrap.
However in Japanese Pokemon Blue you can supposedly catch a wild Lickitung in the Safari Zone however this is not stated in the Safari Zone entry on Bulbapedia so what Im trying to find out is can you get a Lickitung that knows Wrap by catching it in the Safari Zone in Japanese Pokemon Blue? Or is it truly impossible to get a Lickitung that knows Wrap without trade backs from Gen 2.
Fun fact: FireRed, LeafGreen, Lets Go Pikachu, and Lets Go Eevee, the remakes of these games, use the original cerulean cave layout, even in western releases,
I saw the English translation of the game, and it’s quite messed up.
It was a good decision to rewrite it with Blue version.
can you link to something
Wait.. so Mew wasn't even in the original Red and Green?!?! S-so d-did the PokéDex end at 150?!?!
No, Mew was present in the original Red & Green, they just decided to call it a new Pokémon for Blue Version for marketing reasons
Mew was in the game just wasn’t catchable without glitches
@@PaPaSea i think Mew is catchable on Green without glitches or codes, using strengh on the truck in S.S. Anne spot, from left to right. Mew will show up in the back of the truck and it's level 50. I remember watching that some time ago, dunno if some trick was used cuz all the text on that part was japanese.
@@marcostrindade9457 oh the classic truck
@@PaPaSea yes, i saw in a japanese video someone using strentgh on the truck from left to right in the green version. The truck is placed on 2 spaces, with one single push, the truck will move the 2 spaces to right and Mew will be in the second space.
Forgot to mention Jynx is obtainable in the wild
I think they went with Blue internationally because a large turtle with cannons on the Blue box can compete better against having a dragon on the Red box. Had they gone with Green, customers would have probably overwelmingly grabbed Red (a dragon) over Green (a plant), limiting trades
Fun fact: the reason why the box art has Charizard and Venasaur for the different versions is because of how the rival chooses his starter Red gets bulbasaur and blue or green in Japan gets the starter strong against it being charmander therefore Red chose bulbasaur this isn’t up for debate it is simply fact (Red has Venasaur in Let’s go in addition origins and masters aren’t canon and Red choosing charmander due to his name is dumb)
Seen pokemon green very early on maybe 97, 98 in the US at a dope Buy Trade Sell video game spot on st marks in the village, nyc, used to have tons of old and imported games, was showing the Pokémon movie on bootleg before release, we were all gathered up at the window!
Was very hard to convince my friends i saw a green version i remember.
6:28 What is that red thing between the legs of the scientist? Is this supposed to be a belt or what?
maybe, or an untucked shirt
It's the back of his lab coat
Its his team red rocket
Here's a nifty trick. Im not sure if this still works but if you give a rare candy to a Pokémon that's out of health when it levels up you get a little bit of health. Very handy at the elite 4 if you run out of revives. 👍
Just don’t forget the duplicate rare candy trick at cinnabar.
Green is my favorite color and in 2016 I managed to import a Green Transparent 2DS that came out in all 4 colors. It also has Pokemon Green pre downloaded as well.