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this sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 26
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

man pokemon just got whimpier it's the same thing but better graphics so what please dont by this game

Amazon.com's customer Service Sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 20
Date: September 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game works. I odered the game for my son because they had the game with a pocket video guide. There web sight seems to be messed up or buggy. Amazon.com sent me the game but failed to send me the pocket guide. I tried their online customer service to correct the problem. But, their responce was "We don't understand", so I called there 1-800 number. There I found a very unsympathetic and very unhelpfull customer sevice represenative. My advice is to buy the game somewhere else. I wish that I had. To bet it all I could have purchased the same product that I received from Amazon.com for less and wouldn't have had to pay shipping cost either. I am very disappointed and will never buy or give favorable advice to buy from Amazon.com

Remake not as fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 26
Date: August 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love pokemon in the day and when I heard about pokemon red was being remade I knew I had to try it but I ended up bored with it. The only new thing is the color and new trading system but was it really needed. The game is great but it was great before. If you never played pokemon red than buy this game but if you own red than stay with it.

pokemon...not everyone still likes them

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 44
Date: August 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

pokemon has been around for so0o0o0o long... not a lot of people stil like them... all they are doing is making more and more games and crap for the games to make money off the little ( and i mean little) people that like them and maybe just maybe some of the idiots that STILL like them after all these years. this wireless adaptor i have seen and read about... you can only trade and chat with the people that are IN YOUR RANGE! so if you are in a trade with someone say 2 blocks away from you and he/she moves or you move durning the trade you just lost that trade and you could get a error and have to turn the gameboy off and on. what if you didnt save? you just lost all the hard work you just did... so in conclusion this is not such a great toy. i would not recomend this to anyone.

Still mot making pokemon good again.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 20
Date: October 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As you can see, Pokemon is "out" and no matter what Nintendo does, it will never be popular again. This is the problem, Pokemon is not a popular name anymore. First of all, This is the same thing as Leaf green. How could anyone just change one appearance (yes one) of something and call it another game? Nintendo is begging now. As for the gameplay: This is a remake of Red, Blue, and of course, yellow. I bought the game. It was pretty good. A guy in a Pokemon center says "You need to raise all of your pokemon equally and not just use one strong pokemon," or something like that. WWRROONNGG!!!!!!!! Yeah you can! The graphics are improved and for what previous games have given us, they have done well enough. The gameplay is easy. This is a good spot. It gets VERY annoying when your pokemon is poisoned. FLICK!FLICK!FLICK!FLICK! You just want to yell, "I KNOW!" To catch all the legendary birds you would need cheats! I mean, why would you want 4 pokemon (including Mewtwo) that need master balls for if you only have one! This game is fun to play if you like low violence, E rated battling, so don't flip of the thought of battling parents. If you think the idea of battling wireless is cool. IT'S NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's junk! Why the heck is the last gym in the first town and why is Giovanni the leader. Bad game programmers, thats why. First, if it made sense to have the last gym in the first town, I would change first to last. Oh man, have to go. Hope this helped ya. Bye.

I know this will be one of the Greatest Pokemon games ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 20
Date: July 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon has been a very great game series just like the anime on KidsWb. I have played many Pokemon games. This game has you in the very first Region called Kanto. But this remake sounds like a very great game. Also you can trade your Pokemon from Fire Red into Pokemon Ruby Version and Pokemon Sapphire Version. Also Leaf Green comes out the same day as Fire Red. This game also comes with a wireless adaptor if you did not read above. I know this game will be great. (...) This game is a must buy

Nostalgia... Well, sort of

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: September 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alright, my Pokemaniac days are over but every now and then I'll pick a game up. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are a revamped up version of Pokemon Red and Blue. Just five to six years ago Pokemon was THE game to get! I remember going to school with my gameboy to trade with other "trainers" all the time. This was THE game to own back then. Of course it isn't so much the same for me now but it is nice when a classic is revived. Unfortunately for Nintendo, its a shame that they work on a lot of the negative things about the previous games.

To begin, this game is no surprise to the Pokemon fan. The story has been the same since its release in 1999. You're a trainer striving to be the best trainer he or she can be. You go around the world collecting badges from the gyms all over to prove that you're a pokemon master. As the formula goes, you've got a rival and you fight other trainers throughout the game as well.

The gameplay has since its relase in '99 remained unchanged. It borrows elements from Ruby and Sapphire, the two on two battles but much like Ruby and Sapphire you don't get to enjoy those kind of battles too often. You run around the field getting into random encounters. You send a pokemon that you caught in the wild out to battle. You can carry up to six in your inventory at a time. On the field you can also find trainers to do battle with.

Perhaps what strikes me most about the game is that in battle looks a lot sharper and nicer than in the previous versions. Battle also paces a lot faster than before and the animations look a lot better as well.

The graphics have been updated to suit the GBA and they're absolutely gorgeous! They're smooth and look astonishing. The graphics are crisp and the game doesn't suffer too much from the pixel problem the GBA has. Very smooth and colorful as well. The only downside to the graphics is once again, in battle the graphics do not live up to the full potential of the GBA. They STILL only twitch to attack and never actually touch their enemy. In battle also still lacks color and scenery.

The sound, I wish I could say is good. But since the sound has only been updated to sound sixteen bit, that means its still a little annoying. The sound in the first release wasn't anything to jump around about and this re-release is no different. Some tunes actually sound a bit more annoying than before.

What has been unique about the Pokemon games is how after you've completed it there's more to do. Once you've completed the game you can catch more pokemon and challenge previous trainers to duel only their pokemon are at higher levels. You'll more than likely spend more time going through the aftermath of the game than the actual storyline itself.

Every Pokemon fan knows that the only way to completely master Pokemon is to catch 'em all. That's the reason for releasing two different versions. The only difference between the FireRed and LeafGreen games is simply the different pokemon you catch. Some pokemon are no availible in one version and therefore you must trade with the other version.

Perhaps the only BIG con is simply if you've got that brutally mastered file on the original GB version one and spent 200 hours doing it all to get everything you possibly could, you probably won't be too happy to do it all over again on virtually the same game and since you can't bring in your pokemon from the original Red and Blue, some may not be too pleased to have to raise all their pokemon all over again.

The Good
+Re-release of one of the best GB games out there
+Updated Graphics
+Addictive Gameplay

The Bad
-Still not enough Two-on-two battle action
-The sound is still rather annoying
-You can't trade with the original GB game or transfer over Pokemon in anyway.

STILL got to catchem all.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: September 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I used to be a GIANT pokemon freak. Though im not anymore, I still play the games there very fun by all means. This new addition to the poke on games has an even wider appeal, because now you can trade wireless with the new GBA wireless adapter that you can only get by buying the new pokemon game.
This new game is a remake of the older red and blue additions. But with new and improved graphics, all the pokemon from the previous games and new added material and items never seen in the pokemon games to date. Overall this is a great game for anyone that likes pokemon or has a GBA it's great gaming in a little catriage.

A smash new hit

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: September 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The release of firered and leafgreen will be on 9/9/04. The two games are remakes of the classic Pokemon Red and Blue version. The wireless transmitter uses bluetooth and is good up to 33 feet. All 386 pokemon will be able to be caught. After defeating the elite four, exit from Kanto to the new islands created in the game. The music is a lot better, and you'll get visuals of what you're entering into; IE: a forest, cave, or building. Connect with ruby, sapphire, and pokemon colleseum. The item bag is a lot better with mini icons of the items. Also, you'll get to see the pokemon use an item. There will still be two on two battles. What's really interesting is that when the game is loading you whach a flashback of what you previously The new voice playback will allow you recap of something important said to you by someone. The pokedex is also improved, and searches are much easier. This game will be a smash hit for all people young or old. Bravo, Nintendo, Bravo!

It's like they're reading my mind... Get out of my head!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: August 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The original Pokemon Red and Blue games for nintendo have always been my favorites in the series, and now the game's creators have improved on even that. This game integrates all of the improvements made in Pokemon Gold/Silver and Ruby/Saphire (Such as the much improved "backpack" inventory management system) into the much-beloved classic Red/Blue game. In addition, this game makes it possible to collect many of the monsters that are unavailable in Ruby/Saphire. A must-have for any Pokemon fan.

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