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A great game for kids, beats having them watch tv!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 22 / 28
Date: May 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

My kids and I all love the Pokemon Gameboys (the three of us each have our own Gameboy). The red Pokemon game is very similar to the blue, with the Yellow having some slight differences.

I like the way the Pokemon game challenges kids. I suggest also buying one of the books which shows the various routes and places. This allows kids to work at the tasks without getting frustrated.

The idea is to start at Prof. Oak's house, get your first Pokemon from him, and then journey all around the land of Pokemon, collecting various wild pokemon (which you catch by battling them until they faint), and doing battle with other trainers along the way.

In the process, kids learn to manuever through mazes of increasing complexity (which is why the manuals are a help), to gather and use items, and to develop strategies for fighting various types of Pokemon. My five year-old even started to read while using her Gameboy, from needing to know which items she had with her (in her Item List)!

All in all these are great games which can be played over and over (although only one game at a time can be saved), and which will provide your kids with hundreds of hours of fun.

A good game that rocks tons!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The game is awesome.You get Charmander,Bulbasaur,Squirtle or sometimes Pikachu from Proffeser Oak,one of those you may choose as a first Pokemon.Now you can catch and train others.In this version and the blue version,you can link two game boys together for head-to-head competition.Not in the yellow version though!

Enter the World Of Pokemon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: December 03, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun! When you start off Proffesor Oak gives you the choice of three Pokemon. One of them is the fire-type Charamander which in the end evoles into the fire breathing, claw slashing Charizard. Next is the water-type Squirtle which evoles into the all powerful Blastoise. Last is the Grass/Poison type Bulbasaur which evoles into the razor leaf Venusaur. In addition to Proffesor Oak asks a small favor... to fill up an electronic encyclepida called a pokedex. Trade with friends to capture them all. I did and I have 151 types of pokemon. Also you have to beat a group called the ELITE FOUR and if you don't YOU HAVE TO START FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME. Hope you had as much fun as I did when I played this game.

Nintendo brings Game Boy back to life!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 22
Date: August 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Role Playing Games....they have gotten boring over the years. Fight and Fight and Fight...visit the plot...and fight some more! There was no little side victories you could do.

Nintendo ended that last year! With the release of Pokemon (Pocket Monster in Japan). This game revolutionized the RPG industry. You collect these different monsters called Pokemon. But there are not like...5 or 10 different types...there are 150! And you can't just have a certain amount...your boxes hold up to 255! You can fight and fight some more, and gain these badges...but the fun doesn't end there. You can hook up with a friend and beat up HIS pokemon (or vice-versa) or trade Pokemon!

This game is fun! Buy it today and try it out...instant addiction.

Pokemon Red Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 16
Date: February 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon Red is a very enjoyable game. When I got it for my son, I found him spending a lot of time on his Game-Boy. I decided to try it myself. You take on the role of Ash, a ten year old boy who dreams of being a Pokemon master. Pokemon are creatures with many special powers. Some types are common, like Pidgey and Rattata. Others are very rare like Moltres and Zapdos. And yes, Pikachu is one of stronger Pokemon in the game. To become a Pokemon master you must defeat 8 gym-leaders. When you defeat a gym-leader, you earn a badge. Once you earn 8 badges you enter the Pokemon League where, if ,you defeat the Elite Four you become a Pokemon Master. I would recomend this game to any parent buying it for their child.

Great Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: December 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon red is a really awesome game. The variety of monsters you can have is wonderful, and the game reaaaly teaches you how to ration, and plan. For instance, you have to time your moves exactly when you are in the Safari Zone. I think it's great that your Pokemon don't die; it teaches children not everything dies, and you always have a chance to try again, with a minimal loss. There's reading involved too, which is always a plus, and it brings kids together when trading time comes! All in all, a great, verrry fun game! Charizard Rules!

lets face it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: April 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

the new games that nintendo comes out wiht has new and weird pokemon that is such a ..... Idea. if you like poke mon but but thinking this is the worst because its old. GET A LIFE!
older is often times better. And besides Red and blue are the ONLY I repeat ONLY games you you can get the best starter pokemon. heres a tip if you get one,DONT GET SQUIRTIL!
people often choose bulbasaur as thier first bcause of its awsome power in its evolved form Vensaur. Blastiose is cool but not the best,my recemendation is bulbasaur. but if you want a butterfree and try to take a short cut when you catch a metapod and evolve it, boy will you be sorry, it will only know harden,
evolve it from caterpi,by then even in metapod stage it will know tackle and string shot.and heres a tip...DONT CAPTURE MISSINGNO. it is a virus and will [mess] with the game if you catch it, you can defeat it to get the lots of rare candys and master balls but dont catch it

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Great!Great! Great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: November 25, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! You'll love it. The "ESRB" rating is "E" so everyone could play it. It's not violent. It's a toy which tells your kindness and love. So click the "ADD TO SHOPPING CART" button and it will make your life better.

Wow......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'll have to admit, for the first, say, year and a half when this game was out, I so desperately tried to hate it... I didn't want to admit that I was into a little 'kiddie' game... however, just this past year, so many of my peers have been playing the game (and I go to Junior High too, I'm talking about 13, 14, 15 year olds playing this game). So, finally, I gave in, and for Christmas, I asked for a Game Boy Color and Pokemon Red... that was about all I got for Christmas due to the cost of those two expensive items, but it was definitely worth it...

This game is so... detailed... it's just unbelievable. It has a very easy learning curve, so after about half-an-hour I was cruising along with no problems at all. Catching your first Pokemon gives you a triumphant feeling, and beating your first trainer makes you feel like you're on top of the world, and you'll most likely find yourself screaming at the game, "Oh yeah, who's the man! That's right, that's what I thought!!!" Well, at least, that's what I did...

There are 150 Pokemon in this game (actually, in the Japanese version, there are 151), and it's a lot of fun trying to catch all of them. You can also keep track of all the Pokemon you've seen/caught with the Pokedex. Without this tool, the game would be much more frustrating.

I could really go on and on and on about this game, but there's a maximum of 1000 words, and unfortunately I think I've almost reached that limit. All I can say is, even if you don't have a Game Boy, or you're not even a fan of RPG's (I'm still not a big fan of them), you owe it to yourself to pick up this game and give it a try. It's some of the most fun you'll ever have in the gaming world.

Earned the right to revive Game Boy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

In this game, you play a ten year old boy on a quest to become a master of those all too familiar Pokémon. Some people make it their goal to raise their pokemon to level 100, some just want to beat the elite four and some make it there goal to collect all 151. But it is important that not one Pokemon can do it all, they all have strangths and weeknesses angainst other types unlike other rpg's where if you have a level 50 fighter you're all set. I'd recomend this game to anyone who likes any kind of RPG.

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