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Confessions of a 30-something

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

My kids saved their money for 6 months to but both a color gameboy (in Kiwi green) and the yellow version of Pokemon. Since they had to share (can't save more than one game), I bought the blue version myself.

It's terrible how I can pick it up at 10pm after the last good show ends then look up and it's 11:30! Very addictive. But I enjoy talking to my kids about the Pokemon I've caught and which one has evolved and what powers they have.

Plays very much like Dungeons and Dragons in a video-game no-death sanitized way. More like the Rogue or Larn games of days gone by, but with graphics.

Blue Rules!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! The graphics are awesome and there are tons of Pokemon! It is pretty hard but fun!

the best game ever made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

pokemon red and blue are the best. I hate the new versions because they took out all the good pokemon, like Charizard,Blastoise, and even Mewtwo. In pokemon blue youre ash, who tries to beat all the gym leaders and try to beat the elite four. It's not that hard to beat, but to get all the pokemon is extremly difficult without using a game shark.i've had this game for 5 years and am still playing it now, on my Sp. You should buy this game if you haven't already. ruby and sapphire are pathetic. it only took me 17 hours to beat it. Get blue version, it's worth it.

Cool

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

In this game, you play as a boy collecting and battling creatures called Pok'emon. There are plenty of worlds to explore, Pok'emon to catch, rivals to battle, badges to earn, and items to find to keep you playing for a long time. It's one of those games that you can't beat in a day. Training Pok'emon can be fun, and also hard, depending on the level of your opponents. You earn money each time you beat another Pok'emon trainer, which you can use to buy items to strengthen or catch Pok'emon. The moves you teach your Pok'emon and what attacks you use require strategy, so it's not just random moves and thoughts.

My only complaint is that this game is almost unbeatable. To win, you have to collect all the Pok'emon in the game, which is just a few tens short of 200, if I remember correctly. A bunch of things are required to do this. You must have two Game Boys and two Pok'emon games, or a friend who also has a Game Boy and Pok'emon game to trade with each other, because there are some points in the game where you must choose between one Pok'emon or another, and whichever one you don't choose is impossible to get again in the same game. Also required is a Game Boy link cable, which you need to attach two Game Boys to trade.

So basically, it's going to be very, very, very hard to win, especially because everyone is past the "Pok'emon phase". So unless you have multiple Game Boys and Pok'emon games, and a link cable, you're going to have tons of trouble beating the game. I think the people who made this game purposely made the game this way so that kids would have to spend more money on Game Boy supplies.

Overall, I still like this game. I know I'll never beat it, but it's still a lot of fun. I can't say who I would and wouldn't recommend this game to, so I'll leave it up to you. Either way, I hope you're satisfied in the end.

The Beginning Of The Classic Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

We probably all know about the hype that Pokemon (Pocket Monsters) has received about 7 years ago. It started off as a game that originated in Japan around 1995-1996, and it was introduced to the United States in 1998. A TV show and a trading card series followed. Plush Pikachu dolls were everywhere. I was a big fan of this fad, and I was only in the 5th grade (late 1999) when I purchased this game and strapped in for the time of my life.

This is the "blue version" of the original Game Boy series. Just like in the Red Version, there are Pokemon that cannot be captured (Ekans, Magmar, Scyther, Growlith and Mankey just to name a few), and a trade cable will be required to fulfill "catching them all", but here's a little lowdown and some advice to some starters of this game:

You are given one out of three Pokemon to start out with (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle), and note that your first trainer is Brock, who uses the rock type. I recommend you choose Squirtle if you want to take it easy at first, because it learns Bubble at level 8. Bulbasaur is also a good choice, but it doesn't learn Vine Whip until level 13. (I'm explaining the best moves to defeat Brock's Pokemon.) Charmander is not a good bet, but good for a challenge. When you get to Pewter City, however, don't rush to battle Brock until you feel like you are prepared. Metapod and Kakuna give out a lot of experience points so that leveling is easier, and if you catch a Caterpie/Metapod and raise it to a level 12 Butterfree, it can also help defeat Brock as well (with its Confusion skill).

If you're familiar with the later games of this series, you'll realize a lot of differences. You can hold only 20 different types of items at a time (including PokeBalls and Key Items). And you gotta love the cheesy Pokemon graphics!

Despite some flaws that haven't been perfected until the later games of the series, this is still a classic game.

And I'm not a big fan of RPG style games, but this is the easiest and less stressful of them in my opinion. Recommended.

Go! Pikachu!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon is a great way to spend your time. It is very challenging, but it is very satisfying when a mission is completed.

You start out as Ash Ketchum in Pallet Town, where you meet Professor Oak, who gives you your first Pokemon (a Bulbasaur, a Charmander or a Squirtle), and you're off! Throughout your adventure, there are many towns and cities connected by bridges or paths or forests. Each major city has a gym and a Gym Leader, whom you have to fight. Sometimes it takes a long time to defeat them though. For example, it took me a week to beat Misty. Your objective is to become the world's best Pokemon trainer. To do this, you have to catch all 150 Pokemon. Pokemon are everywhere. In towers, on paths, in forests, caves, etc. You also have to beat each of eight Gym Leaders, then beat the "Elite Four". Your final step to ecoming the world's best Pokemon trainer is succesfully catching the legendary Mewtwo, the "ultimate fighting machine" and the "hardest Pokemon to catch. Its all great fun. You have a number of rivals, including "Team Rocket" and Oak's grandson. You will encounter them many times in your journey, and it's loads of fun. There are also many other trainers along the way. You can buy stuff at the Poke Mart, like potions, antidotes, etc. There is a Celadon Department Store in Celadon City which almost everything you need is there. There are Poke Centers, where your Pokemon can be healed completely. In Lavender Town, there is a Pokemon Tower where there are ghost Pokemon, an S.S Anne ship with loads of trainers and a guy you need to find, and much, much more.

Pokemon fight and win battles for you. They obey orders. But they're not looking for masters--they're looking for friends! Treat them well. Give them their vitamins. Your Pokemon evolve now and then. Some evolve through experience, some through trading, some through special elemental stones. Once they're evolved, they can't learn some techniques that they would be able to learn at their previously evolved stage. So it's important you teach them as much as they can learn before they evolve. It's important to have a well-balanced team of Pokemon. You want them all at a good, high level so if one faints the others can come in. There are also different elements of Pokemon. For example, water would beat fire, so if you have a level 50 Charizard(fire Pokemon) and a level 50 Blastoise (water Pokemon), it would be more likely for the Blastoise to win than the Charizard.

There is also money, which you can spend at Poke Marts. Trainers you beat give you money as a prize. YOU NEED IT, AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO GET IT.

Hours and hours of fun can be spent with Pokemon Blue Version for Gameboy, and unlimited possibilities. Blue and Red, the original versions, are definitely the best, because in the newer versions like Diamond and Pearl, there are all these weird and dumb Pokemon. So if you are looking for a Gameboy game that would really be fun and satisfying, choose POKEMON BLUE!

One hell of a guilty pleasure!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's true that Pokemon is pretty much a passing craze due to (for some odd reason) the invention of TOO MANY POKEMON! However, this game is amazing. The graphics, attack animations, and sounds are very simple compared to later installments of the series, but who cares? At the time, this was like nothing anyone had ever played! The music is extremely catchy, and there are so many things to collect, you'll just find yourself playing for hours. Also, you can trade Pokemon from other people since the Red and Blue versions have Pokemon exclusive to that version. Also, if you feel the need to "catch 'em all," trade starters, or evolve certain Pokemon with a trade. The bottom line: it's a great guilty pleasure and introduced what is now the most faded franchise ever!

best game ever made (until pokemon stadium goes out)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

it is a geme tipe of rpg that makes you play it contineously by hours and hours, for example, I have 65 hours playing and I have all the badges, and aproximately 98 pokemon of 140... if you like rpg titles, this is the best.

Really Cool Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon Blue sets itself apart from other video games because it has a plot, and it can be saved. It is a really fun game, and it is easy to become obsessed with playing it. However, the graphics are pretty dismal and it gets boring after a while. I recommend you get Pokemon Silver or Gold instead.

The Best Game Around

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon red, and Blue is the bomb. This a must have for any Pokemon collections. There are 150 Pokemon plus a secret psycic one called Mew and a glitch and a whole bunch of cheats. I give it a 6/5

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