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Pokemon - Red Version Review (continued)
More User Submitted Pokemon - Red Version Reviews
Date: 2005-07-12
This game is the best!
This was one of my first ever games when i was in the 1st grade and now im in the 7th grade and i still love it! It's got a great story line and it's not to hard to beat either! Its really great!
Date: 2005-06-04
Best of Gameboy
It has always been a habit for children to exhibit and swap their card/sticker/toy collections with their friends in school. The premise of Pokemon -to collect and train pokemon - was the perfect fertile growing field to exploit this fascination children had with collecting things. The first exploit was the TV show, where the characters in the videogame were rendered onto the TV screen. When that became popular enough, the creators rendered the full 150 Pokemon into thousands of different incarnations. Pokemon T-shirts, teddybears, actionfigures, trading cards, stickers, watches etc were all created under the slogan: 'you've gotta catch 'em all'... Parents had a rotten time, that's for sure. And it was this capitalistic, persistent, and continuous explotation of the pokemon name which made the name synonymous with childrens toys. The pokemon legacy was ruined by this exploitation, and the videgame was largely discredited as a childrens fad. But before the TV show, the toys, the trading cards, etc..the game stood pure and unspoilt by the impending pokemon-craze which was about to accompany it. Everybody loved the game. Pokemon was revered.
In the game you play as Ash, whose one single ambition is to become the greatest Pokemon trainer in the world. To do so you must collect pokemon and train them in battle. To catch Pokemon you need to engage in combat with wild Pokemon (wild animals). You choose which of your Pokemon is suitable for the fight and deminish the wild pokemon's strengh little by little untill it becomes weak enough to be captured. Once caught, the wild pokemon will become loyal and obedient. There's no 'set in stone' rule when it comes to catching Pokemon, if you fancy the look of a Pokemon, then you capture it. Wild Pokemon are scattered throughout the game and you can catch them at any time.
To complete the game, you must collect all eight gym badges. Gym badges are given to those who defeat gym owners. Gym owners are professional Pokemon trainers who are hardened by battle experience, and thus, much harder to defeat than normal Pokemon trainers. It takes a long time to collect the badges, because the gyms are sporodically spread throughout the game. Between collecting badges and training Pokemon, you will encounter many RPG elements in the game, puzzles, dungeons, items, etc... The game is huge and difficult and can take over 25 hours to complete. It certainly exceeds the expectations of a game merely designed to kill time on a long coach trip, which was what the GB was created for in the first place. Taking into account that the GB is a very primitive console, the kind of experience Pokemon offers exceeds all prior benchmarks in handheld gaming. It's an edifying experience.
Not only is it the best GB game, it is one of the best overall games ever.
Date: 2005-04-11
Great concept, but............
Pokemon was a great concept game that should've appealed to all ages, but really, the Pokemon culture and TV show and all that B/S completely wrecked it. Just look at some of the reviews here. Some of them include cliche stuff from the show such as the Rocket Team horse and "Go Pokemon." It's really sad to see a great concept game like this go down the tubes now with the new releases that tie into the crap pop culture stuff.
Anyway, it's a great game, but don't play it in public, hide in your room and never tell anyone.
Date: 2005-03-22
CHARIZARD GO!
This is a great classic game. You begin as a new Pokemon trainer, and soon select your first Pokemon. The choices are Charmander, a fire type;squirtle, a water type;or bulbasaur, a fire type. Interestingly, three Pokemon you choose from are like rock/paper/scissors, charmander beats bulbasaur, squirtle beats charmander, and bulbasaur beats squirtle. Soon, you rival chooses his Pokemon(annoyingly, its always the one that has the type advantage, like if you choose squirtle he will choose charmander. You are then given the task of completing a complete guide of Pokemon by catching all of them. In order to beat the game, you only need the first 150 Pokemon, however, there is also a legendary number 151 Mew. You catch Pokemon by using one you already have to weaken it, then catching it with a Pokeball. Once you catch a Pokemon, you may use it to fight others, but you can only have up to 6 Pokemon at a time. Along the way, you will encounter other trainers you may battle. There are regular trainers, which you battle only for money, fun, and experience. However, there are also gym leaders, which are specialized trainers with stronger Pokemon than regular trainers in their area have. There are 8 in all, and once you beat them, you may then battle the elite four, who are much tougher than gym leaders and you have to fight all of them in succession. You also encounter your rival throughout the game. And he becomes Pokemon League Champion, however, once you defeat him, you become Pokemon League Champion. There are also troublemaking team rocket members that you can and sometimes have to battle as well. Their boss is also the leader of gym 8. I have found the gym leaders and team rocket members are actually exceedingly easy if you know what you're doing, however, the elite 4 is very tough, especially since you have to face them all toghether. There are also legendary Pokemon, which are considered to be part of the 151 total, and they are very rewarding but challenging to catch. Also, one cool thing is there is a lot of moves(although some are kind of stupid) and certain Pokemon have strengths over others. For example, fire takes out grass easily. However, you can beat the game just by having stronger Pokemon, however, this is actually harder than using strategy. Because it takes a great length of time to level up, while a skilled player can quickly catch a Pokemon with a type advantage. And to the guy who said he beat this game in a hour....if you think this game is easy, than you should quit playing videogames altoghether, because you obviously are such a great master of everything. Also, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT THE GAME IN A HOUR! AT MINIMUM, YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT FOR AT LEAST LIKE 20 HOURS FOR YOUR POKEMON TO BE HIGH ENOUGH LEVEL TOO! Oh, wait, you must have used a gameshark. Wow, no wonder you are so good at videogames. But if anyone tells you they beat the game in a hour, they either cheated, found a big glitch, or both. Or else their exaggerating. But the only way the game could really beat that easy is if you had a strategy guide. "Oh this game is so easy, I only had to read 50 books on it to beat it on the first try." GET REAL! IF THIS ISN'T A CHALLENGE, NOTHING IS! Overall, its a great game, but there are some annoying things. First off, to get all 151, you must trade with freinds, as neither red nor blue has every Pokemon, but they do combined. Most Pokemon are in both versions, but some are exclusive to either red or blue. Also, as you level up your Pokemon, they evolve(which is really more accurately described as metamorphises), and some only evolve by trading them with the same Pokemon with another player. Another thing is there is only one save slot. Finally, in the Japenese version, by getting the first 150, you get number 151,but in the US version you can only get them through Nintendo's promotions or by cheating. Hmm, giving Americans a raw deal, aye Nintendo? You know we buy into your promotions instead of demanding that you make stuff available in the games. In Japan, gamers would be outraged, but you know you can take advantage of us Americans? Okay, go ahead. But despite the fact that it isn't as good as the Japenese version or a perfect game, Pokemon Red is still one of my favorites.
Date: 2005-02-25
From the Golden Days of Ninja Interactive Video Sporting
Let us be honest with ourselves. This is an old game. And yet it rocks most hard, say thankee. It's also highly addictive.
The point of Pokemon is simple: catch cute, little, animated talking monsters with magic, plastic balls, and use them to kick the living daylights out of the cute talking monsters of your enemies. So in truth, it's a lot like real life.
Plus, said monsters are fully changeable. You can give them a name, teach them special fighting skills, and even control how much they grow. This makes them much better than hamsters as pets go.
Plus, its got ninjas! I'm not only talking about a ninja master who uses Pokemon to duel you (I guess he never learned how to use shuriken or swords or stuff), I also mean you can name you Pokemon things like: Mifune or Hayabusa or Zatoichi or Swordsman with an Umbrella (that probably won't fit). Of course, you can also name it Winky-dinky-do, if it do please ya. But I digress.
Yes, Pokemon shows its age among modern video games. But so does Pong. And Pong is still mildly amusing. But without Pong, there'd be no Pokemom. And without Pokemon, there'd be no modern video gamage. And without video games, I'd have to actually face my family, friends and problems, and learn actual skills! So play Pokemon! It's better than Pong, and many other video games. Trust me. I've been there.
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