Pokemon Blue was the very first Pokemon game released for the original Gameboy. Released in 1996, it sold approximately 20,680,000 copies (This includes Pokemon Red). It also won many awards such as IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time, and in 2009, it appeared in Guinness Book of World Records for 'Best Selling RPG on the Gameboy' as well as "Best Selling RPG of All Time". Now that we are done talking about all of this background stuff. Let's start talking about the actually review.
First, we will talk about the graphics. They are pretty good graphics for the Gameboy. Everything seems to have detail to it, which is a sign of a good Gameboy game in my opinion. They only flaw with this games graphics is that when you open your menu and look at your Pokemon, some of them look exactly the same. Nintendo used the same sprites for the Pokemon of the same types in most cases. For an example, two different Pokemon who both are normal types will have the same sprite. This is only a minor annoyance than anything else. It does not effect the game play in any way.
Secondly, let's talk about the sound. It's your average 8-bit goodness. Every town has it's own theme music such as Lavender Town which has creepy music that goes with it which is probably there because it has the Pokemon Tower where all of the Pokemon that have passed away go to. Most of the routes have to same music but that's alright because the music suites the scenery well. Looking more into that, if you are in a cave or a forest, you have dark and gloomy music playing and it fits the environment well.
Now let's talk about the Addictiveness. You are very likely to play this game again just for the experience of playing with a different starter Pokemon or completely revising your party. I have played many Pokemon games over again just so I could pick a different starter.
Now we are onto the story. The story is what you think it would be. A boy wanting to be the best Pokemon trainer as well as helping Professor Oak catch em' all XD. This is not a very original story line, but hey, this is the Pokemon game that started it all, so in this case, it is a very original story line.
How much does this game have to offer you ask? Well, there are eight gym leaders to beat as well as the Elite Four at the end of the journey. Don't forget about all of that level grinding you have to do as well as venturing to place to place which honestly, takes a while to do. I have had games with well over 48 hours logged onto them There is also a total of 150 Pokemon to catch and update your Pokedex with so it is a complete Pokedex. The only problem with that, is that you need a friend to trade with to collect all 150 Pokemon.
Now let's talk about the difficulty. It really depends on how you approach the game. If you decide to just breeze through everything opposed to being patient and levelling up your Pokemon, you will probably have a very difficult time. If you take your time and level up, like I did, you will have no problem at all with this game.
In conclusion, this is a very classic game that you should check out in the RGR right now at this instant. You could probably already tell that at the beginning of this review it is a good game considering all of the awards it has won. Overall, I give this game a nice 9.5 because it is definitely a game that is worth your time.
Pokemon Blue was the very first Pokemon game released for the original Gameboy. Released in 1996, it sold approximately 20,680,000 copies (This includes Pokemon Red). It also won many awards such as IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time, and in 2009, it appeared in Guinness Book of World Records for 'Best Selling RPG on the Gameboy' as well as "Best Selling RPG of All Time". Now that we are done talking about all of this background stuff. Let's start talking about the actually review.
First, we will talk about the graphics. They are pretty good graphics for the Gameboy. Everything seems to have detail to it, which is a sign of a good Gameboy game in my opinion. They only flaw with this games graphics is that when you open your menu and look at your Pokemon, some of them look exactly the same. Nintendo used the same sprites for the Pokemon of the same types in most cases. For an example, two different Pokemon who both are normal types will have the same sprite. This is only a minor annoyance than anything else. It does not effect the game play in any way.
Secondly, let's talk about the sound. It's your average 8-bit goodness. Every town has it's own theme music such as Lavender Town which has creepy music that goes with it which is probably there because it has the Pokemon Tower where all of the Pokemon that have passed away go to. Most of the routes have to same music but that's alright because the music suites the scenery well. Looking more into that, if you are in a cave or a forest, you have dark and gloomy music playing and it fits the environment well.
Now let's talk about the Addictiveness. You are very likely to play this game again just for the experience of playing with a different starter Pokemon or completely revising your party. I have played many Pokemon games over again just so I could pick a different starter.
Now we are onto the story. The story is what you think it would be. A boy wanting to be the best Pokemon trainer as well as helping Professor Oak catch em' all XD. This is not a very original story line, but hey, this is the Pokemon game that started it all, so in this case, it is a very original story line.
How much does this game have to offer you ask? Well, there are eight gym leaders to beat as well as the Elite Four at the end of the journey. Don't forget about all of that level grinding you have to do as well as venturing to place to place which honestly, takes a while to do. I have had games with well over 48 hours logged onto them There is also a total of 150 Pokemon to catch and update your Pokedex with so it is a complete Pokedex. The only problem with that, is that you need a friend to trade with to collect all 150 Pokemon.
Now let's talk about the difficulty. It really depends on how you approach the game. If you decide to just breeze through everything opposed to being patient and levelling up your Pokemon, you will probably have a very difficult time. If you take your time and level up, like I did, you will have no problem at all with this game.
In conclusion, this is a very classic game that you should check out in the RGR right now at this instant. You could probably already tell that at the beginning of this review it is a good game considering all of the awards it has won. Overall, I give this game a nice 9.5 because it is definitely a game that is worth your time.
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