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Overall 9.4    Graphics 7.3    Sound 8.9    Addictive 8.7    Story 7.6    Depth 8.9    Difficulty 6.1


A masterpiece or one of the most overrated games of all time?   Zlinqx
So since my last review of Pokemon Crystal got some positive feedback I'm doing a 2nd review and this time it's a game I've wanted to review for a long time but haven't really been entirely sure about. Ah Pokemon Blue... While I did get into Pokemon with the 2nd generation games this didn't stop me from playing the heck out of Pokemon Blue when I first discovered a way to play it on my computer. And I loved them almost just as much as I did the 2nd generation games. But taking off my nostalgia goggles and looking back at it, while this was by no means a bad game, I find it to not quite hold up to the standards of the other Pokemon games, so if you came here thinking I would only be praising the game for how revolutionary it was think again.And to clarify while this might be self explanatory to some while this is a review for Pokemon Blue Version all that is mentioned in this review does apply to Pokemon Red Version more or less as they are almost identical aside from a few Pokemon being exclusive to each version. Pokemon Yellow on the other hand has a few differences which I might be covering sometime in the future.Anyways all that aside lets get on with the review!The sound in this game is nothing to sneeze at sporting many memorable soundtracks such as the nostalgic and uplifting pallet town soundtrack or the chilling lavender town soundtrack, they all have that feel to them which gets you in the mood to play some Pokemon. The sound effects aren't anything too special again mostly just to add to the immersion and I feel that they fit the game fine. Sound wise this is in my opinion one of the best games on the system. A nitpick is that when using the bicycle (which is probably something you will be using a lot to speed up travelling around the world) the theme that plays while not bad doesn't stop untill you get off your bicycle which will get annoying after a while.I'm kind of split on this honestly, the graphics for the most part aren't that bad but the sprites (especially the ones of the pokemon) can just be downright horrendous sometimes and this is something that could've been remedied and isn't because of graphical limitations. With that said this hasn't ever stopped me from wanting to play the game but I do feel it's something that could've very obviously been improved on. Otherwise there isn't too much else that differs from gold and silver besides the obvious lack of colours which it can't be blamed for since it was released on the original gameboy. I do feel that the town layouts could've been improved on slightly as I feel they are more repetitive here then in the later games again never to the point where it stops me from wanting to play the game but still something that could've been improved on.But with all things factored in for the most part the graphics were pretty good for the system but some flaws hold it back from me giving it a better rating.The Pokemon games are known to be incredibly addicting and the original does not disappoint. This game will consume you until you have played it until completion and even then you might play through it a few more times after that.The story is pretty much like all the other games. Catch all the pokemon, defeat the pokemon league and defeat the -insert evil team here- though it does get some points for being one of the original games meaning it wasn't as overdone. With that said this isn't always a bad thing the story isn't the focus nor should it be in a Pokemon game and like in the other Pokemon games it leaves a lot of things to think about. Did the Rivals Raticate Die? Are Dittos failed Mewtwo experiments? So on and so forth. And while these are fan theories sometimes it truly feels like the games are hinting at them being true and regardless thinking and speculating about them can be fun. Again though there are some things I feel could've been expanded on a bit more without hurting the flow of the game, like the lore or certain characters.Another thing Pokemon games are known for is the Depth, a Pokemon game usually comes packed with things to do and this is no exception to that. Conquering the Pokemon League, Getting all the Pokedex entries, exploring the world, and battling and trading with friends can all be fun and time consuming things to do. And while this game doesn't quite have the amount of content some of the other Pokemon games have it still is a big package. And very impressive considering it is a gameboy game.Along with Graphics this was probably one of the things I found the hardest to rate. When I first played this as a young kid I actually did find it harder then it successors on the other hand the game had a lot of balance issues compared to the later games. Psychic types were ridiculously overpowered only being weak to bug types which were all fairly weak and there was no really powerful bug move that you could use against them. Ghost types were supposed to counter Psychic types by being super effective against them but instead due to something which was apparently a programming error ghost types didn't even have any effect against Psychic types at all. Not to mention that Special Attack and Special Defense was rolled into one stat which besides causing balance issues for other Pokemon as well especially did so when it came to Psychic types as they typically had high stats when it came to both meaning they both dealt huge damage and could absorb special attacks fairly easily due to it being one stat. Meaning that a team consisting entirely out of Psychic pokemon could probably steamroll through the entire game with little effort. And this is without factoring in that even though I did find this game harder not using Psychic types then say Pokemon Gold and Silver, Pokemon games are already fairly easy most of the time, meaning that this potentially could break the game as there would be no reason not to use them if you want the best possible team. This was fixed in later games but it is a huge problem here. And actually makes me have to lower the Overall rating of the game if you can get past this however (and you should) it is still a great game.This game is by no means a bad game, I could without a doubt call it a great game and at the time it was released it was quite revolutionary. However some glaring problems make it not hold up to today's standards and it has not aged nearly as well as the other Pokemon games. With that said if you like the other Pokemon games or RPGs I would still recommend you to play this game even if just for how revolutionary it was for the time. If you're completely new to the series I would recommend playing one of the 2nd generation games first (Gold,Silver or Crystal) then come back to this game later. So even though it hurts a bit to give it a rating this low because of how great this game still is for the most part, I still feel some problems make it necessary. Though the remakes Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green did fix almost all of the problems of these games, I would still recommend checking the original games out if you're a Pokemon Fan.And this concludes the 2nd review I've ever written of Pokemon Red/Blue.Feel free to leave some feedback telling me what you think of the review, if you agree with it or not (and why you think that way of course) and also ways I can improve my reviews until next time. Also please don't forget to rate my review (and rate it fairly not just based on that this is my 2nd review) and hopefully you'll read my next review which may or may not be another Pokemon game...
  Graphics 7   Sound 9   Addictive 9   Story 7   Depth 8   Difficulty 4
      Review Rating: 4.9/5     Submitted: 07-26-14     Updated: 07-25-15     Review Replies: 16


Pokemon blue review   SacredShadow

Sound: 8

If you can't come to appreciate the graphics, then the sound is what will, the tunes in the game are so catchy and fun to listen to as you are walking or when you are in an intense battle there is intense fast music playing. I like the tunes and I can appreciate them because they make the game more fun to play and more enjoyable by filling it with catchy little sounds and tunes throughout the cities and throughout the game. There are little tunes when you are walking or intensely battling an opponent or simply going to the pokecenter, all of the sounds are catchy. I always think that a game with good sound is a bonus and I think this game has great sound because it is so catchy. Plus it would be more boring and not as fun if there was no sound or tune when you are walking or doing anything, it is boring, so I think the sound really gets you in a Pokémon mood. I scored the game's awesome sound a 10 simply because it gets you in the mood to play and it makes the game more fun and addicting to play with a catchy tune playing as you go.

Addictiveness: 10

This game is addicting, all Pokémon games are, but this one is addicting because of all of the memories you are left with once you have played this game, it is an awesome experience to enjoy when you are training your perfect team and leveling up and evolving Pokémon or catching new ones. That is what makes the game addicting, all of the things you can do. I always played for hours trying to construct the best team and tried to evolve and train my Pokémon as well as train hard to beat gyms and the elite 4 in the end. There is just so much to do in this game, and it is so fun that it becomes addicting until you have done and accomplished it. This game is very addicting, which is why I scored it a 10, all Pokémon games are because of all of the new Pokémon and creating the perfect team make it addicting to play.

Okay, this is before we knew the story would never really change and it would basically stay the same throughout all Pokémon games. You start out as a young kid who wants to become the region's new champion as you battle trainers and your rival for the title of champion and become the master of Pokémon. You also collect data from all of the Pokémon in the region and store it in the pokedex. So the story may be simple, but it is fun and addicting and it makes the game awesome. I scored the game's story a 9 because it may be simple but it becomes addicting to train and fulfill your dream of being the champion of Kanto and become the master of Pokémon.

Depth: 8

The game offers lots to do and the amount of time you spend playing the game depends on how experienced you are and how strong your team is. If you have a good team you should be able to do well in the game, but there is still a lot to do in the game, you have to beat 8 gyms and then beat the elite 4 afterwards. And then after, you can go look for the legendary Pokémon in the game as well, so it all depends on how good you are with Pokémon and assembling a good team. But still there is a lot of stuff to do in this game and it will leave you with tons of stuff to do. You have a lot of traveling to do to get to the towns as well as build your team up and train them. So it may take a while depending on how good you are with Pokémon. I scored the depth an 8 because there is lots to do in the game like collect data from all 150 Pokémon and become the champion. So it is a lengthy game with lots of stuff to do, but the amount of time it takes depends on how you train and how good your team is. This shouldn't be a game that takes 5 minutes to beat, you should take your time and pace yourself in the game, it is better to take the time to train a good team and do well in the game than to rush through everything quickly and end up unprepared and fail. So the key thing to doing well in Pokémon games is to take your time and train well because it will pay off later.

Difficulty: 6

It is like all Pokémon games, as long as you have a good team that is balanced and well trained, you shouldn't have to much of a problem and you will do well in the game. If you teach your Pokémon good moves and train them well then you won't have much trouble because your team is well prepared and you know what to do. Things won't start to get difficult until the elite 4, that is when you should train hard and build up a good team. Like I said, the game's difficulty depends on how good you are with Pokémon and how experienced you are. Most importantly is to not rush through the game and o take time and care into your training, otherwise your Pokémon may not be properly ready to battle because you rushed. Overall the game was not super difficult and some of the things you had to do were pretty straightforward and simple. But like I said, the difficulty depends on how good you are. I scored  the difficulty a 6 because it wasn't really that hard for me and even though it may be a little challenging at times, it is at times, it is not impossible and you shouldn't give up.

Overall: 9.4

I enjoyed this game and I thought it was an amazing play and it brings back so many great memories every time I play it. This is an awesome game and it is one of the first I have ever played. I love everything about it and I look forward to playing this game again in the future because it is addicting. I recommend this game to anyone who likes and appreciates Pokémon games, this is just a classic and it is too awesome., , this is for those who are looking for fun and a good challenge. This game is awesome and will guarantee you with any hours of fun and lots of great memories. This game is awesome and I scored it a 9.4 overall for all of the great times I had playing it and all the fun stuff there is to do. You won't be disappointed when you play this game.

  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 4.4/5     Submitted: 06-17-13     Updated: 06-17-13     Review Replies: 9


noj94's Pokemon Blue Version Review   noj94
There are good games... and then are games that instantly make a video-game console worth buying just for the one game. If you are looking at this review it is because either because you love this game and want to see what another person has to say about it, two; you are the average online annoyance who loves to argue about what people love, or finally; you live under a rock and want to see what the excitement is all about. This game is an older one but even so it was this very game that helped me discover Vizzed.com.  I'll review this game as it is both in general and how well it functions on Vizzed.    The story is about a young boy who lives in a world full of mysterious creatures called pokemon and in this world people capture these creatures using a snatching trap called a pokeball, many use them for different reason as you'll discover throughout the story, whether it be for pets or for tools.  In the story you start off in a small village called Pallet Town where you soon begin your life as a pokemon trainer. As a pokemon trainer your main goal is to defeat the Elite Four by pokemon battle and to become the Pokemon Champion.  To get to them you are required to have eight gym badges and to gain these badges you have to defeat the leaders of the pokemon gym by battling them. Throughout the story also come across an organized gang by the name of Team Rocket, who want to gain control of the world using pokemon as weapons, and throughout the story you'll have to disrupt their plans several times. In the game all pokemon have strengths and weaknesses that's somewhat related to the Rock, Paper, Scissors concept. For example you would never send out a fire pokemon to fight a water pokemon and you would never allow a grass (plant-based) pokemon to fight off a fire pokemon or face serious consequences.    This is an old game on an old handheld game system and so for me to accurately rate the games graphics, sound quality, and other things would be an unfair comparison to other newer consoles like the 3DS. However, know that the game wasn't originally meant to be as successful as it is, so the graphics were still cheap even at that time.Their is no color (unless you play it on the Game-boy Color then the game changes between basic colors depending on where you are), everyone has heads as big as the rest of their body, and the pictures of the pokemon frequently look ridiculous.  The game has music that though it is now crap in modern terms, I smile fondly remembering how I would hum along with the catchy and memorable tunes as a child. The gameplay doesn't require you to have fast reaction time because the battles are more strategy based and not really battling.  It's a great to play on Vizzed using a keyboard because the most intense the action gets is trying to avoid obstacles when riding a bike.     In the game (or more accurately in the red and blue version games) you can get just over 150 pokemon, however you can't buy one game and expect to be able to get all; the only real difference between Red and Blue is the pokemon you can gain in the game.  For example you can't gain a Bellsprout in Blue but you can't get an Ekans in Red.  Though it's not necessary to beat the game the 'Gotta' catch them all' idea can be addictive and is a major reason for the series' success. To get all of the pokemon you need to either buy both or find a friend who has the opposite game.    Beating the game will keep you busy but finding all the pokemon and all the little secrets here and there will extend your time much, much longer. So if you are looking for a quick game you can finish in a day this is probably not meant for you because there is a lot of commitment in evolving (pokemon change when they get stronger) and catching all of them.    In the end I'll give this game a eight and a half out of ten, I would have given a 9 and a half when this game first came out for having everything just about perfect besides the graphics but now that it's a lot older it needs to be deducted a little more.    A day or two ago I looked to see what were the prices of the two games and they seem to be going back up because they are becoming an antique!
  Graphics 6   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 9   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 4.3/5     Submitted: 08-05-11     Updated: 09-18-11     Review Replies: 0


Pokemon Blue Review   Divine Aurora
"So what are the graphics like in Pokemon Blue Version?",the graphics portrayed in Pokemon Blue version are rather basic and only moderately detailed.There is no background scenery during Pokemon battle scene's.Pokemon sprites aren't very detailed when facing them in a battle but when your the trainer who is battling then the pixels on the Pokemon is a little distorted. The color quality is at the bare minimum standard, the towns in the game are different colors but what ever color the town is, everything in that town is that color, buildings and your character,bodies of water,literally everything."What can be expected out of the sound in Pokemon Blue Version?", the Sound heard in Pokemon Blue Version is excellent. The Pokemon do have there own specific and made just for them Pokemon cries. When Pokemon faint the sounds"cries" they make can be clearly heard. Each town has it's own soundtrack "song" that can be heard nicely and is clean cut quality. Ironically the sound quality is alot better than the graphics quality."What is the addictiveness of Pokemon Blue version you ask?", well there is a couple of factors the cause a low rating in this category. For starters the graphics and colorization are rather poor, the bag can't hold that many item's and once it gets full you either have to drop item's(basically delete them or use them at that time and place). Also the pixel resolution is very poor also, characters in normal perspective out side battles have no depth to them, the are wide body and generally flat characters. What makes up for the these factors is the fact that it is a Pokemon game, the story is still enjoyable and people who like to go back and play every game in a franchise will for sure love this game especially those who wish to play the first Pokemon game to be released ever.(this is debatable, depending on if you count Pocket monsters green version)The story of Pokemon Blue Version starts off like mostly any game in the Pokemon franchise and continues like all of the games before it (Pokemon Red & Pocket Monsters Green), you are a young 12 year old male(you can only be male in this version) starting off his journey. You awaken in a little town called Pallet town and you get your starting Pokemon from Professor Oak after you blindly walk into a field of grass without a Pokemon. After you head into the next town and get the parcel for the Professor he gives you your Pokedex and you set of on your journey to become a Pokemon master. You will face many challenges on your journey and meet many legendary Pokemon. Your mission and main purpose is to evolve and raise your Pokemon so that way you can take on gym leaders as well as the incredible group of trainers know as the Elite four, while working towards that goal there is a sinister evil organization in the works of Kanto(the region in the game where you are at) that are hell bent on capturing and enslaving Pokemon and using them for evil purposes and it's up to you to defeat the head of this organization. That evil organization known as Team Rocket, there goal is to steal Pokemon and take over all of Kanto.Along your journey you will find there are a ton of legendary Pokemon, like Mewtwo (which his cave is accessible as soon as you beat the elite 4, unlike in Pokemon Leafgreen), the three legendary birds can also be caught in this, Articuno, and Zaptoes are at the same area's they would be found in Pokemon Leafgreen but Moltres can be found in Victory Road instead of where it is found in Leafgreen. Also on a side note the game is smaller than Leafgreen, there is no island one, two or three."How much "depth" is in Pokemon Blue Version you ask?", well the game doesn't take very long to beat at all (just like the Pokemon games before it, Pokemon Red,and Pocket Monsters Green).Pokemon Blue Version has a moderate amount of activities to do in game, like playing slots for coins in the game corner, or going to the safari zone and capturing Pokemon you wouldn't find in to many other areas in the game(Pokemon like dratini) or fishing in basically any bodies of water, both large and small.The game is at a standard level map proportion wise, there are 10 towns you can go to with plenty of routes in between towns."How difficult is Pokemon Blue Version?", well Pokemon Blue Version isn't very difficult at all if your Pokemon team is diverse in type.The levels of the Pokemon even in the elite four are rather low compared to levels in the newer games, a team of level 45's-55 could beat the elite four. Gym battles are easier as well compared to newer game gym battles.Gym leaders Pokemon levels are lower than what you would expect/seen in newer games in the franchise for you newer game Pokemon fans.The games A.I is predictable and can easily be beat.Overall Pokemon Blue Version is a game with pretty relaxed difficulty, moderately acceptable graphics and excellent sound. Although I imagine it's not very appealing as compared to newer games in the franchise, but it is worth the moderate price of Viz it costs to play because its a chance to play the game that started the Pokemon franchise.
  Graphics 7   Sound 10   Addictive 6   Story 7   Depth 7   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 4.1/5     Submitted: 09-07-13     Updated: 09-07-13     Review Replies: 2


A legendary pokemon game (blue pokemon)   osanseviero
Overall featuresLots of battles: Different trainers, wild pokemons, gyms and rival battles.151 Pokémon (sadly not of them, since there are around 10 that are only for red version): This includes the legendary birds and Mewto.Different quests: Fight and defeat team rocket!Customize character and rival name8 gyms with medium/hard  leaders15 Pokémon categoriesLots of possibilitiesORIGINAL IDEAS!Routes, forests, museums, buildings,Easy controls5 different statsLevel 1 to level 100Areas to exploreGraphics: (8)The game has good graphics for the type of games of that years. They are normal:  Without colors or advanced moving and no running.Sound (10)Classic battle soundsClassic songsAddictiveness (9)It is addictive have the hard quest to get them allBut...sometimes grinding is required and it is not always funStory (6)Normal Pokémon game. There is no real story, it is straightforward continue waiting for the game that really represents the T.V. Show. It would be really coolDepth: (10)You can create different strategies and hundreds of different teamsDifficulty (6)It is not hard to win it, but you will need to create strategies.It is hard to get the 151 Pokémon
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 9   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 02-20-12     Updated: 02-20-12     Review Replies: 0


Pokemon Blue Review   dazzsheil
Play this game.Play it,play it,play it. Its one of the most addicting games ever made and is sooooooooo nostalgic it will make you remember your childhood allllll over again PLAY THIS GAME ASAP GRAPHICS: Not the best on the Game Boy but they still hold up to date as some of the best looking black white games in history,the only games that look better are the Zelda GB Games. SOUND: Some of the best and catchiest tunes on a handheld ever.The most notable song is the Wild Pokémon Encounter song.....so epic!!!!!!! ADDICTIVENESS: So fun. Such great game play and RPG Elements combined with cutesy fun fantasy element make Pokémon Blue one of the games I Come back to constantly. STORY: You are Blue....or Ash...whichever you prefer,and you are beginning your life as a Pokémon trainer.....I Don't want to spoil too much plot info so THATS YOUR LOT! DEPTH: 151 Pokémon,1 of which is only obtainable via glitching(ligitly,of course) and tonnes of places to go and lots to do and lots of Items to obtain....PokeMon Blue will have your Game Boy in your pocket at all times. DIFFICULTY: This games is an ASSSS Kicker and is one tough challenge and leveling your Pokémon takes a good while as well OVERALL: What can I Say about Pokémon? Its a pop culture phenonemon and is a hell of a good game. I Give Pokémon Blue a 10/10 P.S: It seems I've been giving out a lot of tens in my reviews latley.....those games deserve them and I Do through research and play the game all the way through before conducting a review......so stop complaining!
  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 10
      Review Rating: 3.6/5     Submitted: 06-19-11     Review Replies: 2


One of my favorite childhood games.   legacyme3
This game stands as one of the crowning games in my retro collection, and was one of my favorite games growing up. Graphics- 9 Compared to most games of the gameboy era, the game was very clean looking, and easy to see what you were doing. At times after the color came out, I questioned whether it wasn't in color already, however, on later inspection, it was all grayscale. Only Pokemon could have pulled this off and looked so clean. Sound- 10 The music is catchy, and has been retuned so many times over the years, countless remixes, and parodies of the many tunes still exist and continue to be made. On it's own the music is good by standards set by the Game Boy, but put the tunes into any pokemon game, and you will feel nostalgic and impressed with it's lasting quality. Addictiveness- 10 How do you combat childhood's small attention spans? By making one of the single most addicting games of all time. There's not much I can really say. If you argue, just play for yourself, if you are the audience it's dictated to, you will be pulled in. Story- 5 As good as this game is, I don't really know what to make of the story. You are a kid from Pallet Town, and your goal is to be pokemon champion. Why? Why do you as an 11 year old kid, have the desire to save the world by fighting team rocket? Why don't you ever go home and see your mother? Why the hell does she offer no resistence to an 11 year old boy traveling into the wild? The game doesn't have a story. At least, not a clear one. Maybe you are supposed to sort of decide for yourself. Depth- 8 Ever try to catch them all? Difficulty- 3 This game is not hard. Don't try telling me it is. I have beaten every pokemon game from blue to black (not counting the spin off games). This game is tremendously easy if you've ever played a pokemon game before. The controls are beyond simple. It's easy to memorize what type of pokemon a certain trainer has, and their levels, as well as their moves, it's easy to tell what type a pokemon is, as well as catching them. The game offers little challenge but is still fun Overall - 9.4. This game is a classic. Play it. You'll thank me. The game is fun, but really easy. It's one of the easiest RPG's on the market, but it's one worth playing.
  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 5   Depth 8   Difficulty 3
      Review Rating: 3.2/5     Submitted: 07-23-11     Review Replies: 4


Good'ol pokemon blue   jaws123

  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 7   Depth 7   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 3.2/5     Submitted: 06-05-13     Review Replies: 8


Good Game!   BorkLaser
Graphics- 8.2: For the time, it looks great. The animations I still love. Overall above average.Sound- 10: The music at times can be extremely epic. Addictiveness- 10: This game leaves you wanting play many times over again, that's pretty rare.Story- 4.3: Just about a kid who trains monsters to become the best.Depth- 10: You have 151 Pokémon to choose from, so there are many diverse sets of teams you can create.Difficulty- 7.2: As much as I enjoy this game, it's very vague with controls, and the CPU's  are predictable, but CAN give you a challenge.Conclusion- A few flaws, some biased fan (including myself). But what makes this game good is the fact of how delightful simplicity, the beauty of the lands, just all those new they added to turn based RPGs. I say give this game a play, it is what Pokémon perfects, the music, the graphics, the simplicity of it. Truly, it's the magic of Pokémon.
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 4   Depth 10   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 3.1/5     Submitted: 08-12-12     Review Replies: 0


The blue in pokemon   supercool22
Pokemon Blue Version : Game Review Well i would like to tell you that i somewhat think this game is good its the same as Pokemon Red because they both have the same cities / towns , same starters , and the same Elite Four but the only thing diffferent is the title . Now im going to describe the game to all of you . Graphics : 7 The graphics are good for a game that is old , same graphics as Pokemon Red / Green / Yellow / Gold / Silver / Crystal ( wow thats a lot of pokemon games ) . Maybe Game Freak would of did a lot better then this . Sounds : 10 the music brings back memories of the first time i played this game , which was on vizzed not to long ago but i bet people would of thought the same :D Addictiveness : 6 This game is not too addictive to me , i only played this game for like 10 minutes and i got bored , im not saying that i do not like pokemon is just " some " pokemon games are a little boring at times . Story : 8 Here is how the game starts , you are Trainer Red in your room , you have to go to Professor Oak's lab to get your pokemon , after choosing your pokemon you will battle blue ( or the name you put him as ) after you beat him ( or lose ) you have to go to Viridian City Pokemart to get a parcel to deliver to Professor Oak . I'm going to end it there . Depth : 8 This game offers a lot from battling Pokemon Trainer , Defeating Gym Leader , and Training your pokemon , To Beating the Pokemon league . Difficulty : 5 This is really not that hard , and i know all of you agree but there is one part of the game that is really hard to get through which is Seafoam Island so i try to avoid go through there . So thats all i got to say for now and i'm sorry for the last game review i made , that was by accident . Hope all of you have a great day :D
  Graphics 7   Sound 10   Addictive 6   Story 8   Depth 8   Difficulty 5
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 03-30-13     Review Replies: 4


Warning: May Cause Addiction   MoblinGardens
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.  

 
  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 9   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 03-24-13     Review Replies: 8


The age of pokemon begins   arwingstarfight..
Ah Pokemon, the iconic video game series with the creatures you can put in a poke ball and carry it around in your pocket. Hence the name, I only thought it was just an anime tv show the first time I knew about it but then one day for Christmas I had gotten the blue version of Pokemon and I was so psyched to start playing it immediately on my new Game Boy Colour. and eventually I learned I could play it on my Nintendo 64s Pokemon Stadiums game boy tower which was a great experience for me I just couldn't stop. And when I did it was usually to get a bite to eat. The very first pokemon I ever got, was a charmander  mostly because I wanted a charizard. This game and its counterpart, Pokemon Red version and later, Pokemon yellow, which was loosely based off of the anime, revolutionized the video game industry in several aspects including role playing games, virtual pets and having a great time trying to capture the original 151 creatures that you can put under your command. As of right now, we are about to start my first pokemon review so lets get right to it shall we. As always I shall begin with the story.You are introduced to a quick briefing by an old professor, named Professor oak, who would be responsible for the theme of naming regional professors after trees. He will ask for your name (but strangely he seems to struggle with his own grandsons name, very odd, but when you get old I bet the mind is the first thing to go) after deciding names for the main character, and his rival, who I shall just call Red and Blue respectively, you are then shrunk down to a smaller size and enter the incredible world of Pokemon. In your home town of Pallet town (which incidentally the cities and towns are all named after colours in the Kanto region ) You are found by professor Oak who will escort you to his research lab and offer Red and Blue a pokemon each, Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. once red picks his starter pokemon of choice, Blue will then pick the pokemon that has a type advantage over the one Red just picked and will result in the first pokemon battle ever as far as games go. After you win or lose the battle, (better to win if you want to earn some prize money) Your pokemon is completely healed and Red goes on a grand adventure to obtain every pokemon in existence during that time, fights against the notorious criminal gang team rocket and their boss Giovanni (who I think was based off of mob bosses especially with a name like giovanni and the fact that he looks like a mafia boss) and travelling all over Kanto to find and defeat the eight gym leaders to defeat the elite four and become a pokemon master. So thats a rough beginning of the two versions that started the franchise. Which I think may have been twenty years ago, hehe its almost as old as I am. But back to the review, its time to look at the graphics.Boy, handhelds have come a long way as far as graphics are concerned, an average 3ds game is what I like to call, gamecube on a cartridge, but I'm here to look at the graphics for one of the best video games for the original Game boy system. Looking at the game itself, theres not much to look at being on a monochromatic scheme with no colour whatsoever but it doesn't really matter to be perfectly honest because while graphic are a video games many important attributes, its the games gameplay that matters to me and that right there is what makes Nintendo such a tech giant in the world of video games. The graphics look like something you would see on a Nintendo entertainment system but only its portable. so while the graphics of pokemon red and blue might not look so colourful on a gameboy, thats where the idiom, beauty is only skin deep . If you were to put a pokemon red or blue version into a transfer pack for the nintendo 64s pokemon stadium, you can play it in the games gameboy tower and everything becomes colourful. For me that is just incredible even for a game boy game, It just blew me and my family away. my jaw almost hit the floor when I witnessed that amazing change. now we move onto the sound of pokemon red and blue versions.Like I said about the graphics being similar to a nintendo entertainment systems games its logical that the sounds would be 8 bit sounding as well but even to this day, the video game sound has always been identified with the 8 bit sound. Each pokemon has a unique cry unless its a rhyhorn in which case the cry is identical to a charizardsand when your pokemon is sent out with a critical condition like low hp, the pokemons cry becomes distorted indicating its weak condition. The attacks of each pokemon have nice sound effects and they are still etched into my brain today. the music is diverse as well such as Pallet Town which sounds like the ice cream man is driving down the street, even my Nanna pointed that out when I was visiting her. And many cities have a jolly theme like Viridian city and Pewter city. there even the creepy Lavender Town, which fittingly is a well know haunting ground for ghost pokemon, and speaking of the lavender town theme, children and adults allegedly hear the song differently which has led to some sort of creepy pasta story. But my favorite theme music includes the gym leader theme which i think is the best gym leader music ever, the music for Cinnabar Island, and the theme music for Cerulean City and Fushia City and the final rival battle theme. Junichi Masuda is by far the best video game composer in the business, there will never be another like him except for good old Koji Kondo. Now playing pokemon is an extremely addictive game but what makes it lose a few points for addictiveness is that you only have one save game file and thats just flat out annoying but other than that the game is still super addictive and as time goes on, pokemon as a franchise becomes more and more addictive. What will Nintendo think of next for this milestone of a franchie, well I don't know, thats up to Nintendo to decide but the sheer addictiveness of this game and by extension the series is by far some of the best fun I had growing up. Period. the actual blue version cartridge is still in my possession today and while it has gotten a bit dusty over the years, it will always hold the titles of first ever pokemon game I got to play and the first game that made me a Pokemon trainer and when you throw in the fact that there were 151 different species of pokemon to catch and train, it set the bar towards that goal for every player and as a result turned this game into a regular addictiveness game that every trainer in my day went nuts over in the good way. That's all I have to say about addictiveness. of Pokemon red and blue versions, now we move on to the depth.When this game came out and told us it had 151 different pokemon to catch, that was already a lot of depth and if I know a role playing game, they would have tons of depth. Not only was there that many creatures, but the world of pokemon at that time was already huge, even for a game boy game. And I love a game with a huge world to explore, you can cross the ocean, dig through caves and fly to cities which reminds me this game has an expanse of many different items, such as medicine, battle drugs (at least they aren't steroids right?) general use items, and items that can be used to teach your pokemon different moves, these are called TMs and HMs ( technical machines and hidden machines respectively.) TMs will teach your pokemon a new move but it is a single use only item so be careful and think hard before using it. Hidden machines, work a little differently in three regards. They can be used over and over again, (until generation five I believe where technical machines can be used again) second they are very important for making your way across Kanto, ad third, a pokemon who learns a hidden machine move can not unlearn it. Theres always a catch to something in this game called life and these catches are in our video games too. Items like escape ropes can help you get out of caves if you happen to get lost or if you want to make a quick exit.  and there are stat boosting items as well (eg: protein increases a pokemons base Attack while Iron improves the base defense of a pokemon.) The non player characters are great as well there's so many I don't even know what Kanto's total population is, maybe I should ask Bulbapedia.Well while the sprites for each NPC is different, they are more often than not the same character model depending on the trainer. Characters like Professor oak, Giovanni, Blue and Red are completely unique in their character models, each pokemon also has a unique front sprite that depicts the pokemon that appears on the screen. A few of these sprites did give me the odd bit of nightmare material, such as Golbat, Haunter, Gastly and the ghost of cubones mother, Marowak, when she is not exposed to the silph scope. but I'm older than that back then so I don't let those sprites bother me anymore. and then you have pokemon types like fire water and grass and each of these original types have a type effectiveness (eg Ice is super effective on types like grass, flying, and dragon types giving out 2x the damage of a regular attack formula, but if you use an ice type attack against a dragonite, the total damage will be multiplied to 4x the damage to poor dragonite.) there is also a formula called STAB which stands for same type attack bonus which will increase a fire type pokemons fire type attack by 50%, this applies to all pokemon. And thats all I can say about this games depth, in a nutshell, its perfect and now for the difficulty.Being a role playing game, Pokemon red and blue versions are the type of game where the difficulty lies in level ups, strategy and common sense for the player, by understanding this an experienced gamer who knows what they are doing should have no problem with this sort of game, but like I said before it depends on a variety of common elements that form the core principles of a role playing game, strategy, leveling up and using your head to solve certain problems. Using your brain is essential to complete this game and there are some puzzles outside of the battle mode that involves the use of certain pokemon moves (example, pushing boulders down dark holes to stop an oceans current) so in hindsight I would recommend this game to anyone, its a national treasure for nintendo and it set the stage for a very successful multi billion dollar franchise that spawned an anime, several manga, toys, several animated movies and a trading card game. And its all thanks to a man named Satoshi Tajiri, who was inspired by collecting various insects as a child in his old hometown and wanted to share that experience with the creation of Pokemon, and finally as a fan I feel like I want to thank the incredible concept artist, Ken Sugimori without him pokemon designs could have been a little different, thanks to all the staff at nintendo for making this revolutioary game franchise, Arwingstarfighter signing off
  Graphics 5   Sound 6   Addictive 6   Story 8   Depth 10   Difficulty 5
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 02-18-16     Review Replies: 2


My first pokemon game   mysticmann
So, what are Pokemon? (did you know what is :P)Pokémon are creatures who possess magical powers. Each Pokémon has its type, this type can be: fire, water, grass, stone, flying, psychic, ghost, normal, electric, poisonous or fighter. Each Pokémon uses attacks related to your type and each Pokémon has its advantage and weakness against other Pokémon. They can live free or can be used by people, people who use Pokémon are called Pokémon Trainers. Pokémon Trainers can use the Pokemon in different ways, as the Pokémon can help in everyday work, but there are coaches who use their Pokémon in battles against other coaches to see who has more skill and who has the best and strongest Pokémon.INTRODUCTION:welcome to my another analysis, Nintendo guys. Let's talk about a classic multi-million dollar franchise games that emerged in the mid-90s, and still captivates thousands of children, youth and adults around the world: Pokémon. The famous monsters pockets (Pocket Monsters) or Pokémon as they are known, emerged in the year '96, the designer and founder of Game Freak, Satoshi Tajiri, and since then have been launched many games, cards, stuffed animals, etc. . The Pokémon Red and Blue games (Green in the Japanese version) released for the portable GameBoy started the franchise, and nothing more fair than an analysis of these incredible games that marked the infancy of many. After all who never went through a games store and came across the familiar mouse rosy cheeks?HOME AND OBJECTIVE:The game starts begins at Pallet Town, in the Kanto region. In Pallet, where the player got his first Pokémon, having to choose between one of three initial: Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. After choosing the first, the other two Pokémon are not possible to capture usually only through trade with other players via a cable link GameBoy. In the versions Red and Blue, were initially 151 Pokémon available to be caught, but with a few different Pokemon in each version.Exclusive Pokemon Pokemon Blue: Sandshrew, Sandslash, Vulpix, Ninetales, Meowth, Persian, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Magmar, Pinsir.Exclusive Pokémon to Pokémon Red: Ekans, Arbok, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Scyther, Electabuzz.The games are based on two main objectives, defeat the Elite Four and capture 151 Pokémon available. For this, the player must collect 8 Insignia Pokémon Gym, so every gym fortePokem_33 being more than the last and some have some puzzles to be able to get to the Gym Leader. Each Gym Leader won, you can proceed to other cities, to advance in the game, and enable special abilities outside of battle, the HM's (more on HM's below). In addition to enabling the HM's, earn badges make your Pokémon obey when you are at a higher level. When your Pokémon increases to level very fast before you earn badges, they may disobey you, so that they do not execute blows in battle. To advance in the game, you have access to new routes and places with new Pokémon, which can not be captured elsewhere. After beating the Elite Four and have all HM's you are able to explore all parts of the game, and thus capture all the Pokémon, with the exception of Pokémon exclusive to each version, only obtainable by exchanges.The RIVAL:Early in the game, you know your rival, Gary. Both compete for who will be the best coach Pokémon Kanto, and you compete several battles the course of the game. After choosing your first Pokémon, Gary choose a Pokémon that takes advantage of his, and get his first Pokémon battle of the game. The first few times you meet your rival, it uses some Pokémon with a low level, but in the last battles he has some Pokemon with very high level, and if your Pokemon are not well trained, you could end up losing to him a few times.ROCKET TEAM:The course of the game, you are faced with some enemies along the way, Team Rocket. A gang of criminals who steal Pokémon and aims to rule the world. You find them in various parts of the game, the first time being shortly after winning his first Insignia, and it's up to you to defeat this gang in the end. Battles against the Rockets are easy, they almost always use the same Pokémon, but there are many Rockets and ends up being a bit tiring. When you enter the hiding place of the Rockets, there you will find many battles, puzzles and items, but it's a great place to train their Pokémon.GYM LEADERS:Brock: The first gym leader, Stone type. Brock uses a Geodude and Onix. To defeat him you get the Insignia of the Rock (Boulder Badge).Misty: The second gym leader, the Water type. Misty uses a Staryu and Starmie. To defeat it you win the Insignia of Cascada (Cascade Badge).lt. surge : The third gym leader, Electric type. Surge uses a Voltorb, a Pikachu and Raichu. To defeat him you get the Thunder Badge (Badge Thunder).Erika: The fourth gym leader, the type plant. Erika uses a Victreebel a Tangela and a Vileplume. To defeat it you get the Rainbow Badge (Badge Rainbow).Koga: The fifth gym leader, the kind Poison. Koga uses two Koffing a Muk and Weezing. To defeat him you get the Insignia of the Soul (Soul Badge).Sabrina: The sixth Gym Leader of the type Psychic. Sabrina uses a Kadabra, a Mr. Mime, one Venomoth and Alakazam. To defeat it you win the Insignia Mud (Marsh Badge).Koga: The seventh gym leader, Fire-type. Blaine uses a Growlithe a Arcanine a Ponyta and Rapidash. To defeat him you get the Volcano Badge (Badge Volcano).Giovanni: The eighth and final Gym Leader, Earth-type. Giovanni uses a Rhyhorn a Dugtrio a Nidoqueen a Nidoking and Rhydon. To defeat him you get the Earth Badge (Badge Earth).HIDDEN MACHINE AND TECHNICAL MACHINE (HM / TM):HM's and TM's are items that can teach certain skills to your Pokémon. The skills taught by the pokemon's TM may be replaced by other skills. Some Pokémon can only learn certain skills through TM's, but a TM can not be taught any Pokémon, after all what would be the logic of a Bulbasaur using Embers?The skills learned by HM are the most important. At certain points of the game, you can only move forward if any Pokémon has learned HM, for example, to use force to take a stone path, using Surfing to get on a distant island or remove a tree along the way with Cut.mewmew And MISSINGNO:Pokemon Red and Blue came with a failure in the Pokémon Mew can not be captured in a legal way. You can find some on the Internet Glitches or some tips for you to find Mew. In addition to the failure of Mew, first we met the MissingNo or Missing Number.Worthy of conspiracy theories to absurd tales involving paranormal, MissingNo always been a subject of much controversy. At first it was just a bug found in the game, which aomissingno capture him do that all saved data is lost, until he found that the battle a MissingNo, to win the battle, absurdly multiply the sixth item in your backpack. Some fans of the franchise wanted until the Game Freak MissingNo transformed in a Pokémon, which caused more controversy about this bug.Good points:The game itself was a breakthrough in portable games of the season, with gameplay and story that made any child entertained for hours and hours in front of a GameBoy. The thrill of having your own Pokémon team, train them, earn badges and out throughout Kanto seeking all was, and still is, very exciting. With the great success of Pokémon Red and Blue, with Nintendo Game Freak have been launching more and more Pokemon games, increasing more and more fans of monsters.Negative points:In my opinion, a negative point that counted a lot, was the fact that some Pokémon can be captured only in a version, needing then trade them with a friend Cable Link, after all, not everyone had a friend nearby who also owned one GameBoy to make changes, right?Important information about the game!During the game, you can catch other Pokémon, having no coach, for that, you must have Poké Balls, which are spheres that capture the Pokémon, there are different types of Poké Balls, each can have more or less likely to catch a Pokémon. Recalling that the Pokémon can successfully escape the Poké Ball before you capture it.You will also find (and you can buy as well) items for your Pokémon, items such as potion (restores the blood of your Pokemon), ether (recovers PP of some stroke of your Pokemon), heal (cure negative status), revive (revive her Pokémon defeated).You can also find items that increase status of your Pokémon or even evolve your Pokémon!Throughout the game you will also collect TM's and HM's (they are technical and attacks you earn from a coach or find the map) and it can teach you new moves to your Pokémon.Recalling that, being a RPG game, your Pokémon owned a LEVEL, and when this Pokémon battle and wins the battle, he gains experience points and when it reaches a certain number of experience, your Pokémon will advance 1 Level!Advancing level your Pokemon gets stronger status and reaching a certain level your Pokemon can even develop into a stronger form!CONCLUSION:Any Nintendo fan knows that along with Nintendo Game Freak nailed it when they made their bets on Pokémon. Nothing fairer than to remember, celebrate and repeatedly play this incredible game of the 90s that marked the childhood of many people. After all, if it were not for him, today Pokémon would not be such a brand recognized worldwide.
  Graphics 7   Sound 9   Addictive 8   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 8
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 12-05-15     Review Replies: 1


Good Game!   BorkLaser
Graphics- 8.2: For the time, it looks great. The animations I still love. Overall above average.Sound- 10: The music at times can be extremely epic. Addictiveness- 10: This game leaves you wanting play many times over again, that's pretty rare.Story- 4.3: Just about a kid who trains monsters to become the best.Depth- 10: You have 151 Pokémon to choose from, so there are many diverse sets of teams you can create.Difficulty- 7.2: As much as I enjoy this game, it's very vague with controls, and the CPU's  are predictable, but CAN give you a challenge.Conclusion- A few flaws, some biased fan (including myself). But what makes this game good is the fact of how delightful simplicity, the beauty of the lands, just all those new they added to turn based RPGs. I say give this game a play, it is what Pokémon perfects, the music, the graphics, the simplicity of it. Truly, it's the magic of Pokémon.
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 4   Depth 10   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 2.7/5     Submitted: 08-12-12     Review Replies: 2

You've finally been granted your Pokémon trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokémon trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokémon in this enormous world. Catch and train monsters like the shockingly-cute Pikachu. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Trade with friends and watch your Pokémon evolve. Important--no single Pokémon can win it all. Can you develop the ultimate Pokémon strategy to defeat the eight GYM Leaders and become the greatest Pokémon Master of all time?

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