Customer reviews:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Shipped Fast, Game Defaulty
Comment: I ordered this game b/c i enjoyed the Red Version so much and i wanted to capture the Unique pokemon in blue version. However, when i received the game and put it into my game system it turns on but u can't start a new game or Talk to anyone. I don't know what would cause this but either the game is defaulty or something is up. Won't be buying this online unless its from a game dealer.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good quality and fast shipping
Comment: Game came in the condition specified by the seller and the game was shipped fast.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Birth of a Series
Comment: Pokemon Red and Blue. The first two games to be released in America in the Pokemon series. For people my age, looking back at these games is nostalgia, but that doesn't mean these games didn't age well. In fact, they get better with age, due to the simply presented, yet deeply complex underlying mechanics. I mean, I sure as hell didn't know most of this game's underlying mechanics even EXISTED when I first played it.

The game starts you off with one pokemon, which you choose out of 3 possible starters. The pokemon you choose will almost invariably become the backbone of your team, so this is a decision you want to put some thought into. Each possible choice will give you options and strategies when building your team, such as a turtle (defensive) or an aggro (offensive) or a special attacker (gamble, sometimes your attacks will be devastating, sometimes they'll be ineffective. Note on this one, as you gain insight into how the mechanics of the game work, you'll understand which pokemon have a resistance to special attacks and which are weak to them) As a kid, I know I didn't put much thought into strategy, but playing through the game again today, there's a whole nother world underneath what I remember. A last note, you'll also have to be aware of type weaknesses and strengths. If a pokemon is weak to a certain type, getting hit by a move of that type will do double the damage, and if a pokemon is strong to a type, it'll take half the damage. Some types also have immunities to other types, like, Ghost is immune to Normal.

The main objective of the game is to raise and care for your pokemon, gaining experience from battles with wild pokemon and trainers for your pokemon to gain levels, which in turn will eventually mean learning new moves, or having some (most do) of your pokemon evolve into a new form. Make no mistake though, Pokemon is an RPG first and foremost. You'll sometimes have to grind for experience so you'll be able to get through the next challenge.

Getting into the story, you'll meet your childhood rival when you pick your starter pokemon, and as a note, he'll always pick the pokemon with a type advantage over yours. You'll have to fight him constantly throughout the game, and he'll obtain new pokemon and evolve his over time, just as you're doing. It's a well used pace-car, as the areas you meet him in lead to a new Gym, or an otherwise challenging area, and the designers made his pokemon just about as powerful in these encounters as the ones you'll find on the road ahead.

Which brings me to the next plot point, Gyms. Gyms typically have a small puzzle, or multiple trainers (at least one) that you must fight to get to the gym leader. For overcoming the leader in each gym, you receive a badge, which does multiple things, the main point being that you need all the badges to enter the final area of the game, the Pokemon League. Another very important factor of badges is that they break limitations on the levels of your pokemon. Badges are another pace-car of this game, as, if you were to level your pokemon up to an absurdly high level at the beginning of the game, they won't listen to what you tell them to do in battle. Each badge lifts a layer of that restriction away, so by the end, you'll be able to control pokemon all the way up to the level cap, 99.

A nice finishing touch to this already stellar game is the addition of legendary pokemon, which gives you incentive to keep playing even if you've beaten the story. Legendary means that there is only one of each of these pokemon in the game. There are technically 4 legendary pokemon in the first generation games, 5 if you count a glitch pokemon named Mew, used as a testing device in the production of the game, since it can learn any move. It wasn't removed, and there are ways of obtaining it. If you go after them, I wouldn't recommend going into a legendary encounter without 99 Ultra Balls (it's an item you use to catch wild pokemon that has a high success rate) You are required to go through a dungeon area to find each of these pokemon, and they'll be sitting at the end of it, so I suggest you save in front of them each time, and reset if something goes wrong. Yes, they're THAT hard to catch.

If you'd rather not bother with complex strategics, and wasting an hour of your life trying to catch one pokemon though, just go through and have a good time, don't worry too much about the strategy and hidden stats and all what-have-you. In my case, even as a kid, I didn't stop playing until I got all 151 pokemon, but that just proves, this game is versatile, it can suit whatever level of play you desire, and it'll be rewarding at any level too.

So to recap and make final points, Pokemon is an RPG in which you train and raise the titular creatures, collecting badges as proof of your abilities so you can challenge the 4 toughest pokemon trainers for the title of Pokemon Master. (corny, I know) The game has brilliant mechanics which allow you to play at a surface level, or get down and dirty into the minute details to eke out the best performance from your pokemon. All ages and sexes will enjoy this game. At most, it is similar to chess in complexity, at least, it is a casual experience anyone can pick up very quickly. If you haven't played the original Pokemon games yet, I would highly recommend you do so. It's worth $20 to play the game that started this huge franchise. Plus, you'll get maybe 20 or 30 hours of play out of it if you aren't using a guide.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Brings back memories
Comment: A great game from my childhood one of my favorite games of all time a classic that even today's kids will love

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Customer Rating:
Summary: This Pokemon game is AWESOME!!!!
Comment: I love this game!!!! I got it for a birthday present.
The Pokemon I got from Professor Oak is a Squirtle.
Some other Pokemon I have in this game:
- Pikachu
-Nidoking
-Victoreebel
-Vulpix
-Vaporeon
-Lapras
-Snorlax
-Tauros
-Kangaskhan
-Zapdos
-Cloyser
-Articuno
-Moltres
-Chansey
-Electrode
-Rhydon
-Dragonite

In this game you can find a Meowth to battle in the glasslands by Lavender Town and Celadon City, When I battle Meowth on the grassland by Celadon City, I feel like I'm battling Team Rocket's Meowth. I hate Team Rocket because they are evil, that they hurt pokemon. When I am battling Meowth by using one of my pokemon to knock it down, I blame Meowth for stealing Pikachu from Ash in the series and trying to mess up on Ash's friends Misty and Brock. Team Rocket should learn how to get away from Pikachu and stop bothering Ash, Misty, and Brock. Ash, Misty, and Brock are good trainers. When I play this game with my cousin, we go to the grassland by Celadon City to battle Meowth.

This Pokemon game is GREAT!!!!

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