Pokemon - Blue Version

by Nintendo

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000IYER
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: February 15, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #908 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Welcome to the world of Pokémon, one filled with wild Pokémon and the people who attempt to tame them. You are Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokémon trainer in the world. Professor Oak, the leading authority on Pokémon, has given you your choice of three tame Pokémon in exchange for your helping him catalog and document every Pokémon in the world.

But to catalog a Pokémon, you have to capture it by first beating it up with one of your trained Pokémon, and then hitting it with an empty Poké Ball. As your tame Pokémon gain experience in battle, their abilities improve and they earn access to new attacks. Sometimes they even evolve into more advanced Pokémon.

Aside from capturing wild Pokémon and evolving your own, you can catalog new Pokémon by trading with another Pokémon player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Color's infrared system. Pokémon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokémon, since each Pokémon game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, andPokémon Yellow) has certain Pokémon missing. Of course, as a Pokémon trainer, you've "gotta catch 'em all!"--150 to be exact. So if you own Blue and want to have a complete set of Pokémon, you must find a friendly Red or Yellow owner and arrange a trade.

Pokémon Blue is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story hook, intriguing strategy, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon and it's easy to see how it started the Pokémania that is sweeping the world. --Michael Fehlauer

Pros:

• Gameplay and strategy that's fun for all ages
• Fantastic replay value
• Brilliant game design encourages players to meet and trade

Cons:

• Hours of looking at the Game Boy's little screen may hurt neck
• Only 1 saved game per cartridge--2 people can't share a single game
• No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokémon

Product Description

This is one of the two first PokeMon games to come out for Gameboy. Based on the television series PokeMon Gotta Catch Em All.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Game Boy game ever!, November 16, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pokemon - Blue Version (Game Cartridge)

Most game boy games are just about having quick reflexes or shooting bad guys, but in this game, you have to use strategy. Its really great when you catch a new pokemon or defeat a gym leader. If any parents are reading this review and have read that newspaper article about this game being really vicious and all about using pokemon to fight- don't you believe it! If this game is vicious then so is chess! The game has other things in it as well- it teaches that if you want something then you have to work towards it. Also, some pokemon are really weak when you catch them, but they get incredebly strong when you train them hard enough- there's probably a moral in that somewhere.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great game for kids, beats watching tv!, May 22, 2000

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Laura Haggarty (Northern KY USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pokemon - Blue Version (Game Cartridge)

My kids and I all love the Pokemon Gameboys (the three of us each have our own Gameboy). The blue Pokemon game is very similar to the red, with the Yellow having some slight differences.

I like the way the Pokemon game challenges kids. I suggest also buying one of the books which shows the various routes and places. This allows kids to work at the tasks without getting frustrated.

The idea is to start at Prof. Oak's house, get your first Pokemon from him, and then journey all around the land of Pokemon, collecting various wild pokemon (which you catch by battling them until they faint), and doing battle with other trainers along the way.

In the process, kids learn to manuever through mazes of increasing complexity (which is why the manuals are a help), to gather and use items, and to develop strategies for fighting various types of Pokemon. My five year-old even started to read while using her Gameboy, from needing to know which items she had with her (in her Item List)!

All in all these are great games which can be played over and over (although only one game at a time can be saved), and which will provide your kids with hundreds of hours of fun.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pokemon Phenomenon makes huge hit with Pokemon Blue version, November 17, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pokemon - Blue Version (Game Cartridge)

By far, one of the best GameBoy games ever in America. In this game, the point is to capture and train 150 various monsters in order to become the best Pokemon Master. In this version there are 10 different Pokemon than the Red Version, but this one is defenitely one of the best. You will have a rival which you may name, not to mention you can choose from three different Pokemon at the beggining of the game. A must BUY, click on that ADD TO CART space now!