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{{quote|''"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...can you develop the ultimate Pokémon strategy to defeat the eight Gym Leaders and become the greatest Pokémon Master of all time?"''|'''Blurb''' on the back of the boxes of ''Pokémon Red and Blue Versions''}}
The first installments of the ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]'' franchise hit the [[Game Boy]] in 1996 in Japan (as ''Red'' and ''Green''; see below) and in 1998 in North America. Taking place in Kanto based on the Japanese region of [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Kanto]], the [[Excuse Plot|plot is simple]]: [[Hello, Insert Name Here|you, an eleven-year-old with a]] [[Nice Hat]], are offered your very first [[Mon|Pokémon]] by Professor Oak, the local authority on Pokémon. He gives you a choice of three different types: [[Green Thumb|Bulbasaur]], [[Playing With Fire|Charmander]], or [[Making a Splash|Squirtle]]. His own grandson, your long-time [[The Rival|Rival]], gets second pick, and takes advantage of this to snag [[Elemental Rock
In exchange for your first Pokémon, Oak wants you to run an errand for him: [[Walking the Earth|travel around the world]] (or at least the whole region of Kanto) and [[Gotta Catch Em All|collect as many different Pokémon as you can]], recording all of them in your Pokédex. Of course, along the way, you're more than welcome to challenge the eight Gyms, collect their badges, and take on the Elite Four in hopes of [[To Be a Master|becoming the Champion]]. Then there's the emerging threat of Team Rocket, a [[Card
While the game's balance is undeniably broken (Balance? Psychic types LAUGH at your pitiful thoughts of BALANCE!), and glitches abound (Missingnoooooo!)...it's ''Pokémon''.
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* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: Kanto = the Kanto region of Japan, and eastern Chubu as well, with Johto from [[Pokémon Gold and Silver (Video Game)|Generation II]] being based on the western part of Chubu in addition to Kansai. (Kanto is the only region in the ''Pokémon'' games to share its name with the Japanese region it is based on, but the geography was still similar with later ones; Johto resembles Kansai and western Chubu, Hoenn and Sinnoh resemble Kyushu and Hokkaido, respectively, and Unova resembles [[Big Applesauce|New York City]] as well as a bit of [[Joisey|New Jersey]].)
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The same Juggler who later appeared in''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'' who says "Whoops,dropped my balls!" or a resonable facsimile, is in one of the gyms in this game.
* [[Infinity
** The Dragon type was probably intended to be this, being equally effective against ''all'' other elemental types, despite that there was only one evolutionary family of Dragon-types, and the only actual Dragon-type attack, "Dragon Rage", was a [[Fixed Damage Attack]] (and exempt from [[Elemental Rock
** The "Psychic" element quickly became broken, and not just because the strongest Pokémon in the first generation (the legendary Mewtwo) belonged to that element. Due to a programming error, the type's intended weakness to Ghost types was instead turned into a strength. It was weak to Bug types, but there were few strong Bug-type attacks or Bug Pokémon. Furthermore, most Bug types and all Ghost types had Poison as a secondary type, which was weak to Psychic. On the subject of Poison-types, Poison was far and away the most common elemental type of Generation 1, including most Bug- and Grass-type Pokémon. On top of that, Psychics tended to have a strong Special stat back when Special was the [[One Stat to Rule Them All]]. It was telling that one of the ''first'' things Gold/Silver did was introduce two new types specifically designed to counteract Psychics (Dark and Steel).
* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: Nintendo of Japan actually said this while releasing Japanese ''Red and Green'' and writing it off as a loss. It didn't top the sales charts, but it kept ''selling steady'' in a market where 80% of sales are made in the first two weeks. Nintendo made a few tweaks, released [[Updated Rerelease|Japanese Blue]] and got their cash cow.
* [[Killer App]]: This game singlehandedly revived sales for the aging [[Game Boy]], which ended up getting [[Game Boy Color|an upgraded version]] the same year as the North American versions of the games.
* [[Market
* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: The original [[Bubble Gun|BubbleBeam]] animation was accompanied by the visual flashing negative with dramatic sound effects.
* [[Off
* [[One Game for The Price of Two]]: It's Pokémon.
* [[One Stat to Rule Them All]]: "Special" dictated both attack ''and'' defense power in regard to special-based elements ([[Fire, Ice, Lightning]], Psychic, etc.). It was toned down a great deal in Generation II, wherein it was divided into separate Special Attack and Special Defense.
* [[Shout Out]]: Considering how Creatures ([[Earthbound (Video Game)|aka Ape, Inc.]]) helped make the games, it should come as no surprise to find some vaguely familiar faces in Red and Blue. The [http://walkthrough.starmen.net/earthbound0/image/screens/36/36-2.png crowning] [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:150Mewtwo.png example]...
** A Team Rocket member also mentions that he will make the player character [[The Godfather (Film)|an offer he/she cannot refuse]].
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*** The "give me your soul" line was mentioned on a Christian Fundamentalist website as an example of how the game was Satanic. Perhaps this specific condemnation was common enough that the developers noticed it.
* [[Extended Gameplay]]: After defeating the Elite Four, the Sevii Islands start opening more so than after Blaine was defeated. The islands are one of the few places in the third generation games where you can capture Johto (or Hoenn) Pokémon.
* [[Forced Tutorial]]: Even more so than in the originals, and considering they were the first installments that's saying something. Professor Oak insists on explaining how a Pokémon battle works during your initial battle with your Rival, and ''before you even play the game'', there are mandatory introductory screens showing you [[Viewers
** One particularly [[Egregious]] example occurs right in Pallet Town. A certain [[Ascended Extra|woman]] just ''has'' to show you what's written on a newly-placed sign near the lab, to the extent that you will not be able to leave Pallet Town unless you either read the sign or hear her recite what it says -- and all it says is [[Captain Obvious|press Start to open the menu.]]
* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: Unlike most examples, the error is present in the Japanese version as well: the Karate King, who was nameless in Generation I like every other Black Belt, was named Kiyo (Nobuhiko in Japanese) in Generation II, in which most Trainers gained names. In the Generation III remakes of the former, which added names to previously nameless Trainers, he's named Koichi (Takenori in Japanese); however, the Generation IV remakes of the latter went back to using the correct name.
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