Pokémon Red and Blue

Pokémon Red and Blue, along with Pokémon Green (Japan only), are the first Pokémon games ever released. It is currently among the best selling games of all time.

Plot
Pokémon Red and Blue is about a young boy who starts on a journey to become a Pokémon master. He travels through Kanto, defeating other Pokémon trainers, earning badges, and capturing Pokémon. He also has to deal with the nefarious Team Rocket.

Gameplay
Pokémon is an RPG. However, instead of the main character fighting, his Pokémon fight for him. There are 151 different types of Pokémon in the game that the player can obtain by doing multiple things including fighting, trading, or finding in Poké Balls. While the player can catch all of the Pokémon, you are only allowed to have six Pokémon in your pocket at a time.

Playable

 * Red - Red is a young man on a quest to become the world's greatest Pokémon Master. In the anime, Red is renamed Ash. In Japan, Red (Ash) is known as Satoshi, after Satoshi Tajiri.

Major Non-Playable

 * Professor Oak - Prof. Oak is a friendly researcher living in Pallet Town. He gives Red his first Pokémon and his Pokédex.


 * Gym Leaders - The Gym Leaders are a group of eight of the top trainers in Kanto. If you beat them, you earn a badge. Each use a single type of Pokémon.


 * The Elite Four - The Elite Four are the best trainers in the world. If you can beat them, you are a Pokémon Master.

Enemies

 * Blue - Blue is Prof. Oak's grandson and your greatest rival. He will periodically appear to challenge you. He is also known as Gary.


 * Team Rocket - Team Rocket is a group of evil trainers that steal other people's Pokémon and engage in other illegal activities.

Japanese Blue Version
The Japanese version of Pokémon Blue (Japanese: ポケットモンスター 青) was the third Pokémon game released in Japan. It was only sold to the CoroCoro subscribers initially. It was released as a graphical upgrade from the original games, Pokémon Red and Green. Various other fixes were also implemented (glitches that were in the Red and Green). It provided the engine for the American Pokémon Red and Blue.

Some changes that included:
 * Most of the Pokémon sprites were redesigned.
 * The Catch rates were adjusted.
 * The Cerulean Cave was set up differently from the Pokémon Red and Green, using the layout that would be that of the English release of Red and Blue.
 * The popular Mew Glitch was removed from the game.

Remakes

 * Pokémon Yellow
 * Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen