Differences between the Japanese Red, Green and Blue; English Red and Blue and the Yellow version
This page compares the version of Pokémon from the first generation games
Timeline of the first generation Pokémon games
February 27, 1996 - Pocket Monsters Aka (Red) and Midori (Green) released in Japan
1996 - Shortly after the release of Pocket Monsters Aka and Midori, Ao (Blue) version was released in Japan but exclusive through Coro Coro Magazine
September 12, 1998 - Pocket Monsters Pikachu released in Japan
September 30, 1998 - Pokémon Red and Blue released in the USA
October 10, 1999 - Pocket Monster Blue released in public in Japan
October 19, 1999 - Pokémon Yellow released in the USA
Title Screen
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Pocket Monster Aka ポケットモンスター 赤 Poketto Monsutā Aka |
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Pocket Monster Midori ポケットモンスター 緑 Poketto Monsutā Midori |
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Pocket Monster Ao ポケットモンスター 青 Poketto Monsutā Ao |
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Pokémon Red |
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Pokémon Blue |
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Pocket Monsters Pikachu
ポケットモンスターピカチュウ Poketto Monsutā Pikachū |
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Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition |
Sprites
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Pocket Monster Red |
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Pocket Monster Green The sprites are the same as it's red counterpart |
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Pocket Monster Blue Mass changes of sprites |
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Pokémon Red The sprites were taken from the Japanese Blue |
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Pokémon Blue Looks completely identical to it's Japanese counterpart |
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Pocket Monsters Yellow The sprites looks like a combination of both the Japanese Red/Green and English Red/Blue plus with more modifications |
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Pokémon Yellow Pretty much same as the its Japanese counterpart |
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Pokémon Crystal The sprites from the original Japanese Red and Green was reused in the GBC games such as Pokémon Crystal |
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Pokémon Leaf Green This really doesn't belong here other than the fact that it is a remake of the original Green. Every sprites has been enhanced and no longer has the 8-bit look |
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