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Pokémon: Blue - Gotta Catch `em all (Game Boy) |  | From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: £6.45
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 812
Platform: Game Boy
Genre: role-playing-games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Game Cartridge
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Game Boy Color
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 4 x 4 x 0.3
MPN: 73082
UPC: 045496730826
EAN: 0045496730826
ASIN: B00000IYER
Release Date: February 15, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk 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 catalogue and document every Pokémon in the world. But to catalogue 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 Pokémon 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 catalogue new Pokémon by trading with another player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Colour's infrared system. Pokémon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 since each game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon 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, 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 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 your neck
- Only one saved game per cartridge--two people can't share a single game
- No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokémon
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Pok'emon blue July 3, 2010
Luke Thrower
The yellow screen and the 8bit soundtrack bring back great youthful memories.
Starting up the game we can continue, new game or options. Options just affecting battle style , text and animations.
Meeting Prof. Oak is an important time for anyone venturing into the world of pok'emon. His opening dialougue has become iconic among fans as he describes the pok'emon and their uses.
Character customisation is at a premium here , you can either put in your name or one of the pre made options. This adds a personal touch and invites you into the world a little more.
Every story needs a rival and pok'emon is no exception. This kid you will grow to hate as he constantly berates your pok'emon and you. Not to mention he is Prof. Oak's grandson so his attitude is one of high class.
The top down adventure game comes alive with you awaking in your room, intrestingly a SNES system is lying infront of you as a bit of an easter egg joke, Much like in the most recent game their is a Wii.
Walking down stairs you meet your mom , who is always superglued to the tables chair, but she means well and happily sets you on your way into a world of perile danger with nothing more than a kiss.
As you step outside your house and feel the strange breeze blowing in from the sea. You wander down to Oaks and have the option of 3 pok'emon, Fire, water and plant. Being pok'emon Blue I just had to choose the mighty and rather cute Squirtle, although the choice also includes , Bulbasaur and Charmandar.
You can then give your name a cool nickname, or keep it the same. Not long after choosing your pet it's time to fight, the usual black swirling feels the screen and it feels good to be back in the game. Battle tune ringning in my ears , squirtle triumphantly victorious.
For no-one who has ever played pok'emon the battle system is extrememly easy, the 2 pok'emon are facing each other on screen and beside them is their level and health bar. You then choose between fight, other pok'emon, item or run. So for example I use tail whip , it causes a measly 3 damage. Fighting continues until none are left, of course if it's a wild one, weaken it then throw a pok'e ball at it and make it yours. Ensuring you complete the mantra , Gotta catch em all.
The games story really is just your own quest to become a top trainer. A journey through many towns , stopping off at gyms to beat that towns best trainer and get the badge. Along the way you will see many scary beasts, make new enemies and learn many skills.
Different towns have their individual feel, for example their is a city with slot machines , wereas another one has a radio station. The world really is so wide , there is always something new to see and its so surprising when you think about the age of the game.
The age does show in the games graphics , but its a wonderful take on the simplicity of the life we used to live. Motion controllers , HD and networking were all a pipe dream. I can remember spending hours playing this game everywhere and their is 100 of hours of gameplay. The graphics have an iconic feel and thats what makes it beautiful.
The sounds are wonderful, an 8bit track plays in the backgroung and the different tracks become very recognisable and is a piece of gaming history.
Its a testament to simplicity, only a D-pad and a A and B button are all you need to have fun. No difficult combinations or quick time events, just a little bit of tactics and outright love.
 Good memories October 22, 2006
Tom Cat © (Earth)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Its hard to believe looking back, that this game caused so much of a stir in the playground. Pokemon Red and Blue where a big deal during the mid 90's, and it was the game that really absored kids into a great adventure.
The layout of the game itself is simple, which I guess helped the popularity. But it was more of the objective that took sold the game - you had to become the 'best' pokemon trainer, and this could be done by winning lots and lots fights with other trainers.
I won't even go into what 'Pokemon' are (japanese for Pocket Monsters - hence they are kept in Pokeballs...) but to make it simple, their just creatures that are trained up and used for fighting other Pokemon. On your travels, you can catch Pokemon by using Pokeballs you may buy, and various other things can be bought too.
The game is captivating in that it seems to go on forever, and it is incredibly obsessive - there weere many a time you'd be in the middle of a battle, and the battery was about to die.... uh oh! The range of things to do is good as well - swim, ride a bike, go to a casino style place, lots of environments/people to see.
Their was also the now infamous cheat that soon went round the playgrounds. Remember it??..... Well, for those who want to know, it enables the player to gain MISSINGNO - the pokemon that is a... circuit board. Kids rumour had it that it 'ate' your other Pokemon, but was essential to completing the collection. The cheat also allowed the player to gain many other rare pokemon, including those available only on Red! To do these cheats, the player must 'surf' around the bottom left island, (on the map) on the edge of the right of the pier/ground. Sorry about the inaccurate description!
I tried to look at the game as an adventure - I didnt actually like the cartoon, and left that to the kids who like that kind of stuff. But frankly, now that I've grown up, I can honestly say that whether you likes the cartoon or not, the game is still as addictive as ever, and its an adveture worth taking!
Gotta Catch 'Em All! March 27, 2005
Tealady2000 (Edinburgh)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Pokemon Blue is one of the two original and best Pokemon Gameboy games (Red being the other). Your mission is to catch as many Pokemon as possible and train them up by defeating wild Pokemon, and Pokemon belonging to rival trainers, so that eventually you are powerful enough to defeat the Elite Four and become the champion trainer of all time. You'll have loads of adventures on ths way - you have to defeat 8 gym leaders and loads of bad guys who are members of Team Rocket. Although this game is a complete adventure in itself, if you want to catch all 150 Pokemon you will need to trade with someone who has the Red game, as some Pokemon are exclusive to each game. In addition some Pokemon only evolve when traded so you need to trade in order to actually generate certain evolved species. This has to be the most original and absorbing console game ever - full marks!
Pokemon Blue (must have) December 29, 2000
Richard Cowley (West Midlands)
19 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is an excelent game to play. I think that the pokemon games should be top for the gameboy. The graphics could be a bit better like in Pokemon Yellow and gold and silver versians , but the gameplay is great.
pkmn blue July 31, 2000
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
It has detailed pictures and people not to forget pokemona great game to play and battle and high class pokemon best so far? I think it is BRILLIANT!
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