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{{Header Nav|game=Pokémon Red and Blue|num=5}}
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{{Infobox
{{Game
|completion=5
|image=Pokemon red box.jpg
|title=Pokémon Red and Blue
|title=Pokémon Red and Blue
|image=Pokemon red box.jpg
|developer=[[Game Freak]]
|developer=[[Nintendo]], [[Game Freak]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|year=1996
|systems={{syslist|gb|3ds}}
|ratings={{ESRB|E}}{{USK|none}}{{OFLC|G}}{{PEGI|3}}
|genre=[[RPG]]
|genre=[[RPG]]
|systems=[[Game Boy]]
|players=1-2
|released={{jp|1996|October 15}}{{us|1998|September 30}}{{eu|1999|October 1}}
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|players=1-2
|ratings={{ESRB|E}}{{USK|none}}{{OFLC|G}}{{PEGI|3}}
|media=8Mb cartridge
|followed by=[[Pokémon Yellow]]
|followed by=[[Pokémon Yellow]]
|series=Pokémon
|series=Pokémon
|twitch=Pokémon Red/Blue
|twitter=Pokemon
}}
}}
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'''Pokémon Red and Blue''' were the original releases of the Pokémon RPG games for the [[Game Boy]], and are some of the best-selling games of all time. They were released in Japan in [[1996]]. The Japanese versions were Pocket Monsters: Red and Green. Later that year a third version with improved graphics, Pocket Monsters: Blue Version, was released. The international Pokémon Red and Blue Versions were later released both using the game engine of the Japanese Blue Version but featuring the exclusive Pokémon of the Japanese Red and Green Versions respectively.


'''Pokémon Red and Blue''' were the original releases of the Pokémon RPG games for the [[Game Boy]], and are some of the best-selling games of all time. They were released in Japan in [[1996]]. The Japanese versions were Red and Green. Then they revised Green and released it as Pocket Monsters: Blue Version before localizing it as Pokémon Blue in North America.
A digital re-release of Pokémon Red and Blue was launched on February 27, 2016 in the Nintendo 3DS e-Shop, for Pokémon's 20th anniversary of the original Japanese launch of the series on the original Game Boy.


Become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world! Start your Pokémon Game Boy adventure by choosing a Pokémon at the home of the great Professor Oak. Then start your journey.
<gallery>
File:PokemonBlueBox.jpg|English language boxart for Pokémon Blue version.
File:Pocket Monsters Red and Green JP box.jpg|Japanese boxart for Pocket Monsters ''Aka'' and ''Midori'' (the original version of Blue).
File:Pocket Monsters Aoi Version Cover.jpg|Japanese boxart for Pocket Monsters ''Aoi'' version (the Japanese "third" version).
File:Pocket Monsters Aka and Green Flyer Front.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aka'' and ''Midori'' versions front.
File:Pocket Monsters Aka and Green Flyer Back.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aka'' and ''Midori'' versions back.
File:Pocket Monsters Aoi Flyer Front.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aoi'' version front.
File:Pocket Monsters Aoi Flyer Back.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aoi'' version back.
</gallery>
 
==Story==
Become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world today! Start your Pokémon Game Boy adventure by choosing a Pokémon at the home of the great Professor Oak, then start your journey to be the greatest Pokémon master!


Your mission: Beat the Elite Four and become the Kanto Region's Pokémon Champion, and catch all 151 species of Pokémon. To complete both tasks, you must train your Pokémon, as well as use them to capture other Pokémon. Along the way, many skilled trainers, such as your rival (known as Gary in the TV show, and Blue in the games), Gym Leaders, members of Team Rocket, and many others will challenge you to Pokémon battles. You can't back down, so be ready for anything!
Your mission: Beat the Elite Four and become the Kanto Region's Pokémon Champion, and catch all 151 species of Pokémon. To complete both tasks, you must train your Pokémon, as well as use them to capture other Pokémon. Along the way, many skilled trainers, such as your rival (known as Gary in the TV show, and Blue in the games), Gym Leaders, members of Team Rocket, and many others will challenge you to Pokémon battles. You can't back down, so be ready for anything!
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Now, go out and become a Pokémon Master!
Now, go out and become a Pokémon Master!


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== Artwork ==
<gallery>
File:PokemonBlueBox.jpg|English language boxart for Pokémon Blue version.
File:Pocket Monsters Aka Version Cover.jpg|Japanese boxart for Pocket Monsters ''Aka'' version.
File:Pocket Monsters Midori Version Cover.jpg|Japanese boxart for Pocket Monsters ''Midori'' version (the original version of Blue).
File:Pocket Monsters Aoi Version Cover.jpg|Japanese boxart for Pocket Monsters ''Aoi'' version (the revised version of Green).
File:Pocket Monsters Aka and Green Flyer Front.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aka'' and ''Midori'' versions front.
File:Pocket Monsters Aka and Green Flyer Back.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aka'' and ''Midori'' versions back.
File:Pocket Monsters Aoi Flyer Front.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aoi'' version front.
File:Pocket Monsters Aoi Flyer Back.jpg|Japanese flyer for ''Aoi'' version back.
</gallery>
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