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Pokémon FireRed Version ポケットモンスターファイアレッド
Pokémon FireRed Version's boxart,featuringCharizard
Pokémon LeafGreen Version ポケットモンスターリーフグリーン
Pokémon LeafGreen Version's boxart,featuringVenusaur
Basic info
Platform:	Game Boy Advance
Category:	RPG
Players:	up to 5
Connectivity:	Game Link Cable,Wireless Adapter,e-Reader
Developer:	Game Freak
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Generation IIIcore series
Ratings
CERO:	全年齢 (all ages)
ESRB:	E
ACB:	G8+
OFLC:	G8+
PEGI:	3
GRAC:	Not applicable
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	January 29, 2004[1]
North America:	September 9, 2004[2]
Australia:	September 23, 2004
Europe:	October 1, 2004[3]
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Pokémon.co.jp Nintendo.co.jp
English:	Pokémon.com Nintendo.co.uk (FireRed) Nintendo.co.uk (LeafGreen)
Japanese boxart Boxart of Pocket Monsters Firered. Boxart of Pocket Monsters Leafgreen.

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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Pokémon FireRed Version (Japanese:ポケットモンスターファイアレッドPocket Monsters Firered^[4]) andPokémon LeafGreen Version (Japanese:ポケットモンスターリーフグリーンPocket Monsters Leafgreen^[4]) are a pair ofcore seriesGeneration III games that are set in theKantoregion. They were released in Japan on January 29, 2004, in North America on September 9, 2004, in Australia on September 23, 2004 and in Europe on October 1, 2004.

As the firstremakes in the Pokémon franchise, the games revisit the original pair of Pokémon games,Pokémon Red and Green Versions. The remakes feature the characters, plot elements, and challenges from the originals, along with several updates introduced in Generation III.

TheGame Boy Advance Wireless Adapter was initially included with the games when they were first released, eliminating the need forGame Link Cables when trading between the two games (and laterPokémon Emerald). In later copies, it was sold separately.

FireRed and LeafGreen went on to become the second best-selling games on theGame Boy Advance, only behindPokémon Ruby and Sapphire. They also receivedNintendo'sPlayer's Choice awards (the only core series games to receive this award).

FireRed and LeafGreen are the first of two remakes to take place in the region of Kanto, and were followed byGeneration VII gamesPokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! in 2018.

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

The plot follows the same storyline asGeneration I, with theplayer beginning inPallet Town. After meeting up withProfessor Oak while trying to leave forRoute 1, both the player and theirrival are asked by Oak to choose afirst partner Pokémon—Bulbasaur,Charmander, orSquirtle—from the desk near him. Oak allows the player to choose first and therival quickly gets jealous, chooses the first partner Pokémon whosetype is super effective against the player's first partner Pokémon, then challenges the player to abattle. During this battle,Professor Oak commentates.

After the battle, Oak allows the two new Trainers to leave for theirjourney acrossKanto. Stopping inViridian City'sPoké Mart, the player will find that apackage has come in for the professor, and the clerk asks that it be delivered to him. After this has been completed the professor gives onePokédex to the player and one to the rival, and sends them on their way. Viridian City has a Gym; however, it is locked.

From here, the player has their first encounter with other Trainers, onRoute 2 and inViridian Forest, and their first encounter with aGym Leader:Brock theRock-type Gym Leader ofPewter City. After his defeat, journeying alongRoute 3 and throughMt. Moon brings the player face to face with the regionalvillainous team,Team Rocket, who are attempting to extract rareFossils from the cave. Their defeat allows the player to continue through the cave, obtain theDome Fossil orHelix Fossil which can be regenerated intoKabuto andOmanyte, and continue ontoRoute 4, which leads directly intoCerulean City, where anotherGym is. This one, however, is run byMisty, and specializes inWater-type Pokémon. To the north, as well, there are tworoutes leading up toBill's cottage. On the way, the player is confronted with a trainer who tries to persuade them to joinTeam Rocket. When the player reachesBill's cottage and frees him of his transformation into aClefairy, he will give the player a ticket for theS.S. Anne, a luxury ship moored inVermilion Harbor and filled with Trainers. Taking a shortcut through a house burglarized by Team Rocket, the player finally arrives atRoute 5.

After traveling down Routes 5 and6, using theUnderground Path to bypassSaffron City, the player finally arrives inVermilion. This city is home to another Pokémon Gym; however, the way to it is blocked by a small tree. The only thing to do is to show the ticket to theSailor guarding the harbor, allowing entry into the S.S. Anne. It is here, after assisting the captain with his seasickness, that the player will obtain the first of the sevenHidden Machines available in the game, containingCut. With this, and theCascade Badge, the tree blocking the way to Vermilion Gym can be easily cut through, andLt. Surge, a Gym Leader specializing inElectric-types, can be challenged. From here,Route 11 beckons, as doesDiglett's Cave, through which is the only way to get back toRoute 2, and a second HM, containingFlash held by one ofProfessor Oak's aides onRoute 2. The player takes a brief detour to Pewter City's museum's back entrance which was previously blocked due to a Cut-able tree, which can now easily be bypassed. The player obtains theOld Amber in the museum. Heading back to Diglett's Cave, and to Vermilion, the player must go to Cerulean and to the east, ontoRoute 9 and towards theRock Tunnel.

Rock Tunnel, a still undeveloped natural tunnel between the sections ofRoute 10, is pitch black inside; for this reason,Flash is recommended, but not required, for navigation of it. Finally reachingLavender Town, the only town in Kanto without a Pokémon Gym besides Pallet, there is not much to do; the localPokémon Tower is haunted. From here,Route 8 leads to Saffron City, but it again must be bypassed by way of anotherUnderground Path, which has its other entrance onRoute 7, on the west side of Saffron.Celadon City, the home of the fourth Gym which specializes inGrass-type Pokémon, is just a short walk further. Like the Vermilion Gym, the Celadon Gym also has a small tree blocking the way to its entrance, and an old man outside.

TheRocket Game Corner in Celadon is not what it appears to be. In fact, the Game Corner itself is merely the above-ground portion of a sprawling underground complex: theRocket Hideout. The Team Rocket boss, Giovanni, appears for the first time here, and after his defeat, flees, leaving behind a Silph Scope. A Silph Scope is required to fully navigate the Pokémon Tower inside of Lavender Town that the player encountered earlier.

After this, the Pokémon Tower can be navigated, and the ghosts haunting it are revealed to beGastly andHaunter. In front of the stairs to the final floor, blocking the way, is also a final spirit, that of a deceasedMarowak that was killed by Team Rocket when they captured her child. Making it all the way to the top revealsMr. Fuji held hostage by Team Rocket grunts, who will leave when they are defeated. Fuji gives away thePoké Flute, and with that, theSnorlax blockingRoute 11 andRoute 16 can finally be moved away. Another HM, containingFly, can be obtained easily by cutting away a tree blocking the northern section of Route 16.

Now the player is presented with a choice of how to get toFuchsia City. Traveling down either way the Snorlax are blocking, a faster way via Routes 16,17, and18 onCycling Road, or down theSilence Bridge of Routes12,13,14, and15, inevitably brings one to the southernmost city in continental Kanto,Fuchsia City, home ofKoga of thePoisonous Fuchsia Gym and theKanto Safari Zone. The Safari Zone is currently running a contest: the person to reach a specific rest house first will win yet another HM, containingSurf. Finding theSafari Zone Warden'sGold Teeth also will have him reward the player with the final of Kanto's HMs, containingStrength.

The player then goes back to eitherCeladon City orLavender Town, encountering the otherSnorlax on the way back. After stopping off at theCeladon Mansion and getting someTea, Saffron City can finally be entered. However, Team Rocket is guarding almost every door in the city, including that of the local Pokémon Gym! One of the open buildings, however, is the unofficial Fighting-type Pokémon Gym. After the player defeats the Fighting Dojo, they are entitled to either aHitmonchan or aHitmonlee. The city's centerpiece building,Silph Co.'s headquarters, has also been infiltrated by the organization, and at the top, waiting in the boardroom, is the Team Rocket Boss,Giovanni, appearing for a second time, demanding that the president give him theMaster Ball that the company had developed. After his defeat, he flees.

After Team Rocket clears out ofSaffron City, all buildings previously blocked are now open, as well as the Gym. The Gym Leader,Sabrina, specializes inPsychic-types. The floor, as well, is covered in warp tiles that make it difficult to navigate. After Sabrina's defeat, the player makes their way back to Fuchsia City again and heads out to obtain the rest of the Badges.

With six Badges in hand, and five HMs in theTM Case, finally the player can adventure onto the open sea of Routes19 and20. A short way across them, of course, is a minor obstacle: theSeafoam Islands. After they have been navigated through, the player can continue on Route 20 toCinnabar Island, home ofBlaine'sFire-type Gym. There are also several more facilities on the island, including one that actually revives PokémonFossils. After Blaine's defeat,Bill shows up again, because he needs help in a small region south of Kanto, theSevii Islands. If the player accepts, theSeagallop Ferry will travel toOne Island, where a friend of Bill's,Celio, is attempting to connect the islands' PC system to that of Kanto. During this, there is also a crisis inTwo Island, where the daughter of the owner of theJoyful Game Corner has gone missing, and inThree Island where a group of invadingBikers are causing trouble. After defeating them and finding the lost girl,Lostelle, who is inBerry Forest, Bill and the player will return to Kanto, where the final Gym, that of Viridian City, lies.

Finally unlocked, the Gym, whose leader specializes inGround-types, is revealed to be none other than the boss of Team Rocket himself,Giovanni! After his defeat, he vows to disband Team Rocket and disappears. Now with eight Badges, all that lies ahead is thePokémon League atIndigo Plateau, conveniently at the end ofRoute 23.

TheElite Four await challengers, those who have proven themselves worthy by getting all eight Badges and making it throughVictory Road will face them, in order.Lorelei, whotrainsIce-type Pokémon is first, followed byBruno, whose specialty isFighting,Agatha, whose specialty isGhost, and finallyLance, who specializes inDragon-types. After defeating these four, the reigningPokémon Champion challenges the player to a final battle, and the Champion is none other than the player's own rival! After his defeat, Oak arrives and tells the player that they won because they care better for their Pokémon, and the player's currentparty are added to theHall of Fame.

Post-game

After the credits roll, the player is back in Pallet Town.Professor Oak will have the player come to his lab to check on the Pokédex. If the player has obtained at least 60 Pokémon he will then upgrade it to theNational Pokédex and ask the player to go back to the Sevii Islands to encounter Pokémon that Professor Oak has never before seen.

There is some more work that Celio needs to do on his network machine, as he wishes to link to yetanother region. The signal, however, is not strong enough, and he needs theRuby and theSapphire, two items found in the Sevii Islands, to strengthen it. The Ruby is found deep in a cave inMt. Ember, which Team Rocket grunts have been seen fooling around with. The Sapphire lies at the deepest part of theDotted Hole inRuin Valley. The Ruby can be given to Celio without a hitch; however, the Sapphire, when found, is stolen by aScientist namedGideon, who takes it back to Team Rocket'swarehouse in theFive Isle Meadow. By infiltrating the warehouse and defeating the remaining Rocket Admins, they realize that Giovanni has disbanded Team Rocket. They do, however,vow to return one day, and bring Team Rocket back to its former glory. Gideon reluctantly gives back the Sapphire, and after this, trades are possible with theHoenn-basedPokémon Ruby, Sapphire, andEmerald. The Elite Four can once again be challenged, and their Pokémon are 12 levels higher, with some of them possessing new Pokémon. In addition,Cerulean Cave is now open, and the powerfulMewtwo can be found there.Entei,Suicune, orRaikou will also begin roaming the Kanto region, depending on whether the player choseBulbasaur,Charmander, orSquirtle, respectively, as their first partner Pokémon.

Blurb

Set off on a grand adventure to fulfill your dreams of becoming aPokémon Master! Explore theKanto region and discover wild Pokémon around every corner. Build your Pokémon collection and train and battle your way to success—earn your badges as you develop winning strategies to use against experiencedGym Leaders in every town. Explore every inch to uncover amazing secrets that will help you in your quest to be the very best trainer ever!

• Trade, battle, and chat wirelessly! All newWireless Adapter comes packed in every game, so trainers can trade, battle, and chat between their FireRed and LeafGreen versions with no cables!
• Catch loads of Pokémon in never-before-seen island areas!
• Expand your collection when you trade with a friend. Link up withPokémon Ruby and Sapphire orPokémon Colosseum to catch them all!

Changes from Pokémon Red and Green

Gameplay

• A new female characterLeaf is introduced as an alternative to the male characterRed, who was the only playable character inGeneration I.
• A resume feature was introduced, allowing players to remember the four most important events they achieved in the games the last time they were played. After entering theHall of Fame, the resume feature displays the last four notable things the player has done recently instead of showing a specific event.
• A game introduction feature, which explains the controls of the game, was added. This feature continued to appear in all games inGeneration IV.
• TheHelp System was added, which can be activated by pressing the L or R buttons on the console. There is also another help feature in the form of theTeachy TV, which is given by anold man inViridian City.
• A new southern region, theSevii Islands, is accessible, whereGeneration II Pokémon can be caught. Notably, most of these Pokémon cannot be found inPokémon Ruby, Sapphire, andEmerald.
• Pokémon attacks now use Generation III mechanics instead of Generation I, such asBite now being a Dark-type move.
• Team Rocket has an expanded role in the game's post-game storyline, with a new base in the Sevii Islands.
• Pokémon canbreed in thePokémon Day Care inFour Island. The daycare onRoute 5 remains, but it is still limited to only caring for one Pokémon at a time.
• The AbilityPickup has been modified fromRuby and Sapphire, which also includes that some of theBerries from those versions can be picked up in FireRed and LeafGreen. This is due to the inability to grow Berries inKanto. The other Berries can only be collected by trading Pokémon from those versions as well asEmerald.
• A man is present in a house inCerulean City and will help createBerry Powder viaBerry Crush. This powder can then be exchanged for rare and valuable items.
• Trainers outdoors can be rebattled using theVs. Seeker.
• Information on major characters, such asGym Leaders, is recorded in theFame Checker.
• TheItemfinder can now detect hiddencoins in theRocket Game Corner.
• Three additional aides for Professor Oak have been added to reward the player with items that were introduced in Generations II and III, while a returning aide now gives out theExp. Share, the upgraded version of the Generation I item Exp. All.
• Pokémon movelists are updated to include moves introduced inGeneration II andGeneration III.
• TheTM list is shared with other Generation III games. In addition,Move Tutors become available to teach moves formerly contained inGeneration I TMs.
• TheElite Four andChampion can be rebattled, and acquireGeneration II Pokémon on their teams after theSevii Islands quest has been completed.
• Blast Burn,Frenzy Plant, andHydro Cannon are available as Move Tutor moves atCape Brink onTwo Island. They can only be taught to the final evolved form of the player'sfirst partner Pokémon, or other members of that same species.
• There is a new minigame corner, theJoyful Game Corner, onTwo Island, where players can connect together, along withEmerald, and can play multiplayer minigames (Pokémon Jump andDodrio Berry Picking) over thewireless communication system. This feature becomes usable after the events atThree Island.
• Cerulean Cave in these games is very similar to the one inRed and Green. The only difference is the Generation III addition ofbreakable rocks.
• It is now possible toFly to thePokémon Centers in Routes4 and10.

Pokémon

• As in allGeneration IIIgames, Pokémon now havenatures,Abilities, andgenders, and canhold items.
• Magnemite andMagneton now areElectric/Steel, as they have been sinceGeneration II. In the originalRed and Green games, they were pureElectric-type.
• Pokémon retain their Generation II and IIIevolutionary lines (e.g.Golbat can evolve intoCrobat), but cannot evolve into these new stages until after the player has obtained theNational Pokédex.Eevee is the only exception to this, sinceEspeon andUmbreon cannot be obtained due to the lack of a clock system in the game, and trading between the other Generation III games is required to obtain them.
• Several Pokémon locations and availability have been changed:
  • Both Nidoran, originally available to catch on Route 22 before Brock are now located on Route 3 which can only be accessed after Brock.
    • On Route 5-6, an NPC originally trading a female Nidoran for male in Japanese Red and Green while a male for a female in English Red and Blue instead now trades a female Nidoran for a male in LeafGreen and a male for a female in FireRed, with the one with higher encounter rate being traded for the one with lower encounter for both versions.
    • Nidoran can no longer be obtained from Game Corner like in Generation I.
  • Ditto is no longer available on the route outside Victory Road like in Red and Blue but can be found in Pokémon Mansion like in Yellow.
  • Magmar (LeafGreen only) andPonyta have been moved to new locations. Ponyta is now located on One Island'sKindle Road, and Magmar is now atMt. Ember. In Generation I, they were both found in thePokémon Mansion onCinnabar Island.
  • Deoxys debuts two new forms: Attack Forme (FireRed) and Defense Forme (LeafGreen), which appear exclusively in the respective games.
  • Moltres has moved from its original location inVictory Road toMt. Ember.Cerulean Cave, where Mewtwo resides, now requiresRock Smash for navigation, and it cannot be entered until after the post-game mission in the Sevii Islands has been completed.
  • One ofJohto'slegendary beasts (Raikou,Entei, orSuicune) willroam around Kanto after completing the Network Machine quest on the Sevii Islands during the post-game. The beast that appears is the one that has a type advantage over the player'sfirst partner Pokémon.
  • TheMankey andMeowth lines, originallyVersion-exclusive Pokémon, are now available in both games, thePsyduck,Shellder,Slowpoke, andStaryu lines have become Version exclusives.
    • Due to this change,Lickitung, which was originally available through an in-game trade by tradingSlowbro in both Red and Blue, now is traded forGolduck in FireRed but still traded for Slowbro in LeafGreen.

Version-exclusive Pokémon

The following Pokémon are only obtainable in one game of this pair. In order to obtain Pokémon exclusive to the other game of this pair, they must be traded either from that game or from another compatible game ofGeneration III which has that Pokémon available. In addition,Mew, severalGeneration II Pokémon and allGeneration III Pokémon (exceptAzurill,Wynaut, andDeoxys) must be traded from aHoenn-based game.

FireRed 0023 Ekans Poison 0024 Arbok Poison 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0058 Growlithe Fire 0059 Arcanine Fire 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0182 Bellossom Grass 0194 Wooper Water Ground 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0225 Delibird Ice Flying 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 0239 Elekid Electric 0386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic

LeafGreen 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0037 Vulpix Fire 0038 Ninetales Fire 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0120 Staryu Water 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0126 Magmar Fire 0127 Pinsir Bug 0183 Marill Water 0184 Azumarill Water 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0223 Remoraid Water 0224 Octillery Water 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0240 Magby Fire 0298 Azurill Normal 0386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic

Graphics

• Dialogue text is rendered differently based on the gender of thenon-player characters.
  • In the Japanese versions, male NPCs are given a computer-style font while female NPCs show a font that resembles handwritten text. Text from other sources uses the same font as male NPCs.
  • In non-Japanese versions, the differentiation is instead done with colors: male NPCs use blue text and female NPCs use pink text. Text from other sources is black.
• When entering certain locations such asViridian Forest orDiglett's Cave, an image of the location appears.
• A few scenes have been fixed.
  • Professor Oak now walks over to the table and gives the player and rival their Pokédexes. In Generation I, the Pokédex sprites would instead vanish after the game says that the player obtained it without anyone having moved.
  • The boy who prevents the player from leaving Pewter City before Brock is defeated (by escorting the player to the Gym) now returns the way he came. In Generation I, he would instead walk east and vanish offscreen, where a barrier prevents the player from walking.
• Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are the first games of thecore series where eachitem has its own sprite; the sprites can be seen from the player'sBag. These images were retained inPokémon Emerald as well as later generations.
  • In particular, all the items previously introduced inPokémon Ruby and Sapphire also had their sprites introduced in the game data of FireRed and LeafGreen, except thee-Reader exclusive Berries (Drash Berry,Eggant Berry,Nutpea Berry, etc.). Some of these items (such as theAcro Bike,Mach Bike,Contest Pass,Go-Goggles,Eon Ticket, etc.) are not legitimately found in FireRed and LeafGreen, so their sprites remained unseen in normal gameplay until they were reused in Pokémon Emerald.

Music

• The music has been remixed to take advantage of theGame Boy Advance's power.
• Most of the themes remain the same, with some exceptions listed below.
  • In Generation I, thePower Plant used theRocket Hideout theme. In FireRed and LeafGreen, the Power Plant uses thePokémon Mansion theme.
  • In Generation I, the standard Trainer battle music was used for the threeElite Four members other than Lance, which used the Gym Leader battle theme. In FireRed and LeafGreen, the Gym Leader background music is used for all four members.
  • In Generation I, whenProfessor Oak congratulates the player after becoming the Pokémon LeagueChampion, a slower version of the theme fromViridian City,Pewter City, andSaffron City played. In FireRed and LeafGreen, a happier-toned version of thePallet Town background music plays at this point instead.
• Some places in theSevii Islands use remixed versions ofJohto music themes from Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
  • The towns ofFour Island andFive Island use the theme fromAzalea Town andBlackthorn City.
  • The towns ofSix Island andSeven Island use the theme fromViolet City andOlivine City.
  • The routes around Five, Six, and Seven Islands use the theme fromLake of Rage andRoutes42,43, and44.

Connectivity

FireRed and LeafGreen were created as a result of the firstGeneration III games,Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, lacking backward compatibility with GenerationsI andII.Trading between these games and the third Hoenn-based game,Pokémon Emerald, is possible through the traditionalGame Link Cable. Trading with other copies of FireRed or LeafGreen as well as with Emerald may also be done through theGBA Wireless Adapter, though Ruby and Sapphire are not compatible with it. Using a GameCube-GBA cable, players may also trade party Pokémon withPokémon Colosseum andPokémon XD, but only after the player has obtained theRuby andSapphire and given them toCelio, obtained the National Dex in Emerald, and completed the main storyline of Colosseum/XD.

While FireRed and LeafGreen cannot trade directly with theGeneration IV gamesPokémon Diamond, Pearl,Platinum,HeartGold, and SoulSilver, a player's Pokémon may be permanently transferred viaPal Park, and someGeneration I Pokémon can be found usingdual-slot mode.

Localization changes

• In the original Japanese version, the blue and pink font color is used only for the Continue button on title screen, with NPC's gender changing the font style instead.
• On the title screens, the Japanese versions sayPUSH START BUTTON while English versions just sayPRESS START.
• The name entry screen in Japanese versions only allows for five characters in a name. The international releases changed the character limit from five to seven.
• In international releases, the Lv icon on battle screens was moved to the right corner and the level number was made normal instead of bold.♂ and♀ symbols were also given a slight alteration.
• In theplayer's bedroom, the video game console is a Famicom in the Japanese version, or a NES in the English version.
  • This was also a Famicom in Japanese Red, Green, and Blue, but a Super Famicom in Japanese Yellow. In the localized versions of all Generation I games, this was a SNES.
• In the player's house, the film on TV depends on the game language and player's gender. TheStand by Me reference originated in Generation I, while the other references were introduced in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
  • In all languages except French, if the player is male, a movie involving four boys walking on railroad tracks, a reference toStand by Me.^[5]
  • In all languages except French, if the player is female, a movie featuring a girl in pigtails walking down a brick road, possibly a reference toThe Wizard of Oz.
  • In French, if the player is male, a movie featuring a "cool guy in a taxi" (French:"Y'a un gars cool dans un taxi."), possibly a reference to the 1998 French movieTaxi.
  • In French, if the player is female,The Lord of the Rings is mentioned by name.
• In the European versions, the Nugget Bridge Rocket Grunt glitch was patched. This prevents the player from getting unlimited Nuggets.
• Janine is correctly named in the Japanese, French, German, and Spanish versions ofKoga'sFame Checker.
  • In the English version, she is incorrectly named "Charine". In the Italian version, she is also incorrectly named "Carine", based on the mistake in the English version, instead of her actual Italian name "Nina".
• Daisy Oak's full name is mentioned in the English, German, Italian, and Spanish versions of the Pokémon Journal fromFour Island.
  • In the Japanese and French versions of this Pokémon Journal, only her given name is mentioned. This relates to the fact that in Japanese media, it is not officially known ifBlue and Daisy share the same surname as their grandfatherProfessor Oak.
• InTrainer Tower, the international releases had e-Reader battle card compatibilities removed as those cards were never released outside of Japan due to the poor sales of the e-Reader in the US.
• If one presses↑ + SELECT + B on the title screen to delete allsave data, in the Japanese versions, the screen is teal in FireRed and blue in LeafGreen. In the localizations, the screen in both versions is bright green.
• Entering theRocket Warehouse requires two palindrome passwords which vary between languages.

  English: "Goldeen need log" and "Yes, nah,Chansey"

  Japanese:「またまたタマタマ」 (Exeggcute yet again) and 「カブトは とぶか」 (CanKabuto fly?)

  French: "Tarsal la star" (Ralts the star) and "IciGirafarig ici" (HereGirafarig here)

  German: "Arbok Kobra" (Arbok cobra) and "Makuhita Atihu kam" (Makuhita Atihu came)

  Italian: "Un'ortica adArticuno" (A nettle toArticuno) and "Le scarpate diParasect" (The escarpments ofParasect)

  Spanish: "Aron ama a Nora" (Aron loves Nora; not an exact palindrome) and "Ho-Oh es ese Ho-Oh" (Ho-Oh is that Ho-Oh)

• In the list ofGym Leaders from Japanese game manual,Giovanni appears normally and his name is mentioned. In the English manual, his face is obscured and he is unidentified, his name being replaced by "???".

Localization changes shared by Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen

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Localization changes shared by Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!

Main article:Pokémon Red and Blue Versions → Localization changes shared by Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!

Reception

The games were praised by critics for maintaining the same storyline as the original versions, and also for incorporating new events. Criticism was received, however, for the lack of graphical improvement from Ruby and Sapphire.^[6] Generally, the games scored highly.^[7][8]Nintendo Power magazine gave them 4.5/5,^[9] whileIGN rated the games an "Amazing" 9.0/10.^[6]Eurogamer, though, criticized the lack of 'evolution' from the series, giving the remakes a 7/10.^[10] Gaming magazineFamitsu gave the games a score of 33 out of 40. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen hold a rating of 81.92%^[11] and 80.78%,^[12] respectively, onGameRankings.

Sales

FireRed and LeafGreen received strong sales, although weaker thanRuby and Sapphire. Over one million copies were sold in Japan over the first four days of release.^[13] In the fiscal year of their release, they sold more than 2 million units.^[14] As of March 31, 2013, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen have sold 12 million copies worldwide making these the lowest selling remakes of core series games.^[15]

Japanese sales

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen sold 1,013,119 units on their first week on the Japanese market, being 517,874 from Pokémon FireRed and 495,245 from Pokémon LeafGreen, with asell-through of 96.01% and 92.40% respectively. By January 2, 2011, the end of their 362nd week, they had sold 2,909,961 copies, being 1,619,109 from Pokémon FireRed and 1,290,852 from Pokémon LeafGreen.

Staff

Main article:Staff of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Music

Main article:Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen: Super Music Collection

The soundtrack contains all of the background music from the games, composed byJunichi Masuda,Gō Ichinose, andMorikazu Aoki. Much of the music is remixed fromGame Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD, the soundtrack forPokémon Red and Green andPokémon Red and Blue.

Version history

Japanese

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English

European localizations

Development

For unused content, seePokémon FireRed and LeafGreen beta.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen were announced in September 2003^[16] asGame Boy Advance remakes ofPokémon Red and Green that are compatible withPokémon Ruby and Sapphire as well as the then-unreleasedPokémon Colosseum for theGameCube.Game Freak'sJunichi Masuda stated that these games were developed around the idea of simplicity.^[17][18]

The introduction of theGame Boy Advance Wireless Adapter was touted as one of the new features in FireRed and LeafGreen, the first titles to support and include it as part of the core experience. FormerNintendo presidentSatoru Iwata praised the Wireless Adapter for its enhancements to multiplayer functionality, including in the Pokémon games.^[19]

Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO ofThe Pokémon Company, when questioned about the reason behind the remakes of Red and Green in an interview with IGN at E3 2004, declared that they did not see FireRed and LeafGreen as remakes but rather as new games sporting wireless functionality.^[20]

We don't feel that this a remake at all. We feel that this is a new game, with wireless technology. The reason why they are Red and Green is that they were the most popular games in the Pokemon series, and we wanted to introduce the concept again for the GBA. And it's been eight years since Red and Blue, so our target audience changes in that time, and the new audience will seePikachu orCharizard as new characters.

When asked aboutSatoshi Tajiri's current involvement in Pokémon, Ishihara stated that he oversaw the whole development process of FireRed and LeafGreen, including the text.^[20]

It's really Mr. Tajiri's creation, and this is a new version of his creation. So he supervised the whole process and the new text. He oversaw all the new features added to his creation.

According to Junichi Masuda, LeafGreen was not retitled to match Blue internationally for the following reasons:^[17][18]

• A leaf is a symbol of peace, while fire and water are opposing concepts and thus would seem more like a conflict. A leaf is also an easier concept to grasp and translate into other languages, and in this world of conflicts, the creators wanted to give a name suggestive of a peaceful world.
• The developers also wanted a colorful drawing of aBulbasaur family member on the boxart. Masuda explains that, as withLegendary Pokémon, creating a title for each Pokémon game that can be used and easily understood in all countries is not an easy task.

Gallery

Logos

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  English FireRed logo
• 
  English LeafGreen logo
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  Japanese FireRed logo
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  Japanese LeafGreen logo

Title screens

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  English FireRed title screen
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  English LeafGreen title screen
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  Japanese FireRed title screen
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  Japanese LeafGreen title screen

Alternate covers

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  Player's Choice FireRed cover (v1.1)
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  Player's Choice LeafGreen cover (v1.1)

Trivia

• The truck, long rumored to have aPoké Ball containingMew under it, appears again as scenery near theS.S. Anne. This time around, however, as an easter egg, there is aLava Cookie hidden on the dock, which normally cannot be obtained until much later in the game.
• On page 17 of the Pokémon FireRed Instruction Booklet (US version), Charmander is shown to have been met at Viridian City.
• Some of the new sprites of the Kanto Pokémon in FireRed and LeafGreen resemble artwork byKen Sugimori for thePokémon Red and Blue andPokémon Red and Green versions. These include, with image links for comparison:
  • Venusaur (artwork,sprite)
  • Rattata (artwork,sprite)
  • Ekans (artwork,sprite)
  • Nidoran♀ (artwork,sprite)
  • Nidorino (artwork,sprite)
  • Nidoking (artwork,sprite)
  • Clefable (artwork,sprite)
  • Venomoth (artwork,sprite)
  • Bellsprout (artwork,sprite)
  • Ponyta (artwork,sprite)
  • Farfetch'd (artwork,sprite)
  • Marowak (artwork,sprite)
  • Electabuzz (artwork,sprite)
  • Vaporeon (artwork,sprite)
  • Jolteon (artwork,sprite)
  • Omastar (artwork,sprite)
  • Snorlax (artwork,sprite)
• The only Generation I Pokémon that cannot be encountered in these games isMew, although this Pokémon was distributed inseveral events for the Generation III games.
• These are the firstcore series games to be released in the same calendar year in all major regions.
• In the end credits, thegame mascots of the fourGeneration I games,Venusaur,Charizard,Blastoise, andPikachu, appear with special 3-frame sprites, transforming from their in-game sprites to the pose they took on the Japanese boxart of their respective games. In the Japanese versions, they are inside a circle with the textTHE POCKET MONSTER TRAINER, which is colored to match the Pokémon's type. In international versions, this is replaced by a Poké Ball symbol, also colored based on the Pokémon's type.

Venusaur credits' sprite	Charizard credits' sprite	Blastoise credits' sprite	Pikachu credits' sprite
Venusaur artwork from Pocket Monsters Green boxart	Charizard artwork from Pocket Monsters Red boxart	Blastoise artwork from Pocket Monsters Blue boxart	Pikachu artwork from Pocket Monsters Pikachu boxart

Unique content

In thecore series, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are the only games with these characteristics:

• FireRed and LeafGreen are the only games released between a game and its updated version in the same generation. Specifically, they were released afterPokémon Ruby and Sapphire but beforePokémon Emerald.
• They are the only remakes that were originally released for asystem that could also play their original versions via backwards compatibility.
• They are the only games where evolving into a Pokémon outside theregional Pokédex (such asGloom intoBellossom) only becomes possible after the player obtains theNational Pokédex.
• They are the only games where a Pokémon cannotevolve based on time due to the lack of this feature even though the games are compatible with the evolved forms. In this case,Eevee cannot evolve intoEspeon orUmbreon but the evolved forms can be traded from other games.
• They are the only games featuring theTM Case instead of storingTMs directly in theBag.
  • They are the only games that have multipleBag pockets but no pocket dedicated for TMs.
• Pokémon FireRed is the only game where only one Pokémon (Wynaut) from a particular generation can be obtained outside oftrading orevents.
  • Pokémon LeafGreen is the only game where only two Pokémon (Wynaut andAzurill) from a particular generation can be obtained outside of trading or events.

Unique content in Kanto-based games

TheGeneration I games as well as FireRed and LeafGreen are the onlycore series games with these characteristics:

• Notime-based features. This is due to the fact that neither the console nor the cartridges have internal clocks.
• NoDark-type Pokémon in the availableregional Pokédex.
• The Japanese names of allGym Leaders are written with the same number of characters (each consisting of exactly three katakana; for instance,Brock is named タケシ).

TheGeneration I games, FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee! are the only core series games with these characteristics:

• Themascot of each game is in the evolutionary line of afirst partner Pokémon.
• The main plot does not involve anyLegendary Pokémon.
• The pairs of games have exactly the same Legendary Pokémon available without trades or events.

Introduced content

In thecore series, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen were the first games with these characteristics:

• These were the first core series gameremakes.
• These were the first pair of games not followed by anupper version.
• These were the first core series games released in the samegeneration as other core series games but not as rereleases of the previous games (being released afterPokémon Ruby and Sapphire).
• They are the first games where Pokémon outside the currentregional Pokédex are available without trades or events.
• They are the first games where certainLegendary Pokémon are available outside of trades or events:
  • Legendary Pokémon outside the currentregional Pokédex are available.
  • Legendary Pokémon from multiple generations are available.
  • Only one Legendary Pokémon is available out of a Legendary trio (one of theLegendary beasts per game).
• They havePokédex entriesreused from previously released games.
  • TheGeneration I Pokémon had their FireRed entries reused from JapanesePokémon Red and Green, making this the first time when those entries were translated into English; their LeafGreen entries were reused fromPokémon Red and Blue, originally from JapanesePokémon Blue.
  • TheGeneration II Pokémon had their FireRed entries reused fromPokémon Silver; their LeafGreen entries were reused fromPokémon Gold.
  • TheGeneration III Pokémon have new Pokédex entries in FireRed and LeafGreen, each Pokémon sharing the same entry between both games exceptDeoxys has a different entry in each game.
• They feature aregional Pokédex which includes some but not all members of some evolutionary lines available in the current games. Specifically, theKanto Pokédex does not feature severalcross-generational Evolutions and pre-Evolutions (such asPichu andBellossom) even though they are available in FireRed and LeafGreen without trades or events.
• They are the first games where theavailability of somewild Pokémon (in this case, theLegendary beasts) depends on whichfirst partner Pokémon was chosen.
• They are the first games where only items from the Items Pocket can be stored in thePC.
• They are the first games where thePokédex description of each Pokémon is displayed as a single page instead of two pages.
• They are the first games where Pokémon outside theregional Pokédex only become available in the post-game.
• They are the first games wherePokémon breeding only becomes available in the post-game.
• They are the first games with twoPokémon Day Cares, although only one of them features breeding.

Typographical errors

• If a FireRed or LeafGreen cart is present in Slot 2 of theNintendo DS, the migration option in themain menu ofPokémon Diamond and Pearl is incorrectly stated as "Migrate from Fire Red" or "Migrate from Leaf Green", with a space in the middle of the version names. Thistypo was fixed inPokémon Platinum,HeartGold, and SoulSilver by removing the space.
• Anycategory names with more than one word arecut off in early English releases of the games, causing for example Pokémon likePidgey to be listed as "Tiny Pokémon" rather than "Tiny Bird Pokémon."Internal game data lists the categories the same as they appear inPokémon Ruby, Sapphire, andEmerald and other games, indicating a mistake in the Pokédex where a blank space is misread for the terminating byte for the name. This was addressed in the later Player's Choice releases of the game. Alongside the missing word "Presents" in the game's opening, this is the easiest way to tell whether a particular game is a v1.0 or v1.1 release.
• InTeachy TV, during the program about registering items, the second instance of the word pocket in the phrase "Key Items Pocket" is misspelled as "Pokcet". This was not addressed in v1.1.

In other languages

External links

Japan

• Pokémon.co.jp
• Nintendo.co.jp

United States

• Pokémon.com

United Kingdom

• Nintendo.co.uk(FireRed)
• Nintendo.co.uk(LeafGreen)

Australia

• Nintendo.com.au(Archived microsite - requiresFlash Player)

References

Related articles

• FireRed and LeafGreen walkthrough

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