Pocket Monsters: Green
Pokémon Green (Pocket Monsters Green) is a role-playing game, for the
Game Boy.
Pocket Monsters Green is the counterpart to Pocket Monsters Red that was released in
Japan on
February 27,
1996. These two games started the entire Pocket Monster phenomenon and also brought new life into the Game Boy. The goal of the game is to defeat eight Gym Leaders and attempt to earn the right to be the champion of the Pocket Monster League. Thirteen monsters were not catchable in the Green version, they included Ekans (Aabo), Arbok (Aabokku), Oddish (Nazonokusa), Gloom (Kusaihana), Vileplume (Rafureshia), Mankey (Mankey), Primeape (Okarizaru), Growlithe (Gaadi), Arcanine (Uindi), Ponyta (Poniita), Rapidash (Gyaroppu), Scyther (Sutoraiku), and Electabuzz (Erebuu).
This game was issued as Pokemon Green in Japan, but was renamed Pokemon Blue when released in America and elsewhere in English. Pokemon Blue as issued in Japan is yet another game, but this has not been released in America, nor was it sold in Japanese stores. Pokémon LeafGreen is an enhanced remake of what was released in America as Pokémon Blue.
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