
These monsters were not forever standing still, and they were eventually replaced by a lot of other Pokemon in succession. This is in line with the Pokemon portrayed on each game's cartridge and box - Charizard for the Red version, Blastoise for the Blue one. Obviously as well, Pokemon Red featured a Charmander on the start screen, next to the playable character, while Blue had Squirtle in its place. Most likely, these differences occurred because the Pokemon obtainable via coins in both games also came with different base levels: lower costs for lower levels, higher costs for higher levels. The major deviations from one game to the other were noticed in the high-end rewards, as Dratini's cost was 2800 coins in the Red version and 4600 coins in the Blue version Scyther and Pinsir came at 55 coins, respectively and lastly, Porygon cost 9999 coins in Pokemon Red, while it only cost 6500 coins in Pokemon Blue.

Namely, Abra cost 180 coins in Pokemon Red and 120 coins in Pokemon Blue, Clefairy cost 500 coins in Pokemon Red and 750 coins in Pokemon Blue, and Nidorina and Nidorino cost the same, despite being version-exclusive. That's not it, though, because these Pokemon also came in different coin requirements. The Blue version had different Pokemon that could be obtained with coins, specifically Nidorino instead of Nidorina, and Pinsir instead of Scyther. Sandshrew, Sandslash, Vulpix, Ninetales, Meowth, Persian, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebell, Magmar, and Pinsir.Īnother difference was that Pokemon Red and Blue had different Pokemon as prizes in the Rocket Game Corner found in the fancy Celadon city. For Pokemon Red, this included Abra, Clefairy, Nidorina, Dratini, Scyther, and Porygon.In Pokemon Blue, the version-exclusive little monsters that could be trained and caught were the following:

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Pokemon Red and Blue established a trend for the whole series to have several titles for the same generation of monsters to be up for sale simultaneously. Another reason is that these games shaped a whole generation of fans with their merchandise and the Pokemon Trading Card Game. One of them is that their iconic Pokemon are still among today's most recognizable monsters to be found and caught in modern games, including Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Pikachu, Ditto, Slowpoke, Gengar, Snorlax, and more. The games had a huge success, and they still remain relevant today for many reasons. They were elementary in features when compared to modern Pokemon games, yet they were incredibly sophisticated at that time.

Pokemon Red and Blue were the very first games of the Pokemon franchise to ever be sold by Game Freak and then published by Nintendo for its Game Boy console outside of Japan.
