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Better than ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 84 / 94
Date: June 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have imported Pokemon FireRed from Japan and played through the Elite Four and a majority of the Island areas. It seems as though everything they've done wrong in the past, they've done right this time. Even some aspects that you never knew were lacking have been enhanced. Best of all, you will finally be able to get every last Pokemon (aside from Mew, Celebi, and Deoxys) if you've got access to Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, and FireRed/LeafGreen. The revamped Red/Blue from yesteryear will bring back a lot of old memories with the nearly identical storyline, but once you complete the main story, a whole new set of sub-stories begin. There will be enhanced e-Reader support and enhanced trading via the wireless adapter. If you get close to someone who's playing in the Union room, their character will show up in your Union Room, even if you can't see them. They could be in a nearby car or at another table at the same restaurant. As long as you stay close enough, you can trade with someone without ever even knowing who it was :)

Definitely get this when it comes out if you are even remotely interested in Pokemon. This truly is the best edition yet!

WHEN POKEMON HAPPENS TO GOOD MOMMIES ..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 27 / 32
Date: September 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Okay .. so I'm a mother of 3 who has to be told by my kids to stop playing my game and come and eat dinner .. oh well. LOL

Anyway, this new version of the old game is pretty good. I certainly enjoy it much more than the original. My only problem is that I got VERY spoiled with Ruby and Sapphire. I miss planting my berries and I really miss my Blaziken! LOL I felt like I had to play this game FOREVER before I got my silly "running shoes". S L O W M O T I O N .. ugh! LOL

Pokemaniacs MUST buy these two new games however. It definitely adds to the experience and it was certainly nice to see some old names again. You can't trade with Ruby/Sapphire, etc. until you defeat the Final Four, but experienced players shouldn't take too long to get there. There are a few berries scattered here and there also, but no gardening. However, berries can also be traded once you are the master of the Elite Four.

BIG TIP -- Buy the NINTENDO POWER Strategy Guide if you haven't played the old Red/Blue games for a while. I felt a little lost at first and almost made a few BIG mistakes. BIGGER TIP -- do NOT buy the PRIMA Strategy Guide (see my review on that item).

No complaints really about the game .. certainly fun, true to form and brings back good memories. It was kind of fun to see a "MEAN" rival again -- I won't tell you what I named him! LOL I just wish that they had made it a little bit more updated .. more in line with the Ruby and Sapphire series .. but, hey, I hear "Emerald" is coming out soon so we don't have too long to wait! :)

Game on!

Everything on Pokemon FireRed and GreenLeaf

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 21
Date: June 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Go Back to the Future with Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen!

Category: RPG
Players: up to 4 players
Release Date: Sep 2004
Multiplayer: Multi-Pak Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK Inc.

September 7 will change everything. Pokémon technology will make its next quantum leap. We've seen the future, and it's all about Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen.

The new games are set in Kanto, the region where Pokémon first took root and exploded into a major phenomenon, and the latest titles stuff in tons of exciting new features. One thing's for certain: when Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen get into Trainers' hands, Pokémon fans stand to become the coolest, most connected gaming community in the world.

Features:

* Cut the cords! The newest Pokémon adventure lets players battle, trade, collect and more, all without the need for connecting cables. Players simply attach the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which comes bundled with both versions, to their Game Boy Advance systems and communicate directly with one another. When visiting a special area (the Union Room), connected players appear directly on one another's screens.
* Pokémon chit-chat! Players who gather in a Union Room can send text messages directly to each other. Up to 40 people can share the environment and up to five people can buddy up at once to join a chat session. Trainers can select pre-set messages to send, or type in messages of their own creation. They can also exchange game challenges, talk battle strategy or just shoot the breeze.
* More than 100 Pokémon are out there for players to discover. Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen are compatible with Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Colosseum. Pokémon fans can access, trade and battle the Pokémon from their favorite games -- all in one place.
* Experience expanded gameplay with new adventures, new challenges to face and new territory to explore.

Pokémon is the coming-of-age story of an 11-year-old boy or girl who is given his or her first Pokémon and sets off on a quest to become the best Trainer in the world -- an ultimate Trainer. Enter the region of Kanto, where you start your journey in your home town of Pallet Town, aided only by your first Pokémon and your Pokédex, given to you by Professor Oak.

From there you travel the region, raising and training your Pokémon for battle. You compete against other Trainers at the Pokémon Gyms and earn badges toward your goal. The Pokémon you collect come in all shapes and sizes, from many different types with different strengths and weaknesses -- Fire, Water, Grass, Psychic, Electric and more.

Bottom Line:

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen will revolutionize the Pokémon universe when they hit store shelves on September 7, 2004. Stay tuned to nintendo.com for more information on these titles as the fall gaming season draws near!

A small step for mankind, but a great leap for Pokemon!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 22
Date: July 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Title; Pokemon Fire Red
Players;1-40 (in the union room)
Genre; RPG
Introduction; Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green are both remakes of the original two Pokemon games that launched in Japan which were Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green. The mass popularity of these games then led to the release of Pokemon Blue, and then Pikachu (Yellow as we know it)version.
Review; Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green are definately my most anticipated titles at the moment. Why? Because of four reasons.
1.It's OFFICIAL POKEMON!
2.It comes with the super-cool Wireless Adapter which clicks into the holes either side of the link cable port and the link cable port and allows you to play Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green WIRELESS!
3.Every place has had a complete makeover, and the sound has been improved too, making the graphics as good as Ruby/Sapphire!
4.Nine new islands have been added to these games, but they aren't like Johto, Kanto, Hoenn or Orre. No, they are just a few towns each.
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Its going to rock

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: August 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I know everything there is to know about the game. OK, the whole game is only in kanto ( I know many people out there thought that fire red and leaf green were both going to be located in kanto, johto and hoenn, but it really isn't, just kanto ). Its does allow you to trade between Pokemon ruby and saphire and Pokemon Colosseum though. Its is based on the first 2 games, red and blue. The story line is basically the same but a few changes. You can start out with a squirtle, bulbasaur or charmander. The wireless adapter is the best part of the deal though. OK, The wireless adapter comes free with both the games and this is what it does. You can trade and battle with your friends without using cables if you are in 15 foot range. But, the really cool thing about the wireless adapter is that u can trade and battle with people all around the world when you are hooked up with the internet in the union room ( you can only get into the union room when u are online, that might sound really confusing so i will break it down for ya ). That means u can trade and battle with people from all around the world! If you don't belive me go to www.pokemon.com and it will back up the facts. Hope i helped.

Pokemon Red Is Back

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: June 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, and Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire are all compatible with each other. You can trade with Fire Red/Leaf Green with Ruby/Sapphire, as well as battling and playing mini games in the multiplayer mode by using the Wireless Adapter. And you can transfer your Fire Red/Leaf Green and Ruby/Sapphire Pokemon into Pokemon Colosseum (as well as transfering Pokemon from Colosseum to the Fire Red/Leaf Green and Ruby/Sapphire games). It is not certain yet if Fire Red/Leaf Green will be able to capture/receive the newer Pokemon (the Pokemon beyond the original 151).There is a new thing called the wireless adapter.The Wireless Adapter is a new device from Nintendo, who partnered up with Motorola to make it. The device debuts along with Fire Red/Leaf Green (the Wireless Adapter is bundled with the games). The Wireless Adapter is like a link cable, connecting multiple games together, but without the cables by using wireless technology. It supports 2-5 players in the multiplayer mode. The reception is good for about 33 feet (10 meters).After the games are connected to each other, players will meet each other in the Union Room. From there, you can battle each other or play mini games. There's also a chat feature to communicate with other players.With the new Voice Checker feature, you can go back and view what a person said to you. This is useful when you forget what someone said that might be important.Yet another feature the original games didn't have, but Fire Red and Leaf Green will have. The 2-on-2 battles, first introduced in Ruby/Sapphire, is featured again in Fire Red/Leaf Green.It's probably not the kind of music you want to pop into your CD player and listen to it all day, but the music in the game is notably better. Many of the music you'll probably recognize, but done in a slightly different way. And other small sound improvements, like a ringing sound when you get on a bike.
When you load your saved game, you will see short video scenes of what you did before you saved. This will remind you where you left off.Fire Red and Leaf Green are very much like Red and Green. Remember early on the game when the old man teaches you how to catch a Pokemon? Yeah, that's in the game. You'll also find many things unchanged, but with improved graphics and some other new things, such as the new islands you can visit.With the new TM/HM Case, all your TMs and HMs are stored in an easy fashion, and are easily accessible. It also gives you a detailed description of the TM/HM: name, type, attack power, accuracy, PP amount, and description.
So I hope you like it bye

Kanto...I'm home!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: August 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well here the truth about Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen;

According to GameStop and the Pokemon TV advertisement Pokemon Firered and Leafgreen is expected to hit the stores and into your GBA September 9, 2004. The game set in the origanial Pokemon region and the origanial Ketchum household where everything began but as you play the game you may notice a few things that are different.And as a soon to be owner of the game since I preordered I think I should note them down.

Features:

#Wireless adapter- The wireless adapter is a new device from Nintendo, who partnered up with Motorola to make it. The device debuts along with FireRed and LeafGreen (the Wireless Adapter is bundled with games). The Wireless Adapter is like a link cable, connecting multiple games together, but without the cables by using wireless technologly. It supports 2-5 players in the multiplayer mode. The reception is good for about 33 feet (10 meters).
#New Islands- The game will take place in Kanto, like any of the origanial Pokemon games, however, there are many new islands you can go to.
#Voice checker- With the new Voice checker feature, you can go back and vie w what a person said to you. This is useful when you forget what a person said to yoo that might be important
#Improved Pokedex- Consider the new pokedex an upgrade, with the easier searches and vast amount of information, and a new look for disaplaying the information.
#Female trainer- Origanial Pokemon games did not have the option of a female trainer but lucky for us girls like me we no longer have to choose a boy character.
#Flashbacks- when you load your saved game there will little pictures reminding you of where you left off.
#two-on-two battles- we all know what that is no need to explain.
#Imporved music-no brainer!
#Special tickets- There is tickets quiet like Eon that allows you to get Lugia ho-ho and Deoxys that you can only obtain at special nintendo events.

Pokemon has came along way from the title of the game is the color of the whole game in first grade I received my first Pokemon game ever and at that time it was the only one out but thankyou Pokemon for giving me a hobby

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A good re-release of a good game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: September 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alright, my Pokemaniac days are over but every now and then I'll pick a game up. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are a revamped up version of Pokemon Red and Blue. Just five to six years ago Pokemon was THE game to get! I remember going to school with my gameboy to trade with other "trainers" all the time. This was THE game to own back then. Of course it isn't so much the same for me now but it is nice when a classic is revived. Unfortunately for Nintendo, its a shame that they work on a lot of the negative things about the previous games.

To begin, this game is no surprise to the Pokemon fan. The story has been the same since its release in 1999. You're a trainer striving to be the best trainer he or she can be. You go around the world collecting badges from the gyms all over to prove that you're a pokemon master. As the formula goes, you've got a rival and you fight other trainers throughout the game as well.

The gameplay has since its relase in '99 remained unchanged. It borrows elements from Ruby and Sapphire, the two on two battles but much like Ruby and Sapphire you don't get to enjoy those kind of battles too often. You run around the field getting into random encounters. You send a pokemon that you caught in the wild out to battle. You can carry up to six in your inventory at a time. On the field you can also find trainers to do battle with.

Perhaps what strikes me most about the game is that in battle looks a lot sharper and nicer than in the previous versions. Battle also paces a lot faster than before and the animations look a lot better as well.

The graphics have been updated to suit the GBA and they're absolutely gorgeous! They're smooth and look astonishing. The graphics are crisp and the game doesn't suffer too much from the pixel problem the GBA has. Very smooth and colorful as well. The only downside to the graphics is once again, in battle the graphics do not live up to the full potential of the GBA. They STILL only twitch to attack and never actually touch their enemy. In battle also still lacks color and scenery.

The sound, I wish I could say is good. But since the sound has only been updated to sound sixteen bit, that means its still a little annoying. The sound in the first release wasn't anything to jump around about and this re-release is no different. Some tunes actually sound a bit more annoying than before.

What has been unique about the Pokemon games is how after you've completed it there's more to do. Once you've completed the game you can catch more pokemon and challenge previous trainers to duel only their pokemon are at higher levels. You'll more than likely spend more time going through the aftermath of the game than the actual storyline itself.

Every Pokemon fan knows that the only way to completely master Pokemon is to catch 'em all. That's the reason for releasing two different versions. The only difference between the FireRed and LeafGreen games is simply the different pokemon you catch. Some pokemon are no availible in one version and therefore you must trade with the other version.

Perhaps the only BIG con is simply if you've got that brutally mastered file on the original GB version one and spent 200 hours doing it all to get everything you possibly could, you probably won't be too happy to do it all over again on virtually the same game and since you can't bring in your pokemon from the original Red and Blue, some may not be too pleased to have to raise all their pokemon all over again.

The Good
+Re-release of one of the best GB games out there
+Updated Graphics
+Addictive Gameplay

The Bad
-Still not enough Two-on-two battle action
-The sound is still rather annoying
-You can't trade with the original GB game or transfer over Pokemon in anyway.

4.5 stars - An excellent remake

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: September 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004.) A Game Boy Advance remake of the Pokemon 1 RPGs.

The original Pokemon RPG's, Red and Blue, and later the Yellow version, were gaming masterpieces. Their success in Japan and in the United States alike is astounding. Unfortunately, no one can deny that the original games were outdated pretty early on. And since Ruby and Sapphire weren't compatible with the older games, Nintendo decided to do something interesting - remake the original games. FireRed and LeafGreen were released in America in September of 2004. Read on for my review.

PROS:
-THIS GAME TAKES THE ORIGINAL AND GIVES IT ALL THE "NEXT GENERATION" IMPROVEMENTS THAT RUBY AND SAPPHIRE GAVE THE SERIES. Although Kanto is in many ways still the same continent, it looks better than ever. And all the improvements Ruby and Sapphire gave the series, for the most part, can be found in this game.
-TONS OF POKEMON. This game has all the original Pokemon from Pokemon 1. And once you beat the game, you'll be able to catch many of the species from Pokemon 2. And if you link up with Ruby and Sapphire (Pokemon 3), you now have a way of getting every Pokemon onto a single game cartridge (with the exception of a few Legendary ones. If there's a way to get those ones in these games, Nintendo's not talking yet.)
-GREAT FOR THOSE NEW TO THE SERIES. Unlike earlier Pokemon games, this one offers a ton of help menus, easily activated by tapping L or R. This way, if a Pokemon newbie gets confused, he or she can easily get help without necessarily having to consult the instruction manual.
-TONS OF NEW ADDITIONS TO THE SERIES. In addition to the standard Kanto continent that we all know and love, an island chain has been added to the south of the continent. On these islands, there are tons of secrets, items, and assorted Pokemon, making for an even more diverse adventure.
-COMPATIBLE WITH RUBY AND SAPPHIRE, AND THE NINTENDO GAMECUBE GAME POKEMON COLOSSEUM. You'll need to use Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Colosseum if you want to get every last Pokemon out there (here's a tip - if you don't want to blow your money on every last game in the series to complete your Pokedex, buy one game for yourself and have a friend buy the other!)
-INCLUDES NINTENDO'S LATEST PERIPHERAL - THE WIRELESS ADAPTER. By attaching this adapter to your Game Boy Advance, you can trade Pokemon or battle friends - WITH NO LINK CABLE (that is, provided they all have their own adapter.)
-THIS GAME IS NOT JUST FOR KIDS. Don't let the cutesy graphics or other products from the Pokemon franchise fool you - this game has a TON of depth and is likely to pull in any gamer who gives it a chance. RPG fans have never given the Pokemon RPGs a chance, which is a shame, because unlike some blunders of games in the series, the RPGs are great!

CONS:
-MOST OF THE AREAS ARE COPIED DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL GAMES. If you've played Pokemon Red and Blue for the original Game Boy, you're going to have an automatic edge over a newbie to the series. If an area appeared in the original game, it's copied verbatim here. Admittingly, some items and Pokemon are in different spots, but did Nintendo really have to do this? There's a difference between a remake and a rehash!
-YOU MUST ACCOMPLISH TASKS BEFORE YOU TRADE WITH RUBY OR SAPPHIRE. This isn't a big time flaw, but still, it's gonna annoy players who want to bring their extremely experienced Hoenn teams over to Kanto.
-MANY OF THE ADDITIONS ARE UNNECESSARY. For example, the "previously on your quest" summaries you get when you restart a new game are more annoying than helpful. Likewise, the animations made when you use an item on a Pokemon don't really add anything to the game - in fact, they slow the game down too much!
-DOESN'T USE THE "DAY OF THE WEEK" OR "CERTAIN POKEMON CAN ONLY BE CAUGHT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY" FEATURES THAT GOLD AND SILVER HAD. I was hoping these features would make a return. I really was.

OVERALL:
I admit, this could have been a better remake. But for the most part, I'm not complaining. Nintendo did a good job updating these games, and I'm pretty pleased with the end result. If you're a fan of the series, don't hesitate to add FireRed or LeafGreen to your Pokemon collection.

I LOVE THE ORIGINAL VIDEO GAMES :)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love the original three video games and I love these two new video games. One day when I was at a Wal-Mart I got a sneak preveiw of this video game. IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!!!! The graphics were great and the sounds were great too. They have all the same gym leaders and the same Elite Four. Except for now you can be a girl or boy, a bunch of new islands, some new characters, tons of new activities, can breed Poke'mon now, and more Poke'mon to catch than ever before(386 to be exact). Well if you have a kid who loves Poke'mon than they'll love this game. I know I will win I get it. I hope this reveiw was helpful for you.
P.S. I'm 13 and I still love Poke'mon. LOL

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