Amazon.com Review

Featuring a new adventure that's filled with numerous enhancements andinnovations, this long-awaited sequel to Pokémon Red, Blue,and Yellow greatly improves upon the series' winning formula, and makesfor an even more insanely addictive and wholly absorbing gaming experience.

Like Pokémon Gold--which essentially is the same story, with minorgameplay variations--Pokémon Silver casts players in the familiarrole of a young Pokémon Trainer who's out to collect as many differentkinds of Pokémon as possible. As in previous games, gameplay consistsmostly of exploration (completing various quests in the process) andPokémon battles, which employ a unique battle system that's like acomplex twist on rock-paper-scissors.

But, despite the similarities, it's quite apparent that PokémonSilver is a whole new ball game from the start. The game is played out inreal time, with the current time and day of the week (recorded by an internalclock) having a direct impact on gameplay elements, such as what Pokémonyou'll find in the wild, and when certain events occur and characters appear.

While there are too many new and improved features in PokémonSilver to list here, among the highlights are 100 new Pokémon(including two new types), new evolution processes (including breeding), and amore streamlined game interface that has better-organized menus and buttonshortcuts.

Although it's easier to progress in Pokémon Silver than in theprevious games, the sheer amount of fun and game time that's involved isdaunting. You'd be hard-pressed to find a better value than this one. --JoeHon

Pros:

• Insanely addictive and wholly absorbing gaming experience
• Time and day of week impact gameplay directly
• Bevy of new features and hidden secrets
• Improved graphics and more streamlined game interface

• Minor compatibility issues when using Game Link with previous versions

Reviews (157)

Pokemon Silver
This game is really fun!It has a varity of objectives.There
is a lot of cool Pokemon.You even get a cellphone.There is a huge area in this game.If you like long games this game is for you.

i'm confuseddddd?!@>@
is this game like the other versions,yellow,red,and silver?+the other ones,is it the same game or not?!>@#

Answers to above reveiw.
You dont need a dragon pokemon for the 8th badge. When you beat clair, she asks you to get the dragon fang, located in the dragon cave above the gym. you need surf and whirlpool to get to it. upon grabbing it, she will give you the badge. If you want a dragon pokemon, you can either fish for it in that same cave (use super rod) or buy it from game corner like i did early on.You get a dragonite by evolving dragonair at level 50 i think, but its not worth it, it just learns the same moves and gains more weaknesses. To beat the guy in radio tower, i assume you mean the fake director, just use strong pokemon. you see lance again as the champion when you defeat the elite four. beat him and you end the game and enter the hall of fame. You mean the waterfall? easy use the hm move waterfall on it and youll climb it. If you mean Lt.Surge in vermillion city, after beating the elite four, go to professor elm after he calls youand get ss ticket, then use it to sail to kanto from olivine city. then once there use cut on the bush next to the gym and enter to fight him.7 badges is good, but try and get all 8 then beat the game and continue to kanto. This is true, but it takes days to train a pokemon that much, and by lv.50 you have to be battling the elite 4's pokemon or it will gain 1 level every couple days because it isnt getting enough exp. If your pokemon are this low by now use the duplicate cheat explained later on. Having the bike is good, but by then you should have every hm, but shouldnt be able to use waterfall until beating the 8th gym.You can win without a dragon pokemon, their just more effective. Try using gyrados's dragon rage. itll help.You dont actully need one. Clefairy can, but dont use them up. You only get a few.OK. To duplicate have the item you want to duplicate held by a pokemon, which will also get duplicated.go to any pokemon center, walk to in front of the pc, save, go to bills pc and deposit that pokemon then change the box, except when it gets to the screen saying SAVING... DONT TURN OFF. turn off the power. turn it back on and you should have the pokemon in your party and the box. Its been duplicated. If you have further questions, e-mail taylorsteele@shaw.ca. your welcome.

I NEED ANSWERS!!!!!!!!!
OK first how and where do you get a Dragon POKE'MON for the 8th gym badge!!Two..how do you get a Dragonite!!! 3..how do you beat TEAM ROCKET in the Radio Tower!! Oh yeah... do i get to see lance (the guy who helps you beat team rocket by the Lake of Rage), do i get to see him again!???! 4.. how do get past the raging waters in the first cave you walk into to KAHNTO!! and how do you get to gym leader 9!! RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONLY THE FIRST 7 BADGES. MY TOP POKE'MON CYNDAQUIL IS AT LEVEL 47!! I HEARED THAT IT CAN GO TO LEVEL 100!! I NEED ANSWERS!!! PLEASE!!!
MY SECOND TOP POKE'MON IS A RED GYRADOS AT LEVEL 32~ I HAVE SURF, FLY,THE BIKE AS MY TRANSPORTATION.I AM STUCK AT THE GYM LEADER #8.I CAN'T EVEN FACE HER!! I NEED A DRAGON POKE'MON!! WHICH POKE'MON CAN USE MOONSTONE!! ME AND MY 8 YEAR OLD COUSIN REALLY NEED HELP AND ANSWERS!! PLEASE!!

The best game in the series
Pokemon 2 (Gold and Silver versions.) The second installment in the Game Boy Pokemon RPG series.

Nintendo's Pokemon franchise became a massive success in its native Japan relatively quickly. Although it took the franchise a little longer to catch on in America, it finally did catch on, and when it did, it took the nation by storm. Pokemon games and products sold like crazy, despite the fact that the franchise was virtually unrecognized in America at its time of release. Finally in the late summer/early fall of 2000, the second games in the series got an American release. How does Pokemon 2 measure up? Read on for my review.

PROS:
-THIS GAME GIVES YOU MORE OF THE SAME MONSTER CATCHING AND BATTLING ACTION THAT YOU HAVE GROWN TO LOVE IN THE FIRST GAME. To put it simply, if you liked the first game, it's quite unlikely that you won't like this one.
-THE GAME GRAPHICS ARE DRASTICALLY IMPROVED OVER THOSE OF THE PREDECESSOR TITLES. In this game, the graphics are not only improved, but the game is also optimized to make usage of Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy enhancements.
-IT'S NOT JUST A REHASH OF THE FIRST GAMES. Although the game uses the same general formulas, the game is entirely new, and the world is much larger this time around. Beat the game, and you can even go to the continent where the original game took place!
-NINTENDO DESIGNED THIS GAME WITH PLAYER CONVENIENCE IN MIND. Remember how in the first game you had to go through all those menus just to use an item (like your bike or fishing pole?) Well, in this game, you can set the select button to use an item! This really comes in handy and speeds up the general flow of the game.
-TONS OF NEW CREATURES AND ABILITIES. The original games had roughly a hundred and fifty-one creatures, and these games give you roughly a hundred new ones! This is too cool.
-THE GAME HAS AN INTERNAL CLOCK THAT KEEPS TRACK OF THE TIME OF DAY AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK. Different events happen at different times of the day and on different days. This makes the game all the more appealing.
-YOU CAN TRADE WITH ALL OTHER POKEMON RPG GAMES THAT PREDATED THE GAME BOY ADVANCE ONES. This will make it easy to get your hands on certain creatures from the old games. In fact, some the old creatures DO NOT appear in these games, so you're gonna have to do some trading to complete your Pokedex.
-THE GAME INTRODUCES THE CONCEPT OF BREEDING POKEMON. If you get a male and a female Pokemon together at the Daycare center, they just might lay an egg! This concept is necessary to get many of the new "baby" Pokemon in the game.
-THE GAME INTRODUCES TWO NEW POKEMON TYPES - DARK AND STEEL. Adding in the new types means you're going to have to rethink your gaming strategies - or create new ones entirely! The new types only add to the overall fun of the game.

CONS:
-MINOR COMPATIBILITY ISSUES WHEN TRADING WITH OLDER GAMES. For example, you can't send the new Pokemon species into your older game, nor can you send old species that have new moves. This is bound to get on your nerves, believe me.
-THE MYSTERY GIFT CONCEPT IS FLAWED. If you and a friend own a Game Boy Color, you can use Mystery Gift with your infrared ports to each get a random item, once a day. The only problem is that this requires a Game Boy COLOR - The Game Boy Advance doesn't have an infrared port!

OVERALL:
Pokemon 2 is, to date (as of July 4, 2004), the best game in the Pokemon series. In my mind, these games are even better than the new Game Boy Advance games, Ruby and Sapphire. If you can find one of these Pokemon 2 games in your local used games store, they are well worth picking up. Pokemon games aren't likely to get a whole lot better than these ones. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

Featuring a new adventure that's filled with numerous enhancements andinnovations, this long-awaited sequel to Pokémon Red, Blue,and Yellow greatly improves upon the series' winning formula, and makesfor an even more insanely addictive and wholly absorbing gaming experience.

Like Pokémon Silver--which essentially is the same story, withminor gameplay variations--Pokémon Gold casts players in thefamiliar role of a young Pokémon Trainer who's out to collect as manydifferent kinds of Pokémon as possible. As in previous games, gameplayconsists mostly of exploration (completing various quests in the process) andPokémon battles, which employ a unique battle system that's like acomplex twist on rock-paper-scissors.

But, despite the similarities, it's quite apparent that PokémonGold is a whole new ball game from the start. The game is played out in realtime, with the current time and day of the week (recorded by an internal clock)having a direct impact on gameplay elements, such as what Pokémon you'llfind in the wild, and when certain events occur and characters appear.

While there are too many new and improved features in Pokémon Goldto list here, among the highlights are 100 new Pokémon (including two newtypes), new evolution processes (including breeding), and a more streamlinedgame interface that has better-organized menus and button shortcuts.

Although it's easier to progress in Pokémon Gold than in theprevious games, the sheer amount of fun and game time that's involved isdaunting. You'd be hard-pressed to find a better value than this one. --JoeHon

Pros:

• Insanely addictive and wholly absorbing gaming experience
• Time and day of week impact gameplay directly
• Bevy of new features and hidden secrets
• Improved graphics and more streamlined game interface

• Minor compatibility issues when using Game Link with previous versions

Reviews (142)

The best Pokemon game ever.
I have played every Pokemon game from Red and Blue to Emerald. (Japan Version) This one simply kicks butt. I say start with Totodile.

They should have kept the original 151 Pokémon!
Overall this game is fun and a nice sequel to the original Pokémon adventures, the graphics have improved a lot and the sound has better quality. This game, just like Pokémon Silver has a lot more than Red, Blue and Yellow and is also more challenging, one of the greatest things this game can do is actually get you emotional, how? Well, if you were a fan of the original adventures, then returning to Kanto as a whole new person where everything has changed might get you pretty emotional.

The bad thing, is however the addition of new Pokémon species, I trully believe the original 151 were enough, now there's simply too many. The designs of many of these new creatures look "robotish" and "allienish", they don't have the charm of the original. Also, I began to lose track when these came out, I can't remember the names of all and it is next to impossible to complete your collection here, even with both packs, I believe you are required to get Mew to have full collection and Mew is nowhere to be seen, I hope the developers weren't specting each one of us to get Mew from a special event or by using a Game Shark. Anyways, overall this game was fun, lasted a pretty long time, enough to give you something to do for a while, but my point is there are way too many Pokémon.

The best game in the series
Pokemon 2 (Gold and Silver versions.) The second installment in the Game Boy Pokemon RPG series.

Nintendo's Pokemon franchise became a massive success in its native Japan relatively quickly. Although it took the franchise a little longer to catch on in America, it finally did catch on, and when it did, it took the nation by storm. Pokemon games and products sold like crazy, despite the fact that the franchise was virtually unrecognized in America at its time of release. Finally in the late summer/early fall of 2000, the second games in the series got an American release. How does Pokemon 2 measure up? Read on for my review.

PROS:
-THIS GAME GIVES YOU MORE OF THE SAME MONSTER CATCHING AND BATTLING ACTION THAT YOU HAVE GROWN TO LOVE IN THE FIRST GAME. To put it simply, if you liked the first game, it's quite unlikely that you won't like this one.
-THE GAME GRAPHICS ARE DRASTICALLY IMPROVED OVER THOSE OF THE PREDECESSOR TITLES. In this game, the graphics are not only improved, but the game is also optimized to make usage of Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy enhancements.
-IT'S NOT JUST A REHASH OF THE FIRST GAMES. Although the game uses the same general formulas, the game is entirely new, and the world is much larger this time around. Beat the game, and you can even go to the continent where the original game took place!
-NINTENDO DESIGNED THIS GAME WITH PLAYER CONVENIENCE IN MIND. Remember how in the first game you had to go through all those menus just to use an item (like your bike or fishing pole?) Well, in this game, you can set the select button to use an item! This really comes in handy and speeds up the general flow of the game.
-TONS OF NEW CREATURES AND ABILITIES. The original games had roughly a hundred and fifty-one creatures, and these games give you roughly a hundred new ones! This is too cool.
-THE GAME HAS AN INTERNAL CLOCK THAT KEEPS TRACK OF THE TIME OF DAY AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK. Different events happen at different times of the day and on different days. This makes the game all the more appealing.
-YOU CAN TRADE WITH ALL OTHER POKEMON RPG GAMES THAT PREDATED THE GAME BOY ADVANCE ONES. This will make it easy to get your hands on certain creatures from the old games. In fact, some the old creatures DO NOT appear in these games, so you're gonna have to do some trading to complete your Pokedex.
-THE GAME INTRODUCES THE CONCEPT OF BREEDING POKEMON. If you get a male and a female Pokemon together at the Daycare center, they just might lay an egg! This concept is necessary to get many of the new "baby" Pokemon in the game.
-THE GAME INTRODUCES TWO NEW POKEMON TYPES - DARK AND STEEL. Adding in the new types means you're going to have to rethink your gaming strategies - or create new ones entirely! The new types only add to the overall fun of the game.

CONS:
-MINOR COMPATIBILITY ISSUES WHEN TRADING WITH OLDER GAMES. For example, you can't send the new Pokemon species into your older game, nor can you send old species that have new moves. This is bound to get on your nerves, believe me.
-THE MYSTERY GIFT CONCEPT IS FLAWED. If you and a friend own a Game Boy Color, you can use Mystery Gift with your infrared ports to each get a random item, once a day. The only problem is that this requires a Game Boy COLOR - The Game Boy Advance doesn't have an infrared port!

OVERALL:
Pokemon 2 is, to date (as of July 4, 2004), the best game in the Pokemon series. In my mind, these games are even better than the new Game Boy Advance games, Ruby and Sapphire. If you can find one of these Pokemon 2 games in your local used games store, they are well worth picking up. Pokemon games aren't likely to get a whole lot better than these ones.

Fun Game
I love this game! Here's a tip: START WITH CYNDAQUIL! Cyndaquil is strong against most of the Gym Leaders and it's final form Typhlosion is a kick-butt Pokemon against the Elite 4.

THE BEST PKMN GAME EVER!!
ok, ive played tons of pkmn games and i own very many and i believe this is the best. its a whole lot easier to beat than yellow, but its still really good and a good challenge. this was my very first role-play game and i still love it best even when i have the newest PKMN ruby game for GBA.
the graphics arent as good as GBA, BUT its best for GB
the music is cool
the whole plot and all the places and everything is awesome
i've beaten the game a million times and i'm still playing it over and over and i've had it for 5yrs now. ... Read more

Editorial Review

While it's basically the same game as the previously released Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue,Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition features enhancements thatmake it the best version yet. In all three versions, the player is on a quest tobecome the World's Greatest Pokémon Trainer, with exploration andPokémon battles (think advanced paper-scissors-rock) factoring heavilyinto the gameplay. While the game world is the same in all three versions, thePokémon you encounter vary from version to version; the underlying goalof collecting all 151 Pokémon can only be met by trading Pokémonvia Link Cable with anotherplayer with a different Pokémon version. (Players can also battle againstone another using the Link Cable setup.)

Pokémon Yellow follows the TV cartoon series more closely than theother versions. Your first Pokémon in Yellow is Pikachu, and hetravels alongside you as opposed to inside a Pokéball (like mostPokémon). Pikachu's mood can be displayed virtual pet style: keepinghim happy is important, as his mood affects certain events in the game. Inaddition to the inclusion of other TV show elements like Team Rocket, new battlemodes between players are available as well as a secret game called Pikachu'sBeach.

If you haven't played any of the Pokémon games before,Pokémon Yellow is the best place to start. But whilePokémaniacs will go gaga over Yellow's new features, lessenthusiastic veterans of Red and Blue may not find the extras tobe quite so special. --Joe Hon

Pros:

• Best version yet of the highly addictive Pokémon game
• Pikachu's moods raise the game's cuteness bar to an all-new level
• Features new battle modes between players
• Includes Pikachu's Beach secret game

• Pokémon battles can be repetitive at times
• New features may not be enough for some Pokémon veterans

Reviews (153)

A Wonderful Game!
For whoever it was that asked about the difference between the colors, Red, Blue, and Yellow are exactly the same except that some Pokemon are available only in whichever version you get. Gold and Silver are completely different adventures, and they also have no differences except for the Pokemon. Crystal is the same as Gold and Silver except BETTER! :) Ruby, Sapphire, and, I suppose, Emerald have the same rule.

As for my review for this game, it's excellent! Even at my age, I have fun playing all the Pokemon games, especially this game, and I must tell you, it never gets boring! Every game is different, and each time you discover something new! I highly recommend this game, and the others!

Pokemon Yellow Rocks!
Pokemon Yellow is my best game yet! It's a challenging game, with 8 awesome gym leaders, your rival, (You can name him in the begining of the game) and Prof.Oak! (who will give you a bulbasaur,charmander,or squirtle at the start) All of this put together makes one mind-blowing game!

Yellow: the best game of the Poke'mon Saga
These are some great things about Yellow:

1: You can get all of the 3 starting Poke'mon.

2: You can get a Machoke from an in-game trade, but it evoloves to a Machamp after you trade with a girl in Route 5

3: Dragoniar, Pidgeiotto and Venomoth are some of the wild poke'mon you'll find.

4: Cathing both Scyther and Pinsir or Arcainine and Ninetales will be a snap.

Bad things about Yellow:

1: 13 Poke'mon you'll have to trade from Red or Blue.

2: Gym leader's poke'mon are at higher levels.

3: Barely there is any poision types that are wild.

4: Not much In-game trading.

Overall: 4 and a half stars

The mean clean fightin machine!!!
It is not easy to train pikachu in the frist place.If YOU ARE READING THIS REVIE DONT GET RED OR BLUE VERSION IF YOU HAVE THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I thought that they would be different but i got blue and it was THE exat same thing.On blue the boy was named Shawn.Shawn if your reading this THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm confused?!?!?
ok,first of all this game is super,but is it same as pokemon blue,or pokemon red , because i want to buy those but i don't know how they are,and what about pokemon silver,and pokemon gold,are they the same too??please let me know ,i'll be checking here every day.thank you




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Editorial Review

Welcome to the world of Pokémon, one filled with wild Pokémon and the people who attempt to tame them. You are Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokémon trainer in the world. Professor Oak, the leading authority on Pokémon, has given you your choice of three tame Pokémon in exchange for your helping him catalog and document every Pokémon in the world.

But to catalog a Pokémon, you have to capture it by first beating it up with one of your trained Pokémon, and then hitting it with an empty Poké Ball. As your tame Pokémon gain experience in battle, their abilities improve and they earn access to new attacks. Sometimes they even evolve into more advanced Pokémon.

Aside from capturing wild Pokémon and evolving your own, you can catalog new Pokémon by trading with another Pokémon player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Color's infrared system. Pokémon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokémon, since each Pokémon game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, andPokémon Yellow) has certain Pokémon missing. Of course, as a Pokémon trainer, you've "gotta catch 'em all!"--150 to be exact. So if you own Blue and want to have a complete set of Pokémon, you must find a friendly Red or Yellow owner and arrange a trade.

Pokémon Blue is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story hook, intriguing strategy, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon and it's easy to see how it started the Pokémania that is sweeping the world. --Michael Fehlauer

Pros:

• Gameplay and strategy that's fun for all ages
• Fantastic replay value
• Brilliant game design encourages players to meet and trade

• Hours of looking at the Game Boy's little screen may hurt neck
• Only 1 saved game per cartridge--2 people can't share a single game
• No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokémon

Features

• Play as Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokemon trainer in the world
• Collect all 150 blue Pokemon
• Train your creatures and they will evolve into different types
• Trade Pokemon with your friends using the Game Link Cable
• For 1 or 2 players

Reviews (126)

Blue = excellent game!!!
Pokemon Blue is a very good game to play at anytime. The unqiue part of Pokemon Blue is that it is a adventrous game. You play as a boy to capture pokemon and battle trainers. You have to trade pokemon with your best friend. These excellent features made kids love Blue!! They want to trade and collect pokemon!! Nintendo made this game, and we should give a great thankyou to Game freak and Nintendo for making this game!!!! THANKS!!!!!!

Gotta Ketch em all
Title: Gotta ketch em all

Pokemon blue is a great adventurous game. Once you set your fingers on the gameboy you won't stop. It's fun to give your pokemon there own nicknames and making them happy. Making new pokemon buddies, leveling them up to their full force, beating the gym leaders is so fun. The game can be perfected over and over again. Trust me its great! It tells it all by the five stars.
Vica Jean Manuel

Cool
In this game, you play as a boy collecting and battling creatures called Pok'emon.There are plenty of worlds to explore, Pok'emon to catch, rivals to battle, badges to earn, and items to find to keep you playing for a long time.It's one of those games that you can't beat in a day.Training Pok'emon can be fun, and also hard, depending on the level of your opponents.You earn money each time you beat another Pok'emon trainer, which you can use to buy items to strengthen or catch Pok'emon.The moves you teach your Pok'emon and what attacks you use require strategy, so it's not just random moves and thoughts.

My only complaint is that this game is almost unbeatable.To win, you have to collect all the Pok'emon in the game, which is just a few tens short of 200, if I remember correctly.A bunch of things are required to do this.You must have two Game Boys and two Pok'emon games, or a friend who also has a Game Boy and Pok'emon game to trade with each other, because there are some points in the game where you must choose between one Pok'emon or another, and whichever one you don't choose is impossible to get again in the same game.Also required is a Game Boy link cable, which you need to attach two Game Boys to trade.

So basically, it's going to be very, very, very hard to win, especially because everyone is past the "Pok'emon phase".So unless you have multiple Game Boys and Pok'emon games, and a link cable, you're going to have tons of trouble beating the game.I think the people who made this game purposely made the game this way so that kids would have to spend more money on Game Boy supplies.

Overall, I still like this game.I know I'll never beat it, but it's still a lot of fun.I can't say who I would and wouldn't recommend this game to, so I'll leave it up to you.Either way, I hope you're satisfied in the end.

I Ain't Feelin' 'Da Blues With 'Dis Game
Well If you like a simple game that can keep you on all day well then this game is for you!I got this game in kindergarden and ever since I LOVED this game!I'd come home from school every day and play it forever [yet I got to play my friend's Red Versiom every day on the bus.]In 2nd grade i did the Missingno. trick and no one knew it and I was the champ!My PKMN were at level 200 [!] and I kicked my Friends mewtwo's butt!Get now!You'll love having Missingno.!

Funny and nice until you finish it.
I own the Spanish version of this. It's just the same, but with booklet and texts in spanish, this is a very nice game and the first that I've got.(April '99) This game is funny and good, until you finish it, because when you finish it you just get the Pokemons that are not available and you finish it. Later? Restart it.
Pokemons not available AT THIS are:
ODDISH
GLOOM
VILEPLUME
GROWLITHE
ARCANINE
MANKEY
PRIMEAPE
ELECTABUZZ
EKANS
ARBOK
SCYTHER

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Editorial Review

Welcome to the world of Pokémon, one filled with wild Pokémon and the people who attempt to tame them. You are Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokémon trainer in the world. Professor Oak, the leading authority on Pokémon, has given you your choice of three tame Pokémon in exchange for your helping him catalog and document every Pokémon in the world.

But to catalog a Pokémon, you have to capture it, by first beating it up with one of your trained Pokémon, and then hitting it with an empty Poké Ball. As your tame Pokémon gain experience in battle, their abilities improve and they earn access to new attacks. Sometimes they even evolve into more advanced Pokémon.

Aside from capturing wild Pokémon and evolving your own, you can catalog new Pokémon--the only way to gather some Pokémon--by trading with another Pokémon player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Color's infrared system. Pokémon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokémon, since each Pokémon game (Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, andPokémon Yellow) has certain Pokémon missing. So if you own Red and want to have a complete set of Pokémon, you must find a friendly Blue or Yellow owner and arrange a trade.

Pokémon Red is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story hook, intriguing strategy, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon, and it's easy to see how it started the Pokémania that is sweeping the world. --Michael Fehlauer

Pros:

• Gameplay and strategy that are fun for all ages
• Fantastic replay value
• Brilliant game design encourages players to meet and trade

• Hours of looking at the Game Boy's little screen may hurt neck
• Only 1 saved game per cartridge--2 people can't share a single game
• No difference between Red and Blue except for distribution of Pokémon

Features

• Play as Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokemon trainer in the world
• Collect all 150 red Pokemon
• Train your creatures and they will evolve into different types
• Trade Pokemon with your friends using the Game Link Cable
• For 1 or 2 players

Reviews (134)

Best of Gameboy
It has always been a great habit for children to exhibit and swap their card/sticker/toy collections with their friends in school. The premise of Pokemon -to collect and train pokemon - was the perfect fertile growing field to exploit the fascination children had with collecting things. The first exploit was the TV show, where the characters in the videogame were rendered onto the TV screen, and when that became popular enough, the creators rendered Pokemon into thousands of other incarnations. Pokemon T-shirts, teddybears, actionfigures, trading cards, stickers, watches etc were all created under the slogan: 'you've gotta catch 'em all'... Parents had a rotten time, that's for sure. And it was this capitalistic, persistent, and continuous explotation of the pokemon name which made the name synonymous with childrens toys. The pokemon legacy was ruined by this exploitation, and the videgame was largely discarded as a childrens fad. But before the TV show, the toys, the trading cards, etc..the game stood pure and unspoilt by the impending pokemon-craze which was about to accompany it. Everybody loved the game. Pokemon was revered.

In the game you play as Ash, whose one single ambition is to become the greatest Pokemon trainer in the world. To do so you must collect pokemon and train them in battle.To catch Pokemon you need to engage in combat with wild Pokemon (wild animals). You choose which of your Pokemon is suitable for the fight and deminish the wild pokemon's strengh little by little untill it becomes weak enough to be captured. Once caught, the wild pokemon will become loyal and obedient. There's no 'set in stone' rule when it comes to catching Pokemon, if you fancy the look of a Pokemon, then you capture it. Wild Pokemon are scattered throughout the game and they are the enemy you cheifly encounter.Some Pokemon are rarer than others...There are some which appear only once in the game, and when you capture those ones, it can be quite euphoric. A sense of loyalty can develop between you and your Pokemon as you travel through the harsh and perilous plains together.

To complete the game, you must collect all eight gym badges. It takes a long time to collect the badges, because the gyms are sporodically spread throughout the game. Gym badges are given to those who defeat the owners of gyms . Gym owners are professional Pokemon trainers who are hardened by battle experience, and thus, much harder to defeat than normal Pokemon trainers (normal Pokemon trainers are the ones you spend most time in conflict with).Between collecting badges and training Pokemon, you will encounter many RPG elements in the game, puzzles, dungeons, items, etc...The game is huge and difficult. On average the game takes about 25 hours to complete, and when it's over, itwill be remembered as a toilsome and edifying experience in the mold of Zelda:OOT

Great concept, but............
Pokemon was a great concept game that should've appealed to all ages, but really, the Pokemon culture and TV show and all that B/S completely wrecked it.Just look at some of the reviews here.Some of them include cliche stuff from the show such as the Rocket Team horse and "Go Pokemon."It's really sad to see a great concept game like this go down the tubes now with the new releases that tie into the crap pop culture stuff.

Anyway, it's a great game, but don't play it in public, hide in your room and never tell anyone.

CHARIZARD GO!
This is a great classic game.You begin as a new Pokemon trainer, and soon select your first Pokemon.The choices are Charmander, a fire type;squirtle, a water type;or bulbasaur, a fire type.Interestingly, three Pokemon you choose from are like rock/paper/scissors, charmander beats bulbasaur, squirtle beats charmander, and bulbasaur beats squirtle.Soon, you rival chooses his Pokemon(annoyingly, its always the one that has the type advantage, like if you choose squirtle he will choose charmander.You are then given the task of completing a complete guide of Pokemon by catching all of them.In order to beat the game, you only need the first 150 Pokemon, however, there is also a legendary number 151 Mew.You catch Pokemon by using one you already have to weaken it, then catching it with a Pokeball.Once you catch a Pokemon, you may use it to fight others, but you can only have up to 6 Pokemon at a time.Along the way, you will encounter other trainers you may battle.There are regular trainers, which you battle only for money, fun, and experience.However, there are also gym leaders, which are specialized trainers with stronger Pokemon than regular trainers in their area have.There are 8 in all, and once you beat them, you may then battle the elite four, who are much tougher than gym leaders and you have to fight all of them in succession.You also encounter your rival throughout the game.And he becomes Pokemon League Champion, however, once you defeat him, you become Pokemon League Champion.There are also troublemaking team rocket members that you can and sometimes have to battle as well.Their boss is also the leader of gym 8.I have found the gym leaders and team rocket members are actually exceedingly easy if you know what you're doing, however, the elite 4 is very tough, especially since you have to face them all toghether.There are also legendary Pokemon, which are considered to be part of the 151 total, and they are very rewarding but challenging to catch.Also, one cool thing is there is a lot of moves(although some are kind of stupid) and certain Pokemon have strengths over others.For example, fire takes out grass easily.However, you can beat the game just by having stronger Pokemon, however, this is actually harder than using strategy.Because it takes a great length of time to level up, while a skilled player can quickly catch a Pokemon with a type advantage.And to the guy who said he beat this game in a hour....if you think this game is easy, than you should quit playing videogames altoghether, because you obviously are such a great master of everything.Also, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT THE GAME IN A HOUR!AT MINIMUM, YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT FOR AT LEAST LIKE 20 HOURS FOR YOUR POKEMON TO BE HIGH ENOUGH LEVEL TOO!Oh, wait, you must have used a gameshark.Wow, no wonder you are so good at videogames.But if anyone tells you they beat the game in a hour, they either cheated, found a big glitch, or both.Or else their exaggerating.But the only way the game could really beat that easy is if you had a strategy guide."Oh this game is so easy, I only had to read 50 books on it to beat it on the first try."GET REAL!IF THIS ISN'T A CHALLENGE, NOTHING IS!Overall, its a great game, but there are some annoying things.First off, to get all 151, you must trade with freinds, as neither red nor blue has every Pokemon, but they do combined.Most Pokemon are in both versions, but some are exclusive to either red or blue.Also, as you level up your Pokemon, they evolve(which is really more accurately described as metamorphises), and some only evolve by trading them with the same Pokemon with another player.Another thing is there is only one save slot. Finally, in the Japenese version, by getting the first 150, you get number 151,but in the US version you can only get them through Nintendo's promotions or by cheating.Hmm, giving Americans a raw deal, aye Nintendo?You know we buy into your promotions instead of demanding that you make stuff available in the games.In Japan, gamers would be outraged, but you know you can take advantage of us Americans?Okay, go ahead.But despite the fact that it isn't as good as the Japenese version or a perfect game, Pokemon Red is still one of my favorites.

From the Golden Days of Ninja Interactive Video Sporting
Let us be honest with ourselves. This is an old game. And yet it rocks most hard, say thankee. It's also highly addictive.

The point of Pokemon is simple: catch cute, little, animated talking monsters with magic, plastic balls, and use them to kick the living daylights out of the cute talking monsters of your enemies. So in truth, it's a lot like real life.

Plus, said monsters are fully changeable. You can give them a name, teach them special fighting skills, and even control how much they grow. This makes them much better than hamsters as pets go.

Plus, its got ninjas! I'm not only talking about a ninja master who uses Pokemon to duel you (I guess he never learned how to use shuriken or swords or stuff), I also mean you can name you Pokemon things like: Mifune or Hayabusa or Zatoichi or Swordsman with an Umbrella (that probably won't fit). Of course, you can also name it Winky-dinky-do, if it do please ya. But I digress.

Yes, Pokemon shows its age among modern video games. But so does Pong. And Pong is still mildly amusing. But without Pong, there'd be no Pokemom. And without Pokemon, there'd be no modern video gamage. And without video games, I'd have to actually face my family, friends and problems, and learn actual skills! So play Pokemon! It's better than Pong, and many other video games. Trust me. I've been there.

The Classics will always be the best
This was my first EVER gameboy game. I turned it on on one day and couldn't put it down for hours and hours. Some people think that it is childish and "dumb," but I can assure you that it is a great game that is fun to play. I don't have e-mail, which is why I am using the kid review form, but I am really 17. I can reccomend this game to anyone. Even my 81-year-old grandmother loved it. If you don't think that you can play games like this, you are wrong. This is one of the best games that I have ever played. I have tried the gold version and the Ruby and all of those other games, but I always go back to the original. The first 150 pokemon are the absolute best. ... Read more

Reviews (27)

Great Portable Console!
I have this Pokemon Limited Edition Game Boy Color. It works great! This console has a huge variety of games like Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, and more! It's like a portable NES! Has good graphics and good sound (for it's time). I HIGHLY recommend you get Pokemon Red or Blue along with it. It'll entertain you for hours!

Get this while you still can today!

awesome!!!
it was the best game system i've ever played!! When i'm on a trip, i take it out and play with it! I really enjoy this game lots!!! I really hope that this system stays around a long time!!

Pokemon Yellow Bundle rocks
This is my most favorite Game Boy Colar in the world and it matches my most number 1 favorite game in the world and that is Pokemon Yellow. They should have made a Bundle pack Game Boy Colar for Pokemon Red and Blue also because I think they are also the best number 1 games but I like Pokemon Yellow better.

This is my favorite Pokemon Game Boy Colar
I love this Pokemon Game Boy Colar because it matches my favorite game Pokemon Yellow.

Pokemon Yellow Bundle is better than Gold and Silver.
This is my favorite Game Boy Colar. I wish I can have it
with Pokemon Yellow Version. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Although it's geared more for younger players, PokémonSnap is good clean fun for Pokémon fans of any age. In thisPokémon battle-free adventure, players assist Professor Oak in completinghis Pokémon Report by photographing the cute little buggers in the wildon Pokémon Island. Players take a trolley-like ride through the island's3-D environments, filled with Pokémon that not only look just like theydo in the cartoons, but also have "cries" to match. While there's a limitedamount of film for each trip and no zoom lens, players enjoy great freedom ofdirectional movement from within the vehicle, thanks to solid controls.

Pokémon Snap isn't as easy as it looks, as not just any old picturewill satisfy Professor Oak; submissions for his Pokémon Report are judgedon size, pose, technique, and whether or not there's more than one of the samePokémon in the picture. As progress is made, new areas open up, andplayers are given items to aid them in their quest. Although there are onlyseven areas, they need to be revisited often, as hidden and otherwiseuncooperative Pokémon must be "coaxed" by using items that you previouslydidn't have before. Also, Pokémon will do some of the craziestthings--which make for great photographs--but only under certain conditions that requiremuch experimentation (or a strategy guide) to unearth. --Joe Hon

Pros:

• Good clean fun for Pokémon fans of any age
• Cute Pokémon 3-D graphics and "cries" faithful to the cartoon series
• Print out stickers of your photos at a Pokémon Snap Sticker Station

• An anti-Pokémaniac's worst nightmare
• Contains only 63 of the 151 Pokémon
• Game cartridge can hold only 1 player's save data

Reviews (116)

needs variety!
THis game was okay, but the whole concept was kinda boring. You just go thru the same worlds and the same exact thing happens, every time. its pretty boring after u play it 4 a while.

This game is completely addictive!
My boyfriend and I played this game and it was so much fun we were fighting over the controller.The premise seemed kind of dull but once you start snapping pictures you just can't stop.I highly recommend this game.

Very fun game
My bro and i have had this game for quite some time now. It is very fun. You get to take cool pics of all zee pokemon! Its real cool.

Our whole family loves it!
This is such a simple concept but it works beautifully.Even my wife who's not much of a video gamer loved it.Actually, I think we enjoyed and got more out of it than our kids.No shooting (yes, cameras; no, weapons) makes us happy!

You have build skills, REALLY look around AND think to get this game to work. Yes, we conquered it in a week but only because it was an absolute obsession for all of us to figure how to find the secret "signs" (objects like rocks and trees that look like Pokemon).We played it non-stop!

DONT BUY THIS GAME
Sure, its fun 4 five minutes, but after that Id rather be taking pics of my bathroom than the Pokemon in this game. I spent $3.95 on this game, but now I wish I would have bought gum or marbles instead! ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

Although the Pokémon aspect of Pokémon PuzzleLeague is purely thematic--which might disappoint lovers of Pikachu, whilestill warding off nonfans--the fun and challenging gameplay here makes thistitle one of the best in the puzzle genre.

Gameplay in Pokémon Puzzle League is a variation on the puzzleclassic Tetris: players must clear blocks off the screen by switchingadjacent horizontal blocks to create horizontal and vertical lines of three ormore identically colored blocks. Blocks rise in rows from the bottom of thescreen, and, once they reach the top, the game is over. While it's deceptivelyeasy at first, the steadily increasing speed of the rising blocks requiresplayers to make combos (more than three blocks in a line) and chains (creatingmultiple lines simultaneously), both of which pause the rise of the blockstemporarily.

Featuring six gaming modes and puzzles in both 2-D and 3-D, PokémonPuzzle League is best played by one player versus the computer (in theStadium) or in two-player "versus" mode. In these modes, creating combos andchains causes "garbage" blocks to fall from the top of your opponent's screen,which results in some villainously vindictive gameplay.--Joe Hon

Pros:

• Fun and challenging Tetris-like game for all ages
• Outstanding two-player "versus" gameplay
• 2-D and 3-D puzzles, six gaming modes, and very thorough tutorials
• "Puzzle University" mode lets players create their own puzzles

• Pokémon aspect of the game is purely thematic

Reviews (31)

Great Game!
Even if you hate Pokemon, but like puzzle games, you will love this! It's very addicting, I really enjoy playing it! It's even better than Tetris! Give it a try!

tetris on speed only more competitive
My roommates in college and I played this every day for a semeseter.Some of our friends bought N64 just for this game.The Pokemon element is annoying and has nothing to do w/ the game and only makes people look at you funny when you try to tell them how cool the game is.Were this Mario's puzzle league it would probably have the name recognition Dr Mario enjoyed.the folks at nintendo botched this one.If you play this long enough you almost enter the matrix so to speak, you can set up huge combos, the head to head 2d mode is my favorite and it's a blast to play w/ your friends. Drinking a little when you play seems to help too.This is like tetris on speed only more competitive b/c the head to head mode also includes strange trash talk from wierd little pokecharacters.dont let the annoying little creatures stop you from checking out this game, its one of the best i've come across.

It is SO addictive!
And so so fun!I play it ALL the time when I get bored (got it used at a blockbuster for 9$!) and love it.It's just like Tetris Attack, but harder (good for someone like me who graduated quickly from the limited difficulties of the Tetris Attack version!)The 3-d mode is fun too!My mom hates the repeating sounds, though... so I sometimes turn it down for her!

you will be tempted to play this obsessively, but don't!
With puzzle-type games, it's easy to start an addiction.Especially with games as fun as Pokemon Puzzle League.It's a basic and familiar premise: match up 3 or more blocks of the same color and watch them disappear.Based on this simple idea, several different types of 1-player modes were created, as well as a 2-player mode.All are fun to play, and some of the 1-player modes are quite challenging.
Now about my addiction... err... the possibility of addiction... If you constantly play this game (espceially the 1-player mode), you will get too good at it, and the challenge, as well as the fun, will be lost.Fortunately for you, this should take many many months during which you will enjoy several games with your friends and by yourself.

Not only for the young, but only for the young at heart...
I'm 24 and I loved this game. I don't tend to like shooting or racing games; I like the ones with stories, characters, scenery, strategy. Yes, this game is easy, but it really is fun. You drive in a cart (you don't get to control the cart, though; it's like a ride at an amusement park: it just goes) through various environments (beach, river, valley, volcano, etc.) trying to get pictures of different Pokemon. Some are out in the open and easy to shoot, some won't appear without lots of experimentation and/or observation and strategizing. The goal is to get the best shot you can of each different Pokemon. When you get to the end of a level, you pick which pictures you want to show to the Professor for whom you're working. He rates them on different qualities and stores them for his report. You can go back to each level as often as you like trying to get the best pictures. A simple game with fun graphics. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Pokémon Trading Card Game is a Game Boy Color title basedon the popular strategy card game from Wizards of the Coast. Fans of theexisting red, blue, and yellow versions of Pokémon will find this game tobe less redundant than earlier Game Boy Pocket Monster offerings. This game ismore of a hybrid of its predecessors--mixing strategy card gameplay androle-playing game elements--with highly successful results.

The story inPokémon Trading Card Game is basically the same as that of theoriginal Pokémon titles, only with new character and feature namessubstituted. Instead of Professor Oak, players meet Dr. Mason. Gym Leaders arenamed Club Masters, battles are duels, and so forth. Learning the card game is abreeze thanks to the inclusion of comprehensive instructions and an in-depthtutorial. Although some minor changes have been made, the method of play isvirtually identical to the original card game, and just as addictive. While muchshorter than the Pokémon games, the gameplay here doesn't involve randomand repetitive battles, and follows a less linear path.

AlthoughPokémon Trading Card Game would seem to turn a social experienceinto a solitary one, it allows for and encourages interacting with other gameowners. Duels can be fought between players via a game link cable, and cards anddecks can be traded using the infrared communications port. The most interesting(although somewhat dubious) feature here is the "card pop!" option, whichgenerates one new card for each player when communicating wirelessly; the catchis that you can't "card pop!" the same person again for a while after doing so,thus limiting the feature's appeal. --Joe Hon

Pros:

• Easy-to-learn and highly addictive gameplay
• Features cards exclusive to the Game Boy
• Excellent game link and infrared communication port options
• Package includes limited edition trading card

• Relatively short game compared to Pokémon Game Boy titles
• Very limited appeal outside the Pokémaniac crowd

Reviews (52)

A very fun game with a through-the-roof replay value!
Here is my review:
Replay value: 10/10
Difficulty: 7/10
Educational: 10/10

This...game...is...GREAT! Even with Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire out in stores, I still spend lots of time trying to complete my Pokemon Card collection on the Game Boy. The game is very fun and will quickly turn newbies to the Pokemon TCG into experts. I'm a 12-year-old girl and a dedicated Pokemon fan, and I must say...Let your Ruby/Sapphire Pokemon take a little rest so you can pick up a copy of this awesome game. (Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire is an awesome game too ^.^) The basic storyline of this game is that you are a boy with the default name of Mark, who wants to inherit the four Legendary Pokemon Cards (special GB versions of Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Dragonite). You can carry up to four (4) decks at a time, but you can save your valuable deck configurations in a Deck Save Machine. You must defeat the 8 Club Masters (as you do Gym Leaders) then defeat the four ultimate experts of the Pokemon TCG (as with the Elite Four). Although the only deck expansions included are Jungle, Fossil, and Base Set, this is all in all an excellent game. Wonder when the Ruby/Sapphire TCG version will come out for GBA?

Great card game - but this isn't a very good port of it
In 1999, the success of Nintendo's Pokemon Trading Card Game was unrivaled. So, it seemed only natural that they release the card game in video game form. It would satisfy fans of the card game, and, of course, would give Nintendo extra cash. Read on for my views on this game.

The good:

It's the Pokemon Trading Card Game on Game Boy! Now you can play card games without a second person (although you can link up if you want, to trade or to battle.) And of course, being on Game Boy makes it portable. The game has a minor storyline (get eight medals and defeat the card champions so that you can get the legendary cards,) obviously added in to make the game more appealing. There are even cards that were made up exclusively for this game! And, of course, you can obtain booster packs by winning duels, so that you can build your dream deck.

The bad:

This game uses very little common sense. Here's a few "stupid questions" that will make you realize all the flaws this game has.

-When my opponent has no Basic Pokemon in his starting hand, why doesn't the game let me draw up to two cards? I'm allowed to in the REAL card game.

-Why does the game ask me to place Pokemon on the bench when I don't have any?

-Why do the starter decks have so many different types of Pokemon in them? This makes the decks so scattershot, that you'll rarely get the type of energy you need. Accordingly, don't plan on winning a lot of duels until you customize your deck.

-Why does this game only have cards from the Base Set, Jungle, and Fossil expansions? And why does the game divide them into four sets that the actual card game never did?

-Why does the game ask me to select a prize card when I only have one left? Wouldn't it be common sense which one I wanted to take if there was only one left?

-Why does the game do unneccessary coin flips? If an attack will knock out a Pokemon and it can also paralyze the Pokemon, there is NO REASON to do a coin flip if the attack is certain to knock out the enemy.

-Why is the text speed so slow in this game?

-How can Booster Packs be sent you you via the internet?

-Why is your character's name written in a different font than everything else in the game?

-Why can you only play as a male character?

-Why is "no" the default answer to most of the game's questions?

-Why is the music different on the subscreen than on the main screen?

-Why does the computer always seem to have so much luck, and you never do?

-Why are energy cards so hard to obtain in this game?

OVERALL:

Take my advice. Don't get this game unless you're a die-hard fan of the card game, or unless you're a Pokemon fan and you find it for a good price. You may be better off waiting to see if a sequel is released for the Game Boy Advance.

A pretty nice game
This is basically a video game adaption of the card game.You can go battle, trade, and do card pop, where you and a friend use GameBoyColors infared thing to link up and get random cards.You can only do this once with each person for a set time period.(I think it might be a day.)YOu eventually go through a bunch of card clubs, defeat club leaders for medals, and in the end face off against the "Grand Masters" for a chance to beat the game and get four legendary cards.

Their is a small group of cards which only come in the game.Little custom cards, you might say.You can know this by seeing a little GB on the card information screen.(The Legendary cards are Game boy custom.)

But if you're a "newbie" to pokemon, or mabey just realizing it's existance, it only sports the basic, jungle, and fossil expansions.This is actually pretty good, considering the time it was made.(When those three sets were the only ones "on the shelves" at the time.)And unlike the YuGiOh card game games, youcan't upload cards you have into the game.You must get them by obtaining boosters which you can get by beating club members, leaders, and opening the occasional email from the professor.(There's about twenty of them throughout the game.)

So overall, if you like the card game, get this for protable pokemon tcg action.If you don't like the cards, leave it alone.

Very good game. :-)
This is an exelent game for anyone who is a fan of the pokemon tcg or pokemon in general. There are a viriety of people you can duel with a viriety of difaculty levels. There isalso the chalenge of building a great deck and colecting all the cards. For maximum play, get a link cable and a friend to hook up with. You can duel, trade, and card pop!

Whoever is Board
Have you ever been so board you will burst? Have you liked pokemon cards and games? Well now you aren`t board when it comes to when you buy I trading Cartridge. So you can defeat pokemon cards in a SNAP! All you have to do is play a Card Battle, Defeat Gyms, and win 8 medals! Plus win a Dragonite Card when you finish the game. Try to trade cards and stand up to the Mighty Dragonite Card!!!
You should get this great item!!! ... Read more

Editorial Review

As with just about anything brandishing the Pokémon name,Pokémon Stadium is a must-have for any Pokémaniac. But thistitle is especially geared towards owners of Pokémon Red,Pokémon Blue, or Pokémon Yellow for the Game Boy.Using the same battle system as the Game Boy games--think highly advancedrock-paper-scissors--Pokémon Stadium allows players to entertheir Pokémon in a variety of tournaments and other battle modes, allfeaturing vibrant 3-D graphics and animation, as well as enhanced sounds andannouncer commentary. Using the included Transfer Pak, players can use their ownPokémon from Game Boy Game Paks, or they can choose from a pool ofrental Pokémon.

Pokémon Stadium isn't all battles, though. The Kids Club modefeatures nine cutesy minigames that make for great multiplayer fun for all ages.Gallery mode lets players take snapshots of Pokémon (similar toPokémon Snap), which can then be printed out as stickers at yourlocal Pokémon Snap station.

While Pokémon Stadium doesn't require that you already have anyGame Boy version of Pokémon, players won't be able to access twoof the best features of the game without one. Pokémon Lab allows playersto view, store, and better organize the data on their Game Paks, as well astrade Pokémon with another player (which requires an additional TransferPak, sold separately). GB Tower allows gamers to play their Game BoyPokémon cartridge on the Nintendo 64. --Joe Hon

Pros:

• Tried-and-true Pokémon battle system with enhanced graphics andsounds
• Allows you to play your Game Boy Pokémon game on the Nintendo64
• Ability to manipulate data on your Game Boy Pokémon game
• Minigames make for great multiplayer fun for all ages

Cons:

• Not likely to win over any Pokémon holdouts
• The Game Boy Pokémon games are a better starting point fornewbies to the genre

Features

• Enter your Pokemon in arena tournaments
• Includes GB Transfer Pak which allows you to transfer pokemons from your Game Boy
• Move ahead as you fight against 8 trainers per tournament
• Enhanced graphics and sounds
• For 1 or 2 player

Reviews (160)

MY FAVORITE POKEMON GAME FOR NINTENDO 64!
I love this game because it feels like I am in a real pokemon battle. I can pick all the cute pokemon out there inculding my favorite pokemon Pikachu! This game is fun and I recomend this game for any hard core pokemon fans like me!

A great game with strange coincidences...
Pokemon Stadium is a great game that allows trainers to battle with the pokemon that they spent sooo much time training on their GameBoy pokemon red,blue,& yellow games! Note:You cannot use pokemon from the gold,silver,crystal,ruby,and sappire games,not to mention FR/LG versions of the game. I used to love playing this game back in 1999,but during the time that I used to play this game,I started to realize strange coincidences that always seemed to work in the enemy's favor! For some strange reason,moves with low accuracy,such as FISSURE,that also terminates one pokemon in a single hit! Would strike my pokemon WAY to often! Just to clarify,this is how it works,FISSURE only has a 30% chance of hitting an opponent,yet it seemed to strike my pokemon every time without fail! I have been know to refer to these coincidences as "Cheat-detectors" Because they only seem to happen if you are literally dominating your opponent! FISSURE is only an example,these "Cheat-detectors" can pop up at any time and effect any attack,you may find your attacks continueously missing you opponents pokemon for no appearent reason!!! These Cheat-detectors also exist in PokeMon Stadium 2,but Iam not sure if they exist in Pokemon Colosseum for the GameCube,but I'll bet that they are! This is not so much of a set-back as it is an annoyance,Cheat-detectors dont make the game impossible to win,but they do get in the way of winning as well as annoy you to no end. Pokemon Stadium & Pokemon Stadium 2
are worth the money and are entertaining to play! I recommend buying them,but be ready for lots of strange coincidences that effect overall game play.written by,
(Shadowmage)the game maniac

educational
this game teaches you gameing skills in pokemon, this can sometimes help you in your life!

more pokemon!
First this game comes with a bundle pak that lets you play your red, blue, and yellow version gameboy games on your n64. This game also has Professor Oak's lab where you can check or switch your items and your pokemon, and check the pokedex.

Anyway, in this game all 151 pokemon are present(yes you can probably use Mew and Mewtwo in battles but maybe you have to beat the whole game to get them). You have to compete in 2 different modes to complete the whole game. Stadium:there are 4 cups Poke Cup, Prime cup, Pika cup, and Petit cup. In the Poke and Prime cups you have to beat 4 different trophies Poke ball, Great ball, Ultra ball, and master ball. The Pika and Petit cup you only have to beat 1 trophy each. Gym leader castle:make your way up to the castle by battling the 8 gym leaders(with 3 apprentices before each), the elite four, and Gary(Ash's rival). Free battle:battle with friends(you can battle in teams, 2 vs. 2 or 1 vs. 3). If you don't have the gameboy games you do battling with the rental pokemon the game has provided for you. When you beat a partial of the game you can battle Mewtwo(the strongest Pokemon ever) using 6 pokemon. If you beat Mewtwo you do an adventure 2 which is a hard part of the game. I do not know what happens when you beat this part of the game because I am still working on it. When you want to get away from battling you can compete in 9 different minigames with up to 4 players:Magikarp's Splash, Clefairy Says, Run Rattata Run, Snore War, Thundering Dynamo, Sushi-Go-Round, Ekans hoop hurl, Rock harden, and Dig Dig Dig. These minigames are actually fun.

Great game for pokemon lovers and very challenging. Try it out!

Pokemon Stadium : One of the Best Games for Nintendo 64!
It is very hard to find good N64 games. But Pokemon Stadium (original) is listed on the "Best Games for N64" category.

Pokemon Stadium (original) is a game where you have to compete in a tournament to win badges. You can also challenge GYM LEADERS. They are a little difficult!

Some of you may be saying, "But I don't have Pokemon Red nor Blue. Now I can't play the game. BOOHOOHOO! :( " Well then, you are wrong. If you don't have Red or Blue (for Game Boy), you can rent Pokemon from the game. However, you don't own them. (That means you can't train them to do special abilities.)

TIRED OF BATTLING? Play some mini-games at the Kid Zone. (It's for all ages.) You can play with up to four (4) players! They are very easy to learn, but challenging to do.

GB TOWER. Have Pokemon Red or Blue and the Transfer Pak? If you do, go to the GB TOWER and you can play your Pokemon Red or Blue on the big screen!

I've only told you only a part of what this game has to offer. This game will keep you entertained for hours. Pokemon Stadium (original) won Player's Choice, that means it's a really good game! Get it today! You won't regret it! ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

From the second you plug this game into your Game Boy Color, it'sapparent that Pokémon Puzzle Challenge is essentially theTetris Attack that was released some time ago for the Nintendo 64 andGame Boy systems.

Pokémon characters abound; your young cousin or little sister should beable to rattle off many of their names effortlessly. The game is designed foryoung gamers, and encourages problem solving--something that all parents shouldwant their children to learn while playing a game. Thankfully, the game controlsare easy to pick up, and the tasks are easy to execute.

For a puzzle game, this one has a good number of gameplay options and modes.Puzzle University looks simple, at first, but it proves to be a realbrainteaser. In this mode, you must clear the entire screen in a limited numberof moves--a twist that makes the game surprisingly addictive. It's good to seethat Pokémon Puzzle Challenge has made some minor improvements onthe now-classic game of Tetris.

Naturally, the graphics are better on the Nintendo 64 version; but, if you'vegot a long ride planned, or that plane's been delayed, this game will turn hoursinto minutes. If you're looking for a family-friendly title for all of the GameBoy Color users in your family, look no further than Pokémon PuzzleChallenge. --Todd Mowatt

Pros:

• Challenging and extremely addictive Tetris variant
• Fun for just about anyone

• Repetitive voice samples quickly become annoying

Reviews (19)

Ow, My Fingers!!
This game is, to say the least, Addictive With A Capital "A".
It might seem hard when you start playing (I know it was for me; I got stuck at one point in Easy Mode the first time around), but it becomes much much easier over time.However, I've had it for give or take a few years and bits of it still escape me (i.e. how to get Sentret, how to beat the thing in less than 25 seconds, etc. etc.).Oh well, I expect I'll figure those bits out too.
One more thing: do NOT play this at night if you can't sleep.I did this once, and for about two days afterwards, whenever I stared at the wall, I saw puzzle designs.True story.
And you will probably like this game if you like Tetris.

Fun, fun, fun!
Don't be turned off by the cutesy Pokemon theme.This is "Tetris Attack" (from the SNES), but with lots of extra modes.The creators took advantage of the Pokemon world to create some neat challenge modes.This game is extremely addictive.I recommend playing this on a Gameboy Advance SP so that you'll have a lighted screen.If not, you may have some eye strain trying to see the small blocks.

ADDICTIVE!
This game will steal your soul.I'm not kidding.I turned it on once, planning to only play for a few minutes, and ended up glued to the spot (possibly drooling) for the remainder of the day.I might have fossilized if it hadn't been time for dinner.

But there's a downside as well.It's very hard.My 11-year-old sister, a much more rabid Pokemon fan than myself, has informed me of the different ways to play the game so as to win the "extra Pokemon" (Sentret, Marrill, etc.) but it is almost impossible to do so.I have had the game for over a year and have still not managed to win Sentret.Still, it's not as if I'm going to stop trying.(Read: it's not as if I CAN stop trying.) :-)

finally, a game I can play!
We had purchased the Gameboy Advance a year ago, along with Mario, F-Zero and a few other titles.Those games just about killed the fun of the GBA machine.My 6 year old could never advance far enough and then I couldn't get her past the stages, so the GBA didn't get much use.Then I bought this game and some others for an upcoming trip and this game, Pokemon Puzzle Challenge is a winner.No getting stuck on a spot and then getting killed and having to start over.The variety on this Pokemon game is great and I really enjoy it.It looked great on the GBA system also. We also purchased the Puyo Pop, and although it is kind of similar in idea, it was a game my daughter liked and has stuck with.That one is a little harder to learn, but when it clicks, it is an easy concept and by changing the levels of difficulty, you can suit it to your own level(I live on the EASY level!).Even if you aren't into Pokemon, this is a fine game.I ignore the pokemon figures, much to my daughters dismay, and it has no effect on gameplay.

Fun even if you hate pokemon!
Graphics: 9.5/10- everything looks great, but there's not much to screw up when you just have colorful boxes.
Sound: 8/10-the music wasn't that bad...but the pokemon noises got annoying after a while.
Control: 10/10- super easy to learn
Replay value: 10/10- ENDLESS FUN
Over all: 9.5/10- super game...buy it

This is a great puzzle game, and i can see it as a future classic.Personally, i don't like pokemon, but this puzzle game is SO fun I forgot it had anything to do with pokemon(dont ask me how I managed that). One thing that got to me was the sounds the pokemon make when you do special moves...these get quite irritating after a while.BUT, in the options menu you can turn off the pokemon sounds without turning off all the other sounds, or if you hate all the sounds that would be why you have a volume control ^_~.Overall, this game is a must have filled with endless funn...BUY IT!!! ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

Video games don't get much cuter than Hey You, Pikachu!, a Pokémon title that allows players to talk to their favoriteelectric mouse--via the Voice Recognition Unit (VRU) that's included--and sharein its day-to-day adventures. While older Pokémon fans might findthe game too childish, the candy-coated goodness that's found here makes itperfect for the kiddies.

With the abstract goal of building a friendship with Pikachu, playerscommunicate with it by speaking certain keywords and phrases into the VRU'smicrophone. Although Pikachu's speech is limited to variations on its own name(e.g., "Pika! Pika!"), it expresses itself through thought bubbles and thegame's adorably animated 3-D graphics.

Mastering this interaction is key to solving Hey You, Pikachu!'s puzzleelements, which are encapsulated in various squeaky-clean activities in whichyou and Pikachu participate together. While the voice recognition here isn'tperfect by any means, there's plenty of on-screen help and guidance to keepplayers from getting too frustrated. --Joe Hon

Pros:

• Allows players to interact verbally with Pikachu
• Adorably animated 3-D graphics
• Plenty of onscreen help and guidance

• Voice recognition not perfect by any means
• Might be too childish for older Pokémon fans

Reviews (92)

My favorite Pokémon N64 adventure!
It's nice to be able to have a Pokémon adventure that does not include continuous battles with other trainers, this is what makes games such as a Pokémon Stadium or Pokémon Puzzle League sort of boring after a while and makes games like this one and Pokémon Snap a break from constant battling.
"Hey you, Pikachu!" is one of the most innocent child-oriented Pokémon 3D Adventures, it takes you away from the standard world of Pokémon trainers into the world of Pokémon caregivers and your task is to raise a little wild Pikachu you find deep in Viridian Forest.Pikachu will take you along on picnics, fishing trips, piñata parties and simple fieldtrips where you meet a bunch of Pokémon favorites in their natural habitats.Sadly, only the sweetest and cutest Pokémon like Bulbasaur, Charmander, Oddish or Poliwag are included, larger, meaner Pokémon like Onix or Electabuzz (To name a pair) had to be excluded since they didn't fit in the game.The game has different places to visit, some of them come from the Pokémon Game Boy games and some are completely new.You can help Pikachu take care of little Caterpie and help them evolve into Metapod and then pretty Butterfree, help collect ingredients to have a picnic with Bulbasaur and help Pikachu water Oddish and evolve them into Gloom and Vileplume.The adventure is a lot of fun and the greatest thing about is the fact that the game does not revolve around making selections with the controller buttons, but you can actually use your own voice with a special Nintendo 64 exclusive device included with the game.

I've heard a lot of complaints about this VRU (Voice Recognition Unit) system, but I've never really had any problems with it.The system will work fine if you know how to use it properly.Here's a few tips for those who may find this device troublesome.

-Make sure your device is plugged onto the 4th controller slot, it will not work if connected somewhere else and make sure everything is plugged into place.

-Make sure your TV isn't too loud when you talk to Pikachu, because if it is the system will have trouble recognizing what you say.

-Speak proper English.Speak slowly and clearly and make sure you are not too close or too far apart from the mocrophone, have it right before your mouth.

-Also, see that you keep the appropiate "L" button pressed down the whole time while you speak and don't release it while you are talking.

If you follow those hints, the VRU shouldn't give you any problems.The only complaint I would have about this is the clip that attaches the microphone to the controller, it is very fragile and breaks easily, we had it replaced twice.

The game has decent graphics, standard Nintendo 64 and the animations and movements are sharp and well done.Pikachu is a very realistic Pokémon and behaves naturally.Pikachu is very cute and fun to play with, he acts like any real pet, he gets happy, excited, sad and angry and it is your job to keep him happy as much as you can.Surrounded with beautiful music and very heartwarming moments, the game is challenging, fun, entertainment and a must buy if you would like a break from Pokémon battling and take some time with another kind of Pokémon adventure.

Absolutely wonderful!

mi kol revu
kool go fishing,have a picnic,and talk to pikachu!.get into the secret hive. go to a pokemon picnic 2 when you get there,look on to the hills next to you till ya see some brown dirt walk backwards and run right into it! you are inside a hive.there will be a magnet and a screw.put the in your box and leave or play.when you go home you get money to buu stuff you can go there again and the stuff will be there

Hey You, Pikachu:A skill builder
Picture this. You are in your room and your mom wakes you up saying, "Oak's test is today!" You are 10 and you get up and go out the door to see what the test is. You find Prof. Oak and say, "O. K. I'm here." He then tells you that your test requires friendship, not a pencil! He then tells you, "Your test is to make friends with Pikachu!" You are told to speak to it, so you press Z and talk into the microphone. SURPRISE! Hey You, Pikachu isn't a book. It's a GAME!
First of all, this game is okay. This game is okay because of the animation. It doesn't look REAL, but pretty close.
Second, this game is great. This game is great because you can ACTUALLY make a friend! Using a microphone, you can ask questions, help it's friends, and help it buy MERCHANDISE!
Third, this game is awesome. This game is awesome because you don't have to do much to gain points! Just press A to pick something up, press START, and press A again to store it for points at the end of the `day'.
Last of all, this game is excellent. This game is excellent because you can build social skills. What it lacks in animation, it makes up in building social skills.
I give this game, out of 1-10, a 9! I recommend this game to everyone. Its rated E for EVERYONE. It's only for Nintendo 64 systems. It's only at the price of $15.00, which is CHEAP for a game this unique.

this stinks
this game stinks after the first few days i bought it it stopped working now somebody has to hold the cord to the microphone. it might be ok to buy this.

Pikachu's SOOOOOOOO Cute!
I rented this game at Blockbuster and I LOVED IT! Pikachu listens to your every command and it's really cute! ... Read more