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[–] Exulion@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

But they were both deceived, for there was a third choice.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 hour ago

Blue had better Pokemon sprites (graphics).

So in Japan, it was originally Pokemon Red and Green. The original third version was Blue, with bug fixes and some updated Pokemon sprites.

Japanese Blue was used as the base of the international Red and Blue versions, but for some reason they included the original sprites in international Red version. Maybe to make more differences between international Red and Blue?

Yellow was actually a fourth version, lol.

This is also why the GBA remakes were Fire Red and Leaf Green.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

The real choice was Yellow.

[–] torubrx@piefed.social 2 points 54 minutes ago

I always go with bulbasaur. He's always the right option

[–] adarza@piefed.ca 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

both. "gotta catch 'em all"

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 8 minutes ago* (last edited 7 minutes ago)

Pokemon red/green minimum requirements:

[x] Game boy

[x] Batteries

[ ] Friends

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Wasn't much of a choice for some of us. Red was out of stock everywhere...

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

The right answer is Wartortle.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

red was the best. it had the best exclusives.