Game Title: Pokémon Blue
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy
Hours Played: around 75
About The Game
Pokémon Blue (and its counterpart, Pokémon Red) was released on the Nintendo Game Boy in 1998 in North America. Basically, even though you are a small child, your mother thinks it’s cool that you want to travel around stuffing all sorts of weird creatures into balls and fighting against trainers who are in some cases way older and way more experienced. Once you receive your starter Pokémon, your mom kicks you out of the house so you can start your journey to the be the Greatest Pokémon Trainer Ever, and you’re not allowed to come home until you do! I may or may not have made that last statement up…
What I Liked
My favorite part of any Pokémon game is, of course, the Pokémon! I’m most fond of this generation of Pokémon probably because of nostalgia. Anyway, this game is so much fun! The music and graphics are adorable. I love the little cries the individual Pokémon make. I also appreciated how the game was a decent challenge without ever being overly difficult- though I did get tripped up on occasion.
What I Didn’t Like
The dungeons were a bit annoying at times, just because of all the random encounters. Sometimes I couldn’t take more than two steps without having to battle! Yeah, yeah, I used Repel and it didn’t work as well as it should have, so there! The Safari Zone sucked ass- Pokémon broke out of the balls way too easily, and it just annoyed me. Also, Moltres was quite the little bitch- I know he’s a Legendary, but still.
Closing Thoughts
Though I REALLY wanted to “Catch ‘Em All”, it really does take quite a bit of time to actually catch and evolve the Pokémon. I did try to do this at first (hence the inflated play time), but ultimately ended up just trying to build a strong team and move on. I’m also proud of myself for catching all the Legendaries as well as Mewtwo 😉 All in all, this was a really fun game, and I’m glad I’ve finally beaten it!
P.S. You can only play as a boy in this game, hence my name being “Brandon” haha.
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My description of the plot for early Pokemon games would have to include something like “You have to fight Team Rocket a bunch because they’re always starting shit with everyone!” 😀 I agree that the original Pokemon are the only ones that hold any nostalgia for me too. It is really hard to catch all of the Pokemon too. I did it on Pokemon Red or Blue and I honestly don’t know if it was worth the effort. I’m sure I only was able to do it because I was young and had all of the time in the world to play video games 🙂 Great review as always!
Thanks! 🙂 Haha yeah Team Rocket is a bit of a pain in the ass! Catching them all really is quite a feat that I thought I was up for, but after awhile I realized I just wanted to beat the game lol.