Trivia
In 2001, Saudi Arabia's highest religious court, the mufti, issued a fatwa banning all Pokémon games and trading cards because they promote Zionism (6-pointed stars like the Star Of David are in the games), and are a bad influence to children in that they encourage gambling (the trading of characters). Punishments for disobeying the ban could include lashings and deportation.
Contributed by
Scaryfun (5453) on Dec 14, 2008.
Although most people believe that the only way to capture mew is through a Nintendo event or by use of a Game Shark device, techies have found that through a certain set of steps, you can capture mew in this game, as well as in blue and yellow versions. At this point, mew is level 7 and only knows pound. This feature is due to a mistake in the game's programming.
Pokemon Red/Blue was voted #39 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Jun 29, 2004.
The creator, Satoshi Tajiri, got the concept for pokemon when he was growing up as a kid. It's said that as a boy he used to catch bugs of all types and watch them grow and develop, like a caterpillar evolving into a butterfly! It's crazy to know that this childhood hobby would turn into a, now normal, popular enterprise.
Contributed by
Robbb (130) on May 12, 2004.
The man behind Pocket Monsters, Satoshi Tajiri, had been working on the game a full 5 years (from 1991 to 1996) before he finally decided to release it after he was satisfied enough with it. No one at Nintendo expected the game to be a hit, but I think they were rather surprised when the sales figures shot up into the millions range a few months after the game hit Japanese store shelves...
