Pocket Monsters Ao

Moby ID: 80823

Released

October 15, 1996 on Game Boy

Credits

30 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1996 (Game Boy)
2016 (Nintendo 3DS)

Publishers

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Developers

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 9 players

Genre: Role-playing (RPG)
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
Setting: Fantasy

Game Boy Specs

Multiplayer Options: Turn-Based Multiplayer (Game Link Cable)
Number of Players Supported: 1-2 Players

Buy on Game Boy

$44.90 used, $990.00 new on eBay

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Description

Pocket Monsters Ao is a reworked version of Pocket Monster Akai and Pocket Monsters Midori. It was later used as the technical base for Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version.

The gameplay mechanics stay identical, but there are some engine upgrades (graphics, sound, fixed glitches). This edition also changes the place where some Pokémon are acquired as well as which ones need to be traded from other versions.

Spellings

ポケットモンスター青 - Japanese spelling

Groups +

Credits (Game Boy version)

30 People (23 developers, 7 thanks) · View all

Director (ディレクター)	Satoshi Tajiri (たじりさとし)
Program (プログラム)	Takenori Ohta (おおたたけのり) Shigeki Morimoto (もりもとしげき) Tetsuya Watanabe (わたなべてつや) Junichi Masuda (ますだじゃんいち)
Character Design (キャラクターデゼィン)	Ken Sugimori (すぎもりけん) Atsuko Nishida (にしだあつこ)
Music (おんがく)	Junichi Masuda (ますだじゃんいち)
Sound Effects (ソウンドエフェクト)	Junichi Masuda (ますだじゃんいち)
Game Design (ガームデゼィン)	Satoshi Tajiri (たじりさとし)
Monster Design (モンスターデゼィン)	Ken Sugimori (すぎもりけん) Atsuko Nishida (にしだあつこ) Motofumi Fujiwara (ふじわらもとふみ) Shigeki Morimoto (もりもとしげき) Satoshi Ohta (おおたさとし) Rena Yoshikawa (よしかわれな)
Scenario (シナリオ)	Satoshi Tajiri (たじりさとし) Ryousuke Taniguchi (たにぐちりょうすけ) Fumihiro Nonomura (ののむらふみひろ) Hiroyuki Jinnai (じんないひろゆき)
Parameter Setting (パラメータせってい)	Koji Nishino (にしのこじ) Takeo Nakamura (なかむらたけお)
Map Design (マップデゼィン)	Satoshi Tajiri (たじりさとし) Koji Nishino (にしのこじ) Kenji Matsushima (まつしまけんじ)
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Trivia

Virtual Console Alterations

Pocket Monsters Ao and its counterpart versions were rereleased for the 3DS Virtual Console to celebrate the Pokémon franchise's 20th anniversary in 2016. Since the Nintendo 3DS isn't compatible with the long-obsolete Game Link Cable, these releases use the system's local wireless features for link trades and battles. Additionally, several attack animations have been toned down for the safety of players with photosensitive epilepsy or other sensory conditions.

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MobyGames ID: 80823

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Game added by Patrick Bregger.

Additional contributors: Opipeuter, Harmony♡.

Game added October 2, 2016. Last modified May 28, 2023.