Pokémon FireRed Version (Game Boy Advance)

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Description

Pokémon FireRed takes the player into the world of Kanto on a mission to catch all of the 350 pokémon for Pokémon researcher Prof. Oak. Pokémon are animal-looking creatures that pretty much form this and all the other games in the Pokémon Universe. The challenge is to capture them all using pokéballs and an own set of these strange creatures, as well as training them for the ultimate battle, the Elite Four!

The game is a remake of the original Pokémon Red and offers the same diversity of gameplay as the original. However, this game has got everything the player might miss in the classic game: updated art and graphics, new pokémon, and perhaps the most interesting: the wireless adapter. This allows the player to trade wireless with friends within a limited radius. In addition to all of this, the player may explore a new set of islands outside of Kanto, the Sevii Islands! Enter the union room, make a dream team or explore the world of Kanto in this epic gameplay experience from the Universe of Pokémon.

Gotta catch 'em all!

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Alternate Titles

• "Pokémon Version Rouge Feu" -- French title
• "Pokémon Rosso Fuoco" -- Italian title
• "Pokémon Rojo Fuego" -- Spanish title
• "Pokémon Feuerrote Edition" -- German title
• "Pocket Monsters FireRed" -- Japanese title
• "ポケットモンスター ファイアレッド" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Enhanced remakes
• Gameplay feature: Creature breeding / fusion
• Gameplay feature: Fishing
• Gameplay feature: Gambling
• Gameplay feature: Importable characters
• Gameplay feature: Monster capture / training
• Games made into comics
• Games made into movies
• Games made into TV series
• Games released as complementary versions
• Nintendo Player's Choice releases
• Pokémon main RPG series
• Pokémon universe

User Reviews

The perfect remake of one of the greatest games ever!	Spag (70)
Takes the original and improves it tenfold!	colm52 (122)

Critic Reviews

GamerDad	Oct 29, 2004		90
RPGFan	Apr 26, 2008	90 out of 100	90
Gameplanet	Oct 12, 2004		90
GameSpot	Sep 07, 2004	8.4 out of 10	84
Diehard GameFan	Sep 10, 2004	8.3 out of 10	83
RetroGame Man	Jan 13, 2017	8 out of 10	80
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Netjak	Jan 05, 2005	7.2 out of 10	72
Game Freaks 365	2004	7.2 out of 10	72
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Sep 30, 2004	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Link cable

This game, along with Pokémon LeafGreen Version, is the first (in the US at least...) to support a wireless link cable, which comes with the game.

References

Despite having a SNES in the original games (Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version), the main character of the remakes has a NES.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2004 – #3 GBA Game of the Year
  • 2004 – GBA RPG of the Year
  • 2004 - Rehash of the Year (GBA)

Information also contributed by colm52

Related Web Sites

• Pokèmon Elite 2000 (A Pokèmon fan site good at covering the latest news about coming and existing Pokèmon games.)
• Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (Official Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen web site by Nintendo of America. )
• Psypokes (A comprehensive Pokémon site that pretty much covers everything there is to know about the games.)