Pokémon Red

Pokémon Red is a 1996 role-playing game for the Game Boy. Players capture and train Pokémon, battle other trainers, and seek to become Champion.

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Pokémon battle system: A turn-based combat system in which Pokémon use moves governed by types, statistics, and status effects. Turn-based battles test the teams built during Red’s journey.
Pokémon Red and Green: The paired 1996 Japanese Game Boy role-playing games that introduced the Pokémon series. Red is one version of this original Japanese release pair.
Pokémon Blue: The Game Boy counterpart to Pokémon Red, released in Japan in 1996 and internationally in 1998. Blue is Red’s paired version, with different available Pokémon and revised presentation.
Pokémon: A Japanese media franchise built around fictional creatures that people catch, train, and battle. Red helped launch the global franchise and its collection-centered identity.
Pokémon type: A classification that shapes Pokémon moves’ strengths, weaknesses, and immunities in battle. Type matchups determine many decisive battles in Red.
Satoshi Tajiri: A Japanese game designer who created the concept for the Pokémon series. Tajiri’s collecting-inspired idea shaped Red’s central capture mechanic.
Pokémon Yellow: A 1998 Game Boy role-playing game that adapts Pokémon Red and Blue around Pikachu. Yellow revisits Red’s setting with changes inspired by the animated series.
Pokémon anime: An animated television franchise following Pokémon trainers and their companions. The anime expanded the characters and setting first established by the games.
Pokémon evolution: A transformation that changes a Pokémon into another species, often increasing its capabilities. Leveling and other evolution methods give Red’s collection long-term progression.
Game Freak: A Japanese video game developer that created the Pokémon series. Game Freak developed Red and established its original game systems.