Pokémon Red and Blue: Introduction

Welcome to ais5174's Pokémon Red and Blue Walkthrough. This guide is intended to help you complete the original Pokémon games 100%. It will depict how to get through the game, offer strategies for potentially difficult battles, and reveal all of the Pokémon and items that are available in each area.

This guide was last updated on 22 September 2013. Author's note: CascadeBadge complete!

Opening

When you start Pokémon Red or Blue Version, you are first greeted with the names of the companies that brought the game to you, Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. Following this, a battle ensues between a Nidorino, in Red Version, or a Jigglypuff, in Blue Version, and a Gengar. Then, the protagonist, Red, will appear and begin to send out a slideshow of Pokémon. Press Start or A to access the title menu.

The title menu contains two or three options. These are:

• Continue (if a former save file exists)
• New Game
• Options

Continue allows you to pick up where you, or the previous user of the game, left off. Options allows you to adjust the speed at which text appears, turn battle animations on or off, and adjust the battle style. A battle style of shift will allow you to swap your Pokémon after you defeat one of your opponent's Pokémon, a battle style of Set will not, and you will have to spend a turn to do so.

For the purposes of this guide, choose New Game to begin your adventure. Professor Oak will appear, sporting a stern expression. He introduces you to the world of Pokémon and asks you for your name. You can enter any name you want that is seven characters or less. Afterward, he will introduce you to his grandson, your rival. You get to name him as well. His official name is Blue, so I will refer to him as Blue throughout this guide.

Oak informs you that your very own Pokémon adventure is about to begin, and you are shrunk down into your bedroom.

Proceed to Pallet Town