Get your acceptable ageing GIF on the prepared (Matt Damon in Saving Non-public Ryan, the Tenth Physician, that Titanic one — the selection is yours) as a result of we’ve got to interrupt it to you that Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are actually 20 years outdated.
Whereas we let that sink in, let’s run via some details. Launched on the Recreation Boy Advance on twenty ninth January 2004 in Japan (the video games could be launched in September and October in North America and Europe respectively), FireRed and LeafGreen noticed The Pokémon Firm flip to the previous for the primary time within the sequence, remaking Gen I’s Pokémon Pink and Blue in an analogous type that Trainers had seen in Gen III’s Ruby and Sapphire two years prior.
Except for a graphical replace, FireRed and LeafGreen additionally launched a handful of latest options to maintain the remakes up with the occasions. Additions included the looks of Darkish- and Metal-Sorts, new assaults and talents and a few recent UI tweaks. The video games additionally expanded on the Gen I tales, introducing the Sevii Islands for much more catching after you first defeat the Elite 4.
And who can overlook the unlockable commerce choices with the sport’s Gen III contemporaries? Marking the sequence debut of the GBA Wi-fi Adapter, many people put within the hours to aim to catch ’em all like by no means earlier than. Whether or not the laggy hyperlink battles, fiddly set-ups and clunky trades have been price it’s a query for one more time, however in 2004, the world of Pokémon had by no means felt greater.
Neither recreation has graced a Digital Console within the 20 years since their launch, making them a considerably tough catch at the moment. We is likely to be hoping on a Starmie right here, however our fingers are nonetheless crossed that they’ll make their method over to the Nintendo Swap On-line GBA library at some point… please…