Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are 2004 remakes of the 1996 role-playing video games Pokémon Red and Blue. They were developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. FireRed and LeafGreen were first released in Japan in January 2004 and in North America and Europe in September and October 2004. The games are part of the third generation of the Pokémon video game series and hold the distinction of being the first enhanced remakes of previous games within the franchise.
North American box art for Pokémon LeafGreen, depicting the Pokémon Venusaur. The box art for Pokémon FireRed depicts the Pokémon Charizard (not pictured).
Development director Junichi Masuda
Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are 1996 role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. They are the first installments of the Pokémon video game series. They were first released in Japan in 1996 as Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green, with the special edition Pocket Monsters Blue released in Japan later that year. The games were released as Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue in North America and Australia in 1998 and Europe in 1999. Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue combined Red, Green and Blue for release outside of Japan.
Junichi Masuda (pictured in 2007) composed the music for all versions.
Pocket Monsters Green in original packaging box on display at the Stockholm Game Museum (Stockholms Spelmuseum).