Pokémon Green

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Pokemon Green/Pocket Monsters Green
Japanese Box Art
Developer	Game Freak
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Game Boy
Release Date(s)	1996 (JP)
Genre	Console Role-Playing Game
Rating	(E) Everyone

Pokemon Green or Pocket Monsters Green(ポケットモンスター 緑, Poketto Monsutā Midori) is the first of the original Pokemon handheld games released. Within this game, players are young Pokemon trainers who set out upon the continent of Kanto. Your dream is to become a Pokemon master, catch all 151 known Pokemon, defeat the 8 Gym Leaders, and then beat the Elite Four for Pokemon Fame!

Features

• Pokemon Green is compatible with Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Crystal, Gold, and Silver.
• Game Link Cable to battle and trade Pokemon with friends!
  
• Insert game into a GameBoy Color and Pokémon Green will appear in Green Filters.
  

Japanese Only Release

While Pokémon Green and Red were released in Japan, Pokémon Red and Blue were released across shores, causing people think that Green was Blue. All three versions eventually became available in Japan with Blue becoming a special magazine order, however, Green never made across shores due to the enhanced Pokemon sprites that were used in Pokemon Blue's release, later when the original Pokemon games were re-made, Pokemon Green's color was chosen to be remade instead of Blue as Pokemon LeafGreen

The differences between a Pokemon Green sprite (left) and a Pokemon Blue sprite(right)

Differences

The locations of Pokémon in Pokémon Green are different, and Pokémon such as Lickitung, Jynx, and Kadabra are catchable, and do not require training an Abra or trading another Pokémon in order to get. More items are available in Pokémon Green, such as HP Ups being available in PokéMarts. The sprites are different in Pokémon Green, and was one of the main factors that made it unsuccessful in Japan, causing it to never be released across shores. The Unknown Dungeon, where Mewtwo dwells, is one of the larger differences, as the entire cave is different from it's Red and Blue brothers. It has been rumored that all 150 Pokémon may be captured in a single cartridge, and that once this goal is met, one may receive Mew without cheating or events.

Smaller and more obvious differences are the game being tinted green when put into a system that gives it color, and the color of the cartridge is green.