Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow, Virtual Console rereleases

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Seeing as how a number of us have mentioned getting the rereleases of Pokemon Blue, Red, and Yellow I thought it would be nice to start a thread not only asking which ones you got but also make this a thread where we can talk about what we have do so far in these rereleased gems.

I got all three but I have only played Yellow so far. I have reached Vermillion City and I have 27 Pokemon in my Pokedex so far. I have yet to face Lt. Surge but I did get to the S.S. Anne . I did the Mew glitch for the first time ever in my life but I have not used it. I already have Ivysaur, Charmeleon, Mankey, Pikachu, and Sandshrew on my team with plans of using Squirtle once I get it. I am leveling up my team so that they will be ready for Surge and beyond and things are looking really good. So how are all of your adventures going?

[The REAL Joey]

I'm still playing it having bought Red and Yellow. Yellow i'm leaving for now and will shake things up with a different party but Red has been a really nice revisit. At the moment i've started with Bulbasaur who's now a Venu, got the four trade evo Pokemon, Machamp/Alazazam/Gengar/Golem and a sixth spot which is open. Seems to be going between Jolteon and Lapras.

I've always been of the mindset the first two generations had something about that unlike future instalments. The harsher world (Hell, how many trainers have whips in this game) and a lot of the vague ambiguity that's hinted at with a lot of the themes is intriguing to say the least. So perhaps its the atmosphere of the games or just the design of the games. The sprites and music are something I look fondly back on. Even now I do. Sure some of the sprites are goofy but it adds to the charm. Sure the battle system isn't balanced at all (Toxiseed Venusaur, Wrap being a pain in the rear etc) but it's still playable.

I'm currently going on my way to the Elite 4 and have also tasked myself with actually catching them all. Morri has Blue so i'm getting a lot of the version exclusives to cover things i'd otherwise be unable to obtain. At the moment I have about 12 more Pokemon to catch.

On a side note, I tried the Mew glitch too, having never been aware of it. And wow, it's incredible. Still to this day finding out a new aspects to the game just shows how enjoyable they are. I botched the glitch due to not having the usual gambler/youngster method but I persevered. There was a long range trainer to the East of Fuschia, a dude on the bike as you go into route 14. Managed to fly out back to Fuschia where I had some bird keepers to the west exit I had not faced. This allowed the start menu to return. I then flew to Vermilion and in route 11 (as well as Diglett's cave) there are Pokemon averaging around the 21 special stat needed to summon Mew. Sadly, all the level 9 Drowzees I faced were a 22 (Gyarados) or a 23 (Shellder). I then went to Diglett's cave, caught a level 15 Diglett and used calcium on it to raise its stat to the 21 required. Flying back to Fuschia, all I needed to then do was find a Ditto in the grass in route 15 to replicate the Diglett's special stat. Running from the fight and making sure not to bump into trainers/grass I walked along to where route 14 starts and BAM. Start menu, exit and Mew.

It's an insanely powerful glitch in the fact it can net you any Pokemon. The temptation to use is high as it surely wouldn't be that difficult to fiddle around with stats in order to get the Pokemon you need.

But yes. Loving the re-releases. Here's hoping they do GSC. HGSS is great but again, I love the design aesthetic of the older gens.

[Minusaki]

Yellow would be nice to have re-made so it doesn't sound like Pikachu is drowning in the speaker. But I would want Blue to be remade because it's what I grew up with. It's really just a huge debate on those....but I understand if people want Red to be remade because they all love the forsaken fire lizard . It's really just a huge debate on what version deserves it more.