Anniversary: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Are 20 Years Previous Right now

Get your applicable ageing GIF on the prepared (Matt Damon in Saving Personal Ryan, the Tenth Physician, that Titanic one — the selection is yours) as a result of we have now to interrupt it to you that Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are actually 20 years previous.

Whereas we let that sink in, let’s run by means of some information. Launched on the Recreation Boy Advance on twenty ninth January 2004 in Japan (the video games can 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 collection, remaking Gen I’s Pokémon Crimson and Blue in an analogous type that Trainers had seen in Gen III’s Ruby and Sapphire two years prior.

Apart from a graphical replace, FireRed and LeafGreen additionally launched a handful of latest options to maintain the remakes up with the instances. Additions included the looks of Darkish- and Metal-Sorts, new assaults and skills 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 collection 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 had been price it’s a query for an additional time, however in 2004, the world of Pokémon had by no means felt greater.

Neither sport has graced a Digital Console within the 20 years since their launch, making them a considerably difficult catch right this moment. We is perhaps hoping on a Starmie right here, however our fingers are nonetheless crossed that they’ll make their approach over to the Nintendo Swap On-line GBA library in the future… please…