Pokemon Red Version for Nintendo 3DS

About Pokemon Red Version for Nintendo 3DS

Pokemon Red Version is the game that launched one of the biggest series on Earth, and this release brought the original Game Boy classic to Nintendo 3DS through Virtual Console. From Pallet Town you set out with Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle, chasing eight gym badges, the Elite Four and a Pokedex of one hundred fifty one Pokemon. Your rival pushes you at every town, Team Rocket schemes in casinos and caves and every route hides something worth catching. The simple black and white world somehow contains the seed of everything Pokemon became.

Part of its charm today is its rawness. Battles are quick and readable, the chiptune soundtrack is unforgettable and the sprites carry more personality than their few pixels should allow. The Virtual Console edition preserved the essential social half of the original, letting two systems trade and battle over local wireless so the version exclusive Pokemon missing from Red could still be swapped in from Blue. It is both a great game and a history lesson, the moment a generation learned that a tiny cartridge could hold a whole world of friends.

Genre	Role playing
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Nintendo 3DS
Release	2016
Available on	Physical copies for Nintendo 3DS

On Nintendo 3DS, this classic arrived as a digital release, and that door has now shut. The Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS closed in March 2023, so new digital purchases are no longer possible. Players who bought it before the closure can still access their purchased games. For everyone else, original cartridges still turn up at retro game retailers, ready for the classic hardware they were made for.

History this charming deserves to be played, not just remembered.

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What's inside

• The first Pokemon adventure in faithful form
• All 151 original Pokemon to hunt and trade
• Wireless trading and battling between systems
• Iconic chiptune music and classic sprites
• Eight gyms, the Elite Four and Team Rocket

Best for

Great for retro lovers and new fans who want to play the adventure that started everything.