Pokémon Red Version and
Pokémon Blue Version, originally released in Japan as , are
role-playing video games developed by
Game Freak and published by
Nintendo for the
Game Boy. They are the first installments of the
Pokémon series. They were first released in Japan in 1996 as
Red and
Green, with being released later in the year as a special edition. They were later released as
Red and
Blue in North America, Europe and Australia over the following three years.
Pokémon Yellow, a special edition version, was released roughly a year later.
Red and
Green have subsequently been
remade for the
Game Boy Advance as
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, released in 2004.