Pokémon Red

Pokémon Red headlines

• It turns out that we were catching Pokémon all wrong

  After all these years, the truth about Gen 1 is out.

• Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow feature Pokemon Bank functionality

  During today’s Nintendo Direct, it was announced Pokemon Sun and Moon would feature Pokemon Bank functionality.

• Pokemon 20th Anniversary New 3DS bundle comes with Pokemon Blue, Red, Yellow

  The Pokemon franchise will celebrate its 20th Anniversary this year, and in celebration, Nintendo will release a New 3DS bundle which includes the re-release of Pokemon Blue, Red and Yellow.

• Classic Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow coming to 3DS Virtual Console

  Pokemon at its purest.

• A dedicated fan is building a working Pokemon Red in Minecraft

  One very, very talented and dedicated Minecraft fan is attempting to recreate a working Pokemon game within Minecraft.

• Pokemon Red speed-run beats world record

  Charlie “Exarion” Armitz has beaten the world record for speed-running Pokemon Red. Clocking a time of 1 hour and 51 minutes, Armitz starts with Squirtle and eschews any glitching. Keeping it real. Watch below. Thanks, Kotaku.

• Twitch Plays Pokémon ends, "new adventure" begins tomorrow morning

  Twitch Plays Pokémon has ended after 16 days with Pokémon Red being defeated.

• Twitch Plays Pokémon participants earn final badge in Pokémon Red

  Twitch Plays Pokémon participants have earned the eighth, and final badge, in Pokémon Red and are headed to the final stage. So far, players have caught 29 Pokémon, 21 have been released, 12 were lost on day 10, and 188 have been spotted. Viridian gym leader Giovanni has been defeated and all that remains is […]

• Twitch Plays Pokémon chat issues force it off general chat servers

  Twitch Plays Pokémon chat issues have caused Twitch to move the phenomenon off the general chat servers and onto a dedicated event chat server.