{"id":125652,"date":"2022-06-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132926"},"modified":"2022-06-12T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T08:00:00","slug":"game-freak-had-plans-for-65535-versions-of-the-original-pokemon-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/12\/game-freak-had-plans-for-65535-versions-of-the-original-pokemon-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Freak Had Plans For 65,535 Versions Of The Original Pok\u00e9mon Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0ae752faeec4a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0ae752faeec4a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0ae752faeec4a\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"TrL5dmjMAdA\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/a> has always had two different versions, but before the original games were released on Game Boy in 1996, Game Freak had plans for something else.<\/p>\n<p>In new translations of old Japanese interviews (via the YouTube channel <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TrL5dmjMAdA\">Did You Know Gaming<\/a>), it&#8217;s revealed how Game Freak wanted 65,535 different versions of the first generation Pok\u00e9mon games.<\/p>\n<p>This idea was tied to the Trainer ID system &#8211; where players would be assigned a number between 1 and 65,535. Depending on the number generated, their own experience would be slightly different &#8211; determining the Pok\u00e9mon that appeared in each game, the shape of certain locations, and more.<\/p>\n<p>This was eventually axed when Game Freak was visited by Nintendo&#8217;s Shigeru Miyamoto, who told the company&#8217;s founder Satoshi Tajiri that the idea might be difficult for players to grasp, and suggested a different colour palette instead (via <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/pokemon-red-and-blue-almost-had-65000-different-versions-instead-of-2\/\">VGC<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI talked to Miyamoto about how we\u2019d make players understand that every cartridge is different when they buy one, and he told me the system sounded interesting, but it was a bit difficult to grasp. He said if players can\u2019t tell just by looking at it, then it won\u2019t work out and it would be better if the games\u2019 colour or appearance were different. \u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>And that&#8217;s how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blu<\/strong><strong>e<\/strong><\/a> (or Red and Green in Japan) came to be. One other version was eventually released &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_yellow_version_special_pikachu_edition\">Pok\u00e9mon Yellow<\/a>, starring Pikachu.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a fan of the two version release cycle with Pok\u00e9mon? Have you decided which version you&#8217;ll be getting later this year when Scarlet and Violet arrive on the Nintendo Switch? <em>Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Pok\u00e9mon has always had two different versions, but before the original games were released on Game Boy in 1996, Game Freak had plans for something else. 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