Pokémon Red

Note: it can also be used as "Pokémon Red and Blue", "Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue", or "Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue". "Pokémon" may also be spelled "Pokemon"

Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games, released for the Game Boy in Japan in 1996. They are two of the best-selling video games of all time. Set in the fantasy world of Kanto, the game's stories follow the progress of the central character in his quest to master Pokémon battling. Both games are independent of each other but feature largely the same plot and, while both can be played separately, it is necessary for the player to trade among the two in order to fully complete the game.

Pokémon Red and Blue have subsequently been remade for the Game Boy Advance into Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen. These, being advanced generation games, serve to allow the player to obtain all of 386 then-available Pokémon species created by the franchise.

Super Smash Bros. series

Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Pokémon Trainer, and Mewtwo, who premiered in these two games, are playable characters in the series, the first two being availible since the first Super Smash Bros., Mewtwo being availible for Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Pokémon Trainer being one of the newcomers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Numerous other Pokémon from these two game would also appear in the series, either through Poké Balls or through trophies.

Saffron City, a place located in the game, is also a stage in the first Super Smash Bros.