Pocket Monsters Blue

Game Freak · 1996

Dimension: 2D
Rendering: Pixel art
Colors: Blue White Gray Black
Linework: Black outlines, Interior lines
Shading: Flat / Unlit
Pixel details: 8-bit, Dithering
Palette: Limited palette
Proportions: Chibi, Cute

About

Pocket Monsters Blue is a Japanese Pokémon RPG set in Kanto, built around collecting, training and battling Pokémon. It revises Red and Green with new Pokémon graphics and Pokédex descriptions, alongside changes to Pokémon availability.

Art style

Pocket Monsters Blue (1996, Game Freak) is a 2D pixel art game played from a three-quarter view. Its look is built from black outlines, interior lines and flat/unlit shading. The palette is limited.

Details

Release: Original release · Game Boy
Developer: Game Freak
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 1996-10-15 Japan, Game Boy
1999-10-10 Japan (general retail), Game Boy
2016-02 Japan, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
Platforms: Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
Also known as: ポケットモンスター青 (Japan)
Pocket Monsters Ao (Japan)
Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese) (International reference usage)
Credits: Ken Sugimori Character Design; Monster Design
Atsuko Nishida Character Design; Monster Design
Motofumi Fujiwara Monster Design
Shigeki Morimoto Monster Design
Satoshi Ohta Monster Design
Rena Yoshikawa Monster Design
Satoshi Tajiri Map Design; Director
Koji Nishino Map Design
Kenji Matsushima Map Design
Fumihiro Nonomura Map Design
Ryousuke Taniguchi Map Design
Shigeru Miyamoto Producer
Takashi Kawaguchi Producer
Tsunekazu Ishihara Producer
Hiroshi Yamauchi Executive Producer
Links: official · wikipedia · mobygames