Game Art Styles

Pokémon Blue Version (Game Boy)

Game Freak · 1998

Three-quarter · RPG · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pixel art
Colors
BlueWhiteGrayBlack
Linework
Black outlines, Interior lines
Shading
Flat / Unlit
Pixel details
8-bit
Palette
Limited palette, Monochrome
Proportions
Chibi
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About

Pokémon Blue Version is a turn-based role-playing game set in Kanto. Players capture and train Pokémon, challenge Gym Leaders and the Elite Four, and trade with other players to expand their collection.

Art style

Pokémon Blue Version (Game Boy) (1998, 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 and monochrome.

Details

Release
Original release · Game Boy
Developer
Game Freak
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
1998-09-28 North America, Game Boy
1998-10-23 Australia, Game Boy
1999-10-05 Europe, Game Boy
2016-02-27 Europe, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
Platforms
Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS
Also known as
Pokémon Blue (International)
Pokémon Version Bleue (France)
Credits
Ken Sugimori Character Design; Monster Design
Atsuko Nishida Character Design; Monster Design
Motofumi Fuziwara Monster Design
Shigeki Morimoto Monster Design
Satoshi Oota Monster Design
Rena Yoshikawa Monster Design
Satoshi Tajiri Director
Shigeru Miyamoto Producer
Takashi Kawaguchi Producer
Tsunekazu Ishihara Producer
Takehiro Izushi US Version Producer
Hiroshi Yamauchi Executive Producer
Links
official · nintendo · wikipedia · mobygames

Screenshots 4

Versions of Pokémon Red and Blue 3

Pocket Monsters Blue screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1996 · Original releasePocket Monsters Blue Game BoyPokémon Blue Version screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, dithered shading (environment)1998 · Original releasePokémon Blue Version Game BoyPokémon Blue Version (Game Boy) screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1998 · Original releasePokémon Blue Version (Game Boy) Game Boy

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Pokémon series 32 games

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