Pokemon Blue

When Nintendo announced 3DS re-releases of the original three Pokemon titles, I was fairly skeptical. After all, how desperately did Nintendo fans want to play a slightly improved – although very true to the original – Pokemon game from the early Gameboy days? Frankly, I was not sure how well these titles would catch on. A complete remake of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow in the style of the new titles? That would have taken off like gangbusters, in my…

Today is the 20th Anniversary of Pokemon! Are you celebrating? Nintendo released three games today on the 3DS eshop. Its a Saturday and usually nothing is released on this day. Today is special though. It is the 20th anniversary of Pokemon. The three games that were released are Pokemon Red, Pokemon Blue, and Pokemon Yellow. They were all Gameboy titles. Nintendo has re-released them for the 3DS and included local wireless Pokemon battles and trading! I’ve never played any of…