I’m Popping Open Pokemon Red 30 Years Later, and I’m Convinced the Series Never Got Better Than This

I’m still convinced that the original Pokemon Red is the best game in the whole series! Pokemon Blue was pretty much the same, but Red had Charizard on the cover, and that just made it special. Okay, I admit it might be a little silly to say it was better just because of the box art – the differences between the two games were really just a handful of exclusive Pokemon you could get by trading. But honestly, I think those first two Pokemon games on Game Boy were the absolute peak. Even now, 30 years later, I still have a blast playing Pokemon Red – it’s one of those games that’s genuinely fun, not just something I enjoy because of nostalgia.







