Most critics praised the fact that the games introduced new features while still maintaining the traditional gameplay of the series. The games received mostly positive reviews, obtaining an aggregate score of 81 percent on Metacritic. The games have compatibility with the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which originally came bundled with the games. New features include a contextual help menu and a new region the player may access after a certain point in the story. Throughout the games, the player captures and raises Pokémon for use in battle. The games are part of the third generation of the Pokémon video game series and hold the distinction of being the first enhanced remakes of previous games within the franchise.Īs in previous games, the player controls the player character from an overhead perspective and participates in turn-based battles. FireRed and LeafGreen were first released in Japan in January 2004 and in North America and Europe in September and October 2004 respectively. They were developed by Game Freak, published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are 2004 remakes of the 1996 Game Boy role-playing video games Pokémon Red and Blue.

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