Pokémon Red and Blue Versions/Development/As Red and Blue/Text

Before the English releases of, screenshots were released of a with the  where the text string "The Blue wants to fight!" was used. While this text would work with a typical, such as "The Lass wants to fight!" or "The Hiker wants to fight!", as they were not given personal names until Generation II, it would cause problems with Gym Leader, Elite Four, rival, and link battles, causing them to read "The Misty wants to fight!" or "The Lance wants to fight!", as these Trainers did not at the time have titles, only their names. Because of this, the The was dropped in the final releases, leading to the somewhat odd sentence style in Generations I and  of:
 * "{Trainer's class or name} wants to fight!"
 * "{Trainer's class and name} wants to battle!"

A screenshot in the instruction manual and player's guide of English Red and Blue still contains the text "The Brock wants to fight!", possibly suggesting a late removal. The instruction manual also mentions Pokémon Leaders instead of Gym Leaders.

A slightly different grammar was also going to be used for other text strings.


 * "{Player} sent {Pokémon} out!" instead of "{Player} sent out {Pokémon}!"
 * "A wild {Pokémon} appeared!" became just "Wild {Pokémon} appeared!" (this change would be reverted in, where it has been kept since then)
 * Similarly, "The enemy {Pokémon} fainted!" became simply "Enemy {Pokémon} fainted!" (also reverted in Diamond and Pearl as the The was reinstated)

On page 31 of  for, a different text string for using on a tree in the overworld was used. It reads "Oddish Cut down a bush!", being used in a screenshot when cutting down the tree next to the Vermilion City Gym. The fact that Cut can also be used to destroy areas of tall grass may have been the reason for the change to "{Pokémon} hacked away with Cut!" in the final releases.

has tileset data for Green. lacks any equivalent data for Red, however.