Pokémon Red and Green Versions

Pokémon Red Version (Japanese: ' Pocket Monsters: Red) and Pokémon Green Version (Japanese: ' Pocket Monsters: Green) were the first Pokémon games ever released to the public, in Japan on February 27, 1996. Much as would become standard, Red and Green were later joined by a solitary version,, which slightly improved upon their features, and eventually , a second solitary version based on the.

Red and Green introduced the gameplay concepts that went on to provide the standard for games in the core series and later provided part of the basis for the first international games in the series,, which use the obtainable Pokémon from Red and Green and the engine and script from the Japanese.

In 1999, the sequels to these games, were released with the Game Boy Color in mind but remaining playable on the original Game Boy like Red and Green. In 2004, the remakes of these games were released for the Game Boy Advance as.

On November 12, 2015, a Nintendo Direct announced that Red and Green would be released in Japan on February 27, 2016, the Pokémon 20th Anniversary, for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. A later Direct on February 26, 2016 confirmed that these digital versions, alongside their international counterparts, would be compatible with the Pokémon Bank service, allowing for Pokémon to be transferred to Pokémon Sun and Moon and later Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon in 2017. 