In order to be allowed to participate in the Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau (セキエイこうげん), players must battle 8 different gym leaders and obtain a gym badge from them. While on the journey, players will battle several over skilled trainers and encounter many wild Pokémon that they can battle and get. The games objective it to become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world. The players rival will choose the starter Pokémon who's strong against the Pokémon type that the player has chosen. The three starter Pokémon are: Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle.
One of the first things the player is required to do is choose between three starter Pokémon at Professor Oak laboratory. Players start off the game in Pallet Town (マサラタウン) of the Kanto region. Both Pocket Monsters Red and Green are independent games but both feature the same story and gameplay. Pocket Monsters Red and Green are RPG and strategy games that allows players to battle, collect, train and showcase their Pokémon. The games sold for a manufactures suggested retail price of 3800yen. Unlike Pokémon Red and Blue which were paired together outside of Japan, Pocket Monsters Red and Green were the original game pairing that were released on Februin Japan. Pocket Monsters Red (ポケットモンスター赤) and Pocket Monsters Green (ポケットモンスター 緑) were the first Pokémon games to be released in Japan.
