POKEMON FIRE RED (GBA)

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

NO SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Gameplay

As with all Pokémon role-playing games released for handheld consoles, FireRed and LeafGreen are in third-person, overhead perspective. The main screen is an overworld, in which the player navigates the protagonist. Here a menu interface may be accessed, in which the player may configure his or her Pokémon, items, and gameplay settings. When the player encounters a wild Pokémon or is challenged by a trainer, the screen switches to a turn-based battle screen that displays the player's Pokémon and the engaged Pokémon. During battle, the player may select a move for his or her Pokémon to perform, use an item, switch his or her active Pokémon, or attempt to flee. All Pokémon have hit points (HP); when a Pokémon's HP is reduced to zero, it faints and can no longer battle until it is revived. Once an enemy Pokémon faints, all of the player's Pokémon involved in the battle receive a certain amount of experience points (EXP). After accumulating enough EXP, a Pokémon may level up.
Capturing Pokémon is another essential element of the gameplay. During battle with a wild Pokémon, the player may throw a Poké Ball at it. If the Pokémon is successfully caught, it will come under the ownership of the player. Factors in the success rate of capture include the HP of the target Pokémon and the type of Poké Ball used: the lower the target's HP and the stronger the Poké Ball, the higher the success rate of capture
While FireRed and LeafGreen are remakes of Red and Blue, they contain usability enhancements such as a contextual tutorial feature which allows players to look up data at any point in the game. Additionally, when continuing a saved game, players are shown the last four actions they performed, allowing them to remember what they were doing
The games support linked communications via the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable through which connected players may trade or battle Players may also connect with Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and Pokémon Colosseum, which allows them to obtain over 350 Pokémon. FireRed and LeafGreen also have the ability to connect to the Nintendo GameCube and interact with Pokémon Box: Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Colosseum. In Box the player may organize and view his or her collected Pokémon, and in Colosseum Pokémon may be used for battle or transferred over to the GameCube. FireRed and LeafGreen are also the first games in the series to be made compatible with the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which comes prepackaged with the games. The adapter can be plugged into the link port of a Game Boy Advance system and allows players within a 30-to-50-foot (9 to 15 m) radius to wirelessly interact with each other. In addition, as many as 30 players at a time may join a special room called the "Union Room" where they can trade, battle, or chat. Nintendo set up "JoySpots" at Japanese retail locations for this purpose.

SCREEN SHOTS

PROCEDURE:

• INSTALL
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