Pokemon FireRed is a sequel to the very famous Pokemon and is set in the region of Kanto, and with the release of this new version, there have been major improvements, such as, brand new ways to catch and grab a pokemon and various other updates in this latest version of the game.
History
Pokemon FireRed was released in the year 2004 by the ‘Game Boy Advance’ in Japan on 29th January, in North America on 9th September, in Australia on 23rd September, and in Europe on 1st October. It was published by ‘Nintendo’ and developed by ‘Game Freak’. This game is the embellished version of the Pokemon Red game and third generation of the original that was only released in Japan.
Gameplay
Pokemon FireRed has the same plot as the previous version; with some enhanced features and updates. It offers three different kinds of screens to the players, which are the menu, the overworld, and the battle screen. Several characters are spread in the overworlds which are not playable but the payer can interact with them and sometimes battle against them. Two types of battles can be carried out in the game, in one you fight a battle against a wild pokemon and in the other you can fight against another pokemon trainer.
In the menu, the items are safe as the previous version, such as, use an item, fight or bring out a pokemon or run away(this option is not available in the trainer mode). The wild pokemon can be trapped with the help of a variety of Poke Balls. At a time, there can six Pokemon in a player’s team and if a battle is won, all of them get the points. After gaining enough experience points the pokemon can evolve into a mature and better species.
Along with the various new features added in the game, one of them is ‘Help’, which can be used at any point in the game. Another feature that has made the game more helpful and accessible is that when a player loads an already saved game, he is shown the last four important events that the player did before saving the game. New game mechanics for ‘in battle’ as well as ‘out battle’ have also been included in this enhanced version of the game.
The ‘VS Seeker’ is an important thing to acquire at some point in the game; it allows the player to search for the battles going on nearby. The other new features added in the Charmander version are ‘The Sevii Islands’ area is now accessible, some special items and extended features such as the fame checker and double battles, pokemon can now hold items, they can now breed and can also have different natures and abilities.
Compatibility
Pokemon is Fire Red is compatible for acquiring all the 386 pokemon available in the game. One can also use the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter and the link cable the players can buy and sell the pokemon between the other games of the same series. The Game Cube Link Cable which allows the payers to store the pokemon and trade them is also compatible with the game.
Game Plot
Pokemon FireRed is set-up in the region of Kanto, which includes several cities, localities and different routes. While some of the areas are easily accessible, some require special access, such as clearing a quest or a special ability to unlock that particular area. The game also allows you to choose your gender as the protagonist in the Pallet Town (this feature was not available in the original versions). ‘Professor Oak’ invites both the player as well the opponent in his lab to begin by choosing the first Pokemon that can either be Bulbasaur, Squirtle or Charmander. However, the opponent can choose a Pokemon superior to the one chosen by the player. After that, both player and the opponent start the game battle to become the Pokemon trainer and eventually defeat all the eight gym leaders to earn their gym badge. After acquiring all the eight badges, the player can then battle against the Elite Four to become the ultimate champion.
While all this adventure is going on, the player is constantly disturbed by ‘Team Rocket’, which is an evil group that misuses the pokemon led by their naughty and mischievous leader ‘Giovanni’ and battles against them.
Pokemon FireRed GameShark Codes
While playing your favorite game, you can always use some Pokemon FireRed Cheats, which are nothing but the cheat codes that can be given as input with a Game Shark device in your Pokemon FireRed game. In simple terms, these fire red cheats allow you to do special things and get extra goodies such as, get several limited and uncommon candies, get a chance to meet a famous Pokemon, get a lot of master balls, walk-through walls and a lot of other exciting stuff.
You only need a GameShark device to use these cheat codes if you are playing the original version of the Pokemon game and if you are playing on an emulator, then you only need the cheat codes and no Gameshark device.
Before using the GameShark codes, keep a note of the following things:
- Don’t use too many codes together in the game, as this may cause the game to crash and in the worst case scenario, you may need to start the game from the beginning.
- Before using any code, remember to save the game progress, because if anything goes wrong, you may get to start with the last saved version of the game without any codes.
- Always remember to turn the cheats off, once you have used them in your game.
Here are some cheat codes that are used in the game:
- To get rare candies
- To get unlimited Master Balls
- To walk through the walls
- To catch the pokemon of the opponent.
- Get unlimited money in the game.
- Increase the probability of catching the pokemon easily.
- Enable your bike to ride on the water.
