May 15th, 2011
By Lysonicstorm

Genre: RPG
Systems: Game Boy Advance
Developer: Creatures / Game Freak
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: September 2011

The new Pokemon games, “Pokemon FireRed” and “Pokemon LeafGreen” are scheduled to launch September 9, 2011 and promise to revolutionize Pokemon, while also bringing back reminiscent memories. The game is to take place in Kanto, the original continent of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow. With the Gameboy Advance, this time around the Pokemon and environment will be more graphically enhanced.

The biggest new bonus of FireRed and LeafGreen is the connectivity. No more messing around with finding cables and realizing they don’t work, or being able to fight with one person. Players will attach the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which comes bundled with both versions, to their Game Boy Advances and communicate with each other directly. A new “Union Room” can hold up to 40 players in it, and up to 5 can join in a chat together. You can talk, trade Pokemon, and fight each other in here. These two new games will also be compatible with “Pokemon Ruby” and “Pokemon Sapphire” along with “Pokemon Coliseum.” Players can trade, battle, and access all sorts of Pokemon
in one place this way.

There promises to be new territory to explore
and new challenges to face, so even as a junior in high school, I cannot wait to try this game out because no matter what people say, Pokemon always was and will be a fun game.