Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen

Taking a look back at the games that launched a worldwide phenomenon (or at least their 2004 remakes), Adam, Austin and Jeff detail their recent romp through Kanto and discuss how Pokémon has changed, or hasn't, over the nearly three decades since its release.

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Chapters

• 1:01 Intro: Our Pokémon Priors
• 3:05 A Worldwide Phenomenon: Toys and TV
• 7:17 Jeff Gets A Mew
• 9:11 The Story of Kanto (and Johto and Hoenn and...)
• 12:59 Choose Your Pokémon!
• 15:54 Pokémon's Game "Balance"
• 23:26 Some Things Never Change
• 25:24 Futile Strategies And World Building
• 30:30 Charting Your Own Path
• 36:11 A Certain TYPE Of Weird
• 39:03 Is Pokémon A JRPG?
• 45:10 Hitting A Wall
• 53:33 Resistant To Change
• 1:04:26 The Summer Of Pokémon Go
• 1:11:12 Trading With Strangers
• 1:18:04 Artificial Unintelligence
• 1:25:30 Hidden Mechanics
• 1:29:06 Cool Touches And Interesting Finds
• 1:35:15 Pointless Moves And Strange Evolutions
• 1:43:00 Why Does No One Use Six Pokémon??
• 1:49:21 Final Recommendations