Japanese Pokemon Red is VERY Different From US - Region Break

"So I'm gonna shift the hues" creates demonic Alakazam

chunky gengar giving me the wink made my day

On the subject of the drunk old man, I've been to Japan a few times for extended periods of time. I noticed they treat drunk people alot different. There was a guy who appeared to be absolutely plastered off "juice box" sake(he still had one in his hand) as he was being carried by the police. Once they got him to a relatively isolated area under some stairs, the cops let go of him and talked to him for a couple minutes, made him sit down, then walked away. He chilled out there for awhile and finished his drink in peace. Overall it seemed like a pleasant, cordial experience lol

At 22:45 you missed the main difference of Cloyster being that it’s whole shell is oriented differently, with the main centre spike still positioned in the middle! It went from vertical opening to horizontal in the US.

So what have we learned? We learned that Gen 1 Golbat is horrifying no matter what country you get it from

One thing about Ekans in Japan. if you reverse the romanized letter of Arbo you get Obra but if you reverse the Katakana you get Boa. Which makes a little more sense.

I'm pretty sure they were going for the fetus look for Mew. I can't remember if Sugimori did the art before the final sprites or after but either way I don't blame them for changing it.

Apparently the artists were forced by the commissioning of the Anime to make a design bible, developed simultaneously with Blue. That helped standardize the Pokemon designs. And indeed, seeing scale difference and motion for the animals they designed also helped further refine things for Gen2.

Pretty sure the US Machoke sprite is supposed to be winking as he flexes. Like a muscle guy would if he was hitting one someone at a gym or perhaps even kinda going for a Popeye situation.

A lot of the Japanese sprites look like they were made to be as large as possible while fitting in a square, so a lot of them are awkwardly hunched over

Just watched a man run through all 151 Pokémon sprites in 20 minutes. This is the content YouTube needs.

That international gen 1 Mew sprite, is to me the most iconic representation of Mew. Mew is my favorite Pokémon, and whenever I think of its design or just remembering fond childhood memories of wanting and obtaining it, this is the sprite I think of.

Cool thing: Kanto in Gold/Silver/Crystal used the Japanese original environmental spritework, which is why Kanto probably felt a little bit weird for non-Japanese Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal players

Fun fact, Kakuna actually does have arms, they're just tucked in to make that necktie looking structure on the front of its body.

For clarification The international Red and Blue versions use the Japanese Blue version as a base for the art and Cerulean Cave design. However, the international Red and Blue have the same Pokémon appearance rates and locations as the Japanese Red and Green. So, technically speaking, we did get all four versions that Japan originally got if we include Yellow.

Fun fact: That cool map from the Japanese handbook DID get an American release in 1999's "The Official Pokémon Handbook." I had a pair of copys as a kid and I remember loving looking at that map.

Demonic alakazam isn't real, he can't hurt you... Shesez: I'm gonna shift the hue

The drunk old man made the Japanese Mew. You can’t tell me he didn’t!

24:44 Japanese Hitmonchan looks like a Togekiss watching a Doduo take a dump

Also it’s not often mentioned but the sprites used in the American version are actually the sprites used in the Japanese Blue version, the Green and Red version were released as a set and the Blue version was an updated version of the two which made changes to the sprites among others. So the “American version” sprites are actually still Japanese version sprites.