Pokémon FireRed Version

Pokémon FireRed Version is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2004. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch and Game Boy Advance.

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, kids and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Pokémon FireRed Version is the 113th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Battle Card e+: FireRed & LeafGreen in 2004. Its critic score of 100 is 26 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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Pokémon FireRed Version holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 30 points above the year average. Players rate it 92, 8 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

The main story runs about 36.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 61 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.

Pokémon FireRed Version launched on 29 January 2004, within three weeks of Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Pokémon LeafGreen Version and Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Pokémon LeafGreen Version, Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest.

We have tested and published 17 cheat entries for Pokémon FireRed Version — 17 cheat codes. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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