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Pokémon LeafGreen Version

Pokémon LeafGreen Version and Pokémon FireRed Version are a pair of core series Generation III games that are set in the Kanto region. They were released in Japan on January 29, 2004, in North America on…

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Pokémon LeafGreen Version is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 29 January 2004 on Nintendo Switch and Game Boy Advance.

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What Pokémon LeafGreen Version is

Pokémon LeafGreen 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.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are 2004 remakes of the 1996 role-playing video games Pokémon Red and Green. They were developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. FireRed and LeafGreen were first released in Japan in January 2004 and was released in the same year as FireRed and LeafGreen versions in North America and Europe in September and October 2004, respectively. The games are part of the third generation of the Pokémon video game series and hold the distinction of being the first enhanced remakes of previous games within the franchise.
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How it plays

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.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon LeafGreen 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 70 is 4 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon LeafGreen Version holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year. Players rate it 77, 7 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 44 hrs.

What it launched against

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

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

Cheats and codes

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When did Pokémon LeafGreen Version come out?
Pokémon LeafGreen Version was released on 29 January 2004 for Nintendo Switch and Game Boy Advance.

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