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How Pokemon Red is blatantly better than Pokemon Blue photo

Pokémon Red is blatantly better than Pokémon Blue and if you disagree with me you are a spastic. Some of you may feel that one can't successfully draw discrepancies between two games that are essentially the same, but those people are obviously stupid. I am a hardcore gamer, and that means I can draw huge lines between anything and say that one thing is better if I own that thing.

Following is a list of reasons that I have written thanks to my brain that will prove why Pokémon Red is better than Pokémon Blue, and why anybody who even remotely likes anything to do with Pokémon Blue should be considered a social Pariah and made to wash their dirty little mouths out with soap for saying they like playing such a rubbish game. Read on and bask in the warm waters of the Fact Sea. 

1. Pokémon Red has better Pokémon in it:

Pokémon Red and Blue have their own unique sets of pocket monsters that can be captured and battled and traded all up, and naturally it's Pokémon Red that gets the lion's share of all the good ones, while Blue is stuck with crap nonsense like Magmar. Magmar is basically a duck that is on fire and has an arse on its head, which is absolutely stupid and is nowhere near as good as Arbok, which is a big scary snake. A snake would kick the shit out of a duck in real life, especially a duck that's on fire and has a bum on its face and looks a bit like a Downey Syndrome. 

Also, Blue got Bellsprout, and Bellsprout is fucking shit. If I wanted a game with a yellow flower that has a vagina for a mouth, I'd ask for it, thanks. Gloom is much better because it turns into Vileplume which is fun to say, and it also had an English accent in the cartoon which makes it awesome. 

Arbok is Cobra spelled backwards and with a K. That is pretty radical when you think about it without thinking too hard. 

2. Charizard is blatantly better than Blastoise:

Red has Charizard on the box, while Blue has Blastoise on it. Tell me what's better -- a firebreathing dragon that is all massive and brilliant, or a stupid fat Bowser thing with two Super Soakers on its back. Obviously it is Charizard that is the one that is better you idiot! 

Stupid Blue fanboys will try to argue that Blastoise is better but it obviously isn't because I said it isn't and that means it isn't. Blastoise looks like the fat one out of Keenan & Kel, you know that show about two sisters who never knew how much they missed ya. I think I'll stick with the dragon, thank you very much, which also gets bonus points for constantly setting fire to that annoying fucking cunt from the cartoon who sounds like the Karate Kid but isn't. 

3. Red is a better color than Blue:

Think of all the awesome things that are red: The Red Arrows, Red Dead Revolver, Red XIII, Omega Red, The Hunt For Red October, Robin Red Riding Hood, Red or Dead, Red Red Wine, Red Light District, The Red Skull, Red Faction, Pokemon Red, Red Mages, Navik the Red, Red Octane, The Red Baron, The Red Army, Red Faction (the other one), Red Dwarf, Red Rooms, Simply Red, Night of the Living Red, Red Sky at Night, Shepherd's Delight. These are just a few of the amazing red things, all of which share a color with the best Pokémon game ever made. 

Now let's look at all the things that are blue: Blue's Clues

That's it. The only thing that Pokémon Blue has anything in common with is a stupid kid's TV show that features a lonely man who imagines that he's talking to children and a cartoon dog which is pretty fucking weird and not really appropriate viewing for five-year-olds. Blue is a shit color, as evidenced by this crap TV show.

Oh, and that Blue Dabba Dee Scooby Doo song. Screw that noise. 

4. Red got a remake, Blue did not:

Nintendo was so proud of Pokémon Red that the game was subject to its very own remake on the Game Boy Advance, which fans will know as FireRed. Nintendo was so ashamed of Pokémon Blue that a remake was omitted, and a brand new game that had nothing to do with Blue, called LeafGreen, was created. Nintendo hoped nobody would notice, and nobody really did, because everyone agreed that Blue was crap and that LeafGreen was a much better idea. 

Besides which, what was Nintendo going to call it? WaterBlue? Don't be bloody ridiculous. The whole game was doomed from the start. 

5. Pokémon Red is on the Wikipedia page:

Nothing is more validating and important than Wikipedia, apart from maybe NeoGAF (who'll probably do all moaning about our articles again) and so it will come as no surprise to gamers around the world that Pokémon Red is the videogame chosen to represent both the Red and Blue titles on the Wiki entry for the seminal Game Boy title. 

If you're not on Wikipedia, you are officially not worthy of note, as decided by a bunch of nerds with too much free time on their hands and who get some sort of sick power trip from deciding what is and what isn't important enough to be on the Internet, even though Jeff Dunham has a page. Those people know what they're talking about, and that's why Pokémon Red's box art is on Wikipedia and Pokémon Blue is not. 

ALSO I HAVE SCREENCAPPED IT SO IF YOU TRY AND EDIT POKEMON BLUE IN THERE I WILL KNOW ABOUT IT ACTUALLY YOU STUPID POKEMON BLUE FANBOYS BY THE WAY!

6. Pokémon Red has a better framerate:

Let's face it, the framerate for Pokémon Blue is absolutely abysmal, and framerate is incredibly important even though most of us can't tell the difference when we're making stupid comparison videos between Xbox 360 and PS3 games. The framerate for Blue is so bad that characters don't even look like they're moving. They just seem to be still images that sometimes slide on and off the screen with poorly rendered sound effects. Not exactly the kind of hi-def graphics one expects from the Game Boy. 

When I had Pokémon Red, I used to shake the Game Boy around a lot, which made everything look like it was moving so that means Pokémon Red has a better framerate. Don't fight me on this, because you will lose.

7. My brother had Pokémon Blue:

While I had Pokémon Red, my brother picked up Pokémon Blue. My brother also happened to be a lameazoid, a geekatron and, if I'm not mistaken, a dorkus malorkus. If you don't want to be a dillweed chickenbaby like my brother, then you'll agree that Pokêmon Red is the better game. Otherwise, me and all the cool kids will call you a spasmo or a mong and will push you around until you cry. Also, we smoke because we're so hard and tough and hip, so you better start doing that too!

8. Red has Vaporeon in it:

When I played Pokémon Red I got this awesome watery dog called Vaporeon that looked really cool because it had eyes like the Aliens had on those posters about "freeing the weed" that were really popular in the nineties. Only Red had Vaporeon in it because I had Red and there were some other piece-of-shit dogs in the other one that I saw when my idiotic brother was playing it, which proves that only Red had Vaporeon in it, so there. Seriously, one of the other dogs was all electric. That doesn't even make sense!

Vaporeon is great because it is an amphibious dog, and that's an amazing concept. There was a dog fish thing in the obscure cartoon show The Dream Stone, which most people won't remember, even though it's a fantastic cultural reference that maybe three people will get. Vaporeon is also blue, which I've always felt is an incredibly beautiful color.

9. Pokémon Red has a better score on Metacritic:

Metacritic scores are the ultimate seal of quality, because everybody knows that you can't get more justified than a score of 100 from a bunch of European gaming sites that you've never heard of before. Obviously, the original games themselves don't have Metacritic scores, because they were released before Halo invented the Internet. However, Pokémon FireRed has a Metacritic score of 81, and as we explained earlier, there is no Pokémon WaterBlue. So, that technically means that Pokémon Red has a score of 81, and Pokémon Blue has a score of 0. 

Metacritic never lies. It's fairly obvious to me who has come out on top in the battle of the review scores. A zero on Metacritic is fucking pathetic, and ultimate proof that anybody who bought Blue is a gay, probably. 

10. Anyway shut up because it's better alright?:

Just shut the fuck up you Pokémon Blue fanboys okay? I am sick to death of having to deal with you people and justify myself to you and your bias. Pokemon Red is to Pokémon Blue what nightsticks were to Rodney King and that's all there is to it! I am just so tired of imagining what it is Pokémon Blue fanboys would probably say about Pokémon Red and then having to argue why they'd be wrong if I ever actually saw them saying it even though I've not seen anybody say anything yet. 

I have pretty much conclusively proven with words made out of evidence that Pokémon Red is blatantly better than Pokémon Blue. Hopefully, if you happened to like Blue and read this piece of journalism, you will swiftly commit the honorable act of Santorum or whatever it is those foreign people used to do when they realized they'd been massive idiots and were totally wrong about videogames. 

Now does somebody have a fucking Magmar so I can complete my Pokédex please!?


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moominsean's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 15:53
moominsean
i prefer pokemans pink, which is the one where all the pokemans are all vaginas that battle each other. it made me feel all funny between my legs and made my underwear sticky. so much better than red, which smells like copper.
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 15:59
garison
Destructoid could be changed to Listoid, and I wouldn't be bothered one bit. Great piece jim :)
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:02
Havoc Fang
Saints Row 2 is blatantly better than GTA4, because Saints Row 2 has nudity in one purchase, while with GTA you have to buy TWO things. TWO. Like Saints Row 2. IDEA STEALING.

Also, Pokemon Red had things that are red while blue had things which were blue. Were, because it is no longer among us. It died of the failbees.
Zantetsuken's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:03
Zantetsuken
I had both :3
phosphor112's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:05
phosphor112
How Reggie Fils Amie is blatantly better than Jim Sterling

1. He appeals to both core and casual gamers
2. He has a better hair cut
3. He's better then Jim at basket ball
4. He tastes better
5. My brother likes Jim
6. He can get a better score than Jim on Wii Sports Resort Basketball
Luke Barnard's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:07
Luke Barnard
FUCK YOU JIM, MY BROTHER TOOK RED BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO, THIS ISN'T FAIR.
Mr Kite's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:08
Mr Kite
Laffs. I had pokemon red when I was young but there was this other cunt who walked funny that I knew who had blue. Therefore blue is for funny walking cunts.
de BLOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:14
de BLOO
Aborto just creamed his pants.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:24
Dan CiTi
Completely true! Hopefully when the Silver remake comes out I can do something similar.
shit-polka's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:24
shit-polka
yeah, all that's fine and dandy, but everyone wanted red, so everyone had red. what happens if you want to get all 150 the legitimate, and socially interactive way?

pssst; saying you bought both, played both through, and traded with yourself then you're an even bigger loser than one of the sheep who went for red because it's a cheap marketing colour and you all fell for it because you're stupid.

what are all you red faggots doing then huh? running around like beheaded chickens hoping some handsome and smarter kid who owns blue would come along and fix everything while you show off your shitty scythers to eachother in a desperate dickmeasuring way to quel that nagging voice inside that keeps saying "should have bought blue".

you're all bitches.
Das Ferret's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:33
Das Ferret
Also, Red sold more than Blue according to figures that include large numbers that I was once told by a rambling drunkard, and since the general populous is a stamp of quality equal in importance to the exulted Metacritic, we must therefore assume that Red > Blue.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:37
Dexter345
That's interesting, I had Red back in the day, and I too evolved my Eevee into a Vaporeon. And my Vaporeon ended up being part of my core team that I used through the end of the game. Okay, maybe it's not that weird, since I bought red so I naturally chose Charmander at the beginning, and since I grabbed a Pikachu near the beginning (obviously, I had no need for a Flareon or a Jolteon.
Woverine's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:38
Woverine
fuck both blue and red. It's all about yellow! it was the exact same game but mother fucking pikachu followed your ass EVERYWHERE.
Cadtalfryn's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:39
Cadtalfryn
My Charmander kills that stupid Squirtel every time.

@That guy who said Yellow was better...

Lies! You can take your damn Pikachu. My Charizard will step on it.
tsunamikitsune's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:41
tsunamikitsune
Come on now. Pokemon Blue is blatantly better than Pokemon Red because you can catch Pikablu in it. Everyone knows that. All you have to do is beat the Elite Four 102 times, Fly to Vermilion City, use Strength on that truck near the S.S. Anne, and climb down the manhole that is revealed. This will take you to a secret section of Victory Road where you have to press A 343 times while facing a certain rock. Once you do this, a level 69 Pikablu will appear.

THIS ONLY WORKS IN BLUE VERSION AND RED VERSION IS RETARDED CAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE PIKABLU.

Pikablu is totally real and only in Blue Version. Anyone who says different likes men because I have an actual picture of Pikablu:



You can tell it's official by the Cartoon Network logo because Cartoon Network makes Pokemon and they are the official source.
Mikebot 3000's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 16:56
Mikebot 3000
There are so many effing spoilers here... Dammit...
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:02
Los255
"If you're not on Wikipedia, you are officially not worthy of note, as decided by a bunch of nerds with too much free time on their hands and who get some sort of sick power trip from deciding what is and what isn't important enough to be on the Internet, even though Jeff Dunham has a page"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sterling_(journalist)

OH SHIT.

Decisive evidence son! This definitely proves Jim's article as 100% correct.
Kaliber's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:05
Kaliber
REBUTTAL
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:09
Los255
"Vaporeon is also blue, which I've always felt is an incredibly beautiful color."

I C WUT U DID THAR
Entropic Amaranth's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:10
Entropic Amaranth
I was wondering when you would get around to writing the bible Jim.
bahss's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:18
bahss
Silver was better than Red. Bitches.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:23
wardrox
Ashukly Diamund is the better. I know this because I facted and it came out.
smurfee mcgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:24
smurfee mcgee
I had Blue. I will do the honorable thing and commit suicide with a samurai sword.
" Pokemon Red is to Pokémon Blue what nightsticks were to Rodney King
You done made mah Sunday.
ogo2k's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:31
ogo2k
Anybody else want to take a swing at this dead horse which Jim has some imperative to so fervently beat?
Poor Destructoid....
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:34
Necros
NUMBER 2 AND 3 ARE BLATANTLY WRONG

THIS COMMENT IS WELL-THOUGHT OUT AND RESEARCHED

ANYONE WHO DISAGREES PROBABLY PLAYS SOMETHING LIKE "GAYLO" OR "GAYS OF WAR"
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:40
Gyrael
True story.
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:45
vApathyv
"Pokemon Red is to Pokémon Blue what nightsticks were to Rodney King and that's all there is to it!"

And to think, after a shitty day at work, I thought nothing was gonna make me laugh today. Bravo. Also, Red has Scyther. He had motherfucking BLADES FOR HANDS, instantly making him the only Pokemon capable of being a mass murderer. Red fucking wins.
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 17:57
braulio09
PIKABLU!!!!

also, why did you capitalize Pariah, Jim?
ChildOfLore's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:15
ChildOfLore
Jim Sterling is a fu**ing genius.

Also, do you think the next world war will be between Sony fanboys and Xbox fanboys, dividing countries, families, and gamers alike?
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:18
mrplow8
Blasphemy! No one is better than Blastoise. Charizard trembles in fear of Blastoise's mighty water canons.
RiotMonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:20
RiotMonster
POKEMON BLUE FANBOYS ARE MORE WORSE THAN SONY FANBOYS!!!

I'm glad you know the facts, Sterling. Charizard FTW.
Hoss's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:20
Hoss
the headline for this article alone made me laugh

no.7 ftw
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:22
HarassmentPanda
Red also had achievements and an in-game friends list. All Blue had was friend codes.
alex1314159's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:23
alex1314159
they creates pokemon blue for homos and if you play it you are one
Grasshopper7's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:25
Grasshopper7
DREAM STONE!!! You Fucking Legend, Jim!
alex1314159's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:26
alex1314159
how about an article on how jim sterling is blatently better than alex1314159?
Chris22533's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:39
Chris22533
Also in RedvsBlue Red team has more people on it with Blue only have 1 dumb guy. Which is obviously a statement against Pokemon Blue Version and has nothing to do with Halo.
Banana Kid's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:42
Banana Kid
POKEMON RED IS BLATANTLY BETTER THAN INFAMOUS
ShadowKirby's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:53
ShadowKirby
All those years of loving Blue.... and I was wrong. Thanks for opening my eyes Jim.
Advenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:55
Advenger
Explosions are red Jim. Explosions caused by TERRORISTS! Jim Sterling supports terrorism and the mutilation of kittens. Don't let those dirty reds change your minds, stay blue! Blue is the color of cool.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 18:57
wanderingpixel
Blue is fail. Red is win. FUCK ALL BLUES THE SOUTH HAS RISEN BEYOTCH!!!!
Camalach's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:09
Camalach
Amen. I had Pokemon Red. Pokemon red is better because everything is way more exciting and awesome. Pokemon blue is literally poo.
Nintendan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:11
Nintendan
It's all lies Silver is better then all. I mean it has mudkip and I hear alot of people like mudkip.

PS Great article.
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:14
Jack Maverick
Pfft, Blastoise is more hardcore than Charizard. What does Charmander get out of his evolution? Wings? Pansy. As for Squirtle, he get giant metal tank cannons. He wills metal to be created out of nothing.

Can you will giant metal cannons out of nowhere? I highly doubt it.
Timdabrat's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:16
Timdabrat
I can;t believe how they make us good Red players have to associate ourselves with the blue rabble.

I vote we kill them and take their pokemans to complete our pokedex.

WHO'S WITH ME?!
tigerfangred91's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:21
tigerfangred91
Anyone who disagrees with this article is clearly broken in the brain area and not fit for social interaction with other humans.
Syke's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:28
Syke
My cousin had Blue. He turned out to be gay.
And a Christian.
slayer the player's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:29
slayer the player
@ Jim Sterling
I see this as a direct personal attack, and i sir, challenge you to a duel

location; Pokemon Stadium, Nintendo 64

i have only one condition, box art pokemon must be present, your Charizard vs my Blastoise, let the battle begin
FuriousGeorge's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:34
FuriousGeorge
downy as in.... the fabric softener???
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2009 19:46
-PL-
lolz, I had Pokemon Blue and my sister had Pokemon Red. Didn't matter anyway, I picked Bulbasaur.
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