<s>
and	O
are	O
2004	O
remakes	O
of	O
the	O
1996	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Red	I-Application
and	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Freak	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Pokémon	O
Company	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
January	O
2004	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
September	O
and	O
October	O
2004	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
have	O
compatibility	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Wireless	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
,	O
which	O
originally	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
audio	O
was	O
more	O
mixed	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
reviewers	O
complaining	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
too	O
simplistic	O
and	O
lacked	O
improvement	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
commercial	O
successes	O
,	O
selling	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
around	O
12million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
all	O
Pokémon	O
role-playing	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
handheld	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
,	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
are	O
in	O
a	O
third-person	O
,	O
overhead	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
are	O
remakes	O
of	O
Red	O
and	O
Green	O
(	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Green	I-Application
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
international	O
variant	O
was	O
Blue	O
)	O
,	O
they	O
contain	O
usability	O
enhancements	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
contextual	O
tutorial	O
feature	O
which	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
look	O
up	O
data	O
at	O
any	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
support	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Game	O
Link	O
Cable	O
,	O
through	O
which	O
connected	O
players	O
may	O
trade	O
or	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
may	O
also	O
connect	O
with	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
with	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
obtain	O
over	O
350	O
Pokémon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
also	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
interact	O
with	O
Pokémon	O
Box	O
:	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
are	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Wireless	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
,	O
which	O
comes	O
prepackaged	O
with	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
adapter	O
can	O
be	O
plugged	O
into	O
the	O
link	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
system	O
and	O
allows	O
players	O
within	O
a	O
radius	O
of	O
to	O
wirelessly	O
interact	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pokémon	B-Device
FireRed	I-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
takes	O
place	O
mostly	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
region	O
of	O
Kanto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
venture	O
to	O
the	O
Sevii	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
,	O
a	O
new	O
area	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Red	O
and	O
Blue	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sevii	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
are	O
an	O
archipelago	O
of	O
seven	O
islands	O
and	O
contain	O
Pokémon	O
normally	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
Johto	O
region	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
several	O
post-game	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
missions	O
on	O
the	O
Sevii	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
are	O
completed	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
trade	O
with	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
for	O
Hoenn-exclusive	O
Pokémon	O
becomes	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
silent	O
protagonist	O
of	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
is	O
a	O
child	O
who	O
lives	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
town	O
named	O
Pallet	O
Town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
gaining	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Sevii	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
,	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
region	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
discovers	O
Lorelei	O
in	O
her	O
house	O
and	O
convinces	O
her	O
to	O
come	O
back	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2003	O
as	O
upcoming	O
remakes	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Pocket	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
Red	I-Application
and	O
Blue	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
director	O
Junichi	O
Masuda	O
stated	O
the	O
new	O
titles	O
would	O
be	O
developed	O
around	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
simplicity	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
a	O
slightly	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
in	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
made	O
fully	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatible	I-General_Concept
with	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
trade	O
Pokémon	O
between	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreens	I-Device
connectivity	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Wireless	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
was	O
heralded	O
by	O
then-president	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
Satoru	O
Iwata	O
as	O
being	O
able	O
"	O
to	O
enhance	O
head-to-head	O
battles	O
,	O
exchange	O
of	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
communication	O
with	O
others.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exclusive	O
Japanese	O
production	O
run	O
for	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
was	O
limited	O
to	O
half	O
a	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
versions	O
of	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
indirectly	O
announced	O
at	O
DICE	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
songs	O
have	O
additional	O
key	O
changes	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
soundtrack	O
and	O
some	O
songs	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Trainer	O
Battle	O
music	O
are	O
re-written	O
in	O
MIDI	O
for	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
and	O
contain	O
pitch	O
bends	O
between	O
notes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
two-disc	O
set	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
entitled	O
GBA	B-Device
Pokémon	B-Device
FireRed	I-Device
&	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
Super	O
Complete	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
disc	O
featuring	O
all	O
the	O
music	O
used	O
normally	O
in-game	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
second	O
disc	O
featured	O
bonus	O
tracks	O
based	O
on	O
and	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
music	O
in	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
of	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
mostly	O
positive	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
games	O
currently	O
hold	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
81percent	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Craig	O
Harris	O
of	O
IGN	O
gave	O
the	O
games	O
an	O
"	O
Outstanding	O
"	O
9.0/10	O
rating	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
for	O
creating	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
"	O
works	O
extremely	O
well	O
for	O
the	O
handheld	B-Application
market	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
quite	O
the	O
same	O
variety	O
as	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
still	O
incredibly	O
satisfying.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpots	O
Greg	O
Kasavin	O
,	O
who	O
gave	O
the	O
games	O
8.4	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
though	O
Pokémon	O
could	O
probably	O
use	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
twists	O
after	O
all	O
these	O
years	O
,	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
are	O
great	O
role-playing	O
games	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
merits	O
,	O
filled	O
with	O
lots	O
more	O
content	O
and	O
more	O
challenges	O
than	O
last	O
year	O
's	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
and	O
offering	O
up	O
plenty	O
of	O
addictive	O
gameplay	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
for	O
players	O
of	O
all	O
ages.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
later	O
named	O
LeafGreen	B-Device
the	O
best	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
game	O
of	O
September	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
rated	O
the	O
games	O
a	O
"	O
Very	O
Good	O
"	O
8/10	O
for	O
being	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
,	O
yet	O
they	O
saw	O
the	O
graphics	O
as	O
"	O
utterly	O
unremarkable	O
"	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
handheld	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
sold	O
a	O
combined	O
total	O
of	O
885,039	O
copies	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
number	O
sold	O
by	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
in	O
that	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
but	O
IGN	O
reasoned	O
that	O
the	O
smaller	O
sales	O
were	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
titles	O
being	O
remakes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
August	O
before	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
received	O
over	O
150,000	O
pre-orders	O
,	O
over	O
twice	O
the	O
number	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
of	O
FireRed	B-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
were	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
less	O
than	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
their	O
release	O
in	O
that	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
