Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen Archives — Distant Arcade

Game Boy / Nintendo / Pokémon

Abyssoft on the Pokemon FireRed speedrun strat featuring Mr. Mime, Farfetch'd, berries, and mail

A speedrunning strat discovered for a game released in 2004? Must be another day ending in Y.

By Luke Davis

February 13, 2024

The Pokémon Mew, encountered in Pokémon Red/Blue

Game Boy / Nintendo / Pokémon

How to get Mew in every main series Pokémon game, from Red/Blue/Green/Yellow to Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

That elusive little pink cat is available again for a limited time.

By Luke Davis

August 9, 2023

Game Boy / Nintendo / Pokémon

Is it possible to play—and beat—Pokémon FireRed while blind and deaf?

It’s Pokémon FireRed without visuals or audio.

By Luke Davis

May 14, 2023

pokemon emerald

Nintendo / Pokémon

How Gen 3 changed Pokémon forever

The start of things to come for Game Freak’s restrictions to open gameplay.

By Luke Davis

May 3, 2023

Game Boy / Gaming

The Japanese commercial for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen were the first remakes created by Game Freak back in 2004, as a means for trainers to trade Kanto and Johto Pokémon to their Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald carts and actually complete their Pokédexes (feel free to read this Redditor’s rant on the matter). I had a copy of LeafGreen and did my first …

By Luke Davis

November 12, 2022

Nintendo / Pokémon

The resurrection of Blastoise (15 years later)

A Blastoise, a Blastoise, my kingdom for a Blastoise!

By Luke Davis

April 9, 2022