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Prerelease:Pokémon Red and Blue
This page details prerelease information and/or media for Pokémon Red and Blue.
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Pokémon Blue
A preview for the Japanese Pokémon Blue was featured in the November 1996 edition of CoroCoro Comic (published in October). Page 22 of the comic shows a few sprites which differ from the final game.
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| Kadabra | 
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| Rhydon | 
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| Ditto | 
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| Porygon | 
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| Dragonair | 
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| Mewtwo | 
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English Localization
"The (TRAINER TYPE) wants to fight!"
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| File:PKMN RB U Brock Beta.png |  |
A prototype screenshot of the trainer fight with Brock is present in the official manual, on Pages 7 and 25. The dialogue has a "The" at the start of the text. Another prerelease screenshot had the player encountering Misty, with the text "The MISTY wants to fight."
"(POKéMON) CUT down a bush!"
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| File:PKMN RB U Cut Beta.png |  |
In a screenshot on Page 31 of the official player's guide for Pokémon Red and Blue, "(POKéMON) CUT down a bush!" is used instead of the usual message "(POKéMON) hacked away with CUT!" when using Cut on a bush. This was changed because Cut can also be used to chop down tall grass, and the same text string is used for both purposes.
