Pokemon Red Pokedex

About Pokemon Red

Pokemon Red is one of the two original Pokemon games, released in Japan in 1996 and worldwide in 1998 alongside Pokemon Blue. Pokemon Red introduced the Kanto region, the original 151 Pokemon, and every mechanic the series is still built on: gyms, Elite Four, type matchups, version exclusives. The Pokemon Red Pokedex is the Kanto pokedex, with 151 total entries.

Version Exclusives in Pokemon Red

Red has Ekans, Arbok, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Arcanine, Scyther, Electabuzz. Blue gets Sandshrew, Sandslash, Vulpix, Ninetales, Meowth, Persian, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Pinsir, Magmar. You need to trade with a Pokemon Blue cartridge to complete the Red Pokedex.

Starters and Gym Order in Pokemon Red

The three Pokemon Red starters are Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. The Kanto gym order in Red is Brock, Misty, Lt. Surge, Erika, Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, and Giovanni. Team Rocket shows up across the story, with Giovanni serving as both Viridian gym leader and Rocket boss.

Completing the Pokemon Red Pokedex

A complete Pokemon Red pokedex requires trading with Blue, Yellow, or any Gen 1 compatible cart to collect both version exclusives and starter lines. Mew was never legitimately catchable in Red without a distribution event or the Mew glitch. Pokemon Red remains the simplest Pokemon game to speedrun and one of the most-played Pokemon titles ever.