YES YES THEY ARE 30 YEARS OLD NOW IN CANON

Blue grew up to be such a twink.

That's pretty cool. Blue got really sexy.

Who are these?

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>>3586082
The protagonist and rival of the original Pokemon games ya poof!

I-I want Gary to kiss me.

>>>/vp/

And Red is still a serious business cunt.

What is the design on his shirt? Does it say 96 or is it just me?

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>>3586082
these two guys

>>3586169
That's pretty cool.

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>>3586169
why did they go from this to those two moeshit fags in the op

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>>3586169
>That gnarly OG pikachu

>Blue went on to have a nice life, have fun, and be sociable
>Red went on to hide in a cave, say nothing and battle anyone who approaches him
Where did Red go so wrong?

>>3586274
He caught them all.

>>3585952
>one grew up to look like a literal manchild
>the other grew up to look like a flaming homosexual

I don't which fate is worse

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>>3586282
>Just like real life

>>3586282
Well, like I said, one ended up battling in the pokemon league, which I imagine would be fun, have quite a bit of status and would mean a social life, while the other just ended up abandoning society to live in a cave, not bother speaking and battle anyone who tries to speak to him, then just disappear once he's beaten... but then again, what does Red go on doing after he's beaten in 2nd gen?

>>3586312
Misty

I'd be surprised if they're really 30, probably more like late teens or something.

It would be neat if they are thirty, making the age difference between them and the protagonist about he same age difference between a ten year old picking up Pokemon for the first time in 2016 and people who were around ten when the first gen games came out.

Those redesigns are atrocious. They look gay as fuck, specially Blue/Green.

>>3586278
That's the disturbing truth about dreams coming true; there's absolutely nothing to do ever after other than living a meaningless existence.

>>3586319

Well, Green has woman hips+legs, and Red's lower section makes him look like he's slowly evolving into a Gorillaz character.

What is the symbol on Reds shirt?

>>3586348
96 numeral.

>>3585952
Blue is for _________

>>3586321
you make new dreams m8

first you gotta catch them all

now you've got to

catch them all again but with the right gender, nature, and other statistics

>>3586363
And they all have to be shiny!

This shift ain't vr wtf.

>>3586368
>1996
>not /vr/
Out

>>3586349
Why?

>>3586374
I know you wish it was but it ain't. You can't even explain why and how it's vr.

>>3586376
First gen Japanese release.

>>3586387
Oh 1996! That's a pretty cool Easter egg.

>>3586383
>Made before 2000
>Was very popular before 2000
>On an 8-bit console that was made before 2000
>Released in America 2 years before the year 2000 was a thing and was widely popular before 2000
I bet you also think 5th gen isn't /vr/

The original game yes. You're moving goalposts here.
By this logic I would assume sun and moon are retro by your bizarre standards .

>>3586169
god I miss old pokemon/ nintendo art. So charming and looks like so much care was put into it, hand drawn and airbrushed and everything

>>3586412
The artist's name is Ken Sugimori and I'm sure he's still doing Pokemon art.

Should have given Blue a Hawaiian shirt douchebag look. He looks too...cute now. No homo

>>3586450

He is but he takes it way easier on the watercolour these days. His art was always the best part of the trading cards.

The metrosexual look really fits him.

Red's the same age as me :-)

And this matters why?
It doesnt make the games any better you stupid fanboy.

>>3586698
It's a nice nod to the older fans.

>>3586741
Stuff like this and the Switch makes you wonder if speculation of a full-on series reboot is on-point.

But that's neither here nor there.

Are there any romhacks where you play as Blue/Green? What's the twist?

>>3586581
I don't think so. I've always seen him as a sort of punkish douchebag with strictly male features. The metro style really does not fit.

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>>3586557
as someone who collects original wizards of the coast pokemon cards, I can say that in my opinion there were better artists than Sugimori for the TCG. Look up Mitsuhiro Arita, or Atsuko Nishida. Also Sugimori's art looks really half assed these days, and all done and colored digitally.

>>3586757
I'm happy with Nintendo. Since GameCube they've been catering to kids and casual fans while ignoring the true fanbase. With the Switch it looks like they are going back to the 20-30 year old that grew up with Nintendo.

>>3585952
Why is Red ugly?

>>3585952
I can't even avoid spoilers on motherfucking /vr/. Even /m/ posts mecha looking Pokemon. Will you guys fuck off back to your original board? Like goddamn is nothing sacred?

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>>3586312
>>3586282

He didn't just live in a cave you plebs. He was part of the tournament in Black 2/ White 2 so one would assume he wasn't actually a hermit.

Also Sabrina became an actress in that game.

>>3586786
>someone who collects original wizards of the coast pokemon cards
People like you exist? I love my old cards, but I'm under the impression that old pokemans are worthless (besides first edition base set)

>>3585952
Oh shit it really has been 20 years....

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>>3587017
You don't need to collect them for anything but fun.

I don't collect them but they came out with an art book for the old cards recently that you guys should check out.

>>3586817
I don't like the tablet gimmick, I wanted a normal console.

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>>3587017
exactly what >>3587094 said, I couldn't care less about their dollar worth, I buy them for their artistic value. I live really close to a big card shop so it's fun to just browse through their binders and pick out a few once in awhile. Sometimes I'll allow myself to get something a little pricier, like pic related was 15 $, but I don't think I would pay much more than that for a single card.

>>3586363
>life is a never ending cycle of constantly making up artificial goals to keep you away from the inevitable truth

Now I know why Red confined himself in a cave

>>3587104
put tablet into dock
tablet goes away
now what?

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>>3587094
It's so cool to see the art in higher quality.

>>3586817
>Since GameCube they've been catering to kids and casual fans while ignoring the true fanbase.
>GameCube was launched in 2001
2001 was 15 years ago, anon. Those kids you said Nintendo were "catering to" back then are now in their 20's.

>>3587105
this looks really cool, anyone know where I can get my hands on a digital copy?

>>3587202
lol meant for >>3587138

>>3586169
>1996 was 20 years ago
>sadpolitoed.png

>>3585952
Is that seriously what Red looks like? For fuck's sake.

Blue looks nice though. A bit fruity but that's okay. Red just looks like shit.

Red's hair is too dark for me tbqh. Otherwise I don't mind. It's funny seeing them as adults. Also rip Leaf.

>avoiding SM spoilers
>increasingly hard to do since Youtubers are always posting new Pokemon; even the official page revealed the starters final forms
>/vr/ is a place I'll be safe
>nope

Dude...

Either way, I feel nothing. I remember five years ago I was a big Red fangirl and used to howl about Red's design, I hated the fanon uber!Red to bits and would take any chance to say that the superior official versions were better. Now I'm bummed out of Red. Everyone knows his canon design now. Red is freakin' everywhere. Tbqh, I want another protagonist to pop up. Give me 20-something year old Champion Dawn or something already.

>>3586082

How can you not recognize Blue Oak? He didn't even change hairstyles.

>>3586169

Wrong versions.

>>3586274

Unconfirmed. We don't know what Red was doing. Personally, I don't get why he always scowls in post-FRLg artwork. He was always smiling in RGBY art.

At that age Red's hat is likely hiding a thinning hairline.

>>3587105
>pic related was 15 $,
That's a lot more than I would expect old cards to sell for. I thought they were effectively garbage.

Where was confirmed that they are 30 years old?

>>3587634
They were 10 years old 20 years ago senpai

>>3587350
More likely the hat is the reason his hairline is thinning. Ballcaps are murder on your follicles.

And they still dress up like dorks

>>3587702
Everyone dresses up like a complete dork in the Pokemon universe

>>3587113
Man this is so depressing, Pokemon has become a life lesson, not some leisure game.

>>3585952
Almost forgot to write, now Red probably looks more like his father, ain't it neat to finally know?

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>>3587828
In the NEW Pokémon universe. They used to dress like decent people in the past.

>>3587094
Still no scans.

>>3587662
This is nothing but an old wive's meme.
There is no biological reason why a snapback would cause Norwooding.

Red is rich anyway and would be able to afford a transplant.

>>3588152
this. RIP sugimori's good art

>>3585952
I'm going to take long hard look at myself in the mirror, and check to see if I too grew up to look like a humongous tool

Red got REALLY sexy...no homo.

>no wedding ring on Red

Crap, my headcanon that he marries Misty... I'm gonna just pretend it's on his other hand.

>>3588379
I've never seen a wedding ring in Pokemon.

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>>3588379
>implying Ash would give her the time of day, let alone marry her.

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>>3590136

>>3590174

>2016
>still confusing Red with any of his adaptation counterparts

>>3590934
Pokemon needs an Ash vs Red movie. Just so Ash gets his ASS FUCKING WHUPPED

>>3590934
I need some source that says they're different, beyond "Because I say so."

>>3590945

Do you even play the games? They're completely different design wise and role wise. They don't even have the same name.

>>3590959
They're barely different design-wise, and of course they're named different. You can't have a cartoon show about guy named Red and his rival Blue. That'd just be stupid. Now show some substantial proof that they're different or shut up.

>>3586164
It probably is that. The original games came out in Japan in '96.

>>3590965

Why not? Most of the manga use those names. And there's a definite difference design wise between them. It's impossible to mistake redesign!Red for Ash even if you're color blind.

Their roles are completely different. Red is exclusively the Kanto champion. He didn't go to Sinnoh or Hoenn like Ash. He didn't travel around with Misty or Brock or Dawn like Ash. He is an eleven year old from Pallet Town who defeated Team Rocket and became champion three years before Ethan/Lyra started their journey and around the same time as May. Ash never defeated Giovanni or became Kanto champion or went on Mt. Silver. People don't talk about him post-Kanto like they do Red. And Ash is still ten while by BW2 and SM Red is in his 30s.

Red and Ash are nothing alike besides basic character design and original role.

>>3586313
>implying blue isn't plowing her
He is a fellow gym leader now. And I wouldn't be surprised if Red is hiding a massive bald spot under that hat.

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>>3590978
Alright fine, but all you really proved is what a nerd you are by knowing all this shit.

>>3585968
They both look delicious to fuck desu.

>>3590985

"Ok I guess I was wrong BUT YOU'RE A NERDDD" get out, kid.

>>3585952
why do they both have gay clothes on? Gary looks like a huge faggot with those shorts.

>>3590985
fuck you

>>3591101
And you know the entire saga of Ash Ketchum. Get a life, manchild.

>>3585952
for some reason red reminds me a college frat boy on spring break

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>>3585952

>>3591106
It's post-2nd Gen Pokemon, everyone dresses like a gay autist.

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>>3585952
>YES YES THEY ARE 30 YEARS OLD NOW IN CANON
>30
>With these clothes

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>mfw new Red design

>>3591409
you wish. Red and Blue look like skinny gay pussies now.

>>3585952
is this the mega evolution parallel universe or not though?

that we'll have to wait and see

also wtf are ultra beasts

>tfw you want to battle pokemon but you gotta borrow your sister's green capris

>>3586768
>punkish douchebag with strictly male features.
tumblr

how the hell was he punk? he was just designed with an obviously darker color pallette to contrast red, he was never "punk". blue was always about being "the cool kid" you don't grow out of that shit. he's metro because it's "cool". just like how being a bullshit snowflake is "cool" now.

>Red is a republican

>Blue is a democrat

>>3592507
this

>>3590945
There is a Japanese Pokemon Manga, where the Protagonist is named 'Red'.

>>3592532

Several. Off the back of my head: Isamu/Red (PM), Red (Pokespe), Shu (the one with the talking Pikachu), Satoshi (Zensho), Satoshi/Red (anime), Red (Origins).

>>3592403
>wtf are ultra beasts

They appear to be members of a scientific organization that could be the actual villains instead of the gang Team Skull.

>People complaining about Blue's shorts

They're both in a tropical region.

>>3587329
>He was always smiling in RGBY art.
Dude washed out after doing everything there is to do.

>>3593657
Doesn't change the fact that those shorts and those shoes and that shirt and that stance all say he craves dick 24/7.

>>3591272
>being this pathetic
Holy fuck dude, this is a thread about pokemon, don't enter if you don't know shit

>>3594501
You're arguing with a literal seething autist that's drizzled in from /v/. The type of person who knows they're wrong but must have the last word and will steer a conversation so far off the original point until they get it.

>>3585952

I hope this means Giovanni will return as an old man, looking like Vito Corleone.

>>3594336
>>those shorts and those shoes and that shirt and that stance all say he craves dick 24/7.

i see no problems here

>>3586412
So much this.

>>3590965
>You can't have a cartoon show about guy named Red and his rival Blue.
Yes you can
Red is read as "Retto" in Japanese

Red is also a valid name in English too(e.g Red Foreman)

>>3594648
I hope we get to see Jessie and James in their 30s
They were in Pokemon Yellow so they're canon shut the fuck up

>>3588152

While I agree that the re-design of Gold's outfit is gayer, being more homosexual than a man in a 5-man bear/twink orgy with every hole filled by cock isn't saying much.

The clothing design was pretty much always fucking stupid, no one would wear any of that shit irl. The clothes have always been super hit-or-miss. Pokemon is anime inspired artstyle, gay ass clothes is pretty normal.

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>>3591272

>Be in a video game forum
>Enter a thread about pokemon
>Attempt to make a point
>Someone who is more knowledgeable refutes said point
>Unable to accept that you were wrong, proceed to make a personal attack about the person's interests
>The interests which are obviously highly similar to your own as you're both on a niche imageboard section in a thread of a particular gaming topic

Holy fuck what a combination of pathetic and petty.

Bravo, truly.

>>3595445
WHY DO YOU RESPOND TO SHITPO STERS? IF YOU GIVE THEM DILICIOUS (you)s THEY"LL TELL THEIR MORON FRIENDS ON IRC THAT /vr/ IS EASY TO FARM FOR (you)s AND THEY"LL ALL FLOCK HERE LIKE BUMS TO A SOUP KITCHEN AND THIS WILL BE /v/ 2.0

He was only 16 in black and white 2 and that was in 2012.

More like he's in his early twenties, if that.

>>3592398
have you seen modern JoJo?

>>3585952
CUTE

>>3585952
But Ash is the eternal ten year old I thought. Isn't he still just a widdle kid in the animu?

>>3597667
Gary and Blue are interchangeable. Red and Ash are nothing alike.

Why is his name Blue, if he's wearing not wearing blue at all?

>>3597971
Because he's Green.

>>3585952
>Red still wears his kid clothes
What a loser.

>>3597971
>>3598798
>Because he's Green.
This. NOA forever fucked up the naming scheme by calling the Green version "Blue" in the U.S.

>>3597675

Gary and Blue aren't interchangeable.

>>3597667

Red =/= Ash.

>>3597595

BW2 took place at least ten years after DPPT-HGSS. Game Freak just got uber lazy and didn't age anyone up.

>>3599027
okay but
if gary's grandpappy is Oak
and blue's grandpappy is Oak

does that mean there's a pkmn. adv timeline(the games) a pkmn. ash timeline(the anime)?

also gary oak/green oak

>>3599218
Might as well be separate universes really

>>3599218
Alternate takes on the same universe.

>>3598840
I'm surprised they left Leaf Green the same instead of turning it into Ocean Blue.