{"id":362810,"date":"2026-03-06T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=412463"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:25:38","slug":"the-original-pokemon-games-barely-fit-on-the-game-boy-cartridges-according-to-the-games-programmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-original-pokemon-games-barely-fit-on-the-game-boy-cartridges-according-to-the-games-programmer\/","title":{"rendered":"The original Pok\u00e9mon games barely fit on the Game Boy cartridges, according to the game&#039;s programmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pok\u00e9mon nostalgics can enjoy reviews of the remakes of Pok\u00e9mon LeafGreen and FireRed, which are available on Switch. These analyses not only highlight the graphical updates,<strong> but also address the development challenges that Game Freak faced during the Game Boy era<\/strong>, where memory limitations played a crucial role in the design of the first titles in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Games that challenged your console<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Junichi Masuda, the original programmer of Pok\u00e9mon, reflected on the difficulties they faced in creating a game that could capture players&#8217; attention without sacrificing the experience. <strong>&#8220;That was a constant struggle \u2013 a fight against capacity, what we could fit into the cartridge,&#8221; Masuda explained<\/strong>. Despite the challenges, the legacy of the original games feels strong, and upon replaying Pok\u00e9mon Yellow 30 years later, many players feel like they have returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Rojo Fuego y Pok\u00e9mon Verde Hoja \u2013 \u00a1Disponibles el 27-02! 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Games that challenged their console Junichi Masuda, the original Pok\u00e9mon programmer, reflected on the difficulties they faced in creating a game that could capture players&#8217; attention without sacrificing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":362824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-362810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362828,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362810\/revisions\/362828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362810"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=362810"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=362810"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=362810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}