Great news for the entire Pokémon player community is that a Pokémon fan has delved back into the first installments with Pokémon Blue and Red, and has discovered a new feature within the Game Boy handheld console, which will surely you didn’t know
Something that seems quite striking to us is that the first generation of Pokémon games was released in Japan more than 26 years ago and in the West just over 23 years ago, but it still has several secrets to show us. While some players know Pokémon Red and Blue inside and out to the point of speedrunning blindfolded, it seems others are discovering a never-before-seen feature of the game.
Reddit user Jedi_Lucky1 has shared a gameplay video showing that you can reorder a Pokémon’s moves between specific locations using the original Game Boy’s “Select” button. Based on community feedback, this feature was little to no known (and would surely have helped them avoid self-destructing their voltorbs).
Given the interest it has generated on social networks, this curiosity has quickly become viral. At the end of the day, this is a pretty minor feature that could be easily ignored. No one needs to reorder a Pokémon’s moves, but it does make things a bit more orderly and allows you to avoid mistakes in strategy.
Interestingly, we could have a Pokémon with auto destroy as its first move, and in the heat of battle, there are times when we press the buttons multiple times, to the point where we select the first move. Several Reddit comments pointed out that it can make it easier to remember exactly where each of a Pokemon’s four moves are located.