Is Red/Green or Yellow canon?

[Fantastische Hure]

???

 

[Yoshi]

I like to think that the third editions to the Pokemon video games are the canon versions.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

But this isn’t the third one I think. Blue is. This was like based-on the anime (a-bit).

 

[Yoshi]

Yellow must be the fourth edition or fourth version, then.

 

[Papasmurf]

None of them. FireRed/LeafGreen are, since Red's design is consistently the brown-haired, remake design (or an aged version of it in the case of Sun and Moon), including in the World Tournament where all the important key NPCs are gathered.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

The only thing I know is that Red’s highest level Pokemon was Pikachu in Gen. II which indicates to Yellow being canon.

 

[Papasmurf]

The only thing I know is that Red’s highest level Pokemon was Pikachu in Gen. II which indicates to Yellow being canon.

It only has a Light Ball in Generation IV despite Pikachus from Yellow having Light Balls when traded to Gen II.

 

[Hector]

In Gen2, Yellow is obviously the cannon past. Though, myself, I'd rather they had given Red a team closer to the Red/Blue games. It could be...

-Charizard (since his name is Red)
-Raichu (the most iconic character of the franchise, but let's evolve it)
-Lapras (a reminder that he crushed Team Rocket in Saffron, since a Silph employee gave it to him)
-Espeon (the Eeevee he got in Celadon is a chance to add a Gen2 touch to the team)
-Mew (after all those rumors about Pokemon #151 in Gen1, it would be awesome if it turned out that the "cannon" Red caught it after all)
-A nameless glitch pokemon created for the occasion (a nice reference to the countless glitches in Gen1; this should also be Red's trump card)

 

[Papasmurf]

Canonically (in Generation I art) Red is almost always depicted as using Bulbasaur, actually.

 

[Symbiote]

I agree with going with Yellow version.