Pokemon Blue is better because you can catch a Weedle. Weedle is way better than Caterpie for a multitude of reasons (all of them based on phalluses).
Also Pokemon Blue has a Blastoise on the cartridge - Blastoise is a giant turtle with machine guns sticking out of its shell. This is, of course, bad-ass. Charizard is just a freakin' Dragon. Dragons are all over the place.
I can show you like nine lame fantasy books with Dragons on them. i defy you to find a lame fantasy book with a Turtle-Monster with shell cannons on the cover.