Yeah, which is a funny name considering that Pikachu gets boxed immediately because it's pretty much useless. The one in that cartridge was the American version, though. The only Japanese Gen 1 game I had was Green, and I think I maybe beat it, because I have memories of the post-game dungeon. Probably beat it with Mew, though, which is not legit, because I remember catching it with the glitch and seeing the original sprite, that people find disturbing. And I remember getting to that point without being able to read anything.

I probably had way more Japanese games than most people, because my games were all bootlegs. It was actually a really big positive in the case of some PS1 games, because the west removed songs with Japanese lyrics, because we can't let kids know that other cultures exist, but also muh racism. Good old fucking western hypocrisy. Also, you have probably seen videos of early dubs in video games. Truly horrendous shit. Other than Metal Gear Solid (that was really good, I guess Konami really made sure that it got done well), it was pretty much all painfully awful.