Leaf!

Ah, that's right. You wanted to do a female run-through. The female playthroughs for Pokémon games were widely considered far more difficult. Pokémon Crimson's female character was Leaf. Adventurous, joyful, and quite naive, Leaf was the perfect character to start the entire series with.

Clicking start, you watched as the main character slowly disappeared into pixel form. It was time to finally play!