Pokémon Yellow

Pokémon YELLOW

Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition (Japanese: ポケットモンスターピカチュウ Pocket Monsters Pikachu), often known as Pokémon Yellow Version, is the third Pokémon game for Game Boy released worldwide, as a solitary version of Pokémon Red and Blue Versions. In Japan, the game was the fourth Pokémon game released, as a second solitary version of Pokémon Red and Green. Unlike other games, Pokémon Yellow was inspired by the Pokémon the Series.

Similar to Red and Blue, Yellow arrived towards the end of the Game Boy's lifespan. It managed, though, to receive the title of second best-selling non-bundled game for its console, losing only to its predecessors.

The game was available on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console between the Pokémon 20th Anniversary on February 27th, 2016 and the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop on March 27th, 2023.

Generation VII remakes, titled Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, were released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch in November 2018, in celebration of Yellow's 20th anniversary in Japan.

Two years after Red and Green, Nintendo released Pokémon Yellow, an enhanced version of Red and Blue, in Japan in 1998, and in North America and Europe in 1999 and 2000. The game was designed to resemble the Pokémon anime series, with the player receiving a Pikachu as their starter Pokémon and their rival starting with an Eevee. Some non-player characters resemble those from the anime, including Team Rocket's Jessie and James.

Pokémon Yellow changes and enhances several aspects of the original games. Pikachu is provided as the player's only starter Pokémon and has a voice and a personality unique from other Pokémon. It follows the player on the overworld, and the player can speak to it. Pikachu can grow to love or hate the player based on their actions; leveling up will keep Pikachu happy, while fainting frequently will make it unhappy. This feature was used again in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the remakes of Pokémon Yellow. Yellow includes a "Pikachu's Beach" minigame that is only accessible to players who either won a Nintendo contest or complete a challenge in another game, Pokémon Stadium, and exchange data between the games using the Transfer Pak. Yellow has slightly improved graphics and can print Pokédex entries onto stickers using the Game Boy Printer.

Pokémon Yellow was developed by Game Freak and entered development after the completion of the Japanese version of Pokémon Blue. Nintendo may have been considering a "Pokémon Pink" version of Yellow, based on source code leaked from Nintendo. Pokémon Yellow's release coincided with the release of Pokémon: The First Movie. The Future Nintendo president Satoru Iwata later said that people likely felt Yellow would be unnecessary due to the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver later that year. It was released in Japan on September 12th, 1998, in Australia on September 3rd, 1999, in North America on October 19, 1999, and in Europe on June 16, 2000. A Pikachu-themed Game Boy Color bundle was released in North America in October 1999. To promote the release of Pokémon Yellow, Volkswagen and Nintendo created a yellow Volkswagen New Beetle with features inspired by Pikachu. Nintendo World Report listed Pokémon Yellow as one of the notable handheld releases in 1999.

Pokémon Kanto Region

The Kanto region (Japanese:カントー地方 Kanto region)

Kanto is the first region introduced in the Pokémon universe and in the popular series, games and anime. It was then followed by Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar, and Paldea. It is modeled and named after the Kantō region of Japan, which includes, amongst other cities, the capital Tōkyō, where Game Freak is headquartered. Kanto is the only one that shares its name with a real-world location. The resemblance between the bay formations seen on the in-game map and the actual Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, and Tokyo Bay formations is particularly striking. Kanto also has some elements of Chūbu.

Locations list:

There are ten major cities in Kanto.

• Pallet Town
  

• Viridian City
  

• Pewter City
  

• Cerulean City
  

• Vermilion City
  

• Lavender Town
  

• Celadon City
  

• Fuchsia City
  

• Saffron City
  

• Cinnabar Island

Areas of interest

• Viridian Forest
  
• Mt. Moon
  
• Cerulean Cave
  
• Rock Tunnel
  
• Diglett's Cave
  
• Forest of Pikachu
  
• Safari Zone
  
• Seafoam Islands
  
• Power Plant
  
• Victory Road
  
• Indigo Plateau
  
• Pokémon League
  
• Gym Leaders
  
• Elite Four
  
• Champion(s)