One of the best RPGs on Gameboy. (Pokemon Yellow - Special Pikachu Edition (GB))

Member Name: randomreviews

Product:	Pokemon Yellow - Special Pikachu Edition (GB)
Date:	31/08/09 (28 review reads)
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Advantages: new events from red/blue, better art

Disadvantages: battery life

Pokémon Yellow was my first Pokémon game. At first I wasn't interested in the series but as an RPG fan and the fact that people were overly obsessed with it as a kid in the 90s, it wasn't long until I took interest.

Pokémon Yellow improves upon Red and Blue by giving you a new popular starter - Pikachu. Its the birth of the happiness system. Pikachu's mood changes based on how you treat him. Healing him and so on makes him happy and he has different reactions based on where you are. The game prohibits you from evolving it though unless its traded elsewhere.

One cool feature is how they allow you to also collect the 3 starters in game whereas in previous versions you can only have 1 of each and need to trade or restart your game to play with the others.

The object is to collect all the Pokémon and train your team by challenging other trainers and competing agaisnt gym leaders for badges to get into the Pokémon League and be crowned champion. One cool feature within Yellow is the surfing Pikachu mini-game which you can get access to if you also own Stadium 2 for N64, since a transfer pak can be used to trade Pokémon between the N64 and Gameboy or to watch them battle in 3D.

Great storyline, awesome RPG, and I'm still a fan of these original games moreso than the recent generation for the DS.

One negative I have to report is that the Pokémon games are loaded with a battery which lasts around 10 years or less. When the battery dies, your saved data is lost forever and you lose the ability to save new games. It can be replaced, but its sad to know all my hard work will someday be wiped out and lost forever.

Summary: Pokémon Yellow is the reason I still play Pokémon today. A+