Its intresting to think that at one point this was being reviewd right here on DooYoo as a brand new product, and yet I am reviewing it as one of gaming history and nostalgia.

Pok'emon yellow was released in the summer of 2000, being brought out as a special edition to give the fans a better link to the anime story. Obviously from the cover , this game featured highly around Pikachu and allowed the player to more realistically play out the story of Ash Katchum.

Whilst the gameplay and dynamics were widely the same as its counterpart Pok'emon red/blue , Yellow added a few more new details and aspects.

Essentialy staying as a top down role playing game, you controlled a young boy wanting to become a top trainer. This is where the first change occurs between this and red/blue, as you start off with pikachu , you venture straight out into the world and dont choose from the 3 starter pok'emon of squirtle , bulbasur and charmander. Although they could be gained later on from NPC's in various ways.

Pikachu , unlike every other pok'emon, lives outside of the ball and follows behind the player. The player could also interact with Pikachu , such as turning around and seeing his emotion, be it happy or sad, angry or confused. These changes occured mostly down to its condition, so low health or a confusion attack had their respective emotions shown. Pikachu would also react depending on the building or area you were entering which gave you a little hint as to wether something bad was about to go down.

For the first time in the game , as well as linking with the show, Jesse, James and Meowth appear. In case you dont remember the animated series these are the running enemies of the show and are known as Team Rocket, their intrests include trying to steal your Pok'emon and making a strange signal very similar to the Nazi salute. I wonder wether you questioned as I always did , wether they should spend less time chasing Ash and just buy some Pok'e balls and catch some Pok'emon, I mean it isn't that difficult.

Another small change was that a small amount of new Pok'emon were bought to the series, however some were then pulled out of the game. Cleverly meaning that for the purists, they would need both games and have to trade and evolve in both games between two game boys.

Battle systems remained the same with the game relying on its simple turn based formula for attacks, as well as the use of items.

The game was also released for use on Game boy Colour, the first Pok'emon game to do so, although the colours weren't overly vivid and so it wasn't easy to show of all the bright colours the Pok'emon showed off in the series. Pikachu was however as yellow as he could be and the graphics remained the same as they did in the previous outing, but the shading and grass was slightly better with the inclusion of colour letting a slight amount of depth to be created. Notably with Pikachu you could see his markings which brought a smile to my young face every time I turned the game on.

The sound to remained the same, although picking up slightly with the Gameboy Colours slightly better speakers. I am happy for this as if they had taken away the iconic battle noise I would have been a little distraught.

The game also caused the release of a special Pikachu Game boy Colour which today is worth around £40.

Pok'emon yellow is worth £70 in good condition and is in the guiness book of records for selling 1 million copies in 2 weeks, a great achievement even by todays standard.