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'''Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition''' (Japanese: '''{{j|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 [[core series|solitary version]] of {{g|Red and Blue Versions}}. In Japan, the game was the fourth Pokémon game released, as a second solitary version of {{game|Red and Green|s}}. Unlike other games, Pokémon Yellow was inspired by the {{pkmn|anime}}.

From here, the player has his first encounter with other Trainers, on {{rt|2|Kanto}} and in [[Viridian Forest]], and his first encounter with a [[Gym Leader]]: [[Brock]] the {{type|Rock}} Gym Leader of [[Pewter City]]. After his defeat, journeying along {{rt|3|Kanto}} and through [[Mt. Moon]] brings the player face to face with the regional [[villainous team]], [[Team Rocket]], who are attempting to extract rare [[Fossil]]s from the cave. Their defeat allows the player to continue through the cave and obtain the [[Dome Fossil]] or [[Helix Fossil]] which can be regenerated into {{p|Kabuto}} and {{p|Omanyte}}. Before the player leaves the cave, he is ambushed by two Team Rocket grunts (unnamed in this game but known as [[Jessie]] and [[James]] in the {{pkmn|anime}}), who try to take the fossil back. Continuing onto {{rt|4|Kanto}}, the player finds himself in [[Cerulean City]], where another [[Gym]] is. This one, however, is run by [[Misty]], and specializes in {{type|Water}} Pokémon. To the north, as well, there are two [[route]]s leading up to [[Bill]]'s cottage. On the way, the player is confronted with a trainer who tries to persuade him to join [[Team Rocket]]. When the player reaches [[Bill]]'s cottage and frees him of his transformation into a Pokémon, he will give the player a ticket for the [[S.S. Anne]], a luxury ship moored in {{ci|Vermilion}} Harbor and filled with Trainers. Taking a shortcut through a house burglarized by Team Rocket, the player finally arrives at {{rt|5|Kanto}}.

* The front Pokémon sprites have all been updated to resemble how they appear in their then-current [[Ken Sugimori]] artwork usually used in promotional images and strategy guides for the Japanese {{2v2|Red|Green}}, {{game|Blue| (Japanese)|Japanese Blue}}, and the {{game|Red and Blue|s|Western Red and Blue}}, as well as some of them resembling how they appear in the {{pkmn|anime}}. However, the back sprites are the same as the previous games.

* Some {{pkmn|Trainer}} sprites were also redone. {{ga|Red}} and {{ga|Blue}} now better resemble their stock artwork for [[Generation I]], as the Pokémon sprites do. [[Brock]] wears an outfit like his {{an|Brock|anime counterpart}}'s and [[Misty]]'s bikini was changed to a shirt and shorts similar to those worn by {{an|Misty|her counterpart}}.

* [[Giovanni]] uses a {{p|Persian}} in the battle at the [[Viridian Gym]], referencing the anime {{an|Giovanni}} owning a Persian.

* In some locations, Trainers who reference characters from the anime replace previous Trainers.

** Some changes may have been made to reinforce the anime-based setting.

*** {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Raichu}} are removed from all availability in the wild, leaving only the player's first partner Pikachu (who cannot evolve).

*** In the anime, {{Ash}} catches a {{p|Caterpie}} and a {{p|Pidgeotto}} in [[Viridian Forest]]. In the game, though both {{p|Caterpie}} and {{p|Weedle}} were available in previous games, only Caterpie is now. {{p|Pidgey}} and {{p|Pidgeotto}} are also both added to Viridian Forest.

*** The player can now also obtain all three of the original [[Kanto]] [[first partner Pokémon]] (at [[Cerulean City]], {{rt|24|Kanto}}, and [[Vermilion City]]), just like Ash in the anime.

* {{p|Pikachu}} is the only [[first partner Pokémon]] the {{player}} can receive, and it [[Walking Pokémon|travels with the player]] on-screen, outside of a [[Poké Ball]], like [[Ash's Pikachu]]. It will also [[cry]] like Ash's Pikachu in the anime, with its cries now [[Voice acting in the Pokémon games|voiced]] by [[Ikue Otani]].

* [[Gym Leader]]s have different teams and movesets, some based on those that appear in the {{pkmn|anime}}.

==Differences from the anime==

The game is loosely based on the original anime series, but has several differences:

* [[Misty]] is first encountered in the [[Cerulean Gym]]. In the {{pkmn|anime}}, she had left the Gym when {{Ash}} met her (the Gym was run by [[the Sensational Sisters]]). She also does not accompany the player on their journey in the game.

* {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, and {{p|Squirtle}} are acquired from tasks. In the anime, {{AP|Bulbasaur}} was caught in a formal battle, {{AP|Charmander}} was rescued from heavy rain, and {{AP|Squirtle}} simply followed Ash.

* The majority of Pokémon unavailable for capture in Pokémon Yellow have either been caught (albeit given away) or temporarily commanded by {{Ash}} in later seasons of the {{pkmn|anime}}.

* There are two different types of [[cry|cries]] available for the same species depending on whether the player is the Pokémon's [[Original Trainer|OT]] (the first partner Pikachu has a vocalization cry like in the {{pkmn|anime}}, while a non-OT Pikachu still has a chiptune noise cry like in earlier games).

 

* A Pokémon species is part of the Japanese title.

** This is also the case in [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]].

* Characters introduced in the {{pkmn|anime}} appear in-game. This includes the [[Team Rocket trio]], [[Nurse Joy]], and [[Officer Jenny]].

* It has a Pokémon whose [[cry]] was influenced by the anime vocalization instead of using a chiptune noise.

* The player's first partner Pokémon is unable to evolve.

** This is also the case in [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]].