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{{Infobox game | colorscheme=yellow|bordercolorscheme=yellow
{{Infobox game | colorscheme=yellow|bordercolorscheme=yellow
|name=Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition
|name=Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition
|jname={{tt|ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ|Poketto Monsutā Pikachu}}
|jname=ポケットモンスターピカチュウ
|boxart=Yellow EN boxart.jpg
|boxart=Yellow EN boxart.jpg
|caption=Pokémon Yellow Version's boxart, [[version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Pikachu}}.
|caption=Pokémon Yellow Version's boxart, [[Version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Pikachu}}.
|jbox=Yellow JP boxart.png
|jbox=Yellow JP boxart.png
|jcaption=Boxart of Pocket Monsters Pikachu
|jcaption=Boxart of Pocket Monsters: Pikachu
|platform={{nw|Game Boy}}{{tt|*|Enhanced for the Super Game Boy in all releases and for the Game Boy Color outside of Japan}}
|platform=[[Game Boy]] <small>(enhanced for the [[Super Game Boy]] in all releases and for the [[Game Boy Color]] outside of Japan)</small>
|category=RPG
|category=RPG
|players=2 players simultaneous
|players=2 players simultaneous
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|developer=[[Game Freak]]
|developer=[[Game Freak]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|gen_series=[[Generation I]] [[version|main series]]
|gen_series=[[Generation I]] [[Version|main series]]
|cero=N/A
|cero=N/A
|esrb=E
|esrb=E
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|acb=G
|acb=G
|oflc=G8+
|oflc=G8+
|release_date_ja=September 12, 1998<ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-pikachu/ Pokémon.co.jp]</ref>
|release_date_ja=September 12, 1998<ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-pikachu/ ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト]</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apsj/ ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ]</ref>
|release_date_na=October 1, 1999<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/games/videogame-pokemon-yellow-special-pikachu-edition/ Pokémon.com (US)]</ref>
|release_date_na=October 1, 1999<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-yellow-special-pikachu-edition/ Pokémon™ Yellow Special Pikachu Edition | Video Games | Pokemon.com] (USA)</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071101085051/http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-319 Games : Pokémon Yellow Version:  Special Pikachu Edition]</ref>
|release_date_au=September 3, 1999<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000614202450/http://www.nintendo.com.au/games/gameboy/games/pokemon_yellow.html Nintendo of Australia (archive)]</ref>
|release_date_au=September 3, 1999<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000614202450/http://www.nintendo.com.au/games/gameboy/games/pokemon_yellow.html Nintendo - Nintendo 64 Games]</ref>
|release_date_eu=June 16, 2000<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gb/pokmon_yellow_version.html Nintendo of Europe]</ref>
|release_date_eu=June 16, 2000<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-yellow-special-pikachu-edition/ Pokémon™ Yellow Special Pikachu Edition | Video Games | Pokemon.com] (UK)</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy/Pokemon-Yellow-Version-266142.html Pokémon Yellow Version | Game Boy | Games | Nintendo]</ref>
|website_ja=[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-pikachu/ Pokémon.co.jp]<br>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apsj/ Nintendo.co.jp]
|website_ja=[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gb-pikachu/ Pokémon.co.jp]<br>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/apsj/ Nintendo.co.jp]
|website_en=[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-yellow-special-pikachu-edition/ Pokémon.com]<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071101085051/http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-319 Nintendo.com]
|website_en=[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-yellow-special-pikachu-edition/ Pokémon.com]<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071101085051/http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-319 Nintendo.com]
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{{StrategyWiki|Pokémon Yellow}}
{{StrategyWiki|Pokémon Yellow}}
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'''Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ|Poketto Monsutā Pikachu}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Pikachu''), often known as '''Pokémon Yellow Version''', <!--(Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケットモンスター 黄|Poketto Monsutā Ki}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Yellow'')--> and also as '''Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition''', is the third Pokémon game for [[Game Boy]] released worldwide, as a [[Version|follow up]] to and expansion on {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions}}. In Japan, the game was the fourth Pokémon game released, as a follow up to {{game|Red and Green|s|Pocket Monsters Red & Green}} and {{game|Blue| (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue}}, intended to buy [[Game Freak]] time to work on the then-upcoming {{game|Gold and Silver|s|Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions}}.
'''Pokémon Yellow: 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''', <!--(Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|黄|き}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: Yellow'')--> and also as '''Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition''', is the third Pokémon game for [[Game Boy]] released worldwide, as a [[Version|solitary version]] of {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon 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|Pocket Monsters Red & Green}}, intended to buy [[Game Freak]] time to work on the then-upcoming {{game|Gold and Silver|s|Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions}}.


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.
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.
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==Connectivity==
==Connectivity==
As well as reprising the ability to allow players to trade Pokémon between two cartridges via a {{nw|Game Boy}} [[link cable]], Yellow also debuted a new link battle mode, Colosseum 2. While battling another player's Pokémon team had been possible since the release of the Japanese {{2v2|Red|Green}} two years before Yellow's release, Yellow introduced several regulations in Colosseum 2 mode. Battle modes introduced include the [[Pika Cup]] (for Pokémon between [[Level]]s 15 to 20 only; their combined level limit is 50), [[Petit Cup]] (for Pokémon between [[Level]]s 15 to 20, heights under 6'8" (2m), and weights less than 44.1&nbsp;lbs (20&nbsp;kg) only) and [[Poké Cup]] (for Pokémon between [[Level]]s 50 to 55 only, and the sum of all entered Pokémon's Levels cannot exceed 155. {{p|Mew}} is not allowed). These three cups would later become standard cups in {{eng|Pokémon Stadium|Stadium}}.
As well as reprising the ability to allow players to trade Pokémon between two cartridges via a {{nw|Game Boy}} [[link cable]], Yellow also debuted a new link battle mode, Colosseum 2. While battling another player's Pokémon team had been possible since the release of the Japanese {{2v2|Red|Green}} two years before Yellow's release, Yellow introduced several regulations in Colosseum 2 mode. Battle modes introduced include the [[Pika Cup]] (for Pokémon between [[Level]]s 15 to 20 only; their combined level limit is 50), [[Petit Cup]] (for Pokémon between [[Level]]s 15 to 20, heights under 6'8" (2m), and weights less than 44.1&nbsp;lbs (20&nbsp;kg) only) and [[Poké Cup]] (for Pokémon between [[Level]]s 50 to 55 only, and the sum of all entered Pokémon's Levels cannot exceed 155. {{p|Mew}} is not allowed). These three cups would later become standard cups in {{eng|Pokémon Stadium|Stadium}}.
==Reception==
Like {{2v2|Red|Blue}}, Yellow was also well received by the press. Like its predecessors, it received a perfect 10/10 "Masterful" rating from IGN.<ref>[http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/012/012045.html IGN: Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref> However, it was criticized as being "just a stopgap to help us wait for the {{game|Gold and Silver|s|real sequels}}".<ref>[http://reviews.cnet.com/legacy-game-platforms/pokemon-yellow-game-boy/4505-9882_7-30965879-2.html?tag=txt;page Pokemon Yellow (Game Boy) Legacy game platform reviews - CNET Reviews] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref> Yellow received a slightly lower average score than Red and Blue of about 85% on GameRankings. Despite this, it was the site's top rated [[Game Boy]] game in the year of its release, 1999.<ref>[http://www.gamerankings.com/gameboy/198314-pokemon-yellow-version-special-pikachu-edition/index.html Pokemon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition for Game Boy] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref>


==Comparison to the anime==
==Comparison to the anime==
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Despite this, the instruction manual refers to the game as "the Yellow version of Pokémon", the {{ga|Red|player}} has the option of being called Yellow, following the trends of the other versions, and ''Yellow Version'' can be seen on the game's title screen. [[Pokémon.com]] refers to the game as ''Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition'' in full, but ''Pokémon Yellow Version'' and ''Pokémon Yellow'' in general usage.<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-yellow-special-pikachu-edition/ Pokémon.com - Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition]</ref>
Despite this, the instruction manual refers to the game as "the Yellow version of Pokémon", the {{ga|Red|player}} has the option of being called Yellow, following the trends of the other versions, and ''Yellow Version'' can be seen on the game's title screen. [[Pokémon.com]] refers to the game as ''Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition'' in full, but ''Pokémon Yellow Version'' and ''Pokémon Yellow'' in general usage.<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-yellow-special-pikachu-edition/ Pokémon.com - Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition]</ref>


==Staff==
==Development==
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Yellow}}
{{main|Pokémon Yellow beta}}
 
==Reception==
Like {{2v2|Red|Blue}}, Yellow was also well received by the press. Like its predecessors, it received a perfect 10/10 "Masterful" rating from IGN.<ref>[http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/012/012045.html IGN: Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref> However, it was criticized as being "just a stopgap to help us wait for the {{game|Gold and Silver|s|real sequels}}".<ref>[http://reviews.cnet.com/legacy-game-platforms/pokemon-yellow-game-boy/4505-9882_7-30965879-2.html?tag=txt;page Pokemon Yellow (Game Boy) Legacy game platform reviews - CNET Reviews] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref> Yellow received a slightly lower average score than Red and Blue of about 85% on GameRankings. Despite this, it was the site's top rated [[Game Boy]] game in the year of its release, 1999.<ref>[http://www.gamerankings.com/gameboy/198314-pokemon-yellow-version-special-pikachu-edition/index.html Pokemon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition for Game Boy] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref>


==Music==
==Soundtrack==
{{main|Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD}}
{{main|Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD}}
The soundtrack contains all of the background music and sound effects used in Pokémon Red and Blue (the basis for a majority of the music in Pokémon Yellow), all of which were composed solely by [[Junichi Masuda]]. This includes {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} [[Cry|cries]] and [[Pokédex]] entries read by "Dexter", {{Ash}}'s Pokédex. However, several tracks that are exclusive to Pokémon Yellow have not received official releases. These tracks were composed by [[Go Ichinose]], in his first Pokémon game.
The soundtrack for {{game2|Red|Green|Blue}} and {{game|Red and Blue|s}} also applies to Pokémon Yellow. However, Yellow added three tracks that are absent from the official soundtrack, which precedes the release of Yellow by ten months. These additional tracks were composed by [[Gō Ichinose]], while the tracks already present from the previous three games were all composed by [[Junichi Masuda]].


==Beta elements==
==Staff==
{{main|Pokémon Yellow beta}}
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Yellow}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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