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* The game's Japanese release date of September 12, 1998 was intentionally timed to coincide with the release of a movie, being released two months after [[M01]].<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/ipkj/vol1/index2.html 社長が訊く『ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー』]</ref><ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/pokemon/0/1 Iwata Asks : Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version : The King Of Portable Toys]</ref> | * The game's Japanese release date of September 12, 1998 was intentionally timed to coincide with the release of a movie, being released two months after [[M01]].<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/ipkj/vol1/index2.html 社長が訊く『ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー』]</ref><ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/pokemon/0/1 Iwata Asks : Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version : The King Of Portable Toys]</ref> | ||
** As such, it came out in Japan before the [[Game Boy Color]], which was not released until October 21, 1998.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/hardware/color/ ゲームボーイカラー] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20021204113408/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/hardware/color/ archived copy])</ref> This explains the lack of Game Boy Color support in the Japanese versions, with the game using a yellow palette by default when played on a Game Boy Color, [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Game Boy Advance SP]], or [[Game Boy Player]], much like the red, green, and blue palettes respectively used by {{game|Red and Green|s|Pokémon Red, Green,}} and {{v2|Blue| (Japanese)}}. | ** As such, it came out in Japan before the [[Game Boy Color]], which was not released until October 21, 1998.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/hardware/color/ ゲームボーイカラー] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20021204113408/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/hardware/color/ archived copy])</ref> This explains the lack of Game Boy Color support in the Japanese versions, with the game using a yellow palette by default when played on a Game Boy Color, [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Game Boy Advance SP]], or [[Game Boy Player]], much like the red, green, and blue palettes respectively used by {{game|Red and Green|s|Pokémon Red, Green,}} and {{v2|Blue| (Japanese)}}. | ||
** Pokémon Yellow was also announced and released after [[Game Freak]] postponed {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, which were originally set to come out | ** Pokémon Yellow was also announced and released after [[Game Freak]] postponed {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, which were originally set to come out in March 1998.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19980224225429/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n12/swgbsoft/swgb03.html#gb19 SPACEWORLD'97 出展 GAME BOYソフト]</ref> Instead, [[Pokémon Pikachu]] came out that month. | ||
* The [[canon]]icity of the [[Kanto]] plot is often assumed to be set by Pokémon Yellow given how the particular events in the game explain {{ga|Red}}'s [[party]] as an [[Non-player character|NPC]], but him having all the Kanto [[starter Pokémon]] and {{p|Pikachu}} does not necessarily imply a correlation with the events of Yellow; his party is rather symbolic of [[Generation I]] as a whole. Another contradiction in the game canon is that the NPCs exclusive to Yellow do not exist in the other [[core series]] games set in Kanto (for example, the old in-game trade couple in [[Cerulean City]] from {{game5|Red|Green|Blue|FireRed|LeafGreen}} still lives in their house in {{game5|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, despite the girl taking care of {{p|Bulbasaur}} replacing them in Yellow). | * The [[canon]]icity of the [[Kanto]] plot is often assumed to be set by Pokémon Yellow given how the particular events in the game explain {{ga|Red}}'s [[party]] as an [[Non-player character|NPC]], but him having all the Kanto [[starter Pokémon]] and {{p|Pikachu}} does not necessarily imply a correlation with the events of Yellow; his party is rather symbolic of [[Generation I]] as a whole. Another contradiction in the game canon is that the NPCs exclusive to Yellow do not exist in the other [[core series]] games set in Kanto (for example, the old in-game trade couple in [[Cerulean City]] from {{game5|Red|Green|Blue|FireRed|LeafGreen}} still lives in their house in {{game5|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, despite the girl taking care of {{p|Bulbasaur}} replacing them in Yellow). | ||
* {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, which reimplemented the [[walking Pokémon]] mechanic that was introduced in Yellow, were released in Japan exactly 11 years after Yellow was released in Japan. | * {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, which reimplemented the [[walking Pokémon]] mechanic that was introduced in Yellow, were released in Japan exactly 11 years after Yellow was released in Japan. | ||