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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}}''' ''PokettoMonsuta Pikachu''), often known as '''Pokémon Yellow Version''', is the third Pokémon game for [[Game Boy]] released worldwide, as a [[core series|solitary version]] of [[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}}. Unlike other games, Pokemon Yellow was inspired by the {{pkmn|anime}}.

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.

Much like in other [[Generation I]] games, players start their journey across Kanto from their hometown, Pallet Town, eventually defeating the eight Gym Leaders and the Elite Four. Unlike other games, the player starts off with a {{p|Pikachu}} and the rival with an {{p|Eevee}}.

* {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Sandshrew}}, and {{p|Oddish}} receive new overworld sprites. Pikachu also receives a unique icon on the [[party]] screen.

* Enhanced compatibility with the [[Game Boy Color]] is present outside of Japan, providing color palette changes as the player switches locations, whereas the Japanese version is similar to the previous [[core series]] [[Generation I]] games in that it only has [[Super Game Boy]] support.

** The Super Game Boy palettes used for the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} sprites are also lighter.

** On {{rt|6|Kanto}}, a {{tc|Camper|Jr. Trainer♂}} and {{tc|Camper|Jr. Trainer♀}} are changed to reference [[Joe (EP009)|Joe]] and [[Giselle]].

** If the player wins one battle and loses or skips the other, Eevee evolves into {{p|Flareon}}.

** If the player loses or skips both, Eevee evolves into {{p|Vaporeon}}.

* If the player does not have {{PDollar}}500, they can still enter the {{safari|Kanto}}. The player will have to pay any money they do have and will receive a number of Safari Balls proportional to the amount paid (but at least one).

===Pokémon unobtainable in Yellow===

* [[Petit Cup]] (for Pokémon between levels 15 to 20, heights under 6'8" (2 m), and weights less than 44.1 lbs (20 kg) only)

These three cups would later become standard cups in Western Stadium.

==Flyers==

Dated August 3, 1998 ([http://gamedic.jpn.org/museum/tirasi/gb_rpg/ source])

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* Out of all the [[core series]] [[Generation I]] games, this is the only one where {{p|Lickitung}} and {{p|Farfetch'd}} can be caught in the wild; in the Japanese {{2v2|Red|Green}} and {{game|Blue| (Japanese)|Japanese Blue}} as well as in the {{game|Red and Blue|s|Western Red and Blue}}, these Pokémon are only available by means of an [[in-game trade]].

* Pokémon Yellow is the only core series game in which the player cannot choose their own starter Pokémon, and whose starter is not {{t|Grass}}-, {{t|Fire}}-, or {{type|Water}}.

* Pikachu had its [[cry]] changed to that of its anime counterpart for this game. [[Junichi Masuda]] details the modification of [[Ikue Ohtani]]'s voice to a sound capable of being made by the low-tech [[Game Boy]] in his [https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/?p=144 Director's Column]. However, Pikachu's original cry was used in some parts of the game.

* Prior to the Virtual Console release announcement, Pokémon.com listed Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow with a PEGI rating of 3.

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