
This city is home to another Pokémon Gym however, the way to it is blocked by a small tree. Taking a shortcut through a house burglarized by Team Rocket, the player finally arrives at Route 5.Īfter traveling down Routes 5 and 6, using the Underground Path to bypass Saffron City, the player finally arrives in Vermilion. Anne, a luxury ship moored in Vermilion Harbor and filled with Trainers.

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. On the way, the player is confronted with a trainer who tries to persuade him to join Team Rocket. To the north, as well, there are two routes leading up to Bill's cottage. This one, however, is run by Misty, and specializes in Water-type Pokémon. Continuing onto Route 4, the player finds himself in Cerulean City, where another Gym is. Before the player leaves the cave, he is ambushed by two Team Rocket grunts, Jessie and James, who try to take the fossil back. Their defeat allows the player to continue through the cave and obtain the Dome Fossil or Helix Fossil which can be regenerated into Kabuto and Omanyte. Moon brings the player face to face with the regional villainous team, Team Rocket, who are attempting to extract rare Fossils from the cave. After his defeat, journeying along Route 3 and through Mt. Viridian City has a Gym however, it is locked.įrom here, the player has his first encounter with other Trainers, on Route 2 and in Viridian Forest, and his first encounter with a Gym Leader: Brock the Rock-type Gym Leader of Pewter City. After this has been completed the professor gives one Pokédex to the player and one to the rival, and sends them on their way. Stopping in Viridian City's Poké Mart, the player will find that a package has come in for the professor, and the clerk asks that it be delivered to him. Right after the rival leaves, the player's Pikachu breaks out of his Poké Ball and starts following the player on foot. With no other options, Oak gives player the freshly caught Pikachu, after which the rival challenges the player to a battle.Īfter the battle, Oak allows the two new Trainers to leave for their journey across Kanto. The rival quickly gets jealous, shoves the player out of his way and takes the Pokémon for himself. Warning the player about the dangers of walking in tall grass without a Pokémon, Oak himself encounters a wild Pikachu and manages to catch it, before leading the player to his laboratory, where he allows the player to take the single Poké Ball containing an Eevee from the desk near him. While looking for Professor Oak who had called both of them to his laboratory, the player tries to leave town, only for Oak to catch up to him two steps into Route 1's grassy path. The plot of Yellow is very similar to that of the Japanese Red and Green and Japanese Blue as well as of the Western Red and Blue: the player (canonically known as Red) begins his game in Pallet Town, a small town in the Kanto region, on the same day as his former best friend and now rival. Generation VII remakes, titled Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, were released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch in November 2018, in celebration of Yellow's 20th anniversary in Japan. The game was available on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console between the Pokémon 20th Anniversary on Februand the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop on March 27, 2023.


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. Unlike other games, Pokemon Yellow was inspired by the anime. In Japan, the game was the fourth Pokémon game released, as a second solitary version of Pocket Monsters Red & Green. Pokémon Yellow Version: 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, is the third Pokémon game for Game Boy released worldwide, as a solitary version of Pokémon Red and Blue Versions.

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