Pikachu also receives a unique icon on the party screen.
Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. You've finally been granted your Pokémon Trainer's license, and now you're on your way to becoming the world's greatest Pokémon Trainer! The shockingly-cute Pikachu tags along behind you as you search the enormous world for monsters to train and evolve. Beyond these changes, 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. Team Rocket battles feature yet another special, anime-based surprise, as Jessie and James show up, along with their Pokémon, Ekans, Koffing, and Meowth. Unlike other games, the player starts off with a Pikachu and the rival with an Eevee. 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. SPOILER WARNING - this article may contain major plot or ending details. 5 Differences in the Virtual Console release.Generation VII remakes, titled Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, were released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch in November 2018, two months after Yellow's 20th anniversary in Japan. On November 12, 2015, a Nintendo Direct announced that Yellow will be released in Japan, North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on February 27, 2016, the Pokémon 20th Anniversary, for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. 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. Nintendo (Game Boy, needs Flash Player Flash Player) The Pokémon Company International (Game Boy & Virtual Console) Game Boy (enhanced for the Super Game Boy in all releases and for the Game Boy Color outside of Japan), Nintendo 3DS ( Virtual Console) Pokémon Yellow Version's boxart, depicting Pikachu. Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition