Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition
Pokémon Yellow is an enhanced version of Pokémon Red and Blue that allows you to start the game with your very own Pikachu following you around on-foot and collect the 3 other starters from strangers you meet…
Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 12 September 1998 on Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Color and Game Boy. The main story takes about 42 hrs to finish.
What Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is
Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 1998. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Color and Game Boy.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Like Pokémon Red and Blue, Yellow takes place in the region of Kanto, which features habitats for 151 Pokémon species. The objectives remain the same as well, though some differences exist along the way. For example, in the beginning, the player is not given an option of choosing one of three starters. Instead, a wild Pikachu that Professor Oak catches becomes player's Pokémon, while the rival character takes an Eevee that was intended for the player. The plot takes from the anime, and features characters that were not featured in the game or have been enhanced to resemble their anime characters, including Jessie, James, Meowth, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny. Similar to the anime, Pikachu…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, kids and open world. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is the fifth of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Hey You, Pikachu! in 1998. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 533 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 42 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 67 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition launched on 12 September 1998, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid, MediEvil I, Future Cop: LAPD and Bloody Roar 2. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid, MediEvil I, Future Cop: LAPD, Bloody Roar 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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