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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Pikachu! Pika! (translation: Excellent game) Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition is a great game, especially since it was made on an 8-bit platform. It's relatively easy to play, has some problem solving skills tested, and requires basic reading skills to enjoy the full game. But, Missing No., the "error Pokemon" is deleted, so the 99 items cheat doesn't work, and , as with all versions of Pokemon for Gameboy, does not have all 150 regular Pokemon (Mew is available through cheating or using a gameshark or having a Nintendo technichian install it. And Missing No. was taken out of the game) However, there is a special type of Pikachu in the game: Surfing Pikachu. The only Pikachu that can learn water attacks (Charmander versus Pikachu versus Squirtle anyone?). And Pikachu talks. He really talks. And, not to insult anybody that has only the Red and/or Blue version, the Pokedex pictures are better. Recommended for anybody that likes Pokemon. But the rating is E for everyone (actually 6+) for some reason with the fighting. It shows 0 physical contact in battles. And you can even print Pokemon boxes and Pokedex info. An interesting touch. I printed Pikachu. Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Okay, but it's an obvious repeat Being an owner of Pokemon Red, I had hoped that there would be more to Pokemon Yellow. Okay, it's great what they've done to the Pokedex and I love how they changed the storyline to be closer to the TV show, but...it's the same! Also, I had hoped that you could choose to be a guy or girl (of course that was a rumour...) and you have to have...Pikachu. It's cute for a while, but unlike many others, I am not a Pikachu fan. If you could choose between it and some other well-liked Pokemon, that would be okay, but I'm afraid Pikachu isn't that useful (At least if I had Bulbasaur I could defeat Brock instead of having to get more Pokemon faster). Also, in order to do the special battles, you have to have a friend with Pokemon Yellow. My friend has Blue (it didn't work). No offense to anyone who loved the game (and there seems to be a lot), but I only recommend this game to new-comers and die-hard Pikachu fans. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A quick cash-in, but it's still fun. After the great success of Blue and Red, Nintendo decided to go nuts with their new franchise and put out as much Pokemon merchandise as possible. You can't blame them though- they weren't having much luck with sales from the Nintendo 64, and they had to get money somewhere. One of these clever marketing ploys was this Pikachu version of the game. Really, I wouldn't have played this if it weren't for my little brother stealing one extra copy from his friend so I could try it out. I was into Pokemon when it first came out, just before it became a drug for kids, but I never had any intention to play this version of i t. All I knew was that it followed that 22 minute commercial/show, and you start out with Pikachu as your first Pokemon. Before playing this, I could deal with Pikachu. Now, he is my mortal enemy. EVERY SINGLE TIME you go into a fight with Pikachu, he says his name in a painfully fuzzy manner, just in case you forget which one you selected somehow. For the sake of everything, turn the volume off once the game starts up. The novelty of this wears off before you even get him, as when the title screen appears, he says his name there to remind you that he is Pikachu. Luckily, you can put him away in your storage box and leave him for dead. You can't evolve him into Raichu, so that makes for a weak lightning-type Pokemon even at higher levels. You're better off just trading one of your monsters for someone's Raichu and use him from then on out. The only good thing about getting him early on in the game is so you can have an easier time taking out Misty in the second gym. That's about it. Oh and get this- you need Pikachu in order to get some of the other Pokemon. From certain people, you can get Charmander, Squirtle...but Bulbasaur requires that Pikachu's with you, and "very very happy". No, not in an erotic manner, but he has to be at level 20, and when you talk to him, he has to be jumping up and down twice and waving his arms. If he jumps up and down just once, you can't get Bulbasaur. What a gyp. But I suppose if you really, REALLY like Pikachu, you'll like this. The game follows the show a -little bit- but not that much. Jesse and James pop in like 4-5 times (yes, that's all), when Officer Jenny gives you Squirtle, she mentions how he used to cause trouble, and a few other things are about all you get. The Pokemon and some character sprites are different too, they look much better than they did in Red and Blue. But essentially, you're getting just about the same game. Oh, and you can't get some Pokemon. Though the ones you can't get for some reason are some of the less popular ones, it's kinda weird. I guess they were trying to even out the fact that you can get the 3 main Fire/Water/Grass types just by talking to people instead of trading like in the other two. But c'mon, Weedle isn't in it? That was like the most common one in Red and Blue. Oh well. It's not that big of a deal. For added fun, name Pikachu "Profit" or "Bucky". | ||
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