Title: Pokémon Yellow
Year Released: 1998 (Jap), 1999 (N. America), 2000 (Europe)
Developers: Game Freak
Publishers: Nintendo
Console: Game Boy
Background: Let me start by saying that this review will obviously be quite a short one, mainly because this game is basically a slightly upgraded version of Pokémon Red/Blue. This game was probably more popular then Red and Blue was as by this point we had all begun to be obessed with the Pokémon cartoon series and this game capitialised on this, by introducing some minor changes which were inspired by the cartoon series. However, was it better than Red/Blue, or was it just an unnecessary makeover?
Story: There are only very minor changes to this story to the Red/Blue story. Instead of having the choice of three Pokémon, you are forced to accept Pikachu, who will follow you around everywhere. You can turn and talk to him and he will show some reaction and emotion. If you let him get fainted too much, he will start to hate you. Treat him well, and he will love you. Another minor change is that Jesse, James and Meowth of Team Rocket from the cartoon series, appears in this game as enemies. You will face them a number of times during your journey, instead of facing random members of Team Rocket. Other than that, there are no other real changes to talk about.
Graphics: The images of the Pokémon have been redone and as a result they are similar to they way they look in the cartoon series. This is much better and makes them look nicer, in my often-wrong opinion.
Sound: Just the same as in the previous games.
Conclusion: While I probably should have done this review at the same time as the Red/Blue review, I felt that this needed a seperate one, just because it is better. If you do not own any of the three between Red, Blue and Yellow and you wish to buy one...get Yellow. It is probably the better of the three.
Final Score: 7.5 Pikachus out of 10.
Sorry for the pathetic length of this review, but there is not much more to say about this game. In two weeks time (hopefully) it will be...Pokémon Stadium for the Nintendo 64.
