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Pokemon, Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition Review (continued)
More User Submitted Pokemon, Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition Reviews
Date: 2004-07-13
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".
Date: 2004-05-24
VERY CHALLENGING! Red and Blue was better
This games okay. Pikachu is cute. The game is very challenging. Sabrina is VERY, VERY, VERY HARD TO BEAT! What ever you do, DON'T GET THIS GAME! Get Red or Blue.
Date: 2004-05-18
This game sucks
This is the so called "Better version" of pokemon blue and Red. The only thing that's better is that you can get Charmander , Squitle , and bulbasaur. the graphics chanmged a little bit and Pikachu is the only pokemon that cries it's name!!! Why is that? But Pikachu learns new atyttacks like: Dulble team at Lv.15. It raises your Envade. Slam at Lv 20 . A normal phsical attack . and Thunderbolt at Lv.26. Pikachu is your starting pokemon. But It can't evovle. Raichu like kicks ass. Raichu has one attack Pikachu doesn't, Mega Punch. for people that don't know this but sometimes you nmeed to make some of your pokemon to elvove to mlearn new moves.
Date: 2004-05-03
Gotta catch'em all!
Before, Pokemon Red/Blue were the only Pokemon games for the GameBoy, but now, there is a whole new Pokemon game! This game is the same game as Pokemon Red/Blue, but with more exciting features than before! Instead of starting with Charmander, the Fire Type lizard starter Pokemon, Bulbasaur, the Grass Type toad Pokemon and Squirtle, the Water Type turtle Pokemon, you now start out with Pikachu!!! You even get to battle Jessie & James from Team Rocket! Like in the show, they have Koffing, Ekans and Meowth (Weezing, Arbok and Meowth later on!). Also, some Gym Leaders now look better too! Brock now has a shirt on, Misty (Misty, the world-famous beauty, is your host! Are you ready, sweetie?) now looks more better with that same dress she had in the TV show, and also, even Gym Leaders now use Pokemon they had in the Pokemon anime! Lt. Surge before used Voltorb, Pikachu and Raichu, but now only an unbeatable Raichu!!! Ash and Gary now look more better now, and your Pikachu even has its anime cry! It also stays outside its ball, and you can even talk to it to see how it feels! If it is feeling bad, you can make it happy by healing it with items like Potions, even though it is at full HP! Pikachu won't even evolve into Raichu, because it hates Thunderstones, like Ash's Pikachu does! Gary now starts with Eevee, which soon evolves into either Jolteon, Flareon or Vaporeon depending on which last battle you win with him and which battle you lose with him.His first Pokemon besides Eevee in the game is Spearow this time, instead of Pidgey (You know why? Pidgeotto belongs to Ash, and Fearow belongs to Gary, like you can see in the anime!). You can still get Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur, and you might be surprised that you can get the three of them together! To get Bulbasaur, beat Misty and make your Pikachu happy! If you have, go to the house where a man trades you a Jynx for a Poliwhirl. Instead there is a girl with many Pokemon. Talk to the girl (Melaine from ''Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village''!) and she will give you Bulbasaur, the toad Pokemon with the bulb on its back standing next to her!Getting Charmander is the easiest, just make Pikachu happy and go north out of Nugget Bridge and talk to the boy (Damion from the episode, ''Charmander The Stray Pokemon''!). Getting Squirtle is easy too, you just have to go to Vermillion City and beat Lt. Surge and talk to Officer Jenny (Have you noticed something? No more stupid nurses or officers, but now, there are Nurse Joys, their Chanseys and Officer Jennies in every town and city!) to get Squirtle. This game is far better than Red/Blue, and more interesting too! Also, if you're a Pikachu fan like me, go buy this game right now before time runs out!
Date: 2004-04-07
Da Bomb!!!
Person who wrote "DAMN! THIS GAME IS SO OLD WHY WOULD U GET IT? SURE PIKACHU IS NICE BUT AFTER A WHILE, the graphics are soooooooooooooooo bad, get crystal! SAVE UR TIME! MAN I DONT EVEN GIVE IT ONE STAR! ITE NOW IT BE THER COLLECTING DUST!"
You are totally wrong! Even if it is old it is better than stupid Crystal. So get this game. This was the first game I got for my Gameboy SP and I did not regret it. This game is the best and much less confusing than that stupid Crystal, Silver and Gold. You get Pikachu and that is cool enough. For those that can't find Zapdos, (it was hard for me to find him too), you need surf, (in the Safari Zone) and it is over the water after Ceralean,(I think). THis game is Da Bomb!!!
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