Blaine the hotheaded trivia expert - Pokemon Yellow episode 34
3Passion burns in Cinnabar Island Gym when we face down the bald and beautiful Blaine and his fire type Pokemon!
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Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition (Japanese: ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ Pogearcket 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. In Japan, the game was the fourth Pokémon game released, as a second solitary version of Pocket Monsters Red & Green. Unlike other games, Pokemon Yellow was inspired by the anime.
Similar to Red and Blue, Yellow arrived towards the end of the Game Boy's lifespan. It managed, though, to receive the title of second best-selling non-bundled game for its console, losing only to its predecessors.
The game was available on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console between the Pokémon 20th Anniversary on February 27, 2016 and the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop on March 27, 2023.
Generation VII remakes, titled Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, were released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch in November 2018, in celebration of Yellow's 20th anniversary in Japan.
Aesthetic changes
The front Pokémon sprites have all been updated to resemble how they appear in their then-current Ken Sugimori artwork usually used in promotional images and strategy guides for the Japanese Red and Green, Japanese Blue, and the Western Red and Blue, as well as some of them resembling how they appear in the anime. However, the back sprites are the same as the previous games.
Some Trainer sprites were also redone. Red and Blue now better resemble their stock artwork for Generation I, as the Pokémon sprites do. Brock wears an outfit like his anime counterpart's and Misty's bikini was changed to a shirt and shorts similar to those worn by her counterpart.
Blaine has a different overworld sprite, this time clearly showing him wearing glasses.
Giovanni uses a Persian in the battle at the Viridian Gym, referencing the anime Giovanni owning a Persian.
All policemen were recast as Officer Jennys and all Pokémon Center Nurses were recast as Nurse Joys (attended by a Chansey).
Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Sandshrew, Oddish, Jigglypuff and Clefairy receive new overworld sprites. Pikachu also receives a unique icon on the party screen.
Kanto is slightly redesigned a second time, featuring different designs for doors, signposts, windows, and other minor elements.
For Western releases, the game is enhanced on the Game Boy Color, providing color palette changes as the player switches locations.
When played on a Super Game Boy, the palettes used for the Pokémon sprites are lighter.
In the Japanese version of Pokémon Yellow, the player character Red has a Super Famicon in his bedroom (as opposed to a Famicon in the Japanese versions of Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue). However, in the international versions of all Generation I games, the player has an SNES instead.
Location changes
In some locations, Trainers who reference characters from the anime replace previous Trainers.
On Route 6, a Jr. Trainer♂ and Jr. Trainer♀ are changed to reference Joe and Giselle.
On Route 9, a Jr. Trainer♂ was replaced with a Youngster to reference A.J.
Two extra trainers (a Lass and another Bug Catcher) were added in Viridian Forest.
The Summer Beach House, where Pikachu's Beach can be played, was added to Route 19.
In the Cinnabar Gym, the player must now take the quiz machines' quiz before they can battle the Trainer stationed nearby.
The Bicycle theme does not play on Route 23 and in Victory Road.
Cerulean Cave has a completely different layout.
Changes were made to the locations and availability of Pokémon.
Some changes may have been made to reinforce the anime-based setting.
Pikachu and Raichu are removed from all availability in the wild, leaving only the player's starter Pikachu (who cannot evolve).
In the anime, Ash catches a Caterpie and a Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest. In the game, though both Caterpie and Weedle were available in previous games, only Caterpie is now. Pidgey and Pidgeotto are also both added to Viridian Forest.
The player can now also obtain all three of the original Kanto starter Pokémon (at Cerulean City, Route 24, and Vermilion City), just like Ash in the anime.
The Pokémon that Team Rocket uses (Koffing, Ekans, Meowth, and their evolutions) are no longer available to be caught in the wild.
In-game trades are changed to different Pokémon, and two trades are removed from the game.
Abra, previously available on the routes north of Cerulean City, has now been relocated to the four routes surrounding Saffron City.
A trash can was added next to the table at Professor Oak's Laboratory.