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Pokémon fans, get ready for the next adventure for your Game Boy Color, Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition!

In the beginning, Prof. Oak fights/captures a wild Pikachu, and gives it to you.
Gary starts off with an Eevee
Team Rocket is in!!! They have Meowth, Ekans, and Koffing (all of which evolve)
It's possible to catch wild Charmanders, Squirtles, and Bulbasaurs (like the show)
Cheats don't work in this version
Pictures of some Pokemon and Gym Leaders have been improved
You can print your Pokedex and Pokemon stickers via the GameBoy Printer
Pikachu follows you around (you can see him on the screen)
Follows the show more closely than Blue/Red
Pokemon evolve at different levels in the Yellow version
Some TMs won't work on the Pokemon that they used to work on in the Red/Blue version

Pokémon Locations:

a) Lickitung: Most popular asked about. From what I've worked out, the boy who trades Slowbro for Lickitung has moved tower, replaced by some chef. I can't remember which watch-tower. Just try 'em all. If somneone tries to trade you, and it's not the chef, its him. But, you can also find Wild Lickitung in the Mystery Dungeon, but they are incredily rare. I have only ever seen one on the "platform" where Mewtwo is waiting for you, and then only 1 in 30 encounters or so.

b) Tangela: It turns out that this Pokemon is not a one off, and you can get them in the Safari Zone. The man in the tower previously mentioned does not trade you Tangela for Parasect, it instead works the other way around.

c) Mr. Mime: You trade Clefairy, not Abra.

Traders: Who Wants What

Hopefully in time every tradee will be added here. For now though:

Boy in house near Viridian Forest: Trade him Clefairy, get Mr. Mime.
Boy in tunnel entrance near Cerulean City: Trade him Cubone, get Machoke (becomes Machamp)
Old Man in Cinnabar Laboratory: Trade him Golduck, get Rhydon.
Lady in Cinnabar Laboratory: Trade her Growlithe, get Dewgong.
Lab technician in Cinnabar Laboratory: Trade him Kangashkhan, get Muk.
Chef in Fuschia Watchtower: Trade him Tangela, get Parasect.

GYRADOS

GYRADOS CAN BE CAUGHT IN THE WILD!!!!! Yes! Outside the Warden's house in Fuschia City, at the pond you usually only get Magikarps and Poliwags from, if you use the Super Rod, about 1 in ten fights will be against a G-G-GYRADOS!

Pokemon Locations

A list of Pokemon in order and where you can find them on the map (if you can). INCOMPLETE

Pallet Town: Pikachu (ONE), (fish) Staryu, Tentacool, Magikarp
Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata
Route 2: Pidgey, Rattata, Nidoran F, Nidoran M
Route 22: Rattata, Spearow, Nidoran F, Nidoran M, Mankey, (fish) Poliwag
Viridian City: (Fish) Poliwag
Viridian Forest: Caterpie, Metapod, Pidgey, Pidgeotto
Routes 3,4: Rattata, Spearow, Sandshrew, Mankey
Mt. Moon: Zubat, Paras, Clefairy, Geodude, Sandshrew
Cerulean City: Bulbasaur (ONE)
Route 24: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Oddish, Venonat, Bellsprout, Charmander (ONE), (Fish) Krabby, Kingler
Route 25: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Oddish, Venonat, Bellsprout, (Fish) Krabby, Kingler
Routes 5,7: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Rattata, Jigglypuff, Abra
Route 6: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Rattata, Jigglypuff, Abra, (surf) Psyduck, Golduck, (Fish) Goldeen
Vermillion City: Squirtle (ONE), (Fish) Tentacool
Route 11: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Rattata, Drowsee, (Fish) Tentacool
Diglett's Cave: Diglett, Dugtrio
Route 9: Rattata, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow, Nidoran F, Nidorina, Nidoran M,
Nidorino, (Fish) Krabby, Kingler
Route 10: Rattata, Raticate, Nidoran F, Nidoran M, Machop, Magnemite
Rock Tunnel: Zubat, Machop, Geodude, Onix
Route 8: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Rattata, Jigglypuff, Abra, Kadabra
Celadon City: (Exchange) Vulpix, Abra, Wigglytuff, Pinsir, Scyther, Porygon, (Fish) Goldeen
Saffron City: HitmonChan, Hitmonlee, Lapras.
Pokemon Tower Gastly, Haunter, Cubone
Routes 12: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Oddish, Gloom, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, (surf) Slowpoke, Slowbro, Snorlax(only one), (Fish) Horsea, Seadra
Route 13: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Oddish, Gloom, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, (surf) Slowpoke Slowbro, (fish) Horsea, Seadra
Routes 14,15: Pidgeotto, Oddish, Gloom, Venonat, Venomoth, Bellsprout, Weepinbell
Fuschia City: (Fish) Magikarp, Poliwag, Goldeen, Gyrados.
Safari Zone: Nidoran F, Nidorina, Nidoran M, Nidorino, Paras, Parasect, Exeggcute, Cubone, Marowak, Rhyhorn, Chansey, Tangela, Kangaskhan, Scyther, Pinsir, Tauros, (Fish) Magikarp, Goldeen, Dratini, Dragonair (?????)
Routes 16: Rattata, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow, Doduo, Snorlax(only one), (Fish) Shellder, Goldeen, Poliwag
Route 17: Fearow, Ponyta, Doduo, Dodrio, (Fish) Shellder, Goldeen, Poliwag
Route 18: Rattata, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow, Doduo
Power Plant: Magnemite, Magneton, Grimer, Muk, Voltorb, Electrode (two only), Zapdos (only only)
Route 19,20:(surf) Tentacool, (fish) Staryu, Tentacool, Magikarp.
Seafoam Islands: Articuno(only one), Zubat, Golbat, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Seel, Dewgong, Krabby, Kingler, (surf) Tentacool, (fish) Staryu, Tentacool, Magikarp.
Pokemon Mansion: Rattata, Raticate, Growlithe, Grimer, Muk, Ditto
Route 21: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Rattata, Raticate, (surf) Tentacool, (fish) Staryu, Tentacool, Magikarp
Route 23: Fearow, Nidorina, Nidorino, Mankey, Primeape, (fish) Poliwag, Poliwhirl
Victory Road: Zubat, Golbat, Machoke, Geodude, Graveller, Onix, Moltres (only one)
Unknown Dungeon: Sandslash, Golbat, Gloom, Venomoth, Weepinbell, Graveller,
Lickitung, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Chansey, Ditto, Mewtwo (only one), (fish) Goldeen, Seaking

Due to the change in Pokemon in this game, certain trainers are easier or harder. Here's a guide to some of them.

a) Brock

Well, sucks to be you! Pikachu can't do anything against Onix or Geodude! (That hurts anyway) So, get a Caterpie, evolve it to Butterfree and use Confusion on them both, and they'll be dead in no time! Another option people are telling me is to use Mankey, but I never found a reason to. Butterfree destroys them.

b) Misty

A breeze. Pikachu = Electric. Misty's Pokemon = Water.

c) Lt. Surge

Boy that Raichu is tough. It uses Thunderbolt, and Mega Kick/Punch (could be either). Can it do a Body Slam? Unsure (it hits Pikachu with two on TV). Anyway, here are some suggestions:
a) I use my Butterfree. It's fast enough just to go before Raichu and I use Sleep Powder. There's about a 50% chance of it affecting him I have found. After that, just keep smashing him with Confusion, hoping he does not wake up. This should do quite well. My Butterfree was Level 29.
b) Use Diglett or Dugtrio, making sure either of them are over level 20. Keep using the Dig Attack and Raichu should lose within a few hits.
c) Do the same as above with Geodude (you will have to teach him dig).

d) Erika

Erika has had a change of Pokemon. Erika uses Weepinbell, Tangela, Gloom. (If you remember, she used those on the TV show). Seems to me like she is worse in this (on the Blue/Red she has Vileplume and Victreebell instead of Gloom and Weepinbell).

e) Koga

Koga uses four Pokemon, starting with three Venonats. They increase in levels, 40, 42 and 46. They all use Toxic (TM 06). His final Pokemon is a level 50 Venomoth! You should use Charizard with Slash or Ember, or a Scyther with Sword
Dance and Slash. Psychic attacks and "Rock Slide" are also helpful. (If you remember, Koga used Venonat/moth in the cartoon, but he did have Golbat too). In the original game, Koga used Koffing, Muk, Koffing, Weezing.

f) Sabrina

Originally she used Kadabra, Mr. Mime, Venomoth and Alkazam. Now she has gone all psychic and uses Abra, Kadabra, and Alkazam!
Abra: L50 Teleport, Flash, and i think Psywave
Kadabra: L50 Psywave, Recover, Psychic, and Kinesis
Alakazam: L50 Reflect, Psywave, Psychic, and Recover
My suggestion is to use Gyrados and attack Alkazam at least with Surf. I don't know why, but at the end of the game, when Gary Oak used his Alkazam, my Gyrados always puts it out with one hit using Surf. (If you remember the TV show, Sabrina uses Abra, but it evolves into Kadabra during the fight. Totally against the game....

g) Blaine

Blaine has Growlithe, Rapidash, Ponyta, and Arcanine. However, he uses the following now:
L48 Ninetales: Uses Confuse Ray, Flamethrower, Tail Whip, and Quick Attack.
L50 Rapidash: Uses Take Down, Fire Spin, Stomp, and Growl.
L54 Arcanine: Uses Take Down, Reflect, Flamethrower, and Fire Blast.

h) Giovanni

L50 Dugtrio: Uses Earthquake, Sand Attack, Dig, and Fissure.
L53 Persian: Uses Fury Swipes, Double Team, Screech, and Slash.
L53 Nidoqueen: Uses Thunder, Earthquake, Tail Whip, (unsure if it has 4th attack)
L55 Nidoking: Uses Thunder, Double Kick, Earthquake, and Leer.
L55 Rhydon: Uses Fury Attack, Earthquake, Horn Drill, and Rock Slide.

The only difference being that he has a Persian instead of a Rhyhorn (to Meowth's lament). Gyrados or flying Pokemon will defeat Dugtrio easily. Fighting Pokemon (Hitmonlee Rolling Kick) should defeat Persian no trouble. Nidoqueen and King are hard. The best strategy is to use Hypnosis or other forms of sleep, and then Dream Eater if available.. Rhydon can be taken down easily with water attacks.(Ash never faces Giovanni for badge 8 on the cartoon. He faces.... sigh... Team Rocket)

The group that is against the eliete four in my guide below were/are: Pikachu, Gyrados, Haunter, Articuno and Charizard.

i) Lorelei
Dewgong
Cloyster
Slowbro
Jynx
Lapras

Here is how to defeated them. Dewgong: One hit with Thunder. Cloyster: One hit with Thunder. Slowbro: One hit with Thunder. Jynx: Put to sleep with Haunter, then constant Dream Eater. Lapras: Two hits with Thunderbolt. Oh, in case you couldn't tell, the electric attacks were by Pikachu :)

j) Bruno

Onix
HitmonChan
HitmonLee
Onix
Machamp

Here's my way: Both Onixes are killed in one hit by Surf from Gyrados. The rest are put to sleep by Haunter and Dream Eater kills them all with one hit.

k) Agatha

Gengar
Golbat
Haunter
Arbok
Gengar LVL 60 Uses Psychic!

This is a tough match. I started with Pikachu and hit Thunder on Gengar. He then usually uses Substitute, so a Thunderbolt cancels it out. It's best to use
Articuno and do either Ice Beam or Blizzard on him, it beats him fast. Sometimes she drags Gengar out and sends in Golbat. Golbat and Arbok were easily beaten by my Haunter (Hypnosis, Dream Eater twice). The ghosts can be whupped by Articuno's ice and Pikachu's electricity. But the last Gengar is really hard.

l) Lance

Gyrados
Dragonair
Dragonair
Aerodactyl
Dragonite

Lance's dragons are not actually that hard. Even Thunderbolt from Pikachu kills Gyrados in one hit. Articuno's ice beam kills both Dragonairs in one hit. Pikachu's thunder kills Aerodactyl in one hit. Dragonite can be tough.... until he's put to sleep by Haunter :)

m) Gary Oak (Rival)

I still do not know if Gary changes his Pokemon depending on what Eevee he ends
up with, but here is how I beat the team he uses:

Sandslash
Alkazam
Magneton
Exeggutor
Cloyster
Flareon

Sandslash is beaten with one Surf from Gyrados. Alkazam I usually beat with Articuno, one or two Blizzards should do it. Magneton I always find hard to beat for some reason, use Pikachu against him to cencel out his attacks perhaps, but then again so are yours. I usually just go to my backup plan, Haunter. Exeggutor burns well :) One or Two Flamethrowers. Cloyster fails to remember what happened to Lorelei's and gets Thunder between the eyes. Finally, GAry's "best Pokemon,"Flareon, comes in..... and gets Surf twice and is kaput.

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS POKEMON EDITIONS

Intro

Instead of Jigglypuff/Nidoran and Snorlax/Gengar (is it?) battling, you get to see a darkened Pokemon running at you on all fours. As it gets closer, you realise it's PIKACHU! During this various clips are shown of him doing a flying kick, riding a surfboard, flying on balloons, and then it shows him close up, and his cheeks start to spark, and then he lets rip with a Giant thundershock! The title screen then comes on, which is Pikachu saying Pikachu (duh). It has new music too, sounds similar to the casino in Celadon City. Much better intro.

Graphics

EVERY Pokemon in the Pokédex has been redrawn and they look a lot better. Also, Gary changes art throughout the game. Not the sprite onscreen, but the picture of him during a battle. There are three different drawings. Brock too is different (i.e. he is wearing a shirt), and Misty also looks similar to the show (the shirt with the straps on, no bathing suit for her
anymore).

Starting Pokemon

Instead of choosing between Squirtle, Charmander and Bulbasaur at the beginning, Professor Oak stops you at the grass (you get to move one step further too. Ooooh :) ) and then captures a Pikachu! He brings it back to his lab and then lets you have it! As for Gary (your rival) if you look at the Pokeball on the desk, he shoves you out of the way and takes it. It's an Eevee! Then you fight. Later in the game, after battling Gary 3 times more, when you face him in the Silph Co. Building, his Eevee will have evolved into one of it's three other forms (Flareon in my case). Whether or not his choice of Pokemon change based on what Eevee he plans on getting is unknown. The team Gary faced me with at the end of the game was: Sandslash, Alkazam,
Exeggutor, Magneton, Cloyster, Flareon.

Pikachu

Pika-pi! Of course, the game is mostly about Pikachu now, so of course he has new stuff!

Talking to Pikachu

Pikachu follows you around on the map! Unless he fainted. You can talk to him at any time, bringing up a picture of his face, showing if he is happy or sad. If happy, sprite on the main screen will jump up and down, really fast if super happy! If really upset he will turn around and not look at you! When he sees Bill The Pokemaniac as a Pokemon, question marks appear over his head! And when you go to the Pokemon meeting in Vermillion City, love hearts appear when he
sees the other Pokemon!

Pikachu's Moves

Pikachu learns new moves! Chief amongst them is Thunderbolt, which he gets at level 26. Here is the list of his moves:

StartThundershockStartGrowlLvl 6Tail WhipLvl 8ThunderwaveLvl 11Quick AttackLvl 15Double TeamLvl 20SlamLvl 26ThunderboltLvl 34AgilityLvl 41ThunderLvl 50Light Scren

Thunder Stone

Pikachu will NOT use the Thunderstone! Thus leaving this question: How the heck do you get a Raichu? (There are no Pikachu in the game besides the one you start
with). Just as on the cartoon; Pikachu chooses not to evolve, deciding it will fight Raichu for the honour of Pikachu everywhere.

Team Rocket

Yes, it's true, Team Rocket appear in the game!Just as you are about to leave Mt. Moon they come running over and battle you! They fight with Ekans, Meowth and Koffing! After you beat them they dissappear, like Giovanni. You meet them three times more, in the Casino/Rocket base (just before Giovanni), Lavender Tower (you beat them to save Mr. Fuji, and they have Arbok and Weezing now! (But still just Meowth) And finally the Silph co. Building, just before Giovanni). And yes, just like the cartoon, they are easily beaten!

Anything different during the game

Nurse Joy

Nurse Joy is at every Pokemon Centre, with her Chansey!

Pokemon sprites

Chansey has been redrawn in it's pen at Fuschia City. Also there is an Oddish sprite and a Sandshrew, and a Bulbasaur. The last three are all in a house in Cerulean City.

Officer Jenny

Officer Jenny is in Vermillion City.

Two Pikachus?

The hut at the bottom of Fuschia City, inside, there is a Pikachu walking around!

Computer Options/Boxes

Not too clear on this, but you probably get more places to store Pokemon.

Trading

The people you trade with are generally asking for different things in this
game. For example, I think the old man in the lab at Cinnabar Islands trades
Rhydon for Golduck (not sure tho).

Pokemon learn moves faster?

I'm not sure about anyone besides Pikachu learning new moves, but, I have noticed Pokemon learn skills faster. Butterfree for example gets confusion as soon as it evolves, rather than level 12! It gets all it's other skills faster too! Jeez, how much of an advantage does a Poke Yellow player have
over the others??

Casino

Pokemon for sale:
Scyther 6500
Pinsir 6500
Porygon 9999
Vulpix 1000 (The only place you can get it?)
Abra 230
Wigglytuff 2680

JIGGLYPUFF!

If you talk to Jigglypuff in the Pokemon Centre at the Pewter City Gym, she sings her lullabye! To the correct tune! And then if you talk to Pikachu, he is asleep!

Old Man In Viridian City

You know the old guy who blocks your path or something? The guy who shows you how to use a Pokeball? (We'll just ignore Professor Oak using one earlier...) Instead of trying to get Weedle and failing, this time he tries to get Rattatta and he succeeds! Sometimes, anyway.

Missing Pokemon

To ensure that Pokemon Yellow offers no distinct advantage over the previous versions/colours (yeah right, you can get Charmander, Bulbasaur AND Squirtle?? O--k, fair...), 11 Pokémon are unattainable again. Although I can't be certain at this time, here are my guesses as to which ones they are (note there are 13, so at least 2 of these must be wrong, or perhaps not....):

Weedle (None in Viridian Forest or anywhere else, but many "Bug Catchers" have them)
Kakuna (again, many bug catchers have them)
Beedrill (One of the Bug Catchers near Cerulean City has two of them though)
Jynx (though Lorelei of the Elite Four has one. The original place for the trade has been replaced by the "Bulbasaur House.")
Raichu: Using the Thunderstone on Pikachu does NOT WORK. He will not take it!
And since there are No other Pikachus in the game besides your starting one...... ?? (Lt. Surge has one)
Electabuzz
Magmar
Ekans (No nest on map, unable to find. Jesse has one)
Arbok
Meowth (No nest on map, unable to find. Team Rocket have one :) )
Persian
Koffing (No nest on map. Unable to find. James has one :) )
Weezing

I'd say that not being able to get Ekans, Koffing and Meowth is definite (since the game follows the cartoon more so than the others, and they are the villain Pokemon). Jynx probably does exist to trade still, but I can't find it. Electabuzz and Magmar are likely removed to make up for both Scyther and Pinsir (if you remember, Magmar and Pinsir are in the blue game, Scyther and Electabuzz in thr red.). That would leave Raichu as the other possible collectable)

Extra Pokemon in this version

I do not mean brand new Pokemon (see the upcoming Silver or Gold, and the
cartoon for Togepi :) ), but I mean certain Pokemon you could only get one or
the other of in the previous versions.

a) Scyther and Pinsir

BOTH are in this version :) Both can be found in the same area in the Safari Zone.

b) Charmander

After Nugget Bridge, there is a man standing on a raised bit of land. If you talk to him he'll ask you something, choose the top answer and you get a Charmander!
- Charizard can now learn fly (HM02). Seems right.
- Maybe the guy is Damien from "Charmander, The Stray Pokemon."

c) Squirtle

In Vermillion City, after the trip on the St. Anne, talk to Officer Jenny and
she'll ask you something. Choose the top again and you'll get a Squirtle!
- You have to beat Lt. Surge first tho.....
- This seem to have nothing to do with "Here comes The Squirtle Squad." There's only one of them!

d) Bulbasaur

In Cerulean City, there is a house with an Oddish, a Sandshrew and a lady stood next to what looks like a Bulbasaur. Talk to her, and when you have to choose, choose the top answer..... then when you have to choose again, do the same. You get Bulbasaur!!
- I think this might be something similar to the episode "Bulbasaur and The Hidden Village." Melanie could be the girl. After all, there is an Oddish present.

e) The four "Tradies" (Gengar, Golem, Alkazam, Machamp)

They are available within the game! Or.... so I have heard. Somewhere people trade you wither something for them, or something for their "previous form" (example, someone trades you a Graveler, and it then evolves to Golem

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