I love Pokemon Yellow. It’s my favorite first gen. game and I know that’s considered taboo to say. Yellow and Silver are my favorites, they have the best story and my favorite music. Yellow keeps my interest and I find my self still playing it today. I’ve been playing this game since 1998 when it came out, I got it as a Christmas present. Since then I’ve beaten it at least twenty more times. Its just one of those classic games that makes me wish I still had my trusty purple game boy color. Pokemon Yellow is my favorite first gen. and there are a whole lot of reasons why.

1)The Story

Man, this story is awesome. I know its just like every other Pokemon story, but you play as ASH! I mean when you watched the TV show, who didn’t want to play as Ash? Anyway Yellow takes place in Kanto region just like Blue and Red. Unlike Blue and Red, you don’t get a choice of starters, you get a Pikachu. Aw yeah, fricin Pikachu. Also like the show your rival Gary or as I always named him, smelly(I was a kid, give me a break), has an Evee. Yellow also adds in the main characters from the show, Brock, Misty, Nurse Joy, ect. While it may not be the best story in the series, to me its the better of the original three. What really make the story are some of the character fights. Fights like the Brock fight, they really make you feel like you’re in the show, it just feels so amazing. All these features just make Yellow’s story awesome.

2)The Pokemon

Yeah this point kinda sounds redundant, let me explain. This game has the original Pokemon, its not like the recent games where the Pokemon just get ridiculous. A Pokemon that is an ice cream…come on. What ever, I mean its not like Pokemon Black/White deeply disappointed me…it did. Any way the first gen. are the best and this game I think just shows them really well. It may just be me, but after third generation the Pokemon just get strange and all together uncreative. All of that just really ruins the magic for me. Yellow keeps it close to home with the original crew. It could just be because, you can get all the starters, it could be that you fight trainers that are from the anime, but Pokemon Yellow has the best Pokemon.

3)The Music

This music gets me going! It is filled with familiar themes that, if you’re a 90’s kid, you can recite from memory. While it does have the same music as Red and Blue, this game just seems to fit it a lot more. It has some of the best music in the whole series and holds up against its modern sequels. Can I just say that Pokemon has the best music on handheld systems. Pokemon soundtracks in general are exquisite and Yellow, Red, and Blue have my favorite.

4)The Hidden Mini game

This may not be a big point, but for me this mini game added a certain little magic to the game. Pikachu surfing around, you controlling the whole thing and generally having a great time. Wanna see what it looked like? Click here. I could just play this for hours on end, trying to get the highest score that I could. There was just something so fun about a surfing Pikachu, I don’t really know, because it wasn’t all that complex, it was just awesome. I guess half the magic is in finding this game. Back in the day you couldn’t just find it on the internet, you had to find it on you’re own. When you finally found it you were the coolest kid in town. You could show off your surfing Pikachu to all your friends and try to beat the scores of your friends that found the secret too.

Pokemon Yellow is an amazing game and in my mind the best first generation game. Others will say that it is too easy to beat. Well, I think its just right. This game really gives me a child like wonder in video games, it brings me back to the times where I imagined that Pokemon could be real. I wanted a Pikachu that could surf. I wanted to go out and try to be the very best, like no one ever was! Man, this is just a great game. Some may hate it but I still have a whole lot of respect and love for it. I will defend this game to the end. Pokemon Yellow is simply awesome.