The rival starts with Eevee. He will eventually have a different team based around one of Eevee's evolutions depending on how the player fares in the first two battles with the rival (the second being optional), at Professor Oak's Laboratory and Route 22. 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.

Poké Cup (for Pokémon between levels 50 to 55 only, and the sum of all entered Pokémon's Levels cannot exceed 155; Mew is not allowed). This forces the player to be located south of the table (instead of going around it) when trying to interact with the Eevee Poké Ball at the start of the game, which triggers the cutscene where the rival pushes the player to the side and obtains this starter instead. What Is Pokémon?". Nintendo. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020 . Retrieved October 24, 2020.

Using Poké Transporter, Pokémon can be sent from the Generation I core series games to Pokémon Bank, and from Pokémon Bank, they can then be moved to Generation VII core series games. Pokémon Yellow 's release was made to coincide with the release of Pokémon: The First Movie. Future Nintendo president Satoru Iwata later commented that people likely felt Yellow to be unnecessary due to the upcoming release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, which were scheduled to be released in the same year. [74] It was released in Japan on September 12, 1998, in Australia on September 3, 1999, [75] in North America on October 19, 1999, and in Europe on June 16, 2000. [76] It was published by Nintendo. A Pikachu-themed Game Boy Color bundle was released in North America in October 1999. [77] To promote the release of Pokémon Yellow, Volkswagen and Nintendo collaborated to create a yellow Volkswagen New Beetle with some of its features inspired by Pikachu. [78] Nintendo World Report listed Pokémon Yellow as one of the notable handheld releases in 1999. [79] Re-releases [ edit ]

White Game Boy Color: A white Game Boy Color featuring Pikachu, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile released to celebrate Pokémon's third anniversary (Japan only) Consumer Game Software Sales: Top 100]. Dengeki Oh (in Japanese). MediaWorks. Archived from the original on September 21, 2001 . Retrieved September 16, 2021.The box arts for Pokémon Red, Yellow, and Silver are the only three instances where the English Pokémon logo is shown partially covered by some element (in this case, Pikachu's ears). East, Tom (March 2, 2009). "Feature: 100 Best Nintendo Games". Official Nintendo Magazine. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012 . Retrieved March 18, 2009.