Pokémon Yellow Version/Trivia


 * The game's Japanese release date of September 12, 1998 was intentionally timed to coincide with the release of a movie, being released two months after M01.
 * As such, it came out in Japan before the Game Boy Color, which was not released until October 21, 1998. This explains the lack of Game Boy Color support in the Japanese versions, with the game using a yellow palette by default when played on a Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, or Game Boy Player, much like the red, green, and blue palettes respectively used by and.
 * Pokémon Yellow was also announced and released after Game Freak postponed, which were originally set to come out in March 1998. Instead, Pokémon Pikachu came out that month.
 * The special Pikachu Yellow model of the Game Boy Printer was also exclusively released in Japan on September 12, 1998.
 * , which reimplemented the walking Pokémon mechanic that was introduced in Yellow, were released in Japan exactly 11 years after Yellow was released in Japan.
 * The two available starter Pokémon of this game,  and , are the only Pokémon introduced prior to Generation V to evolve with a Thunderstone.
 * Out of all the core series Generation I games, this is the only one where and  can be caught in the wild; in the Japanese  and  as well as in the, these Pokémon are only available by means of an in-game trade.
 * It is the only localized game prior to Generation III to lack the slogan below the Pokémon logo.
 * This is the only core series game influenced heavily by the anime.
 * Pikachu had its cry changed to that of its anime counterpart for this game. Junichi Masuda details the modification of Ikue Ohtani's voice to a sound capable of being made by the low-tech Game Boy in his Director's Column. However, Pikachu's original cry was used in some parts of the game.
 * Prior to the Virtual Console release announcement, Pokémon.com listed Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow with a PEGI rating of 3.
 * The boxarts for Pokémon Red, Pokémon Yellow and Pokémon Silver are the only three instances where the English Pokémon logo is shown partially covered by some element (in this case, Pikachu's ears).