Pokémon Special Edition Game Boy Color Console

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The product images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product. However, due to the new variables added to FireRed and LeafGreen (such as changing the single, "Special" stat into two separate "Special Attack" and "Special Defense" stats), these titles are not compatible with older versions outside of the third generation of Pokémon. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Edition - It was released in Japan for a short while in 2012 in conjunction with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. As an RPG, the game is accessible enough for newcomers to the genre to enjoy, but it will entertain hard-core fans as well.

In Japan, the game sold 1,549,000 units in 1998, making it the third-best-selling video game of 1998 in Japan. The latter performance made Pokémon, collectively, the country's best-selling game of the year, surpassing Final Fantasy VII. Affiliated publications such as Total Game Boy praised the handheld for its "bright, colorful picture that can be viewed in direct light", backward compatibility features preserving the "vast catalogue of original Game Boy games", and improved technical performance. 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. This console also came in different colours based on location, with Hong Kong getting a blue version and Taiwan getting a special green version.Diamond-Encrusted Game Boy Advance - The winners of the Pokémon 10th Anniversary Journey Across America, Minh Le and Samin Syed, each won a one-of-a-kind diamond-encrusted Game Boy Advance. Once an enemy Pokémon faints, the player's Pokémon that were involved in the battle receive a certain number of experience points (EXP). Kanto has multiple settlements: Pallet Town, Viridian City, Pewter City, Cerulean City, Vermillion City, Lavender Town, Celadon City, Fuchsia City, Saffron City, Cinnabar Island, and the Indigo Plateau.

In a history of Nintendo, author Jeff Ryan noted the Game Boy Color had a reputation as a "legacy machine" that found success mostly due to its backward compatibility, as "few wanted to lose all the Dr.If Pokémon Puzzle Challenge is being played, it is possible to input a code at the title screen that boots the game into Game Boy mode which will allow the player to input a code to play Panel de Pon as the game was mostly left intact while being remade into Pokémon Puzzle League. This method of upgrading the color count results in graphic artifacts in certain games; for example, a sprite that is supposed to meld into the background is sometimes colored separately, making it easily noticeable.

The main characters were named after Tajiri himself as Satoshi, who is described as Tajiri in his youth, and his long-time friend, role model, mentor, and fellow Nintendo developer, Shigeru Miyamoto, as Shigeru. Dialga and Palkia Edition - A dark metallic grey, gold and silver Switch Lite depicting Dialga and Palkia on the back, sold to promote Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. The player controls the protagonist from an overhead perspective and navigates him throughout the fictional region of Kanto in a quest to master Pokémon battling. They received an aggregated score of 89% on GameRankings and are considered among the greatest games ever made, perennially ranked on top game lists including at least four years on IGN 's "Top 100 Games of All Time".

Pokémon Red and Blue are played in a third-person view, overhead perspective and consist of three basic screens: an overworld, in which the player navigates the main character; [3] a side-view battle screen; [4] and a menu interface, in which the player may configure their Pokémon, items, or gameplay settings. The games take place in the Kanto region and include only the original 151 Pokémon from the first generation of Pokémon.

Music for the game was composed by Junichi Masuda, who utilized the four sound channels of the Game Boy to create both the melodies and the sound effects and Pokémon "cries" heard upon encountering them. Nintendo of America reported a sale of one million units from launch to December 1998, [29] and two million by July 1999. The legendary Pokemon could be captured in the wild too, and their health never replenished between encounters, meaning you could keep grinding them down on multiple encounters until you finally caught them. This method of trading must be done to fully complete the Pokédex since certain Pokémon will only evolve upon being traded and each of the two games have version-exclusive Pokémon. His favourite game franchise is Zelda, and he’s patiently waiting for Banjo-Kazooie to come back to the fold.

Travis Fahs for IGN noted whilst "the Game Boy Color's life was relatively brief", it "built up a small library of excellent games", including Wario Land 3 and Pokémon Gold and Silver, and a "unique" and "previously unheard of" line of successful third-party games, including Dragon Warrior Monsters, Metal Gear Solid and Yu-Gi-Oh! He thought kids could relate with the Pokémon by individually naming them, and then controlling them to represent fear or anger as a good way of relieving stress. Pokémaniac Nintendo 64 - This special Pokémon edition of the console was released in Australia and Europe only. Nintendo may have been considering a "Pokémon Pink" alternative version of Yellow, based on source code leaked from Nintendo. For the month of December, Donkey Kong 64 led Pokémon Yellow and Gran Turismo 2 on the monthly chart.