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BHwolfgang October 10th, 2010 10:05 AM

I haven't played Pokemon Yellow in forever! However, I still remember that my Pikachu hasn't evolved yet. Even if I had the option to evolve my Pikachu, I wouldn't. I think it's a nice option to have your Pikachu walking with you throughout your journey. It's because of this that makes me prefer Pokemon Yellow more than Red and Blue.

Besides, if I really need a strong Pokemon to face the Elite Four, then I could always use the other three Starter Pokemons. Pikachu seems to be the mascot in my team than the powerhouse. It doesn't matter if he's not, because I would never evolve him. He's staying small and cute until the internal battery dies.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ October 10th, 2010 2:58 PM

Pikachu is fail. As soon as I could catch an alternate Electric-type (Voltorb, in my case) I dumped it off in the PC box, never to see the light off day again. And I don't recall playing Yellow but once, and we only bought it because my brother was interested in getting it, lol

Elfangor October 11th, 2010 7:57 AM

I thought it was a nice little novelty at the time! Not sure how I would feel about it now...I do miss the ability to get the rest of the starters in one game though.

WinterSong October 24th, 2010 7:59 PM

I keep him around so I can feel like Ash. :3

Ho-Oh October 25th, 2010 9:03 PM

Now you can talk to Pokemon in HG, there isn't really a need, however! I never used to talk to my Pikachu, so trading across didn't really matter to me, lol (even though I don't think I ever did).

Gundisalvus Kuno November 13th, 2010 12:30 PM

I didn't keep it so I could talk to it, just so it felt like I was actually Ash playing this game. I liked to do that as a kid, as it made the game more fun, but it never really made a difference to me if I could talk to it or not.

vava18 November 14th, 2010 6:36 AM

is very cool to have pikachu foaling us, when HGSS i dont have the same interest that i have on Yellow

Geranyl November 14th, 2010 6:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vava18 (Post 6287807)
is very cool to have pikachu foaling us, when HGSS i dont have the same interest that i have on Yellow

Indeed. HGSS just seems a tad... soulless (excuse the pun) with the Pokemon following you system, since the Pokemon doesn't really do anything else but display the same emote over and over again...

At least in Yellow, Pikachu can danceeee!

Of course, I'm biased...

Shadow Ball November 15th, 2010 11:30 PM

I always kept Pikachu till the end... I mean, that was pretty much the biggest point of Yellow version, right? Besides, I don't like any electric types anyway (besides mareep and it's evo's, but that came later) so Pikachu did just fine with me, and it was actually pretty tough for being just... well, a Pikachu. They pumped up his stats a bit I suppose, since he wouldn't be evolving for you.

Binary November 16th, 2010 4:35 AM

Well I did keep my Pikachu until the very end when I played 'Pokemon Yellow: Pikachu Edition' several times as a kid. I mean, it felt pretty good and gave the feeling of contentment to my young heart. And that's pretty much the main theme of the game.

matt steel December 2nd, 2010 12:31 PM

i used to love pikachu and let him follow me round...however nowadays i wouldnt let the little rat follow me...people would think im plagued by odd coloured rats following me

Headfirst For Halos December 2nd, 2010 12:39 PM

I always let it follow me, whether I really wanted Pikachu in my team or not.

mondays suck December 2nd, 2010 1:01 PM

More often than not, I deposited Pikachu, so it would stop following me because it got annoying after a while. And then I wondered why I never could get Bulbasaur.

♠Dawn Rayne♠ December 2nd, 2010 7:43 PM

I loved Pikachu's expressions, ecspecially when he saw Bill transform lol. I remember I always wanted to get a gameshark so that I could make my guy invisible so Pikachu would be all that appeared lol.

But I never did :(

TheFuturePokemon December 2nd, 2010 7:50 PM

I loved it when Pikachu fell in love with that clefairy in Velmillion City.


bobandbill December 2nd, 2010 8:07 PM

I certainly kept Pikachu in my team when I tried out Yellow. XD It was a neat feature I thought, certainly. I quite liked that it returned in HGSS too (not the see-its-face aspect, but certainly the following-you and the fact you could talk to Pokemon part of it). (It was one of the most discussed parts of HGSS when it was first reviewed in a promo video that the starters could follow you, heh).

scrotum December 4th, 2010 4:20 AM

Yea pikachu following you was ftw :D


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