1st Gen Guides

[Magic Drop]

My kids have been really into the Pokémon show and movies. Because of this I went back and started playing Yellow.

I'm looking for a guide on what abilities to keep and which to delete for all the Pokémon in the game. Does this exist still. I know back in the late 90s we had them but for the life of me I can't remember how we used to level the Pokémon properly.

 

[Nah]

Probably not going to (easily) be able to find the exact sort of thing you're looking for if it was from the 90s. Closest thing I can find via a quick search is this: https://www.ign.com/wikis/pokemon-red-blue-yellow-version/Pikachu
(each Pokemon has its own page)

Kind of as a basic rule, you generally want to have a damage dealing move or two that matches the Pokemon's types (but not have them all be the same, ie a Squirtle doesn't need all 4 of its moves to be offensive Water ones), and you want to play to the Pokemon's strengths. It can get a little more complicated than that though. Status effect and stat-altering moves can have their uses, occasionally you can do something that doesn't at first glance seem like it'd be a good idea for a Pokemon, some Pokemon can viably run different kinds of movesets, etc.

If you have any specific Pokemon in mind, we can try to help you with that, as well as any other questions you might have.

 

[Magic Drop]

Probably not going to (easily) be able to find the exact sort of thing you're looking for if it was from the 90s. Closest thing I can find via a quick search is this: https://www.ign.com/wikis/pokemon-red-blue-yellow-version/Pikachu
(each Pokemon has its own page)

Kind of as a basic rule, you generally want to have a damage dealing move or two that matches the Pokemon's types (but not have them all be the same, ie a Squirtle doesn't need all 4 of its moves to be offensive Water ones), and you want to play to the Pokemon's strengths. It can get a little more complicated than that though. Status effect and stat-altering moves can have their uses, occasionally you can do something that doesn't at first glance seem like it'd be a good idea for a Pokemon, some Pokemon can viably run different kinds of movesets, etc.

If you have any specific Pokemon in mind, we can try to help you with that, as well as any other questions you might have.

Thank you.