Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu EditionGB

Feature A Trip To Machida, The Real-Life 'Pallet Town' That Inspired Pokémon

Pokén around

The first generation of Pokémon games features some of the most iconic locations in the entire franchise. The eerie Lavender Town, the winding Viridian Forest, and the quaint Pallet Town where all players start their journey. Pallet Town isn’t just a fanciful creation, but draws real-life inspiration from Pokémon creator Satoshi...

• Tue 31st Dec 2024
• Features
• Pokemon
• Retro
• Japan
• Best of 2024

Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Pokémon Yellow Version

And it was all yellow

Pika, Pika, Pi! Sorry, we've been on Doduolingo for too long. Roughly translated, we said 'Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!' Last week, we creased up the competition as we put two covers for Paper Mario: Sticker Star head to head. It was a relatively close one, but Europe and Japan's colourful box art walked...

• Sun 28th Apr 2024
• Polls
• Box Art Brawl
• Game Boy
• Pokemon

Soapbox Catching Legendary Pokémon The Old-Fashioned Way Was So Much Better

Mewsings

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Kevin remembers a time when getting your hands on a legendary involved going on a real-life journey... The '90s were a fun time, weren’t they? AOL was brand new, The Simpsons was still...

• Sun 23rd Jul 2023
• Soapbox
• Features
• Pokemon
• Retro
• Best of 2023

Random Nintendo Apparently Wasn't A Fan Of Tiger & Hasbro's Pokédex Toy

"They didn’t like us very much"

Remember the original Pokémon Pokédex toy released by Tiger Electronics and Hasbro Toys back in the day? Well, apparently Nintendo's Japanese team made it an absolute nightmare to bring to market. Speaking to Johto Times recently, former Tiger & Hasbro senior game producer Chris Nicolella (between 1997 -...

• Fri 5th May 2023
• Pokemon
• Nintendo
• Game Boy
• Random
• Retro

News Pokémon Game Boy Titles Dominate 3DS eShop Charts Ahead Of Service Closure

Get 'em while you can

We're now nearing the end of the month and that means we're getting closer to the end of the 3DS and Wii U eShop service. If you haven't got around to making any last-minute purchases just yet, and are wondering what's hot on the 3DS eShop right now, the weekly sales chart for North America should help you out. As you can see...

• Sat 18th Mar 2023
• 3DS eShop
• 3DS
• Pokemon
• Game Boy
• Virtual Console

Talking Point What Will Be Announced On Pokémon Day 2023?

Who's that reveal?

27th February is fast approaching, and you know what that means? Pokémon Day is almost here! Every single year since 2016, which happened to be the franchise's 20th anniversary, The Pokémon Company has shared a number of announcements on this day to celebrate Pokémon, usually in the form of a Nintendo Direct-style Pokémon...

• Tue 21st Feb 2023
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• Pokemon

Random Pokémon Fan And Tattoo Artist Inspired To Ink 'Em All For Charity

Well, the first 151 anyway

A tattoo artist from Stowmarket, Suffolk is aiming to tattoo all 151 original Pokémon on fans and customers to raise money for the Blue Cross animal welfare charity. William Langford, who owns Zen Tattoo Art, has been a tattoo artist for 12 years and loved Pokémon as a kid, BBC News reports. Langford wanted to "spend...

• Tue 14th Feb 2023
• Random
• Pokemon
• UK

Random 'WATA Certified' Pokémon Yellow Apparently Mauled By US Customs

Pika...NO!

We've heard some horror stories in the past about games and consoles that have been sent off and didn't make it to the other end, but this story takes it to another level. A WATA-graded copy of the Game Boy classic Pokémon Yellow has been completely destroyed, apparently after an encounter with US Customs. As explained by Nightdive...

• Fri 20th Jan 2023
• Random
• Pokemon
• Game Boy
• US
• WATA

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 14th)

Game on

With the Christmas chocolates finally dwindling in number, we think it's fair to say that 2023 is well under way. And as the year kicks off, so too do we see the return of gaming news — nature is healing, people! This week at Nintendo Life, we have been welcoming in the new year with open arms, looking to the months ahead and talking...

• Sat 14th Jan 2023
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features

Random Custom-Made Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Rug Looks Comfy As Heck

The making-of video is pretty soothing, too

Decorating one's home is a deeply personal endeavour; one that allows us to showcase our interests and passions in life and really give visitors a clear idea of who we are. It's natural, then, that many folks opt to purchase furniture relating to their favourite video games or platforms. One franchise...

• Wed 2nd Nov 2022
• Random
• Pokemon
• Game Boy