Hello everyone, my name's Kevin! Ah, the Pokemon series. It never fails to entertain us. whether it be on our Game Boy, our Game Boy Advance, and even the Nintendo DS! In fact, I'll love to spend hours and hours, playing any Pokemon game, and of course, catching 'em all! You guessed it right, today, I'm going to make a review of POKEMON YELLOW!
POKEMON YELLOW is the successor to the other two games, which are also the very first games of the Pokemon Series : POKEMON BLUE and POKEMON RED. Though it's been years, but the game, as well as this whole first generation has been entertaining us as kids, and also right now, we might be still keeping a Game Boy Color(or an emulator like here...) in our home, with these games! POKEMON YELLOW has entertained me for more than 30 hours since the day I played, and though I haven't completed the game yet, I can't resist the urge to write a review. Now, ONWARDS!!
GRAPHICS : 8
The graphics are exactly what you would expect from a Game Boy Color - the simple, retro look of the game itself. Yet, the graphics never make you bored, as the colors always changes - from Blue to Green, from Green to Yellow, ... depending on which location you are. I think the graphics are well done, yet they still keep the simplicity of the Game Boy graphics.
SOUND/MUSIC : 8
The music and sound ratings differ from each person's perspective. But I, I think the music and sound is brilliant, yet very 8-bit like. The cheerful tunes go everywhere with you, in every town(please don't talk about Lavender Town) and every step you walk. The music is always repeatedly changing, so you will never get bored of some tunes repeating again and again. I find the cries of Pokemon very nice and fun, sometimes I go in the PokeDex just to listen to their cries! Don't diss the retro, 8-bit music, I tell you!
ADDICTIVENESS : 9
What, you think you could really catch 'em all in one go? Maybe it's possible to get them all in one try, but it's still fun to explore around, and use your Pokemon to fight others, and also catch, especially if it's a rare! Sometimes, you finish a Pokemon game, relieved and happy, but yet you just can't resist taking your Game Boy/Game Boy Color and load the catridge in(or come back here), then play again just to experiment new things(and attempt glitches, if you like them..). I myself think that as well. It's extremely addictive, a real fanatic might spend over 50-80 hours!
STORY : 7
The story is pretty cookie-cutter - Like the other games, you're setting on an adventure, capturing Pokemon and fight your way to the top, fighting trainers, gym leaders, then the elite Four and finally, the Pokemon League champion. But it has changed a little - Instead of picking your own starter Pokemon like the other games, Oak catches a Pokemon and gives it to you, though he planned to give you another, but all of a sudden your rival takes it. Considering that? was a rare Pokemon in the other games, this is very cool. And you encounter Team Rocket(the team rocket you see in the anime, yeah?) when going for boss battles. The story did have changes, but it could use more tweaking.
DEPTH : 10
This goes on without saying. Think of it. This game has 151 Pokemon - You heard it right - One hundred and fifty one. So absolutely, catching' em all is.. TIME CONSUMING. Very time consuming. But the bad thing is, you can't catch' em all on an emulator, as some Pokemon need to be traded from two separate games - from two different Game Boy colors with a link cable. So you need a friend who plays this game as well so you can trade Pokemon with each other(or buy two Game Boy Colors and a link cable yourself). Yet Vizzed means playing on an emulator. So.. it's impossible to catch all Pokemon. BUT, the game still has A LOT else to offer. So many items, so many trainers to fight, so many locations to walk around, so many... The game is HUGE, and you'll have to spend lots of time if you're planning to fill up your PokeDex and fighting all the trainers. Yet, this depth just brings you more, and more enjoyment to play. If you don't want to play time-consuming games, then don't play this.
DIFFICULTY : 7
It's not easy, but not that hard, just probably Medium-Hard or so. This difficulty offers both a challenge and yet enjoyment and fun. You try to catch Pokemon and fight to train them, and you fight Trainers, and Gym Leaders, but for each trainer you beat, for each gym leader you beat, the game just gets harder and harder, offering bigger challenges to the players. But the difficulty is not too hard or almost impossible - That would mean less fun. It is perfectly balanced but you need to have strategies to make your way to Elite 4 and Pokemon League champion, and ultimately beat the game.
OVERALL : 9
No matter what, POKEMON YELLOW, it's predecessor, and (probably) every game in the legendary Pokemon series will never disappoint anyone. I hope everyone will love and get used to the cute, tough and smart Pokemon, and I'm sure, though time passes, Pokemon will always stay to entertain every generation.
THANK YOU FOR READING MY REVIEW. 
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