Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition (Game Boy)
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Everyone knows Pokémon, so it needs no introduction. You are tasked with becoming the Pokémon Champion, travelling through varies towns while defeating the Gym leaders, eventually gong on to defeat the Elite 4 and finally the Champion. Shamefully this is the first time I can say I've ever completed the main story of a Pokémon game. I have some good memories growing up of playing Pokémon Fire Red, getting to the Elite 4 but never getting past that grind to be able to beat them.
With this being Yellow, it contains all the wonderful Pokémon we will have grown up remembering. As a bonus on this special edition, you start your journey off with Pikachu (just like the TV series!), who also doesn't like Poké balls and will follow you on foot throughout your journey. Some areas can be a pain if you don't have the right type of Pokémon, especially when you first come up against Ghost type Pokémon. You won't have to grind much early on and you will just defeat the Gym leaders as you pass them. The elite four might require a little bit of grinding, although that too is easy but time consuming. You can simply just keep fighting the Elite four over and over until you blackout to level up quickly, they provide some juicy exp. Mostly they use Ice type moves, which is another type that is really annoying to fight against. So many times I was getting 1 hit KO. The Elite four was easily taken down with some extra levels, and pretty much only used my main two Pokémon for the entire fights, then the actual Champion fight was laughable. Hardest of them all was definitely Elite no. 4.
Once the game is finished, you can continue to play your save and even go for that full Pokédex if you are so willing! I will now be moving on to Pokémon Gold or Silver, or maybe even Crystal!
So my winning team?