PokГ©DEX - Seen:136, Own:74 (as of this review, I would like to come back to this save file someday and complete the PokГ©DEX!) However it is for precisely that reason why maybe it is more of a 3 star game, because it hasn't exactly aged gracefully in all parts, though it is still VERY good for the Gameboy! I think it gets +1 from me personally for nostalgic reasons, and anyone who is a PokГ© fan may also enjoy this game. I can't decide if this is a 3 or 4 star game. I believe this game is still worth playing for fans of the series. There are also parts of the game which can be a little confusing and/or frustrating, such as figuring out what item you need to have to progress. Some drawbacks are the slow pace of the game, and the music can get a bit repetitive. It would have been nice to have an option to toggle between Gameboy and Gameboy Color mode. Because I originally played this game in black and white, I almost still want to re-play Red or Blue just to see the sprites without color. It's interesting to see the sparse color added to the characters, and I enjoyed having Pikachu as my companion. PokГ©mon Yellow has been a very fun chance to go back to the Kanto region. When I was a kid, PokГ©mon Red was the first version I played. Not sure how much a review based heavily on nostalgia is worth but at least I can say, unlike other things I grew up with that would be silly or boring now if I took them up, these old Pokemon games hold up through the years. Playing this again makes me want to find my other old Pokemon games and play them again in the order I did growing up. Going back and taking the time to talk to every NPC and read every Pokedex entry and stuff, there is tons I either missed when I was a kid or just don't remember but either way it was fun to see every little joke and detail. I love that I could enjoy this as both a kid and adult, and how there's enough to keep me interested even after I've 'finished' the game (beaten the Elite Four and all) by finishing my Pokedex and beating the Elite Four again or just exploring to find things I missed the first time around.

I can't exactly calculate how much of my enjoyment was from pure nostalgia and how much was from actual gameplay but it was definitely very enjoyable and I was impressed by how much gameplay time I got in without getting bored. This was the first video game I ever played as a child and I was so excited when I found my old Game Boy and revved it up to play again two decades later.

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