Pokémon Yellow Version

 is an RPG game developed by Game Freak and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 12, 1998, in North America on October 18, 1999, in Australia on September 3, 1999 and in Europe on June 16, 2000 for the Nintendo Game Boy. Like all the main Pokémon games, many Pokémon distributions were held for this release and its siblings games. The game also features a secret minigame called Pikachu's Beach that can only be accessed by having a Pikachu with the Surf move in the party. The only legitimate way to have a Pikachu with this move was through events (see the Pikachu distributions tab in the Generation 1 events page) or by obtaining the Surf Pikachu from Pokémon Stadium (not covered by the wiki). In the Virtual Console re-release of the game, the starter Pikachu can access the minigame, even if it can't learn Surf.

For the Pokémon distributions, see Generation 1 Pokémon distributions