Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition

Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition
Franchise	Pokémon
Developed by	Game Freak
Published by	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS
Release date	February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)
Genre	Role-playing
First LP
Played by	Rick Desilets
Featuring	John Selig C/J Haley Dustin Deren Ben Mooney Sarah Fischer
Original run	February 28, 2016 – June 3, 2021
No. of episodes	10
Episode length	150–610 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	45:11:07
Second LP
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig Felice Lopez chew13acca
Featuring	Ape Arcade
Original run	July 28, 2021
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	9:33
Playlist	link
The Games
Preceded by	Tecmo Baseball
Followed by	Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting

Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition is a 1999 role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. It is part of the first generation of the Pokémon franchise, and an updated re-release of the original 1998 games Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version. New content loosely based on the Pokémon anime is added to the game, including a Pikachu which refuses to evolve as a starter, encounters with Team Rocket members Jessie and James, and updated Gym Leader rosters to reflect their battles in the anime. The 2016 Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console re-release of the game was played by Rick on The D-Pad in a Nuzlocke challenge upon its release. Episodes were streamed live on the YouTube channel. The LP consisted of 10 episodes, released from February 28, 2016 to June 3, 2021.

The game was revisited on The D-Pad in a one-off episode in 2021, as the fifth event in The Ist Games, with the Pikachu's Beach minigame representing the sport of surfing. The episode was released on July 28, 2021.

Pokémon

A list of all Pokémon obtained by Rick during the run. A highlighted name indicates a Pokémon in the party as of the final episode. All Pokémon are named by the livestream viewers; as soon as the Pokémon is caught, viewers may type a single character into the chat. The final name consists of all available characters typed until someone types "end", the letters "e", "n", and "d" are entered in sequence, or the name reaches the maximum length of ten characters. Each Pokémon is also given an informal nickname based on the characters in the actual name.

#	Dex	Name	Nickname	Species	Location	Ep	Level	Status	Died	Notes
1	025	PFVELA	Fella	Pikachu	Pallet Town	1	53	Dead	10	Obtained from Professor Oak at level 5. Died to a Hyper Beam from Lance's Gyarados.
2	019	JPUEAH;TQL	J Poo Tickle	Rattata	Route 1	1	12	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 2.
3	021	XLDRLGALQE	Extra Large Dragalge	Spearow	Route 22	1	11	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 4.
4	016	MEWSPGDY	Mew Spaghetti	Pidgey	Route 2	1	14	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 5.
5	012	JMIW♀HKKQF	Jamiroquai/Jimmy Quaff	Butterfree	Viridian Forest	1	28	Alive	N/A	Caught as a Metapod at level 4. Evolved into a Butterfree in episode 1.
6	028	CAFG][QNRD	Kefka Conrad/Cage Nerd	Sandslash	Route 3	1	56	Dead	10	Caught as a Sandshrew at level 8. Evolved into a Sandslash in episode 4. Died to a Psychic from a wild Mewtwo.
7	129	FVZTSXPBMU	Fits Boom	Magikarp	Route 4	1	15	Alive	N/A	Bought in a Pokémon Center at level 5.
8	041	GYWOEIXU	N/A	Zubat	Mt. Moon	1	10	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 10.
9	056	HUOSS	Hoss	Mankey	Route 4	1	9	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 9.
10	002	YGXR	Youngster	Ivysaur	Cerulean City	1	22	Dead	2	Obtained from an NPC as a Bulbasaur at level 10. Evolved into an Ivysaur in episode 1. Died to a Mega Kick from Lt. Surge's Raichu.
11	006	QEHJCAQZOP	Cake Soup/Cage Cop/Quetzal Cop	Charizard	Route 24	1	47	Alive	N/A	Obtained from an NPC as a Charmander at level 10. Evolved into a Charmeleon in episode 2, then a Charizard in episode 7.
12	039	FILOPJHKT	Philip J. Hekt	Jigglypuff	Route 5	1	7	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 7.
13	063	DGP?AAB	Digby	Abra	Route 5	1	7	Released	1	Caught illegally at level 7 to perform the Mew glitch. Released as soon as the glitch was complete afterward.
14	151	WGGNMAPEGH	Winnipeg	Mew	Route 24	1	44	Dead	8	Caught via the Mew glitch at level 7. Died to an Ice Beam from a wild Articuno.
15	009	WSHVSHFQZD	Shave Quiz/Washington	Blastoise	Vermilion City	3	59	Alive	N/A	Obtained from an NPC as a Squirtle at level 10. Evolved into a Wartortle in episode 3, then a Blastoise in episode 7.
16	050	FDXUN	N/A	Diglett	Diglett's Cave	3	15	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 15.
17	096	DTMI/E	Dimitri	Drowzee	Route 11	3	19	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 19.
18	032	S!DHBGF	Sid Hamburger	Nidoran♂	Route 9	3	18	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 18.
19	081	♀♀♀♀♀Q♀♀	Lady	Magnemite	Route 10	3	20	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 20.
20	133	hQ♂ZCV/hQE	High-Quality Dude Slash	Eevee	Celadon City	4	25	Alive	N/A	Obtained from a Poké Ball at level 25.
21	063	[	Bracket	Abra	Route 7	5	19	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 19.
22	143	OD	Odie	Snorlax	Route 16	5	30	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 30.
23	084	KHJK	Kingdom Hearts Just Kidding	Doduo	Route 16	5	22	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 22.
24	077	PXGYE!EKPS	Pix Guy X	Ponyta	Route 17	5	28	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 28.
25	116	jPRqA	Jumper Cables	Horsea	Route 12	6	20	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 20.
26	069	DOSHTHumon	Do Shit Human	Bellsprout	Route 13	6	25	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 25.
27	048	UIIVPPKT,oD	Weave Peak Todd	Venonat	Route 14	6	24	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 24. Lost when Rick's 3DS died before he could save but recaught prior to Episode 7.
28	043	♂NBDMhPK:MN	No Big Deal, Man	Oddish	Route 15	6	28	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 28. Lost when Rick's 3DS died before he could save but recaught prior to Episode 7.
29	106	K?	K?	Hitmonlee	Fighting Dojo	7	30	Alive	N/A	Obtained from the Karate Master at level 30.
30	131	DLUSgS	Deluge	Lapras	Silph Co.	7	15	Alive	N/A	Obtained from an NPC at level 15.
31	088	lwBdGkqJQPK	Lube Dog	Grimer	Power Plant	8	33	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 33.
32	145	E[ZMg?uUZ]	E	Zapdos	Power Plant	8	55	Dead	10	Caught at level 50. Died to a Blizzard from Lorelei's Lapras.
33	072	Jiyn.PuO	Jin Po	Tentacool	Route 19	8	30	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 30.
34	144	fFlf	F	Articuno	Seafoam Islands	8	58	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 50.
35	140	QKP.VU!JgO	Qovu Joe	Kabuto	Cinnabar Island	8	30	Alive	N/A	Revived from a Dome Fossil at level 30.
36	142	URuxBZ;Ba♂	Rux Bizzba	Aerodactyl	Cinnabar Island	8	30	Alive	N/A	Revived from an Old Amber at level 30.
37	058	asCS-	Asks	Growlithe	Pokémon Mansion	8	26	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 26.
38	120	MYsYiFfqPK	Mystifique	Staryu	Cinnabar Island	8	15	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 15.
39	030	♀jOZR.Gea♂	Jozer Gee	Nidorina	Route 23	9	41	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 41.
40	095	OHHSSKXXMX	Ohh, Skix Mix	Onix	Victory Road	9	43	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 43.
41	146	GGGWX]WKAB	G	Moltres	Victory Road	9	50	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 50.
42	132	mS♂t	Mist	Ditto	Cerulean Cave	10	60	Dead	10	Caught at level 60. Died to a Swift from a wild Mewtwo.
43	150	CHd!CVJWDJ	C!J	Mewtwo	Cerulean Cave	10	70	Alive	N/A	Caught at level 70.

Failed catches

#	Dex	Species	Location	Ep	Level	Notes
1	043	Oddish	Route 25	1	12	Died to an Ember from QEHJCAQZOP.
2	043	Oddish	Route 24	1	12	Died to a Confusion from JMIW♀HKKQF.
3	063	Abra	Route 6	2	7	Fled the battle using Teleport.
4	074	Geodude	Rock Tunnel	3	18	Died to a Water Gun from WSHVSHFQZD.
5	063	Abra	Route 8	4	15	Fled the battle using Teleport.
6	092	Gastly	Pokémon Tower	5	18	Died to a Thunderbolt from PFVELA.
7	029	Nidoran♀	Safari Zone	6	36	Fled the battle.
8	098	Krabby	Seafoam Islands	8	27	Died to an Ice Beam from WSHVSHFQZD.

Results (The Games)

Team	Player	Points	Medal
Imperium Ludum	Rick Desilets	5,027	Gold
Youbetchastan	John Selig	3,885	Silver
Daisy Baby Bitch Territory	Felice Lopez	2,611	Bronze
Tierra de los Hermanos Hook	chew13acca	2,300	None

Episodes

2016 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused in two segments. The first, containing episode 1, was released on February 9, 2023. The second, containing episodes 2 through 4, was released on February 11, 2023.

Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
1	"Monster Party!"	10:10:22	Rick	John, C/J, Ben	February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28)
00:00:00: Intro 00:02:00: Title Screen 00:03:18: Welcome to the World of Pokémon 00:06:25: Pallet Town 00:06:56: Poké Ball Tutorial 00:07:17: Pallet Town 00:11:03: vs. JIGGLEJ 00:12:53: Pallet Town 00:14:17: Route 1 00:15:05: Viridian City 00:15:46: Route 1 00:16:05: Pallet Town 00:18:24: Route 1 00:19:33: Viridian City 00:21:10: Route 1 00:21:27: Pallet Town 00:22:44: Eligible Catch: Rattata 00:24:57: Route 1 00:26:55: Viridian City 00:28:07: Poké Ball Tutorial 00:28:31: Viridian City 00:30:21: Route 22 00:31:25: Eligible Catch: Spearow 00:34:10: Route 22 00:34:33: Viridian City 00:35:27: Route 2 00:36:41: Eligible Catch: Pidgey 00:39:10: Route 2 00:40:33: Viridian Forest 00:49:36: Eligible Catch: Metapod 00:52:55: Viridian Forest 01:29:58: Route 2 01:30:03: Pewter City 01:33:48: Route 2 01:33:59: Viridian Forest 02:19:40: Route 2 02:19:51: Viridian City 02:20:44: Route 22 02:21:06: vs. JIGGLEJ 02:24:23: Route 22 02:25:43: Viridian City 02:26:53: Route 2 02:27:11: Viridian Forest 03:05:26: Route 2 03:05:33: Pewter City 03:06:52: Pewter Gym 03:10:13: vs. Gym Leader Brock 03:12:45: Pewter City 03:14:38: Route 3 03:44:28: Eligible Catch: Sandshrew 03:48:04: Route 3 03:56:08: Route 4 04:01:09: Mt. Moon 04:01:46: Eligible Catch: Zubat 04:04:25: Mt. Moon 05:58:20: vs. Jessie & James 06:01:31: Mt. Moon 06:02:38: Route 4 06:04:12: Cerulean City 06:05:01: Route 4 06:26:17: Eligible Catch: Mankey 06:32:27: Route 4 06:32:36: Cerulean City 06:43:54: vs. JIGGLEJ 06:49:12: Cerulean City 06:51:22: Route 24 07:22:52: Route 25 08:21:17: Cerulean City 08:30:02: Route 5 08:31:44: Eligible Catch: Jigglypuff 08:40:28: Route 5 08:42:09: Cerulean City 08:43:38: Mew glitch 08:57:58: Cerulean City 09:00:55: Route 25 grinding 09:01:56: Eligible Catch: Oddish 09:03:20: Route 25 grinding 09:19:23: Cerulean City 09:20:48: Route 5 09:21:00: Underground Path 09:21:30: Route 6 09:40:33: Underground Path 09:40:50: Route 5 09:41:05: Cerulean City 09:42:05: Route 24 grinding 09:43:42: Eligible Catch: Oddish 09:44:37: Route 24 grinding 09:54:28: Cerulean City 09:56:16: Cerulean Gym 10:05:44: vs. Gym Leader Misty 10:08:47: Cerulean City
2	"I'm on a Boat"	2:30:51	Rick	Dustin	March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)
0:00:00: Intro 0:03:38: Cerulean City 0:11:25: Route 5 0:11:35: Underground Path 0:12:03: Route 6 0:46:06: Vermilion City 0:52:24: Route 6 0:54:06: Eligible Catch: Abra 0:55:52: Route 6 0:56:05: Vermilion City 0:57:15: S.S. Anne 2:17:36: vs. JIGGLEJ 2:24:26: S.S. Anne
3	"I Heard Someone Die"	4:06:01	Rick	John, Ben	September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
0:00:00: Intro 0:00:55: S.S. Anne 0:02:09: Vermilion City 0:10:59: Vermilion Gym 0:39:28: vs. Gym Leader Lt. Surge 0:44:45: Vermilion City 0:50:24: Route 11 1:19:45: Vermilion City 1:20:43: Diglett's Cave 1:20:52: Eligible Catch: Diglett 1:23:22: Route 11 1:29:40: Eligible Catch: Drowzee 1:35:03: Route 11 1:46:14: Vermilion City 1:47:09: Diglett's Cave 1:49:23: Route 2 1:53:54: Diglett's Cave 1:56:31: Vermilion City 1:58:06: Route 11 1:59:05: Vermilion City 1:59:19: Route 6 1:59:47: Underground Path 2:00:08: Route 5 2:00:20: Cerulean City 2:04:16: Route 9 2:22:21: Eligible Catch: Nidoran♂️ 2:24:20: Route 9 2:49:34: Route 10 2:55:50: Eligible Catch: Magnemite 2:57:58: Route 10 2:58:52: Rock Tunnel 3:03:07: Eligible Catch: Geodude 3:03:51: Rock Tunnel 4:05:08: Route 10
4	"High-Quality Dude Slash"	3:43:06	Rick	John	August 22, 2018 (2018-08-22)
0:00:00: Intro 0:05:06: Route 10 0:10:43: Lavender Town 0:11:17: Route 10 0:18:06: Lavender Town 0:23:20: Route 8 0:52:05: Eligible Catch: Abra 0:53:12: Route 8 1:10:43: Underground Path 1:11:16: Route 7 1:11:40: Celadon City 1:44:13: Rocket Hideout 2:40:34: vs. Jessie & James 2:44:13: Rocket Hideout 2:47:06: vs. Giovanni 2:49:45: Celadon City 2:53:07: Celadon Gym 3:33:27: vs. Gym Leader Erika 3:39:06: Celadon City
5	"Let's Dodu It"	2:56:51	Rick		May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)
0:00:00: Intro 0:02:21: Celadon City 0:07:35: Route 7 0:07:50: Underground Path 0:08:10: Route 8 0:08:50: Lavender Town 0:08:58: Route 10 0:09:35: Rock Tunnel 0:22:49: Celadon City 0:23:01: Route 7 0:26:23: Eligible Catch: Abra 0:30:41: Route 7 0:32:19: Saffron City 0:34:34: Route 8 0:35:12: Lavender Town 0:35:21: Pokémon Tower 0:39:36: vs. JIGGLEJ 0:43:27: Pokémon Tower 1:30:36: vs. Jessie & James 1:34:11: Lavender Town 1:37:22: Route 8 1:37:59: Saffron City 1:38:15: Route 7 1:38:27: Celadon City 1:42:45: Route 16 1:45:21: Eligible Catch: Snorlax 1:49:58: Celadon City 1:50:54: Route 16 1:54:39: Eligible Catch: Doduo 1:56:17: Route 16 2:15:05: Route 17 2:15:15: Eligible Catch: Ponyta 2:20:00: Route 17 2:46:29: Route 18 2:47:17: Fuchsia City 2:48:24: Route 18 2:53:14: Fuchsia City
6	"Saved by the Box"	2:53:28	Rick		August 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)
0:00:08: Title Screen 0:02:04: Fuchsia City 0:07:18: Route 18 0:07:23: Route 17 0:08:22: Route 16 0:08:27: Celadon City 0:08:44: Route 8 0:08:54: Underground Path 0:09:10: Route 7 0:09:32: Lavender Town 0:10:12: Route 12 0:31:33: Eligible Catch: Horsea 0:33:47: Route 12 0:42:10: Route 13 1:03:50: Eligible Catch: Bellsprout 1:07:29: Route 13 1:23:18: Route 14 1:33:07: Eligible Catch: Venonat 1:36:55: Route 14 1:47:33: Route 15 1:49:41: Fuchsia City 1:52:03: Route 15 2:19:41: Eligible Catch: Oddish 2:23:56: Fuchsia City 2:27:11: Safari Zone 2:42:45: Fuchsia City 2:45:55: Dead Battery 2:46:48: Title Screen 2:47:09: Lavender Town
7	"Nail Master Science Boy"	3:04:46	Rick		August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19)
0:00:01: Fuchsia City 0:13:53: Fuchsia Gym 0:18:50: Fuchsia City 0:20:20: Biking to Saffron City 0:22:33: Saffron City 0:27:55: Fighting Dojo 0:37:47: vs. Karate Master 0:42:05: Saffron City 0:46:22: Silph Co. 2:27:05: vs. JIGGLEJ 2:32:02: Silph Co. 2:34:40: vs. Jessie & James 2:36:03: Silph Co. 2:37:01: vs. Giovanni 2:40:11: Saffron City 2:43:11: Fuchsia City 2:43:28: Fuchsia Gym 2:52:13: vs. Gym Leader Koga 2:54:50: Fuchsia City 2:56:16: Route 19 2:59:19: Pikachu's Beach
8	"Be Gay, Do Crimes"	4:23:23	Rick	John, Sarah	May 19, 2021 (2021-05-19)
0:00:00: Intro 0:01:14: Route 19 0:09:17: Fuchsia City 0:12:11: Saffron City 0:14:24: Cerulean City 0:15:36: Route 9 0:16:12: Route 10 0:21:09: Power Plant 1:02:43: vs. Zapdos 1:06:15: Route 10 1:06:31: Saffron City 1:19:24: Saffron Gym 1:33:59: vs. Gym Leader Sabrina 1:37:18: Saffron City 1:39:47: Fuchsia City 1:43:54: Route 19 2:03:26: Route 20 2:26:36: Seafoam Islands 2:40:48: vs. Articuno 2:50:34: Seafoam Islands 2:54:03: Route 20 3:06:43: Cinnabar Island 3:09:04: Pewter City 3:10:04: Cinnabar Island 3:16:20: Pokémon Mansion 4:01:45: Cinnabar Island 4:02:34: Cinnabar Gym 4:15:15: vs. Gym Leader Blaine 4:20:32: Cinnabar Island
9	"Fucked by Confusion Tonight"	5:05:51	Rick		May 26, 2021 (2021-05-26)
0:00:33: Cinnabar Gym 0:00:52: Cinnabar Island 0:04:29: Viridian City 0:05:05: Cerulean City 0:15:26: Viridian City 0:18:45: Viridian Gym 0:36:13: vs. Gym Leader Giovanni 0:40:22: Viridian City 0:44:26: Route 22 0:44:49: vs. JIGGLEJ 0:48:51: Route 22 0:50:44: Route 23 0:56:56: Victory Road 2:35:29: Indigo Plateau 2:37:38: Grinding on Victory Road
10	"The Hall of Floor"	6:16:28	Rick		June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)
0:00:02: Grinding on Victory Road 3:08:15: Route 21 3:26:06: Grinding on Victory Road 4:09:56: Cerulean City 4:14:54: Indigo Plateau 4:22:23: vs. Elite Four Lorelei 4:30:13: vs. Elite Four Bruno 4:34:19: vs. Elite Four Agatha 4:41:28: vs. Elite Four Lance 4:59:14: vs. Champion JIGGLEJ 5:10:58: Hall of Fame 5:12:31: Credits 5:14:47: Pallet Town 5:14:52: Cerulean City 5:19:47: Cinnabar Island 5:20:54: Cerulean City 5:21:12: Route 24 5:22:33: Cerulean Cave 5:25:26: Eligible Catch: Ditto 5:28:37: Cerulean Cave 5:46:58: vs. Mewtwo 5:52:48: Poké Transporter & Pokémon Bank 6:10:37: Pokémon HOME

2021 LP

TG#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
6	"Surfing"	9:33	TBA	Ape Arcade	July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)

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Trivia

• The Pokémon Yellow Version LP is the first Nuzlocke on the channel to not be a part of Pokémon Rivals.
• Although initially intended to be a weekly stream, Pokémon Yellow developed one of the most inconsistent schedules of any LP on the channel, with 18 months passing between episodes in one instance. The LP averaged a single episode per year for much of its run. The final three episodes were released in consecutive weeks in order to finally complete the LP, over five years since it began.
• At just over 10 hours, the first episode of the LP was, until the 25-hour livestream of Super Mario Odyssey, the longest video the channel had ever produced.
  • Due to YouTube limitations on video length mandating Super Mario Odyssey be split into three segments after the initial Twitch stream, the first episode of this series remained the longest YouTube video on the channel until the 11-and-a-half-hour finale of the Super Mario Galaxy livestream.