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    So Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow have just been released on 3DS Virtual Console with Pokemon Bank support. Which one(s) are you buying?

    For me it was a toss-up between Red and Yellow, as I already played LeafGreen a few months ago. I was leaning towards Yellow as it actually supports color and is, y'know, the overall better version, but I already own that. So I decided to go with Red since I never beat the original Red/Blue.

    Might still get Blue and Yellow later down the line. I know they're just selling you a ROM for 10 dollars/euros, but Pokemon Bank support, and the ability to trade these Pokemon into the current and next gen, is such a cool feature to have.
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    • Leya Kath
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      Editing … I already beat Blue/Red/Yellow as a kid. I never played LeafGreen, but I think I'm gonna go with Yellow. again. I want my Pikachu following me everywhere. ;)
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      Editing … Oh, I just saw that the Pokemon can only be transferred to Sun/Moon, but not Gen 6. The site does mention they can't be "directly" transferred to Gen 6, so perhaps they can be moved to Sun/Moon and then back to Gen 6? That's kind of a bummer. I mean, surely they could've pushed the necessary updates in order to make them compatible, and it's not like this is a major selling point for Sun/Moon. But that's alright. It's still cool that we're able to move a Pokemon from a 20 y/o video game into the latest installment. http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-bank/[#141854:Pokémon Sun and Moon]
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      Editing … Do the pokemon you catch in pokemon yellow show up in pokemon sun for example? Can you use them in battles? Did they update their sprites?
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … Well, Sun/Moon aren't out yet so we can only speculate, but I imagine if you take your Pikachu from Yellow to Sun/Moon, it'll be randomly assigned a nature, gender, and whatever hidden stats weren't present 20 years ago. There probably won't be anything to distinguish it from a Pikachu caught in Sun/Moon, except for a note on the status screen. So it'll probably use a 3D model (likely the same as in Gen 6 -- I can't see them redoing all those assets), and yes, it can be used to battle in Sun and Moon.
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … Wait, why are there pikachus in sun? I thought each gen has separate pokemon?
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … Well, each new Pokemon installment has always had support for older Pokemon -- it's just that they might not be catchable without trading/importing. Black/White were really the only games that existed in their own little bubble, where you wouldn't encounter *any* old Pokemon until after you've beaten the league. They abandoned that with X/Y because they only added like 60 new Pokemon, and you could totally run into Pikachus within an hour of playing. The same could be true for Sun/Moon -- we don't know yet.
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      Editing … Oh, I was wondering when they'd release some Pokemon on the 3DS Virtual Console! I will totally get one of those at some point, even if people say gen 1 has aged poorly.
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      Editing … Cool, thanks for clarifying, demi
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