Graphics: In the beginning... Blue and Red's graphics were OK on landscapes, and the characters were sprites, but on the battlefield the graphics really shone. This was the oppertunity for poorly animated excuses for attacks (to be frank, some people think these attacks ARE as described), yet Nintendo made greatness out of this. Cue great PokeMon, flashing darkness for Night Shade, wobbly screens for burns, freezes and confuses, along with other status-changers. However, these games were intended for Game Boy, so on Color, Red was red and Blue was... erm, let me think... Yellow has done two new additions that really help. Advanced graphics, and some more color (and NO, it's NOT yellow!)

Sound: Actually, there a few decent tunes on this, but most of the other music is almost as infernal as playing bagpipes (or, as mentioned earlier, Depeche Mode). However, the addition of a talking Pikachu was a good idea, even though it sounds like his mouth is stuffed with 5 issues of The Independent. How about, in Gold and Silver, the GB voices are that of the inevitable TV series? Write in with your ideas to Daily Radar. If they have a letters page, I've never seen it.