Released in Japan in late 1998, Pokemon Yellow was the first follow-up to Red and Blue. The game was an updated version of the previous games that notably contained more connections to the anime series. Mainly it gave players control of the franchise mascot Pikachu who traveled with the player character outside the Pokeball, along with several other similarities. The game is now a valuable collector’s item, and, in one instance, a sealed copy of Pokemon Yellow was valued at over $10,000. In addition, the game holds a place in the hearts of fans all around the world.

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Over the years, fans have shared many of their own personal tributes to the franchise, with some having the iconic creatures inked onto their body. One fan, for example, had a Gameboy and the Pokemon Squirtle tattooed onto their arm. In this instance, Reddit user Vikakashi shared a tattoo that paid tribute to Pokemon Yellow. The artwork in question showed the game’s player character with Pikachu following behind the trainer in the original pixel form.

Pokemon Yellow would eventually go on to sell over 14 million copies worldwide. This also started a pattern in the franchise where a year or two after the release of the initial game, Nintendo and Game Freak would release some kind of improved version of the latest installment. This would continue until the 2010s when instead of releasing a single new, improved game, the developer released a new version of Pokemon Black and White that were known simply as Pokemon Black 2 and White 2. More modern installments have seemingly abandoned the practice altogether in favor of releasing DLC and more traditional patches and content updates. Pokemon Yellow’s legacy, however, has not been completely forgotten.

In 2018 Nintendo announced Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, which can be described as a remake of Yellow. The game’s sales would fall just short of Yellow’s but showed that there was still an audience for the original generation of the creatures that started it all. As long as that audience remains passionate about the early days of Pokemon, it is likely that tattoos like this will continue to grace the internet for some time.

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