On pokemon yellow can you evolve pikachu?

Question

im playing pokemon yellow old but cool and i was wondering can i evolve pikachu or is it just like the anime

Answer 1

Only way to evolve starter Pikachu is trade-evolve-trade back

Comments

so there are no thinderstones in the game?

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You do realize that this post is year and a half old, right? Nevermind, my point is; you CANNOT evolve starter Pikachu. It doesn´t have anything with Thunderstones...

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i asked the same question

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Can you catch a new Pikachu in Pokemon Yellow  in Viridian forest and evolve that one?