Leaked source code suggests Nintendo canceled "Pokemon Pink"

A new leak has revealed a possible companion piece to Pokemon Yellow dubbed “Pokemon Pink” was scrapped by Nintendo before it could see the light of day.

The newly-unearthed source code for the series’ original games was posted on 4chan’s /vp board. In the files, there’s a header that reads: “Pocket Monsters Pink & Yellow.”

Keep in mind that at the time, Yellow was the first companion game to be released, so it’s possible that Game Freak didn’t know how to approach the title yet, and that’s why they planned Pink to accompany it.

                                                     Pokemon Pink was apparently in development.

Pokemon Yellow is more based on the anime and includes characters such as the show’s version of Team Rocket that were not featured in the original generation one titles.

Additionally, while the player can have the traditional starters of Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur join their party, the player starts out with Pikachu, hence the title of Yellow.

While it’s unclear who the “Pink” in the title refers to, it’s likely that the starter Pokemon would have been either Jigglypuff or Clefairy.