CLOSES #415, CLOSES #484, CLOSES #488, CLOSES #492, CLOSES #497, CLOSES #541, CLOSES #559, CLOSES #562, CLOSES #563, CLOSES #564, CLOSES #565, CLOSES #566, CLOSES #567, CLOSES #568, CLOSES #569, CLOSES #570, CLOSES #571, CLOSES #572

src/import/RomExtractor.lua

@@ -1179,6 +1179,13 @@ function RomExtractor:extractPokemon()
     completed = completed + 1
     self:tick("Pokemon", completed, #self.manifest.dexOrder + 10)
   end
+  -- Yellow-only third back pic: LoadPlayerBackPic (engine/battle/core.asm)
+  -- picks OldManPicBack for BATTLE_TYPE_OLD_MAN but ProfOakPicBack for
+  -- BATTLE_TYPE_PIKACHU, the Pallet Town catch scene (#557).  Outside the
+  -- ticked loop so the progress denominator stays as it was.
+  if self.symbols["ProfOakPicBack"] then
+    self:writeCompressedPic("ProfOakPicBack", "battle/profoakb.png")
+  end
   local balls = self:symbol("PokeballTileGraphics")
   self:write2bpp(self.rom:bytes(balls.bank, balls.address, 64),
     32, 8, "battle/balls.png", true)
@@ -1826,6 +1833,35 @@ function RomExtractor:extractField()
     end
   end
 
+  -- Yellow-only: TalkToPikachu's framed portrait, one 5x5 base frame per
+  -- PikaPicAnimScript -- each script's FIRST pikapic_loadgfx in
+  -- data/pikachu/pikachu_pic_animation.asm, the pic PikaPicAnimBGFrames_4
+  -- (PikaAnimTilemap_1, column order) paints.  Scripts 18/22/23/24 have no
+  -- compressed base and take PikaPicAnimBGFrames_5 -> PikaAnimTilemap_9,
+  -- which is ROW order over a raw 25-tile sheet, hence no columns flag.
+  -- Script 26 shares script 11's base.  The pikaframe overlays each script
+  -- draws ON TOP of the base are a second full pose out of the same blob and
+  -- stay unripped: PikachuFollower.picLift stands in for their motion
+  -- (#561, still on #407's stand-in).
+  local PIKAPIC_BASE = {
+    "Pic_e4000", "Pic_e411c", "Pic_e4272", "Pic_e4383", "Pic_e458b",
+    "Pic_e467b", "Pic_e476e", "Pic_e49d1", "Pic_e4b39", "Pic_e4c3e",
+    "Pic_e5000", "Pic_e523f", "Pic_e548e", "Pic_e56d1", "Pic_e5924",
+    "Pic_e5b7d", "Pic_e5ddd", "GFX_e6020", "Pic_e6340", "Pic_e6587",
+    "Pic_e67d6", "GFX_e6e6f", "GFX_e718f", "GFX_e74af", "Pic_e77cf",
+    "Pic_e5000", "Pic_f0abf", "Pic_f0cf4",
+  }
+  if self.symbols[PIKAPIC_BASE[1]] then
+    for script, label in ipairs(PIKAPIC_BASE) do
+      local path = "pikachu/pikapic_" .. script .. ".png"
+      if label:sub(1, 4) == "GFX_" then
+        self:raw2bpp(label, 40, 40, path, { matte = true })
+      else
+        self:writeCompressedPic(label, path)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   self:raw1bpp("LedgeHoppingShadow", 8, 8,
     "fx/shadow.png", true); tick()
   for _, spec in ipairs({

src/import/RomImporter.lua

@@ -60,11 +60,22 @@ local REQUIRED_FILES = {
 -- them re-imports on its own, without dragging the other versions through a
 -- CACHE_FORMAT bump.
 local VERSION_REQUIRED_FILES = {
-  yellow = { "assets/generated/battle/trainers/jessie_james.png" }, -- #439
+  yellow = {
+    "assets/generated/battle/trainers/jessie_james.png", -- #439
+    -- Oak's own back pic and the pikapic base frames only exist in caches
+    -- built after their manifest symbols landed, so an older Yellow cache
+    -- has to re-import to stop falling back to the old man's back pic and
+    -- to the battle front pic (#557, #561).  Both are gated on manifest
+    -- symbols in RomExtractor, so these markers must only ever list files
+    -- tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json can actually produce -- otherwise the
+    -- cache reads as incomplete and re-importing cannot clear it.
+    "assets/generated/battle/profoakb.png",
+    "assets/generated/pikachu/pikapic_1.png",
+  },
 }
 
--- "Split-screen ROM selector" first-run palette (matches FirstRun.dc.html from
--- the Claude Design project): a dark neon arcade panel, one column per game.
+-- "Split-screen ROM selector" first-run palette (matches the FirstRun mockup):
+-- a dark neon arcade panel, one column per game.
 -- Red, Blue, and Yellow share the same importer flow once listed in
 -- GameVersion.VERSIONS.  Values are 0-255 RGB; alpha is applied per draw.
 local PAL = {
@@ -2398,7 +2409,7 @@ function RomImporter:draw()
 
     love.graphics.setFont(self.slotNameFont)
     col(PAL.white)
-    love.graphics.printf("Other versions — " .. tostring(v.name),
+    love.graphics.printf("Other versions: " .. tostring(v.name),
       dx + pad, dy + 10 * s, dw - pad * 2, "left")
     love.graphics.setFont(self.hintFont)
     local info = self:_modUpdateInfo(v.id)
@@ -3619,7 +3630,7 @@ function RomImporter:_drawSaveSlotPanel(version, x, y, w, h, paged)
   local metaH = self.labelFont:getHeight()
   local rowPadV = 10 * s
   local chipBtnH = self.hintFont:getHeight() + 10 * s
-  -- LOADED sits top-right; Edit/Delete sit bottom-right — row must fit both
+  -- LOADED sits top-right; Edit/Delete sit bottom-right -- row must fit both
   -- without stacking on the same y (chip buttons are taller than the old text).
   local loadedH = self.warningFont:getHeight() + 6 * s
   local rowH = math.max(rowPadV * 2 + nameH + 4 * s + metaH,