I decided to restart my yellow version and make an Ash-type team. Meaning that my team is going to consist of Pikachu, Squirte, Charizard, Bulbasaur, Pidgeotto, and Primeape. Butterfree will also make an appearance as an active team member, and I will catch more pokemon than Ash did in his Kanto adventure.
I will also do the gym battles like they're done in the anime, which means I'll only use as many as the leader him/herself.
With that being said, here's my update:
After restarting, naming myself Josh, and my rival Crono, I sat through Oak's usual boring lecture. Then I did what any pokemon fan does when he turns on his game-grabs the potion out of the computer and leave to bring the professor.
He walked me back to the lab,. and I tried to take my Eevee. But Crono, being the doughe that he is, pushed me and grabbed it. So I have my Pikachu.
After giving Crono a beating, I left town. After a mostly uneventful trip, I grabbed the package from the store, took it back to Oak, and got the pokedex. After getting back to the Center in Viridian City, saving, and checking in Stadium 2, I found out that the Pikachu I got was a female.