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Pokémon Gold and Silver

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Pokémon Gold
Pokémon Silver
Developer(s)Game Freak
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Satoshi Tajiri
Junichi Masuda
Producer(s)Takehiro Izushi
Takashi Kawaguchi
Tsunekazu Ishihara
Designer(s)Satoshi Tajiri
Artist(s)Ken Sugimori
Writer(s)Toshinobu Matsumiya
Kenji Matsushima
Composer(s)Junichi Masuda
Go Ichinose
Morikazu Aoki
SeriesPokémon
Platform(s)Game Boy Color
Release
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player,multiplayer

Pokémon GoldandSilverare tworole-playing video gamesmade byGame Freakand published byNintendofor theGame Boy Colorhandheld. They are the second games in thePokémonseries, and increased the number of Pokémon to 251. The PokémonHo-ohandLugia,respectively, are featured in the boxart. A special version namedPokémon Crystal,which had the PokémonSuicuneon the cover, was released around a year later. Pokemon Gold and Silver are backward-compatible with the originalGame Boy(except in Korea), but Pokemon Crystal requires aGame Boy ColororGame Boy Advance.

Gameplay[change|change source]

The games added many new things, such as breeding and a newbagsystem. There were also ninety nine new Pokémon added.

Plot[change|change source]

The games take place in a region named Johto. The player is a ten year old kid from New Bark Town, who is sent on a mission from Professor Elm. After completing the mission, the player gets to choose a starter Pokémon, and start a journey. During this journey, the player fights an villainous team, Team Rocket, who is coming back after being defeated by the player ofPokémon RedandBlueand many Gym Leaders so that he can earn Gym Badges. After defeating the Gym Leaders in the Johto region, the player has to travel to the Kanto region to defeat the Gym Leaders living there. After defeating a total of 16 Gym Leaders and 4 Elite Four members and the champion, Lance, Professor Oak, will ask the player to go to Mt. Silver, where the player has to defeat Red, the former champion of Kanto.

Known issues[change|change source]

The cartridges use a CR2025lithium batteryto keep track of the time and to power thesRAMsave mechanism. As these games were released over 15 years ago, the original battery is usually depleted by now. It is possible to replace it, but it requires a special screwdriver bit to open the cartridge and soldering in a tabbed replacement battery. Replacing the battery will erase the game save on the cartridge, if any, unless special precautions (such as backing up and restoring the save file using special hardware, or wiring a temporary battery in parallel with the original while removing it) are taken.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver[change|change source]

Pokémon HeartGold(ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド)andPokémon SoulSilver(ポケットモンスター ソウルシルバー)are remakes ofPokémon GoldandSilver,developed by Game Freak for theNintendo DS.They were released on September 12, 2009 inJapan,[3]and were released on March 14, 2010 inNorth America,[4]March 25, 2010 inAustraliaand March 26, 2010 in Europe. There are many new features. LikePokémon Yellow,the player's Pokémon can follow them. The games come with apedometer-like device, called the Pokéwalker, that can let players walk with their Pokémon, and gain Watts, which can be used to battle Pokémon, or dowse for items. They also introduced an item namedGB Sounds,which made the music sound like the one used in the original games.

References[change|change source]

  1. "Game Boy Color Games on Official Nintendo Co., Ltd. Website".Nintendo Co., Ltd.Retrieved2014-08-25.
  2. 2.02.12.2"Pokemon Gold for Game Boy".GameSpot.Archived fromthe originalon 2009-08-25.Retrieved2009-08-09.
  3. Noble, McKinley (2009-05-08)."Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver confirmed for DS in 2009".ComputerWorld. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-01-12.Retrieved2009-05-11.
  4. "Nintendo unveils its video game lineup for early 2010".Nintendo Canada. 2009-12-14. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-11-25.Retrieved2009-12-14.