Povo went on to give the games a "great" 8.8 rating. Although it may sound like a gimmick, the addition of a clock adds quite a bit of variety to the game". There was particular praise given to the innovative internal clock feature, with Frank Povo of GameSpot, noting: "The first major addition to Pokémon GS is the presence of a time element. There are so many little additions to the design it's impossible to list them all". Development issues, worsened by Game Freak being sidetracked with Pokémon Stadium and the localization of the first generation, led the game to be postponed, and the original release slate was taken over by Pokémon Yellow.Ĭraig Harris of IGN gave the games a "masterful" 10 out of 10 rating, stating that: "As awesome as the original Pokémon edition was, Pokémon Gold and Silver blew it away in gameplay elements, features, and goodies. Instead, they would feature a new storyline, a new world, and new species of Pokémon.Īn interview with former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, Ishihara stated that Gold and Silver started development after Pokémon Red and Green were released in Japan. Unlike the previous game in the series, Pokémon Yellow, the new titles were announced to be more than a small transition to Pokémon Red and Blue. Gold and Silver were first showcased at the 1997 Nintendo SpaceWorld Expo in Japan, becoming the most popular exhibit at the program. Once defeated the Elitfour will be able to go to the Kanto region where he will have to win eight other medals in order to gain access to Red's Mount Silver. To gain access to the Pokémon League in the region, the protagonist will have to win the medals of the eight chiefs of the Johto region. A Pokémon home will meet Professor Oak who entrusts the mission of completing the Pokédex, an encyclopedia that can gather information about the Pokémon 251 available in the game. The first task entrusts him to go to Pokémon to retrieve an object, which will prove to be a Togepi egg. The boy's dream is to defeat the Pokémon League and become the best Pokémon trainer.Īt the beginning of his adventure for the Johto and Kanto regions, the protagonist receives PokéGear and his Pokémon as Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. The only restrictions were that only the 151 original Pokemon could be traded, no items and no new moves. To let players access their old Pokemon from Red and Blue, the added a special section to the Link functions where the player could trade with past games. The pokegear had a radio, which allowed the player to change the music and gave hints to getting Pokemon, and the phone, which let people challenge trainers they faced before as well as hints to getting certain Pokemon. The real time clock brought several time based mechanics like different Pokemon depending on the time of day and different events based on the day of the week. A new Pokeball crafting mechanic was introduced, introducing several new kinds of Pokeballs. In addition to the base level changes, the game also introduces 100 new Pokemon, a new region with 8 new gym leaders and the ability to return to Kanto and battle all those gyms and their changes from the original games. They tend to evolve from, happiness, another new mechanic introduced. It also introduces Baby Pokemon, pre-evolutions of existing Pokemon that come from the Pokemon's egg.
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This allows the player to create more on Nonlegendary pokemon. The EVs, IVs and stat boosts, however, apply to both Special Attack and Special Defense. This redistributes the stats of the older pokemon and make Psychic types less powerful. The second is there is now a Special Defense stat instead of Special being combined. Several moves also change type such as Bite turning from Normal to Dark. The first is the introduction of Steel and Dark types. The gameplay remains mostly consistent from Red and Blue. You can catch certain Pokémon at night, and on some days there will be events. Unlike Pokémon Red and Blue, this game has time and the seven days of the week. A remake of these games was released for the Nintendo DS known as Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
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Pokémon Crystal was created as a sequel to the games.
#Pokemon gold protagonist series#
The series featured a new region entitled Johto and introduces a century of new Pokémon. Meaning: Pokémon 2: Gold and Silver)) are the second installments of the Pokémon series of RPG video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. Meaning: Pocket Monsters: Silver) (formerly known as Pocket Monsters 2: Gold and Silver ( JP Japanese: ポケットモンスター2金・銀 Meaning: Pocket Monsters: Gold) and Pokémon Silver Version ( JP Japanese: ポケットモンスター銀 Pokémon Gold Version ( JP Japanese: ポケットモンスター 金