User Reviews

Rated E.

Like most kids I played and watched Pokemon.Pokemon was a big fad back in 1998-2001 and I was there watching the show religiously and playing the games.To this day I cannot stand the show or the toys but occasionally I play the two pokemon games I have for Gameboy Color Pokemon Red and Silver Version.This review is for Pokemon Silver Version but Pokemon Gold Version is the same.Pokemon Silver Version is much much better than blue or red version.In Pokemon Blue and Red you play as Ash(default name you can choose what you want to call him).In this one you play as Silver(or Gold depending on the version.You can once again choose what you want to call him).The plot is basically the same as the first one.You go through different cities battling pokemon and getting badges while catching different pokemon and battling Team Rocket.This game is expanded from Pokemon Blue and Red.You now have 250 Pokemon to choose from.You make your way up to the johto league and battle the trainers and win.That is actually just the first part of the video game.After you beat the johto league you can travel to Kanto the place where the first pokemon games took place and get another eight badges.In the end of Kanto you go through a secret cave and you battle Red the main character from the first pokemon games.Pokemon Gold/Siver Version is a sequel which is better than the original.Good game.

8/10

When Pokemon first debuted to Japan and to the western world countries such as America, virtually every children was crazy about Pokemon. The games, the TV series, etc. It was a inevitable pop culture phenomenon in the late 90's. Now taking it to the next level, sequel games from Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow are Gold, Silver and Crystal. The latter a Game Boy Color exclusive. Game Freak has put tremendous effort in GSC and that really shines through.

The gameplay is fun as it is innovative. While you still have to collect all the Pokémon with now new Pokémon added and get 8 gym badges, there are so many side quests to do and you can even go back to Kanto after getting the 8 badges from Johto and defeating the Elite 4. Yes, you could play back just like in RBY. A time feature has been incorporated. That means the game is set in real time. If it were day in the real world, the game would be day. If it were night, the game would be night. It could also have morning or afternoon settings. A bug contest near Goldenrod City is set in Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays which in real time that happens as well.

The graphics may be still primitive and hasn't dated great but it was still good enough and at times there was a smooth frame rate at battle mode. Only Pokemon Crystal has animated sprites which would have been cool which would have been nice if it were included in Gold and Silver.

The soundtrack was nearly flawless. Every sound in the game was well composed. From the simple yet anticipation beat from a Pokémon evolving to an epic final battle music when battling against Lance from Elite 4 and Red. The soundtrack in Kanto was remade and it is either better or worse in some areas but still good.

I only owned Pokemon Gold and it was often worth playing. I made possibly the biggest regret of my life when I let my brother throw it away. It was one of the best games I played and I often wanted to play Pokemon Ruby for its improved graphics and stuff. I almost completed Gold, I probably was up to the area where you battle Red but stopped playing. God, why have I done that? Yes, I should have beat him then stopped playing. I can remember the Pokémon I had as my main team. Typhlosion or sometimes Feraligator, Pidegeot, Ho-Oh, Kadabra, Ampharos and probably Butterfree. I often recruit Pokémon to defeat a (Johto) gym leader's main type's weakness. For example, I used Kadabra to defeat Ecruteak City's gym as they used ghost typed Pokémon which are weak against psychic moves although Psychic Pokémon are also weak against ghost moves.

Yes, the paragraph up here was a little too personal but it was mainly nostalgia reasons. Pokemon Gold has a long playing time. Going from Johto to Kanto, collecting all 16 badges, facing Team Rocket-again, etc. This has it all crammed in a cartridge. I must warn that Pokemon GSC has a time battery which storage is temporary. That is, all the data in a file will be lost by some years. No joke, this actually happens. This can be remedied by having another time battery in.

Pokemon GSC is a near fantastic game with excellent qualities. Pokemon fans will not be disappointed and others should give this a try or check out the remakes, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver for Nintendo DS. I don't have a DS though. A suburb game that should not be uncollected.

I still remember how hyped I was for this game back then! Some of the new Pokemon (Like Togepi and Marill) already had been introduced in the show, while others (Like Donphan and Snubbul) were showed in the movie, but I really wanted to know all the new 100 Pokemon included on this game.

My favorite of the new three starters was Totodile (I always preferred the water starters due their effectiveness in battle) The graphics of the game were vastly improved, and the gameplay was still pretty fun.

In many ways, Gold and Silver were as addictive as the classic Red and Blue games; though I had some minor complaints:

*Some of the most interesting second-generation Pokemon (Like Houndour, Larvitar and Misdreavus) were only possible to capture after beating the league, by a point where they were in clear disadvantage due their low fighting level. They were also extremely rare to find. (I was never able to find any Larvitar in the wild)

* The soundtrack is not as iconic as in the Red and Blue games, sounding way too unmotivated and somber (I have no idea if this was intentional, but at moments the soundtrack sounded way too gloomy for my taste, even the happy melodies sounded as if they had some sort of creepy "interference")

*While fighting the protagonist of the previous game was a nice element, I think the aftermath of the battle is way too abrupt; he says nothing and the game ends. Maybe is just me, but I thought something was missing. (Yes, I know the protagonist of the previous game never spoke, but I kinda wish at least something happened)

+Some of the new Pokemon, like Unown, are just mere gimmicks, being rather useless in battle in any way. (Kinda disappointing, considering all the mystery surrounding them; and if you have seen the third movie, you will probably be very disappointed of how very little these Pokemon can do in the actual games)

Despite this, I still have plenty of fond memories of this game, and I can see why many consider it the best Pokemon incarnation. For me, Red and Blue will always be the definitive Pokemon games, but this game is pretty good too.

The Pokemon series was going places in the late 90's early 2000,Gold & Silver are the follow games to blue and red version on the gameboy (Blue version was green version in Japan).

The games feature exactly 100 new pokemon to go with the Pokemon from the original games,after the games were published as well,Pokemon Johto Journeys came out on the TV,but unlike the first series,it went straight to Sky mostly.The games also featured colour unlike the original games (If you played red or blue on a gameboy Colour or a more advanced edition of the Gameboy,you see a lot of red or blue for colour).

The games are a lot bigger than the original ones,you can also link up with the N64 via a transfer pack to Pokemon Stadium 2,Pokemon Stadium can't support the graphics of the games and the new stuff in the games.

More differences in this game as well,you collect sixteen badges instead of eight,half before and after the Pokemon League (which is a lot weaker than the one from Red & Blue),after you've accomplished this you can go to a secluded area of the game where Ash is at (he's named Red in the game,and Gary is named Blue),he is the ultimate battle in the game.

The new Pokemon and colour with the improved graphics make these games a whorthwhile play,however since 2000,several other Gameboy Pokemon games have come out for the GBA,and Crystal (Gold & Silver's successor) also came out in 2001-2.All of the games that came out after are a much better buy,but fans of the series who own quite a lot of the games including these games,will be tempted now and again to pull them out and take a whirl on their old memory.

The problem was that Crystal came out to soon for anyone to really start buying these games and getting a decent percent complete,and after a year and a half of Crystals release,Ruby and Sapphire came out and they also stopped them from selling as much as they should of.

Gold & Silver are old and dated heavily,if got them,take them for a whirl now and again,but if you haven't,just borrow,but never buy.

My mark= 4/10