- You become a Pokemon Trainer, traveling from town to town across the Johto region on an adventure to catch, train and battle Pokemon
- You can take your favorite Pokemon with you wherever you go using the new Pokewalker accessory; wirelessly transfer a Pokemon to the Pokewalker and walk your Pokemon through virtual routes as you walk around in real life. By walking, you earn Watts that can be used to encounter and catch wild Pok mon or search for hidden items; the Pokemon in the Pokewalker will gain experience points as you walk, and can even go up one level when Pokemon is transferred back into the game; you can also wireles
- For the first time, any Pokemon can follow you on your journey outside of the PokeBall; your favorite Pokemon can always be at your side
- With a wireless broadband connection, you can interact with your friends who have either the Pokemon HeartGold or SoulSilver Version game to trade or battle Pokemon via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service; you can also battle and trade with others via a local wireless connection
- An internal clock keeps track of the time of day and the day of the week; some special events will only happen on certain days or at certain times of day
Product Description
Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version return players to the scenic Johto region first introduced in the beloved original Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver games nearly a decade ago. The richly detailed adventure of Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver is now enhanced for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems with updated graphics and sound, as well as new touch-screen features and a host of surprises. Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon Soul… More >>
Pokemon HeartGold Version Software Only
Nintendo’s rehashes are getting pretty ridiculous. Why not make the original a DsiWare game? You should never revise a CLASSIC game like “Pokemon : Gold”; what the hell is wrong with Game Freak(Nintendo)? Buy a Gameboy advance or color and play this game the way it was meant to be played. “Pokemon : HeartGold” lacks the heart the original “Pokemon : Gold Edition” had. Irony.
Marella gives this game a 1 out of 5.
Rating: 1 / 5
Welcome to Pokemon Crystal, version 1.01. That’s essentially what Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver are: lazy, unimaginative rehashes hastily cranked out by GAME FREAK for an easy cash-in.
There is virtually ZERO new content in this game that is not present in one form or another in Pokemon Crystal or Pokemon Platinum. There are no new Pokemon species, battle moves or abilities. In other words, every Pokemon in HG/SS can be readily obtained from already-released GBA and DS Pokemon games. Even the Battle Frontier is a direct copy and paste from Pokemon Platinum with zero changes.
Unlike FireRed and LeafGreen, there isn’t even a new, sizable post-game region like the Sevii Islands. Instead, “new” additions are inserted here and there: Battle Frontier to Olivine City, Safari Zone to Cianwood, Pal Park (same one as D/P/Pt’s–surprised?) to Fuchsia City. There’s a new route linking Cianwood City to Safari Zone, but that’s about it. I guess GAME FREAK decided that stripped-down Kanto was enough and chose not to spend any more effort designing new areas, knowing that their rehashes would sell like hotcakes regardless.
After 11 years, almost none of the problems from the original Gold/Silver have been corrected in this incremental upgrade. The Rocket Execs, Elite Four members and gym leaders remain far too underleveled, including their rematches by the time you finally have access to them. The PokeGear is still annoying, and about once every five minutes, you’ll get telephone calls from some bug catcher telling you about how awesome it is to watch his Pokemon become stronger. Kanto is still heavily watered-down, with landmarks such as Silph Co., Pokemon Tower and Cinnabar Island being partially closed off or gutted–and this time, the lack of cartridge space is no longer an excuse.
Only two groups will possibly find these ports of any value: (1) folks who have never played Gold/Silver/Crystal before and (2) those who have insatiable amounts of rose-tinted nostalgia for the originals. For veterans of the Pokemon games, HG/SS offers nothing new or remotely interesting to the franchise, even for so-called “enhanced remakes.” Just grab a battery-repaired copy of Pokemon Crystal for $10-15 from eBay and save yourself some cash.
Sadly, all GAME FREAK does these days is repeatedly employ its “rehash-and-cash” business strategy. Two mainline games, followed by a Director’s Cut version and ports of the games from two generations ago. Then when it’s all over, GAME FREAK will design a hundred or so “new” monsters and start the cycle all over again. If you’re a smart consumer, don’t fall for it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Once upon a time there were 2 games called Pokemon Gold and Silver. They were fun games and every kid bought them, so Nintendo had a great idea to make a game called Pokemon Crystal which was the same games with some extras. Now Nintendo got greedy and made a 4th and 5th version of the SAME GAME!!!! So if you bought every version of this game when they were new you would have spent over 175 dollars on different versions of the same game.
Rating: 1 / 5
The original Pokemon Gold and Silver are considered by fans to be some of the best Pokemon games ever created. They introduced an innovative “time of day” system, where the environment changed with the time in the real world. In particular, the types of Pokemon players could catch in certain areas at certain times of the time or certain events would only happen at specific times of day. It gave the a games a more realistic flavor, and game it an extra dimension -an extra challenge -players have to understand in order to “catch ‘em all.”
But sadly, there was an unexpected consequence of the “time of day” system. In order to keep the time, there was a small internal battery that ran constantly -even when the game was off. Unfortunately, as time went on the internal battery drained away, making it impossible to save your game. Some of the more tech-savy players were able to open the cartridges up and replace the battery, but most players could not, leaving many older versions of Gold and Silver virtually unplayable. Thus, Nintendo decided to release new versions of both games on the DS called HeartGold and SoulSilver.
In HeartGold, just like in other Pokemon games, you start the game as a new trainer who is out to capture all the Pokemon out there. You train your Pokemon, beat other trainers, gain experience, win gym badges, battle your friends, be the best and, most of all, catch ‘em all. Best of all, after finishing the game, you unlock a new area when you can play through the areas from the original Pokemon Red and Blue games.
The original Pokemon Gold has been given a massive face-lift to look like a modern DS game and the creators have packed the game with plenty of nifty little extras. Probably my favorite was the addition of the Safari Zone, which had to be cut from the original game due to space limitations on the old GBA cartridges. This version is also equipped with the WiFi abilities of the Pokemon DS games, and is fully compatible with them, so friends can challenge one another to head-on Pokemon battles or minigames. Perhaps the best thing this game brings to the table is the fact that, with HeartGold, the original 150 Pokemon are now available on the DS, meaning that every Pokemon in existence is now part of the DS universe. HeartGold even utilizes the touch screen completely, maybe even a little more-so than the other Pokemon DS games.
HeartGold also has the Pokewalker, which is essentially an updated Pocket Pikachu, which allows you to upload a Pokemon to the Pokewalker and take them with you. The walker serves a pedometer, where a Pokemon gains experience as the player takes more steps. It’s a great item, though somewhat gimmicky, and gives the game an extra incentive to purchase it. I have to admit that I wasn’t completely happy with it though, the infrared connection to the game seemed incredibly weak, and it didn’t add a great deal to the game overall. I could do without it, but I wouldn’t consider it a complete waste. Maybe this will help battle childhood obesity? I can easily see some kid running around outside with the Pokewalker just to get experience for their Pokemon.
While there has been some criticism out there that HeartGold and SoulSilver are just lazy remakes of Gold and Silver, I think it was needed due to the battery issues in the older games, particularly since Gold and Silver were placed in such high regard by fans. HeartGold is the ultimate nostalgia game for Pokemon fans, and perfect for long-time fans and newer, younger fans.
Rating: 5 / 5
when i first heard they were going to remake the original Gold and Silver version i was extremely excited to hear about this. i stopped following pokemon after crystal version came out and to hear that Nintendo was going to go back to the old school games i was happy to know that they had not forgotten about us folks that loved the original pokemon from the 90′s.
Fun Factor: if you played any of the previous pokemon games and liked them then your going to love this game. it follows the same format of the other games.
Graphics: for someone who hasn’t played a pokemon game since crystal version the graphics on this game are great. its always nice to be able to look at a pokemon and know exactly who it is. the towns look great and you can tell a lot of time was put into remaking the towns from Gold and Silver.
New Features: a nice new feature that they added was the ability to have whatever pokemon you choose to follow you around from outside the pokeball. Back in pokemon Yellow they first introduced this by letting Pikachu follow you around and that was the only pokemon that was able to follow you. now you can make any pokemon follow you around and they look great! they took their time to draw out all the pokemon so you can actually tell who it is that follows you and not to mention that when they evolve they change the way they look so you never get a general look to any pokemon. Another new feature that this game comes with is the Pokewalker. I have heard some bad things about this but come on! the device is free, and its a cool little new thing that they added. now there are people who might not feel comfortable wearing this thing but you can always just wear it in your pocket and no one will ever know! you can also level your pokemon one level if you walk enough and the pokewalker allows you to catch certain pokemon that are only available if you use it.
overall: overall what i can say is that the game is awesome. its perfect for those of us that have been away from pokemon and are more familiar with the traditional pokemon and its awesome for those who never lost touch with the show. its a great remake and the game was done with quality and it wasn’t just slapped up quickly for easy money. A must have for any pokemon fan out there!
Rating: 5 / 5