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A GREAT Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: October 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome. I know for I have already beat the Japanese game. There are hundreds of new Pokemon and the graphics are way better. The music has also been redone! This is a must have for anyone who has a gameboy. It is worth buying one even just for this the breeding and hatching of Pokemon is just too cool!!! Togepi is the best! Choose the fire pokemon and try to catch a hoothoot! Good Luck!

Chris Speilburg says....Exelent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot better than Red,Blue and Yellow Pokemon.It has 251 Pokemon,Night and day,New attacks,TM's and HM's.I own the game and there is really never a point where the game ends.So I recomend anyone to this game.It is the Ultimate gaming experience.

Almost wild imporvement with double the replay

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: January 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I am not the world's biggest Pokemon fan. I do not collect the cards or the action figures or any of that merchandise. I am a 13-year old kid who liked Red to a point and Gold and Silver somehow caught my interest. Anyway, I got both editions for Christmas, but I'm reviewing this one first because I have more progress here. You will immeadiately notice that you have to set the time, the day, and that you are on a new island. The time is just like our real time, for there are day, night, and morning times and certain Pokemon can only be caught at certain times of the day. The graphics have also improved and the use of color is dazzling. There is a choice of three new Pokemon at the lab(Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Chikorita...I recommend Cyndaquil). But you notice once Professor Elm calls your through Pokegear(Pokegear is a new feature with time, a map, and even a radio), you know something is wrong. When you head back to New Bark Town, you meet your new rival. He's mean, tough, and downright cruel to EVERYONE, including his own Pokemon! But as you carry on through the game, you get to see new badges, new Pokemon, new cities, new people, new items, new everything, but with a familiar touch. You will also notice two new types of Pokemon, Dark and Steel(I know you were wondering why Magnemite puts up a fight like a rock Pokemon). You also meet up with Team Rocket through various points at the game, and even Lance(Remember him?)! But the best is yet to come...the Elite Four has a new lineup. The only member who has stuck around is Bruno(With a slightly different lineup). But don't think that once you've beaten the Elite Four that the game is over. To tell the truth, that means you're only halfway done. You then have to go back to the old cities through the S.S. Anne where you end up in Vermilion City! There have been some changes, especially in gyms(The leaders are a LOT tougher, and a couple leaders have been changed, after Koga went to the Elite Four and Giovanni disappears). You will also notice that the Safari Zone is closed, the Unknown Dungeon is gone, the Power Plant is no longer abandoned, and Lavender Town has its own Radio Tower. Another major change in the game is that Pokemon grow in slower rates, because the game is a little easier, with lower level Pokemon right at the start. But nothing can compare to the change of your final rival. He's harder than your new rival, Team Rocket, Lance, and Gary(Viridian leader). He's...

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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: August 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

You dont need a dragon pokemon for the 8th badge. When you beat clair, she asks you to get the dragon fang, located in the dragon cave above the gym. you need surf and whirlpool to get to it. upon grabbing it, she will give you the badge. If you want a dragon pokemon, you can either fish for it in that same cave (use super rod) or buy it from game corner like i did early on.You get a dragonite by evolving dragonair at level 50 i think, but its not worth it, it just learns the same moves and gains more weaknesses. To beat the guy in radio tower, i assume you mean the fake director, just use strong pokemon. you see lance again as the champion when you defeat the elite four. beat him and you end the game and enter the hall of fame. You mean the waterfall? easy use the hm move waterfall on it and youll climb it. If you mean Lt.Surge in vermillion city, after beating the elite four, go to professor elm after he calls you and get ss ticket, then use it to sail to kanto from olivine city. then once there use cut on the bush next to the gym and enter to fight him.7 badges is good, but try and get all 8 then beat the game and continue to kanto. This is true, but it takes days to train a pokemon that much, and by lv.50 you have to be battling the elite 4's pokemon or it will gain 1 level every couple days because it isnt getting enough exp. If your pokemon are this low by now use the duplicate cheat explained later on. Having the bike is good, but by then you should have every hm, but shouldnt be able to use waterfall until beating the 8th gym.You can win without a dragon pokemon, their just more effective. Try using gyrados's dragon rage. itll help.You dont actully need one. Clefairy can, but dont use them up. You only get a few. OK. To duplicate have the item you want to duplicate held by a pokemon, which will also get duplicated.go to any pokemon center, walk to in front of the pc, save, go to bills pc and deposit that pokemon then change the box, except when it gets to the screen saying SAVING... DONT TURN OFF. turn off the power. turn it back on and you should have the pokemon in your party and the box. Its been duplicated. If you have further questions, e-mail taylorsteele@shaw.ca. your welcome.

This Game is the Bomb!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think that this game rocks! I just bought it and got so addicted to it, that I couldn't put it down. The graphics looks a lot more better than the red, blue, and yellow versions. Though I only own the Silver Version, I am sure that the Gold Version will also be very fun. The Silver Version is a lot better because it has cool cheats, cool places, cool Pokemon, and cool everything! One thing that I would like to change about the game is I want the Pokemon in the Gold and Silver Version being abled to be traded into Pokemon Stadium.

Are you ready for round 2?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a must buy for any Pokemon fan, bacause the errors have been removed, 100 new pokemon have joined the melee, graphics more detailed, battles more exhilerating, and much, much, more. However, the only drawback comes from training pokemon for too long, but who cares. This game's a blast!

eh...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is a giant leap from the other game boy pokemon games. Everything in Red and Blue are twice as better in this sequel. Now you can get 16 badges and like twice as much pokemon as Red and Blue. This game is a little harder, three times as long, and more fun. You can do more things like breed pokemon, travel from one region to another, get on the boat as long as you want, and lots of other stuff.

Nintendo does it again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

And people are wondering how Pokémon managed to get so big...this is an outstanding improvement over Yellow, Red and Blue. The grafics are (for a GameBoy screen) great and clean. The storyline is one that not only children but adults can get hooked on. For those of you that consider this a kid's game only, I dare you to borrow it from someone you know and try it. It's not as simple and easy as some would like to believe. Set your time carefully since you'll be playing in real time. Certain Pokémon will only come out at morning, day or night, for a Grand Total (provided of course, you have the other 4 games) of 250 (the 251st is not available in the games)! There are differently colored pokemon (hard to find), you can let your Pokémon breed (yes, they lay Poké-eggs) and gain levels at the nursery, new gym leaders (also the original 8 for a total of 16), your mom will save your money and some of the people you've battled will call you to fight again or tell you abought Pokémon sightings. Besides Ho-oh & Lugia you can also try to capture the 3 legendary Pokémon Entei, Raikou and Suicune. Bill calls you when your box is full, so you don't miss out on cappturing more Pokémon! The rest...is for you to find out!

Now, if only my Gameshark didn't cause some glitches...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: October 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. Simply put, it's just an extension of the previous three titles, except you can make new pokemon, and you need a Mew to finish the Pokedex. And considering that Mew is only owned by a few people that didn't use cheat devices (Gameshark, expecially), you need to use a cheating device (I reccomend Gameshark). The most noticeable thing is the new world of Johto, which is in full color. Another thing you must know (And another reason to reccomend getting a Gameshark) is that you need Red, Blue, Yellow, AND Gold to catch all the Pokemon. It seems that you can't catch Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle in either Gold or Silver, or even Crystal, which is out right now. You also need Mewtwo from one of these games, and Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres from RBY. You can get Lugia and Ho-oh in Silver, but you first need a wing to make them appear in a certain area. You can also make your Pokemon hold items to enchance battle abilities, help them recover, or just to make room for other items in your pack. You can even have someone make custom Pokeballs from apricorns that you find. It has an internal clock which keeps track of time and events, and even allows you to switch to Daylight Savings Time. You even get a password to change the clock to whatever time you want. But they don't tell you what it is. And the super-rare Pokemon in this game is Celebi, a grass/psychic type from the future. It's not as powerful as Mew, but it is useful, and has some strong attacks. You even get to fight both Gary (Now known as BLUE) and Ash (now known as RED) in the game. There are more Pokemon in the game, as you already know, but some come out at certain times or on certain days, and there are two new types, Steel and Dark. Since psychic Pokemon had very little competition in RBY, these two are resistent to psychic attacks. Steel types are not hurt as much, but Dark type pokemon are immune to all psychic attacks (Except Future Sight. Make sure your psychic Pokemon know this attack, or the game will be difficult). But they are both weak against fighting types, so use them instead of psychics. Steel types are also weak agains fire, and dark types are weak agains bugs (Except Houndour and Houndoom, which are Dark/Fire types). But the bottom line is that this is an update and improvement over the original games, and far larger and better, all packed down in one game pak. I reccomend that you buy it, as the experience is worth buying the product.

You keep coming back to it even though it still feels the same

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: September 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When Pokemon first came out, it became a huge phenomenon like the next Furby or Tickle Me Elmo. Like many of them, a lot of people didn't understand why was it so popular? I still don't but I like playing the games so that must be something. So far there have been 3 "tiers" to Pokemon. There will be a set of 3 games, followed by a new set and so on. So you had Red, Blue and Yellow, now we have Gold, Silver and Crystal. This is for the Silver version(which could also be the Gold one too).

Story: What little story you can actually come up with. Basic plot in one sentence: kid from small town wants to be Pokemon Master and collect gym badges and be the best ever. There might be small plot elements throughout the game but this isn't really something that takes you on a wild ride.

Graphics: It's Game Boy Color so it's not as impressive. Looks more like a colored Game Boy version. We do get Pokemon in color and their details are a little more refined but nothing big graphically and they usually are never.

Sound/Music: Sound pretty much comes from sound effects from battle moves and a Pokemon's cry. Music is okay, nothing instantly hummable but nothing chalkboard-like.

Gameplay: The big draw of the Pokemon games are the fact that there's so damn many of them. There's 251 of the creatures and that's not even before getting into the GBA ones which add another 100 or so. You collect them and train them so if you want all 250(the last one like last tier's Mew, Celebi this time, requires either a Gameshark or going to a Nintendo event).

The other draw, or setback depending on your circle of friends, is the fact that some Pokemon are only available in the version you bought and have to trade with someone who owns the other. So for example, in the one I bought, Silver, I have Weedle but I want a Caterpie but Silver doesn't have it, Gold has it. Why do I want a Caterpie? It evolves into Butterfly, to me more useful than Weedle's final form Beedrill. Ooh, speaking of which...

Certain Pokemon have evolutions. The most common way to get them is if you level them up to a certain level. Another is using a stone. Example being if you use a Leaf Stone on a Gloom it turns into a Vileplume, but using new Sun Stone turns it into new species Bellossom. There's even pre-evolved forms of favorites from last tier. Pokemon mascot Pikachu for example is form 2, his first being sickengly cute Pichu. Other Pokemon evolve when you trade with someone else, others need a special item and versatile Eevee gets 2 new forms.

Sounds like a lot of stuff already and I haven't even mentioned time specific Pokemon like nocturnal Hoot-Hoot who can only be caught at night. Or breeding your Pokemon with others to get different forms like Pichu. There's so much stuff in the game it takes a more fuller review to hit everything.

In a way it wouldn't make sense to recommend this since we have the next tier, Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald out but it's still good game nonetheless, regardless of the cuteness factor.

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