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da bomb!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 37
Date: May 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have pokemon silver(on my computer actually) and its really great! it gets ya info on ALL NEW pokemon! its got this new updated pokedex and u can call your mom and professor oak and everything! there are some pokemon from yellow blue and red but there's just many games into one great adventure!

The best pokémon game EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 132 / 136
Date: May 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've played this game right through to the end (in japanese) and all I can say is WOW! This tops the original in every possible way. The graphics, the sound, the moves and the gameplay in general is simply light years ahead of the original. The battles are simply spectacular! Almost all of the existing moves have been beautifully redesigned and there are an extra forty as well. The otherwise dull Quick Attack for instance looks superb on this game. And to make training even easier, the pokémon have an extra blue "experience meter" which fills up as you gain experience. It's a wonderful innovation and it allows you to more accurately judge when a pokémon is ready to reach the next level. Even pokémon from the red and blue versions can evolve even further!

The story is situated three years after the red/blue versions and you play the role of an ambitious young boy destined to catch all the pokémon. There are initially eight gym leaders to challenge and defeat, then you have to face the Elite Four. When you've defeated them, you get to move on to the "Old World" where the original pokémon game took place and visit all the cities! You can even challenge the old Gym leaders including Brock, Misty and Gary (the new Viridian gym leader) bringing the total amount of badges up to sixteen! Be warned, after three years of experience they have become much tougher than when you last faced them.

I think the games biggest feature is the introduction of a real-time clock. Special built-in batteries allow the cartridge to act like a realistic clock, meaning that if it's one-thirty on Friday in the real world, it's also one-thirty on Friday in the game! It's a revolutionary breakthrough in video game technology! This allows the game to track whether it's day or night and it is reflected in the game. So if you want to find some nocturnal pokémon, you'll probably have to wait until dinnertime to catch them. On a larger scale, there are also some special events or pokémon that appear only on certain days of the week. Lapras for instance only appears in its cave on Saturdays, which means that you'll have to wait until Saturday if you want to catch it.

Another cool feature is that the pokémon can be either male or female (which will undoubtedly lead to outrageously sexist arguments on which is the stronger) and you can get baby pokémon by making them ... er ... "mate". So if you catch a male and female Pikachu and get them to do their thing, you'll get an adorable little Pichu. You can even crossbreed pokémon of the same type to get a new pokémon that is of the mother's specie, but has the father's stats. Just think of the combinations!

The new gadgets available in the game are surprisingly modern: e-mails, cell phones and a realistic radios. The latter is surprisingly fun to use; it sports a tuner than can change its frequency so you can listen to different radio stations and their music, just like in real life. Unfortunately, you won't find anything like Britney Spears. Possibly the coolest items are the "mysterious" ones that you receive by e-mail from time to time. The only way to access them is by trading them to another Gameboy or a Pocket Pickachu Colour game. When you do, you can either receive decorative items for your virtual room like carpets, plants, dolls and consoles or you can receive battle items like potions, evolution stones and even rare candies! No other game in the world has been so universally interactive!

On a side note, the pokémon that cannot be caught in gold or silver are: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander, Omanyte, Kabuto, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew and any of their evolved forms. The reason being that there is only one of each and they were already caught in the red & blue versions three years ago. And finally, when you have finished absolutely everything, there will be one last trainer left for you to face. I won't spoil the surprise, but I think it's pretty obvious who it is.

This is simply the best game on any console! With 251 monsters to catch and an ultra-rare gold or silver version of each one to find, the pokémon relive in this epic adventure that will last for years. So what are you waiting for? Pre-order it NOW!

wonderful

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 23
Date: June 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

It was just plain great. It has MUCH better graphics and the gameplay Was awsome. I highly recomend this game. I even play the game (and like it) more than my son

THE GREATEST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 21
Date: June 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

GREAT! UST GREAT! If you're wanting it, buy it! The new options are breeding pokemon, new pokemon overall, a new plot, and a new world which continues to the old world! GREAT!

The best pokemon game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 300 / 313
Date: July 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've played this game right through to the end (in japanese) and all I can say is WOW! This tops the original in every possible way. The graphics, the sound, the moves and the gameplay in general is simply light years ahead of the original. The battles are simply spectacular! Almost all of the existing moves have been beautifully redesigned and there are an extra forty as well. The otherwise dull Quick Attack for instance looks superb on this game. And to make training even easier, the pokémon have an extra blue "experience meter" which fills up as you gain experience. It's a wonderful innovation and it allows you to more accurately judge when a pokémon is ready to reach the next level. Even pokémon from the red and blue versions can evolve even further! The story is situated three years after the red/blue versions and you play the role of an ambitious young boy destined to catch all the pokémon. There are initially eight gym leaders to challenge and defeat, then you have to face the Elite Four. When you've defeated them, you get to move on to the "Old World" where the original pokémon game took place and visit all the cities! You can even challenge the old Gym leaders including Brock, Misty and Gary (the new Viridian gym leader) bringing the total amount of badges up to sixteen! Be warned, after three years of experience they have become much tougher than when you last faced them.

I think the games biggest feature is the introduction of a real-time clock. Special built-in batteries allow the cartridge to act like a realistic clock, meaning that if it's one-thirty on Friday in the real world, it's also one-thirty on Friday in the game! It's a revolutionary breakthrough in video game technology! This allows the game to track whether it's day or night and it is reflected in the game. So if you want to find some nocturnal pokémon, you'll probably have to wait until dinnertime to catch them. On a larger scale, there are also some special events or pokémon that appear only on certain days of the week. Lapras for instance only appears in its cave on Saturdays, which means that you'll have to wait until Saturday if you want to catch it.

Another cool feature is that the pokémon can be either male or female (which will undoubtedly lead to outrageously sexist arguments on which is the stronger) and you can get baby pokémon by catching a male and female Pokemon. You can even crossbreed pokémon of the same type to get a new pokémon that is of the mother's specie, but has the father's stats. Just think of the combinations!

The new gadgets available in the game are surprisingly modern: e-mails, cell phones and a realistic radios. The latter is surprisingly fun to use; it sports a tuner than can change its frequency so you can listen to different radio stations and their music, just like in real life. Unfortunately, you won't find anything like Britney Spears. Possibly the coolest items are the "mysterious" ones that you receive by e-mail from time to time. The only way to access them is by trading them to another Gameboy or a Pocket Pickachu Colour game. When you do, you can either receive decorative items for your virtual room like carpets, plants, dolls and consoles or you can receive battle items like potions, evolution stones and even rare candies! No other game in the world has been so universally interactive!

On a side note, the pokémon that cannot be caught in gold or silver are: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander, Omanyte, Kabuto, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew and any of their evolved forms. The reason being that there is only one of each and they were already caught in the red & blue versions three years ago. And finally, when you have finished absolutely everything, there will be one last trainer left for you to face. I won't spoil the surprise, but I think it's pretty obvious who it is.

This is simply the best game on any console! With 251 monsters to catch and an ultra-rare gold or silver version of each one to find, the pokémon relive in this epic adventure that will last for years. So what are you waiting for? Order it NOW!

OOOHH YEAH

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 197 / 209
Date: July 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

What's new? 100 NEW POKEMON! Most important of all must be the new pocket monsters you can catch. There are at least 100 new pokemon, with rumors already out that a few more may be hidden (like mew in previous versions). While a few of the previous pokemon seemed strange, many of the new pokemon are even stranger (which is a good thing, of course!). You'll be able to breed baby versions of a few previous pokemon, including pikachu, and there are new evolutions for a few of the previous pokemon. You can also find many of the previous 151 pokemon in the new carts, or import them from an older cart through the pokemon center "time capsule".

New Types Two new types of pokemon have been added to the previous 15, helping to balance out the roster-Evil and steel

Improved interface There are more menu options which are easier to navigate and more logical. if you have the japanise version, they'll still look very familiar to you if you've already played previous pokemon games.

Real Time When you first start up the game you'll have to enter the current time, and that clock will keep real time. There are pokemon that you can only capture at night, or in the early hours of the day. Plus there are certain events that happen only on certain days of the week, and other events that take time to happen, like getting a pokeball made, or getting a baby pokemon.

Male/Female Similar to the way there were male and gemale versions of nidoran in previous versions, there are now male and female versions of every pokemon. If you take the right combination of male and female pokemon to a breeder, you can end up with an egg that will eventually hatch into a baby pokemon.

And Finally The Pokegear If you thought Indiglo was cool, wait until you see what this watch can do! You can view the world map, tune in stations on the radio, make phone calls, and more. You'll have to seek out the special expansion boards for the phone and radio, but they're east to find. you can even tune in Professor Oak's special broadcast to find out where to find you favorite pokemon. Another radio station broadcast winning trainer ID numbers, and if yours is broadcast, you can win cool prizes.

I HIGHLY RECOMEND THIS GAME. I HOPE THIS INRODUCTION TO "POKEMON 2" WAS HELPFUL

The omega silver review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 38
Date: July 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

yes finally silver is going to be out. this game has interesting features. In this game you can breed pokemon tho create new vreatures. you cannot do this with serebi zapdos mewtwo etc. this mystics. you can create pichu baby pikachu pi or baby clefairy. there is also a day night thing where during the night you meet different oeople and catch different pokemon. also the pictures of everything bushes,trees,building even pokemon. you will enjoy this

Great game, even without all of the Pokemon fad hype

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 22 / 28
Date: July 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A truly marvelous game. I have played a bit (a good sized bit, but not much relative to the rest of the game) of of the Japanese version on emulator, and it looks excellent. It has been a while since our good old days of Pokemon, Ash has finally succeeded in capturing every known Pokemon, and it is time to pass the torch onto a new hero (the world can't turn to Ash forever). Once again, a hero is not with out a rival, but this once turns out to be a Team Rocket member (or at least a Pokemon thief). Prepare yourself for a whole new adventure, because the world of Pokemon has been turned upside down...

why pokemon silver is a good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 44
Date: July 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

is you child or are you a child the has seen pokemon the movie 2000 and loved you will love this game if you do combining all 100 pokemon in this game including mew this is the only version you can get lugia in

Best Pokemon Item Yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Lots of people say that they played it in english, but it hasnt even been realeased in th us yet. I bought it in Japan. It is real easy and fun. The only part I hate is that Lugia is real hard to get. It also has a Pokedex of over 250 pokemon. Mewtwon and Mew arent in the game, but you get Togepi, even though you have to hatch him. And what is real cool is that to evolve it, you have to use it a lot. IT IS THE BEST. I RECOMEND THIS GAME TO EVERYBODY.

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