
Though he falls into Slowpoke Well, hurting himself in the process, he begs the player to continue on to fight the organization with their Pokémon. Kurt, a local maker of specialty Poké Balls, is greatly angered by this, and requests the player's help in chasing away Team Rocket and saving the Slowpoke. They are cutting off the tails of the Slowpoke that are legendary in Azalea, intending to sell them for a large profit. Heading south towards Azalea Town by way of Route 32 and Union Cave, the player meets up with the villainous Team Rocket, formed again after it was disbanded three years prior in the neighboring Kanto region by a young Trainer. With the first Gym in nearby Violet City, the player heads off on their adventure.Īfter defeating Falkner for the Zephyr Badge, Elm's assistant appears to give the player the Egg, which will later hatch into a Togepi. From here, he encourages the player to journey across Johto and challenge the eight Gym Leaders, Falkner, Bugsy, Whitney, Morty, Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce, and Clair, and eventually the Pokémon League (though this is a long way off). Elm is amazed by the Egg and insists on studying it, allowing the player to keep the Pokémon they traveled with as a starter Pokémon. Upon defeating him and returning to New Bark, the player gives the name of the boy (the player can choose any name, provided it fits under the seven-character limit his name defaults to Silver G or Gold S) to a police officer who has come to investigate the incident. Pokémon's discovery turns out to be an Egg, the player returns to New Bark, only to find that a suspicious red-haired boy seen lurking outside of Elm's lab earlier has stolen one of Elm's Pokémon-the one that the player's choice is weak to, coincidentally. Elm supplies the player with one of three Pokémon, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile, for this errand.

Pokémon's house to discover what he was so excited about. The player begins their journey from New Bark Town, running an errand for Professor Elm to Mr. The games are available on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console between Septemand the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop in March 2023. Much like Red and Green (Red and Blue overseas), Gold and Silver were followed shortly by a solitary version with minor changes, Pokémon Crystal, as well as remakes two generations later in the form of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver for the Nintendo DS. However, Kanto can be traveled to later in the games.Īs Pokémon had become an international phenomenon already with the release of Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon Yellow in North America and other regions, the localized versions of these games were greatly expected. Unlike earlier games, Pokémon Gold and Silver take place in the Johto region, west of the region that the original games take place in, Kanto. In South Korea, Nintendo collaborated with Daewon to release the games in the country, which occurred on Apthe Korean versions are solely compatible with the Game Boy Color, which was released there in 2000, also by Daewon. They were eventually released in Japan on November 21, 1999, in North America on October 15, 2000, and in Europe on April 6, 2001. Originally announced for a March 1998 release in Nintendo Space World '97, the games had their launch date postponed, with Nintendo issuing a public apology where it was claimed that the developers were worn out but fully committed to the project and that they required more time to expand and improve the games further. The number 2 was dropped as of Nintendo Space World ’97 in November 1997.
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Pokémon Gold Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスター 金 Pocket Monsters: Gold) and Pokémon Silver Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスター 銀 Pocket Monsters: Silver) were the first core series games of Generation II for the Game Boy Color.ĭuring development, the games had the tentative titles of Pocket Monsters 2 (Japanese: ポケットモンスター2) or Pokémon 2 (Japanese: ポケモン2) and Pocket Monsters 2: Gold & Silver (Japanese: ポケットモンスター2 金・銀), along with a provisional release date of "late 1997". Game Link Cable, Infrared ( Game Boy Color only)īox art of Pocket Monsters: Gold, depicting Ho-Oh.īox art of Pocket Monsters: Silver, depicting Lugia. Game Boy (enhanced for the Super Game Boy, Super Game Boy 2, and Game Boy Color)

Pokémon Silver Version's box art, depicting Lugia.

Pokémon Gold Version's box art, depicting Ho-Oh. For the book, see Pokémon Gold/Silver (book).
