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Pokémon Crystal

Pokémon Gold
Pokémon Silver
Pokémon box art - Gold Version.png
North American box art for Pokémon Gold Version, depicting the legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh. The box art for Pokémon Silver Version depicts the legendary Pokémon Lugia (not pictured).
Developer(s) Game Freak
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Satoshi Tajiri
Producer(s) Takehiro Izushi
Takashi Kawaguchi
Tsunekazu Ishihara
Shigeru Miyamoto
Designer(s) Satoshi Tajiri
Artist(s) Ken Sugimori
Writer(s) Toshinobu Matsumiya
Kenji Matsushima
Composer(s) Junichi Masuda
Go Ichinose
Morikazu Aoki
Series Pokémon
Platform(s) Game Boy Color
Release
  • JP: November 21, 1999
  • AU: October 13, 2000
  • NA: October 15, 2000
  • EU: April 6, 2001
Genre(s) Role-playing video game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 89% (Gold)
Review scores
Publication Score
Famitsu 33 of 40
GameSpot 8.8 of 10 (Gold)
IGN 10 of 10 (Gold)
Nintendo Power 8.7 of 10 (Gold)

Pokémon Gold Version and Silver Version are the second installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. They were released in Japan in 1999, Australia and North America in 2000, and Europe in 2001. Pokémon Crystal, a special edition, was released roughly a year later in each region. In 2009, Nintendo remade Gold and Silver for the Nintendo DS as Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

The games introduce 100 new species of Pokémon, and follow the progress of the central character, whose name the player may choose, in his quest to master Pokémon battling. Both games are independent of each other but feature largely the same plot and, while both can be played separately, it is necessary to trade between them and their backward compatible predecessors in order to fully complete the games' Pokédexes. The Johto Saga of the Pokémon anime is based on the new region introduced in the games.

Pokémon Gold and Silver were critically acclaimed upon release and they are considered by many to be the best games in the entire series, as well as some of the fifth generation console gaming's most significant titles. They continued the enormous success of their predecessors as Pokémon began to form into a multi-billion dollar franchise. The games almost matched the sales of Pokémon Red and Blue and went on to jointly sell millions of copies worldwide. By 2010, the recorded sales of Gold and Silver were at 23 million units.


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