I am reliably informed that this is a big deal to Pokémon fans. While Pokémon Gold/Silver was one of the few main Pokémon games I never actually owned, it is said by some to be the greatest of the series by far. It's understandable then, that Pokéfans are quite thrilled by a rumor claiming that a remake of these games are on the way.
According to reports, some new games are due to be announced on the Japanese Pokémon Variety Show, and it is here that hopeful fans believe they'll see the remakes confirmed, a belief spurred on by the fact that new merchandise featuring the Johto Region starter Pokémon is being manufactured. Also, since Red, Blue and Green all got their remakes, it stands to reason that Silver and Gold would have gotten their turn sooner or later.
I stopped playing Pokémon when the breeding stuff got too complex and convoluted, but I may be tempted to give these re-releases a go since it's the one iteration I skipped. What about you lot?
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Feel free to quote me on that Sterling/Media.
Also, just found this on Serebii, it's a preview picture for next week's "announcement show"
Hopes are raised!
And what's wrong with Girafarig?! I like my two-headed pony-giraffe-Chain Chomp!
GSC is also notable for being the only generation to introduce new elements (Dark and Steel) into the mix, but it was before all that Nature and Ability bullshit they threw in during the third gen. It also split the Special stat into Special Attack and Special Defense, altering the viability of certain 'mons in battle.
My team was Typhlosion, Skarmory, Umbreon, Espeon, Quagsire, and...to be honest, I never do remember who #6 was, in any game. >_>;
Better be fucking unbalanced like I remember it...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?s=130cdb6fe33d5101b57cd3c7ffdecd9b&p=15698464&postcount=141
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm interested.
I hope the answer is "50-100 all new Pokemon, you 32 year-old, Pokemon loving weirdo".
Honestly, when's it
gonna stop?
I can't believe I forgot them
Although, old ass news is old as shit.
Also, I hope that there's a collector's edition Totodile stylus that Jim can review.
Just started replaying the game, so I can recall it being.
Totodile, Chikorita and Cyndiquil!
Totodile, Chikorita and Cyndaquil.
Cyndaquil rocks.
Still waiting for a fully fleshed out console Pokemon game. Maybe this is the year?
That and the fact that even if you don't care you could gimp yourself by not knowing about the natures, imagine an Abra with nature designed for an attacker, its totally useless on someone like him but it can happen if you don't know.
That said I never played the G/S era so I'll be all over this.
@Kyousuke Nanbu I don't agree that it's "killed" the Pokemon series but I do agree that it's getting old trying to evolve your Pokemon to be the perfect fighter. Breeding and dealing with Natures and EVs and what not gets tiring.
And that, is how you DON'T troll.
Also, was I the only person with the Gameboy printer who printed pokemon stickers with it? That was such a neat feature.
I had Link's Awakening DX, Pokemon Silver and Donkey Kong Country, they three had a GameBoy Printer feature but I never could get on it. It was such a darn shame.
You bet I printed out those pokedex entries
Gold and Silver were the best ones, albeit the Pokemon weren't as good as Gen 1.
I can't get into Platinum, the Pokemanz suck, But Gold had cool stuff like Totodiles evolutions and Xatu, I'd play a remake of those 2 for sure.
Even though I'd never been extensive into G/S/C (well, no C at all!), it's definitely the presentationally strongest to me. Not too derived from the originals, and even connected to 'em. Heck, it's prolly because of the relative restrictions of the GBC that it could keep that feel, rather than getting cartoon'd graphics in GBA and NDS, along with that horrible sound "upgrade". Ah, this'd be a prime post-DSi reason to keep the GBA-slotted DS Lite around (unless they unveil a GBA'd DSi, which would be tops).
You put two Pokemon together in a daycare and wait a while they fuck. It wasn't that difficult to do.
Did you play Diamond and Pearl? Do you even know how ridiculously complicated the breeding aspect of that game was?
i still remember when i first got pokemon silver. I had completed the game on one of my friends gameboys, and then for my birthday i got a gba along with pokemon silver. I started out with totodile (even though cyndaquil is my fav) and it was shiny. Words cannot express the awesome that i felt.
the 100 pokemon that were introduced in g/s/c are easily the best so far imo (closely followed by the original 151)