After Nintendo's/Gamefreak's huge success with Pokémon Red & Blue, they've left
Japanese and American gamers in suspense for the next Pokémon RPG for Gameboy.
Gamefreak has come up with yet another definite hit, Pokémon Silver & Gold, which
will soon be released in Japan and soon after in America, hopefully. Silver & Gold
won't be some bomb sequel, thrown together in a couple of month's, it has been in
creation for a couple of years now and boasts some of the most spectacular
features and innovative gameplay ever crammed into a 2 meg Gameboy cartridge.
Nintendo of America has confirmed that Silver & Gold will come to America but no
one knows when.
Nintendo has gave us some insight into their upcoming title. Pokémon Silver & Gold
will have some NEW Pokémon (100) and all the original from Red/Blue (150) to make
250 (100 + 150 = 250). There will also be a breeding function for all you Pokémon
Breeders out there, similar to FF's Chocobo Breeding. In the new breeding function
you need to have a female and a male Pokémon, hypothetically of the same species,
mate them, then out comes a little Poké-Egg. But the trick is catching the Pokémon
first, with Pokémon Silver & Gold's NEW 'Daytime-Nighttime' feature, some Pokémon
are nocturnal and only come out at night, and some are only active during the day.
So you'll have to wait for some Pokémon to come out in order to catch them. What
I really have to see is how Gameboy handles the Daytime-Nighttime transition. With
this new breeding function also comes various questions, will you be able to
cross-breed species? These will only be answered when it comes out.
Rumors have also been swirling that you don't get to play as Ash this time, maybe
Brock or Misty or even a NEW trainer? This leaves allot of speculation on what the
story line is going to be about. I've heard that it is suppose to be 100 years in the
past. Pokémon will learn different TM's and HM's and also NEW moves and abilities.
The Pokédex has also gone through a facelift and an upgrade so expect a much
better interface and look to the Pokédex. Nintendo has been taking their time with
Silver & Gold to optimize it for the NEW Gameboy Color system which has recently
hit the market. Expect a lot of new features and great graphics in Pokémon Gold &
Silver and if you liked Red/Blue, you'll go ape for Silver/Gold.






Here are a few of the NEW 100 Pokémon found in Gold and Silver Version:
