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Info on Gold and Silver

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: