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Pokemon Gold & Silver was released November 21,
1999 in Japan and has finally made it to North America and Australia on
October 15, 2000. It has become a very popular game, because of its new
features and additions.
So, what is new you ask? Well here is a list of some of
the new features and additions:
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Pokemon - 100 new Pokemon have been added to the
lineup, and you can catch up to 221 Pokemon in each version by
yourself!
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Backpack - Your Backpack is divided into 4 different
pockets separating your Pokeballs, Pokemon healing items, TMs &
HMs, and important items.
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Pokegear - Uses 'cards' to display information
throughout the game. You start out with your Watch and Cell Phone.
Then you can get a Map card, Radio Card, and Radio Upgrade (to listen
to Kanto stations).
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Types - Two new types, "Dark" and
"Steel"
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Evolutions - Pokemon from Red/Blue/Yellow (RBY)
that have thought to stop evolution may evolve into something new. For
example, Chansey evolves into Blissey. Also some Pokemon from RBY
have pre-evolutions, like Pikachu and Jigglypuff.
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Pokedex - The Pokedex has changed slightly, it is
now black like the Pinball Pokedex, with Pokemon Area, Cry, and
Print options. There's also 3 different ways you can sort the Pokedex,
by the new Gold/Silver way, Numeric, or Alphabetical. Also, during
wild battles you are to be sure you already have the Pokemon you are
battling, because a Pokeball will appear above the wild Pokemon's
health bar.
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Stat Screens - When you view your Pokemon's stats
you will get to look at three screens instead of two like in RBY. The
first screen has your Pokemon's HP and EXP Points needed to gain a
level. The second screen has your Pokemon's Attacks and Abilities and
how much PP each one has. The third screen has your Pokemon's ID No.,
original Trainer, and its Attack, Defense, Hit Points, Speed, and
Special totals.
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Rival - Your Rival is even more evil than Gary ever
was. Your Rival steals one of Professor Elm's remaining two Pokemon.
You'll see him later in the game.
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Eternal Clock - At the beginning, when you first
start your game you have to set the clock according to what time it is
in Real Life. Now when it is day-time in Real Life it will be day-time
in your Game. So what? Well only certain Pokemon will appear in the
morning, during the day, and during the night. So you'll have to play
your game in the morning, during the day, and at night.
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New Towns - You start in New Bark Town. All of the
Gold & Silver towns are located West of the original RBY towns,
which you can explore later in the game after beating it.
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New Gym Leaders - The first Gym Leader you encounter
is a bird trainer. His name is Falkner. The following Leaders are:
Bugsy, Whitney, Morty, Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce and Clair. Also Koga has
joined the Elite Four leaving his gym to his daughter.
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Trading - This aspect of the game is even more
important to get all of the Pokemon in Gold & Silver. Then
instead of having Pokemon that evolve when traded like RBY, G&S
has added a new twist where you must attach an item to the Pokemon to
get it to evolve when traded. Not only must you trade between Gold
& Silver to get some of the Pokemon, most rare Pokemon from Pokemon
RBY are not in G&S so you must specially transfer them...
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Time Capsule - At the top of all the Pokecenters
you'll find the Time Capsule all the way to the right against the far
right wall. The Time Capsule lets you trade Pokemon from RBY to
G&S.
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Eggs - You can take your Pokemon to a Breeding and
Daycare center south of Goldenrod City. If you put in a male and
female Pokemon that are compatible at breeding and walk around for a
bit, when you return and see the Owner of the center outside with the
Pokemon it means they laid an egg.
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Equip Items - Another new feature to G&S.
Equipping items is essential to evolve some Pokemon when traded.
Other items help strengthen the Pokemon in battle, or heal it when it
gets too weak.
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