A new Pokemon Journey awaits you! (Pokémon Gold and Silver (GB))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Pokémon Gold and Silver (GB)
Date:	16/08/09 (22 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: New Pokemon, New items, New gear, better graphics

Disadvantages: Storyline is very similar

Pokemon Gold is a role playing game for the Nintendo Gameboy.

This game stars an all new hero and all new region of Johto, the aim of this game however is no different from before. You start off as a new Pokemon trainer after being given your own after saving Professor Elm from a wild Pokemon that was lurking in the tall grass.You must complete your Pokemon journey by travelling all around Johto beating all the gym leaders and challenging the Elite Four.

The game includes many new features most notably there are another 100 Pokemon for you to capture and train, all of them have many weird and wonderful designs so you will want to see and get them all, as before you will have to trade with a friend to get all of them.

The best new item is your Pokegear, here you can listen to the radio, look at the world map and phone up people this is used really well as your mum will frequently call just to check up on you and to tell you she has got presents for you and so on! It is also used to arrange battles with other trainers and forward the plot at some points.

The Pokemon battles haven't changed much, your Pokemon, you can now give your Pokemon items though which they can use in battle to recover health or to increase their strength.Berries grow around the trees of Johto and you can pick them and give them to your Pokemon as well as plant seeds to make new trees grow. The battles are still one on one and turn based.

Graphics have received a major boost and are noticeably less blocky than before, the game has all music and the tunes are as catchy as ever.

Pokemon Gold doesn't re write the series but it introduces many great new features that make it even more compelling than the first games.

Summary: An excellent follow up to Red and Blue.