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Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Gold boxart
Developer	Game Freak
Publisher	Nintendo
Release Date(s)	JP: November 21, 1999 NA: October 15, 2000 EU: April 6, 2001 AUS: October 16, 2000
Ratings	3+ E
Players	2
Compatible with	Gen I Gen II
Paired with:	Pokémon Silver
Succeeded by:	Pokémon Crystal

An all-new world of Pokemon awaits you with Pokemon Gold and Silver. Like the first 3 games, Gold and Silver each offer a slightly different mix of Pokemon, and it's your job to catch 'em all! New technologies are available to help you. The game's internal clock keeps the actual time, effecting when Pokemon can appear due to the new real time system! Master new Pokemon types and attacks. A Time Capsule lets you trade Pokemon between previous versions, and of course you can trade with your friend using a Link cable.

Gameplay:

It's up to you to find, capture, and train all 251 Pokemon in the Johto region. This can be accomplished by trading with the Gold and Silver versions. You also must become the greatest trainer in the region, which means you must defeat the eight gym leaders, then finally defeat the Elite Four, who are the top trainers of Johto.

But it doesn't stop there. Once you've defeated them, you can head on over to the Kanto region and prove yourself there. Can you get all 16 badges?

Features

New region: Pokemon Gold takes place three years after the events in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow. Now you get to explore the newly discovered region of Johto, full of grassy areas, bodies of water, forests, and other environments suitable for the Pokemon inhabitants. Like any other Pokemon game, it's up to you to find and capture all the Pokemon and become the top trainer of the region. But this time the story extends further than that...

Pokemon: Johto is home to 100 new species of Pokemon as well as a few from the original 151. Also another new feature is breeding Pokemon. Breeding is essential for getting that perfect Pokemon you've always dreamed of and for reproducing rare species of course. With new Pokemon comes new attacks, like Whirlpool and Dynamicpunch, and new items, like the berries and new Pokeballs. Speaking of items, Pokemon are now able to hold items, which gives you more strategies for combat.

Day/Night system: Also new is the day/night system. All you have to do is input the correct time and it will go through day and night just like in the real world. This hugely affects what types of Pokemon that you'll be able to find. for example, Hoothoot can only be found at night, while Sunkern is only found in the morning.

Trading between older versions: Some Pokemon you simply are not going to find in Gold, which is why you can trade from your R/B/G/Y versions to Gold. Bring over your hard trained Pokemon to complete your Pokedex and have a better edge at battles.

Shiny Pokemon: The Johto generation was the first to introduce shiny Pokemon, they have different coloration and are very rarely found. Johto is also the only generation to implement the use of shiny Pokemon having superior stats to those that are not shiny. The only exception where receiving a shiny is by chance is the Red Shiny Gyarados which can always be found at Lake Rage.

Pokeballs: In this specific generation we see the introduction of more specialized Poke Balls. These are made from Apricorns, picked from a special plant which can be found all of Johto. A man in Azalea Town named Kurt then fashions a Pokeball depending in the color of the Apricorn.

Pokerus: Pokerus, the Pokemon Virus was first introduced in this generation and will double the effort values gained from a battle. To catch this virus you must battle an infected wild Pokemon, this however is even rarer than to see a shiny.

Pokemon Eggs: Pokemon eggs are a fantastic new feature to the Pokemon World. With the introduction of the Pokemon breeding concept, baby forms of old favorites are now available along with many other perks. This is done at the Pokemon Day Care Center.

Go back to Kanto: In this generation you have the only chance so far to go back to a previous region, in this case Kanto, the home of the Games Red/Yellow/Blue/FireRed/LeafGrean. This then increases the possible gym badges to 16.

Red: Silver Cave holds a secret trainer. One you all know (or should know) well. This trainer has the strongest trained Pokemon in all of the games. He is widely regarded as the toughest trainer to beat in Pokemon history. His name is Red, but he is based off of the character Ash Ketchum. Good luck trying to beat him... If you even find him to begin with.