by : Linda
Pokemon HGSS takes place three years after the events of Pokemon RGBY (Red/Green/Blue/Yellow). Red became the Kanto Pokemon Champion and then quickly disappears. Team Rocket has disbanded and a new day has dawned. To the west of Kanto (the location of Pokemon RGBY) is a land known as Johto. Here you take the part of a tweener about to set out on their own Pokemon journey.
You have a choice of three starts: Totodile, Cyndaquil or Chikorita. After you've chosen your Pokemon, it's time to cover the Johto circuit and take down their eight gym leaders. Along the way you'll discover Apricorns, the return of Team Rocket, Baby Pokemon, the Elite Four and so much more. After you defeat the Johto Pokemon Champion, you get the surprise of a lifetime (unless you've played the original): you can travel to Kanto and encounter the eight gym leaders there. After getting all 16 badges, you can encounter Red in a battle of champions.
Besides all of that, there's also things like the Johto Bug Catching contest and several brand new things added that weren't in the originals. These include the new Pokethlon that takes the place of Pokemon contests, Gym Leader rematches, radio stations that attract Pokemon from either Hoehn or Sinnoh, the return of Giovanni, a Battle Frontier area, over half a dozen new areas, a Safari Zone, the ability to take commemorative photos of your team, a special new Arceus event, a special new notched-eared Pichu event, the revelation of who your Rival's father is, and so much more.
Best of all is the fact that the HG and SS remakes contains the Suicune storyline originally only found in Pokemon Crystal. It's a lot of fun in many ways, HG&SS are more remakes of the Crystal GBC cart than the original GB games. I'm still shocked that neither the Ruby/Sapphire or Diamond/Pearl games offered you the ability to return to the previous game's region. In this regard, and many other, the little old GBC carts of Pokemon Gold and Silver were far ahead of the GBA and DS games and these remakes make that more apparent than ever.
As the 24/7 function of the original games have almost certainly killed the battery in those original carts, this DS upgrade is well worth it. You're getting to return to the best generation of Pokemon games, now with even more stuff thrown in and more depth given to the adventure. I'm still ecstatic the game contains the Crystal storyline and this truly makes HG & SS head and shoulders above not only the original versions of these games, but every Pokemon game EVER.
Whether this is your first time playing a Pokemon game, or you've done all four regions, the upgrades AND the Fire Red & Leaf Green remakes, you'll quickly see why Heart Gold and Soul Silver's storyline is not only a portable gaming classic, but remembered so fondly by Pokemon fans the world over.
Pokemon HGSS takes place three years after the events of Pokemon RGBY (Red/Green/Blue/Yellow). Red became the Kanto Pokemon Champion and then quickly disappears. Team Rocket has disbanded and a new day has dawned. To the west of Kanto (the location of Pokemon RGBY) is a land known as Johto. Here you take the part of a tweener about to set out on their own Pokemon journey.
You have a choice of three starts: Totodile, Cyndaquil or Chikorita. After you've chosen your Pokemon, it's time to cover the Johto circuit and take down their eight gym leaders. Along the way you'll discover Apricorns, the return of Team Rocket, Baby Pokemon, the Elite Four and so much more. After you defeat the Johto Pokemon Champion, you get the surprise of a lifetime (unless you've played the original): you can travel to Kanto and encounter the eight gym leaders there. After getting all 16 badges, you can encounter Red in a battle of champions.
Besides all of that, there's also things like the Johto Bug Catching contest and several brand new things added that weren't in the originals. These include the new Pokethlon that takes the place of Pokemon contests, Gym Leader rematches, radio stations that attract Pokemon from either Hoehn or Sinnoh, the return of Giovanni, a Battle Frontier area, over half a dozen new areas, a Safari Zone, the ability to take commemorative photos of your team, a special new Arceus event, a special new notched-eared Pichu event, the revelation of who your Rival's father is, and so much more.
Best of all is the fact that the HG and SS remakes contains the Suicune storyline originally only found in Pokemon Crystal. It's a lot of fun in many ways, HG&SS are more remakes of the Crystal GBC cart than the original GB games. I'm still shocked that neither the Ruby/Sapphire or Diamond/Pearl games offered you the ability to return to the previous game's region. In this regard, and many other, the little old GBC carts of Pokemon Gold and Silver were far ahead of the GBA and DS games and these remakes make that more apparent than ever.
As the 24/7 function of the original games have almost certainly killed the battery in those original carts, this DS upgrade is well worth it. You're getting to return to the best generation of Pokemon games, now with even more stuff thrown in and more depth given to the adventure. I'm still ecstatic the game contains the Crystal storyline and this truly makes HG & SS head and shoulders above not only the original versions of these games, but every Pokemon game EVER.
Whether this is your first time playing a Pokemon game, or you've done all four regions, the upgrades AND the Fire Red & Leaf Green remakes, you'll quickly see why Heart Gold and Soul Silver's storyline is not only a portable gaming classic, but remembered so fondly by Pokemon fans the world over.
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