Who can forget the classic starter Pokemon, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander? The first games captured our imaginations and made us wish with every fibre of our being that we could really be trainers in the real world. After Pokemon Red and Blue put the world into a Pokemon frenzy, the sequel had some big shoes to fill.
Fans everywhere for eager for more, and thankfully Silver and Gold delivered just that in the best way possible. Bigger and better than before, the second generation introduced excellent and memorable additions to the Pokemon library, along with two new Pokemon types, and a whole host of new moves.
It brought in some interesting new features that changed up the game in fun new ways. Introducing a day and night cycle added time-specific challenges, and brought in some Pokemon that could only be caught at certain times of day. Silver and Gold still had all the hallmarks that made the first games so enjoyable, but it expanded the experience to cement itself as the superior Pokemon game.
And better yet, when you reach the end of the game, you get to unlock the Kanto region from Red and Blue which allows you to revisit all of the gyms and trainers. Silver and Gold was a giant leap forward for the franchise, and nothing has quite compared to it since. Pokemon Crystal then came swooping in as a shiny enhanced remake of Silver and Gold, and it's especially notable since it was the first ever Pokemon title that let you decide whether you want to play as a boy or a girl.
Thankfully this became a mainstay feature in every game that followed. Get the best gaming deals, reviews, product advice, competitions, unmissable gaming news and more! See comments. Gaming deals, prizes and latest news. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands.
Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. You get a sweet photo opportunity, while it develops a long lasting phobia of apples. There's a bustling vividity to this region, helped by some lovely little 3D moments on the 3DS - panning cameras as you enter villages and series-best beauty to certain battle backgrounds - that all give it a sense of proper business and life.
It's the most comprehensive remake to date. Looking back, there's not a lot of game here - just the ability to fight gym leaders and the Elite Four.
You could now see it resplendent in 3D on your TV, and take it for a fire spin. Game Boy Tower, meanwhile, let you play your Game Boy games on the big screen via emulation - a first for the series. Crystal is a little closer to Gold and Silver than some of the other enhanced versions, so we're bundling the three together - and what a trio they are.
Has anything matched the "your princess is in another castle" surprise of realising the entirety of Kanto is revisitable by train? Or the nerves of battling Red, right at the end of the postgame, deep inside Mt. The question is rhetorical but the answer is still "no".
For better or worse, these games and their unprecedented scale are the reason some die-hard fans have found something of an anti-climax in every ending that doesn't let you access another region since.
Johto remains a sumptuously beautiful, autumnal, mournful region, and the original, somehow painterly pixel art of the Game Boy Color versions, like stepping inside a watercolour, remain the best way to revisit it - although the HeartGold and SoulSilver remasters are plenty good enough as more modern alternatives. Great puzzles, great challenges, great mystery and depth. Let's be honest, who doesn't want to be friends with a Pikachu who just wants to watch television?
The Trading Card Game Online isn't exactly the prettiest of online card games, but in a way that's the draw. TCG Online looks a lot like a kind of educational CD-ROM, with some fairly flat characters and naff sound effects guiding you through a menu that was dated enough at the time, let alone in the world of Hearthstone or Legends of Runeterra that we're blessed with now. Every booster pack you buy now comes with a code for scanning it into the TCG Online, where your collection lives on digitally.
The art there, on the cards themselves, remains as playful and peerlessly beautiful as ever, and ultimately it's the cards that matter. The result is an object twice the size of a regular Game Boy Colour cartridge, with a bulge at one end for the battery required to power the rumble feature. The cartridge has a solid weight that makes it satisfying to hold and, when you slot it into place, you know you're ready to play some pinball. A feat which is more complex than it sounds, because, first, you have to learn the different mechanics for both pinball boards.
Yet, the fast paced gameplay prevents this process from becoming repetitive and you'll soon find yourself developing tactics. Can you finally reach Indigo Plateau and catch Mew?
As always, there's a catch: they required you to beat the game's champion, trade the special keys you unlocked into the other version of the game, and then start an entirely new save if you wanted to play them. There's a mystery to solve and a nice human angle to the narrative - something the movie version started to do a good job with before going completely off the rails in its final act. If you've seen the film, you'll know the gist of how the tale begins - though things end up differing quite a bit, and a long-promised follow-up seems to have vanished from the Switch's release radar.
Still, the puzzle-solving nature of this case and slow exploration of crime scenes for clues is a better fit for a video game. There's no Ryan Reynolds or Danny DeVito , but it's a warm and funny adventure told with lots of character.
See our full Detective Pikachu review and here's where to buy now from Amazon. With that one little tweak, your party's options open up quite dramatically, and on top of that comes the joy of their laid-back tropical island setting.
What Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon did is simply build on the base games, adding a brilliant postgame that lets you capture just about any legendary, an enjoyably out-there embellishment of the story, and for once, a genuinely difficult boss battle, against Ultra Necrozma. Sun and Moon are happy, adventurous, warm-hearted entries to a series that is increasingly all about the good vibes - the Ultra versions simply take those and add a bit of extra spice. And it works a treat.
The upside down waterfall, background of swirling clouds, and elongated trees all work together to create the feeling you're in a place where humans shouldn't tread. The barren Distortion World feels like a foreshadowing of what Cyrus will create if you lose, which increases the tension as you battle him. The result is a far more fulfilling and balanced game that outshines its original counterparts.
This fast pace is what gives the game its edge though, as you're having to constantly adapt to the new layout. There are a number of modes to explore - including Endless, which is exactly what it sounds like, and Adventure, where you place as secret agent Lucy Fleetfoot in her fight against the Phobos Battalion.
These fights, if you can call them fights, prevent the gameplay from becoming stale and give you a chance to see how fast your stylus reflexes actually are. Technical issues at launch couldn't derail an unforgettable first summer for the game, and the fact it's as popular as ever proves the core concept was pitched perfectly from day one. The game was a surprise hit and even IGN noted in their review "that Nintendo was right and we were wrong" and that the concept behind the title translated well to global audiences.
The simplicity of the mechanics themselves allowed for some great storytelling and inspired new photographers worldwide thanks to three key things: "clever design, intuitive control, and lots of traditional secrets".
While the game was less focused on the story being told, the battles that fans could wage were certainly a highlight of the game. Through Metacritic , Games Radar described it as "One of the most rounded and comprehensive packages you're ever likely to see, something that makes it worthy of recommendation to all discerning Pokefans out there.
Bandai NAMCO learned how to truly utilize these loveable monsters in their environments for optimum photography opportunities. GameRant heralded the title as a big success that played upon its strengths of varied environments and interactive moments saying that "it's a solid experience and highlights what has been sorely missed in the franchise.
It has been widely praised for its originality and its departure from the familiar, allowing fans to go on a completely unique journey that played into the warlord dynamic and mystical lore. Via Metacritic, Machinima even suggested that it was "A breath of fresh air into the somewhat stale Pokemon series," considering it was "a strategy game that is both accessible for newcomers and deep for veterans.
IGN said that the Nintendo DS release was far from a traditional remake but actually repurposed and renewed content in a way that kept audiences intrigued.
Not quite as well-received as the original, both graphically and narratively this is still one of the brand's top achievements with IGN saying that "The story presented in Black and White was easily the most captivating in series history, and Black 2 only deepens and expands the narrative set forth in those games.
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