The greatest, classic Pokémon experience you can have. The series peaked here.
Pokemon HGSS are beloved titles for a reason: they take the already beloved Gold and Silver and bring them back with the modern take on the pokemon formula. The implementations made by the fourth gen (new evolutions and split between special/physical moves) lead to a more balanced and varied experience, and things like the incredible spritework and the ability to interact with pokemon as never before (with events like poke-walker, ability for mon to follow you, and minigames like the pokeathlon) leads to a more charming way to bond with your fictional animals. The music and sound design is also incredibly good.
The lenght of the game is also absolutely impressive: two whole regions are able to be re-explored in new ways, and this without some incredible secrets like the Sinjoh ruins, legit one of the most amazing pokemon event to this day.
Thought I feel like these remakes doesn't fix a lot of the major flaws of gold and silver: for once, most of the Johto pokedex is still locked for the really last part of the game... like I don't understand why the game that introduced cool monds like Houdoom, Sneasel and Misdreavus will not allow me to use them up until I reach Mount Silver (aka the real end of the game).
Another big problem is the weird difficulty curve: the flow of the adventure can feel really unbalanced: some of the gym leaders can feels brutal compared to the time you fight them, while the others later on can just be too weak compared to what you met before... especially at the later half of the game the experience can feel a bit too unbalanced.
ALso another nitpick I have is.... I don't get why GF didn't went hard on the new evolutions past pokemon got: the addition of evos like Yanmega, Honchkrow, Ambipom, Porygon z, Electivire, Tangrowth and similar designs would have led to a more interesting take on those classics: like imagine meeting Morty and he got a Mismagius, or fighting Pryce equipped with a Mamoswine. Instead the desire to keep the remake closer to the classic leads to some design decisions that can feel underwhelming, especially after many players probably tried DIamnd / Pearl / Platinum at the time.
Still a grea title that I wish would have had some different take on some of its design choices.
The lenght of the game is also absolutely impressive: two whole regions are able to be re-explored in new ways, and this without some incredible secrets like the Sinjoh ruins, legit one of the most amazing pokemon event to this day.
Thought I feel like these remakes doesn't fix a lot of the major flaws of gold and silver: for once, most of the Johto pokedex is still locked for the really last part of the game... like I don't understand why the game that introduced cool monds like Houdoom, Sneasel and Misdreavus will not allow me to use them up until I reach Mount Silver (aka the real end of the game).
Another big problem is the weird difficulty curve: the flow of the adventure can feel really unbalanced: some of the gym leaders can feels brutal compared to the time you fight them, while the others later on can just be too weak compared to what you met before... especially at the later half of the game the experience can feel a bit too unbalanced.
ALso another nitpick I have is.... I don't get why GF didn't went hard on the new evolutions past pokemon got: the addition of evos like Yanmega, Honchkrow, Ambipom, Porygon z, Electivire, Tangrowth and similar designs would have led to a more interesting take on those classics: like imagine meeting Morty and he got a Mismagius, or fighting Pryce equipped with a Mamoswine. Instead the desire to keep the remake closer to the classic leads to some design decisions that can feel underwhelming, especially after many players probably tried DIamnd / Pearl / Platinum at the time.
Still a grea title that I wish would have had some different take on some of its design choices.
starter --> cyndaquil
Pokemon remakes go ham
One of the best pokémon games I've played, bringing a new air to the series, being played on the DS and enjoying every moment.
La présence des deux premières régions jouables (donc 16 badges et 2 ligues) ainsi que des starters parmis les plus charismatique de la licence pokemon en font le jeu Pokemon ultime.