The last Pokemon game that I play before taking a small break from the Pokemon marathon. Couple months back, I played gen 2 for the first time and I loved exploring both Johto and Kanto connected together, battling all the gym leaders and catching new Pokemon.
Well, Game Freak did it again but in generation 4 with the remakes HeartGold & SoulSilver...and it is way better than the originals. No further questions. The game was tweaked to match current Pokemon back in 2009, the music slapped hard with trumpets everywhere as a hint to what the next game's music will be, the battles are the same as you know them, this remake proves that it is the true definitive way for gen 2.
Some changes that were seen were the gym leader's challenges were significantly altered! Although some like Falkner and Brock's were unchanged, every single gym leader had their rooms changed for these games in some way, big and small. An all new building was added called the Pokeathlon Dome, an area which allows you to play minigames with your Pokemon, and you could rack up points to win items like evolution stones for instance. There were also changes to the PokeGear too, as the inclusion of the national dex come postgame makes this tool really handy. The radio for starters had an overhaul as the touch screen allowed you to change the channels easily, and even had music from Hoenn or Sinnoh based on the day to get returning mons from those regions. Plus, more Pokemon to grab for the dex too, like the gen 3 legendaries, starters from past gens, and even the PokeWalker!
One last addition I cannot avoid that was most definitely not in the OG games were new routes leading to...the Safari Zone. While this is one of the best Safari Zones in the entire series, as it allows you to customise the area at your will and have no step limits anymore, it is still a very confusing area. Especially with designing the layouts giving you points and how keeping the layout adds more points which means more Pokemon...didn't help it increases every 10 days!
One thing I didn't get to try was the PokeWalker accessory bundled with the remakes. The accessory allowed players to take their lead Pokemon with them for walks as a pedometer, rewarding the players with items or even exclusive Pokemon found through the device. A cool concept that definitely didn't inspire GO in any way, but hard to get yourself.
HeartGold and SoulSilver is a must play for old Pokemon goodness. Whether it's for good ol' nostalgia for the Johto region, or coming across it the first time.
Well, Game Freak did it again but in generation 4 with the remakes HeartGold & SoulSilver...and it is way better than the originals. No further questions. The game was tweaked to match current Pokemon back in 2009, the music slapped hard with trumpets everywhere as a hint to what the next game's music will be, the battles are the same as you know them, this remake proves that it is the true definitive way for gen 2.
Some changes that were seen were the gym leader's challenges were significantly altered! Although some like Falkner and Brock's were unchanged, every single gym leader had their rooms changed for these games in some way, big and small. An all new building was added called the Pokeathlon Dome, an area which allows you to play minigames with your Pokemon, and you could rack up points to win items like evolution stones for instance. There were also changes to the PokeGear too, as the inclusion of the national dex come postgame makes this tool really handy. The radio for starters had an overhaul as the touch screen allowed you to change the channels easily, and even had music from Hoenn or Sinnoh based on the day to get returning mons from those regions. Plus, more Pokemon to grab for the dex too, like the gen 3 legendaries, starters from past gens, and even the PokeWalker!
One last addition I cannot avoid that was most definitely not in the OG games were new routes leading to...the Safari Zone. While this is one of the best Safari Zones in the entire series, as it allows you to customise the area at your will and have no step limits anymore, it is still a very confusing area. Especially with designing the layouts giving you points and how keeping the layout adds more points which means more Pokemon...didn't help it increases every 10 days!
One thing I didn't get to try was the PokeWalker accessory bundled with the remakes. The accessory allowed players to take their lead Pokemon with them for walks as a pedometer, rewarding the players with items or even exclusive Pokemon found through the device. A cool concept that definitely didn't inspire GO in any way, but hard to get yourself.
HeartGold and SoulSilver is a must play for old Pokemon goodness. Whether it's for good ol' nostalgia for the Johto region, or coming across it the first time.