Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions: Difference between revisions

|jname=ポケットモンスター 金

|jname2=ポケットモンスター 銀

|caption=Pokémon Gold Version's boxart, [[version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Ho-Oh}}.

|caption2=Pokémon Silver Version's boxart, [[version mascot|depicting]] {{p|Lugia}}.

|jcaption=Boxart of Pocket Monsters Gold.

|jcaption2=Boxart of Pocket Monsters Silver.

|platform=[[Game Boy]]{{tt|*|Enhanced for the Super Game Boy, Super Game Boy 2 and Game Boy Color}}

|link_method=[[Link cable]], {{wp|Infrared|IR}}{{tt|*|Game Boy Color only}}

|gen_series=[[Generation II]] [[version|main series]]

|pegi=3+

|oflc=G8+

|release_date_kr=April 24, 2002

'''Pokémon Gold Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター {{tt|金|きん}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Gold'') and '''Pokémon Silver Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター {{tt|銀|ぎん}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Silver'') were the fifth and sixth [[Pokémon games]] to be released in Japan. They were released on November 21, 1999. Like {{2v2|Red|Green}} before them, they are paired versions, with few differences aside from available Pokémon.

As Pokémon had become an international phenomenon already with the release of {{3v2|Red|Blue|Yellow}} in North America and other regions, the translated versions of these games were greatly expected, and arrived Stateside on October 15, 2000. Again, much like Red and Green/Blue, Gold and Silver were followed shortly by a third version with minor changes, {{game|Crystal}}, as well as remakes two generations later in the form of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.

Gold and Silver brought with them many changes to the Pokémon world, as the first set of sequels to the [[Generation I]] games. Unlike Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow; Gold and Silver take place in the [[Johto]] region, west of the region that the original games take place in, [[Kanto]]. However, Kanto can be traveled to later in the game. The player begins his journey in [[New Bark Town]], which is fittingly known as "The Town Where Winds of a New Beginning Blow."