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{{Infobox game | colorscheme=crystal|bordercolorscheme=crystal
|name=Pokémon Crystal Version
|jname=ポケットモンスター　クリスタルバージョン
|boxart=Crystal EN boxart.png
|caption=Pokémon Crystal Version's boxart, [[Game mascot|depicting]] {{p|Suicune}}.
|jbox=Crystal JP boxart.png
|jcaption=Boxart of Pocket Monsters Crystal Version.
|platform=[[Game Boy Color]]<br>[[Nintendo 3DS]] ([[Virtual Console]])
|category=RPG
|players=2 players simultaneous
|link_method=[[Game Link Cable]], [[Infrared|IR]]{{tt|*|Game Boy Color only}}, [[Mobile System GB|Mobile]]{{tt|*|Japanese version only}}
|developer=[[Game Freak]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|gen_series=[[Generation II]] [[core series]]
|cero=A
|esrb=E
|acb=G8+
|oflc=G8+
|pegi=12
|release_date_ja=December 14, 2000 <small>(Game Boy)</small><ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gbc-crystal/ Pokémon.co.jp]</ref><br>January 26, 2018 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_na=July 29, 2001 <small>(Game Boy)</small><ref>[https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-crystal-version/ Pokémon Crystal Version | Pokémon Video Games]</ref><br>January 26, 2018 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_au=September 30, 2001 <small>(Game Boy)</small><br>January 26, 2018 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_eu=November 2, 2001 <small>(Game Boy)</small><ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-crystal-version/ Pokémon.com (UK)]</ref><br>January 26, 2018 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_hk=January 26, 2018 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|release_date_tw=January 26, 2018 <small>(3DS VC)</small>
|website_ja=[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gbc-crystal/ Pokémon.co.jp]<br>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/bxpj/ Nintendo.co.jp]
|website_en=[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-crystal-version/ Pokémon.com (US)]<br>[http://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-crystal-version/ Pokémon.com (UK)]<br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011004060207/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=669 Nintendo.com]<br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010722021710/http://pokemoncrystal.com/ Pokémon Crystal.com]
}}
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'''Pokémon Crystal Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター　クリスタルバージョン''' ''Pocket Monsters: Crystal Version'') is the third and final [[Generation II]] [[core series]] game for [[Game Boy Color]]. It was released as a [[core series|solitary version]] to {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, which were released one year before. It was released in Japan on December 14, 2000, in North America on July 29, 2001, and in Europe on November 2, 2001.

It featured various fixes and some new additions, most notably the introduction of the option to {{player|play}} as a {{ga|Kris|girl}}. It takes place in the region of [[Johto]] like Gold and Silver, with access to [[Kanto]] granted later in the game, with the player's starting town being [[New Bark Town]].

The Japanese version had far more new features, all related to a {{wp|mobile phone}}-related linking technology usable through the [[Mobile System GB]] when connecting a [[Mobile Game Boy Adapter]] to a [[Game Boy Color]] or [[Game Boy Advance]] (original or [[Game Boy Advance SP|SP]]).

The game was available on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] between January 26, 2018 and the discontinuation of the 3DS Nintendo eShop on March 27, 2023.