Pokémon Gold and Silver Spaceworld '97 demo

This article is intended to be moved into one of Bulbapedia's main content spaces. Be mindful that it is still part of a personal userspace. Any content changes should be brought up on the talk page for this article.

---

Please feel free to edit this page. Major changes to this page should be discussed on the talk page.

The Pokémon Gold and Silver demo is an early build of the games Pokémon Gold and Silver shown at Nintendo Space World '97 from November 21 to 23, 1997. As the Game Boy Color had not yet been announced, the full versions were intended to be released for the original Game Boy in late March 1998.

Pokémon Gold demo
File:GoldDemoTitle SGB.png Title screen of the Pokémon Gold demo
Pokémon Silver demo
File:SilverDemoTitle SGB.png Title screen of the Pokémon Silver demo
Basic info
Platform:	Game Boy (enhanced for the Super Game Boy)
Category:	RPG demo
Players:	1 player
Connectivity:	None
Developer:	Game Freak
Publisher:	Nintendo/The Pokémon Company
Part of:	Generation II
Ratings
CERO:	N/A
ESRB:	N/A
ACB:	N/A
OFLC:	N/A
PEGI:	N/A
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	November 21, 1997
North America:	N/A
Australia:	N/A
Europe:	N/A
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Space World
English:	N/A

During the two years after it was first shown at Nintendo Space World '97 until its final release in November 21, 1999, the finished game was extensively different from this early demo. As with the final games, the demo used the Japanese Pokémon Blue as its basis for its development.

Gameplay

Type chart

Several type match ups differed from the final version of the game. The type match-ups that are most notable were Normal-type and Dark-type would be super effective against Dark-types while Normal-types would only take half-damage from Dark-types, Water-type and Electric-type would have been super effective against Steel-type, and Poison-type would be resisted by the Steel-type instead of Poison-type moves doing no damage.

×		Defending type
A t t a c k i n g t y p e		1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	½×	1×	0×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×
		2×	1×	½×	½×	1×	2×	½×	0×	½×	1×	1×	1×	1×	½×	2×	1×	1×
		1×	2×	1×	1×	1×	½×	2×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	½×	1×	1×	1×	1×
		1×	1×	1×	½×	½×	½×	2×	½×	½×	1×	1×	2×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×
		1×	1×	0×	2×	1×	2×	½×	1×	1×	2×	1×	½×	2×	1×	1×	1×	1×
		1×	½×	2×	1×	½×	1×	2×	1×	½×	2×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	1×	1×
		1×	½×	½×	2×	1×	1×	1×	½×	1×	½×	1×	2×	1×	2×	1×	1×	2×
		0×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	1×	1×	½×
		1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	1×	1×	0×	1×	½×	1×	½×	1×	1×	1×	1×
		1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	½×	2×	1×	1×	½×	½×	2×	1×	1×	2×	½×	1×
		1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	2×	1×	1×	2×	2×	½×	½×	½×	1×	1×	½×	1×
		1×	1×	½×	½×	2×	2×	½×	1×	1×	½×	2×	½×	1×	1×	1×	½×	1×
		1×	1×	2×	1×	0×	1×	1×	1×	2×	1×	2×	½×	½×	1×	1×	½×	1×
		1×	2×	1×	2×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	½×	1×	1×	½×
		1×	1×	2×	1×	2×	1×	1×	1×	1×	½×	½×	2×	1×	1×	½×	2×	1×
		1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	1×
		½×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	1×	1×	1×	1×	1×	2×	1×	1×	2×
These matchups are suitable for the Gold and Silver Spaceworld Demo.

Main game differences

The demo and the final versions of the Generation II games had numerous differences. The intro plays no music at all. Generation I Pokédex entries were carried over as placeholders for the Pokémon until new Pokédex entries were able to be written for them. All Pokédex entries for Generation II Pokémon are the same placeholder text of 「はっけんされた　ばかりの　ポケモン　げんざい　ちょうさちゅう。」 ("Now investigating this newly discovered Pokémon.") In an odd occurrence; it was also possible to battle wild Pokémon twice in a row without moving from a grass panel, why this was an implemented feature at the time is unknown.

Demo Restrictions

As this game was meant to be publicly played at Space World '97, there were several restrictions put in place to make sure the game could not lock up or be set up to not work for other players. The only options available at the start screen are "ポケモンを あそぶ" (Play Pokémon) and "せっていを かえる" (Change Settings), there is no Continue option. There is no Continue option as the player is not able to Save the game. The player is given a random level 8 Starter Pokémon. The player only has Potions as PokéCenters are not accessible in the demo.

The rival's name cannot be selected or made and is instead given a random pre-selected name. Starter Pokémon and wild Pokémon are not able to evolve to prevent their discovery. When an NPC loses, their losing dialog is not present to allow for more playing time in the demo. The player can only visit Silent Hill and early routes up to the forest area. When all the player's Pokémon faint, the game boots back to the title screen.

Pokémon

Main article: Pokémon Gold and Silver demo/Pokémon

Although only a few new Pokémon can be seen in the demo through normal gameplay, 100 new Pokémon had been designed at the time. 60 of these Pokémon received only minor changes or redesigns and were used in the final games. 29 Pokémon received various changes and were released in subsequent generations, while 13 Pokémon went entirely unused altogether.

Many of the 151 Generation I Pokémon still used their sprites from Pokémon Blue as placeholder sprites during this time. Leafeon and Lickilicky were originally intended to be released during Generation II. Several Pokémon would have also gained either an evolution or a pre-evolution.

Maps

Main article: Pokémon Gold and Silver demo/Locations

Although only Silent Hill and the route and forest leading from it to Old City are accessible in the demo, many other locations are programmed into the game.

The final map of Johto shares little resemblance to the areas present in the demo. At the time, it was based on the entirety of Japan, with Kanto included as a large city. Many of the towns, cities, and caves had different points of entry or designs altogether. Three of the cities (New Type, North, and Blue Forest) bear a striking resemblance to Canalave City and Snowpoint City from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

Mini-games

This build of the game contained far more mini-games, with a total of 5.

Title screen

A hidden mini-game involving Pikachu can be played if the game is left idle at the title screen for an extended period of time. The player tries to avoid obstacles and collect musical notes while catching up to {{p|Jigglypuff}. The game ends once Pikachu catches up to Jigglypuff and returns to the title screen.

Picross

A picross mini-game featuring Pokémon was present.

Some Pokémon picross puzzles would later appear in Picross NP Vol. 1. Pokémon Picross would also be announced for the Game Boy Color; however, it was ultimately cancelled. A Pokémon picross game would not be released until Pokémon Picross in December 2015.

Poker

The poker mini-game was based on the real-life game of poker but with various Pokémon on the cards instead of clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. It would be replaced with card flip in the final version of the game.

Memory game

A memory game is a game where the player attempts to match five pairs of cards in five turns. However, no coins are actually rewarded for any matches. This game remains unused in the final game.

Slide puzzle

The last mini-game is a 15-tile slide puzzle game where the player has to try rearranging the tiles to reveal who the Pokémon is.

Items

Main article: Pokémon Gold and Silver demo/Items

With the introduction of held items, many new items and Key Items were added that would be cut, have slight changes in how they worked or be scrapped altogether.

Miscellaneous

• Songs from Pokémon Red and Green are used here as placeholders.

References

Beta versions of Pokémon games

Generation I Red and Green • Yellow Generation II Gold and Silver (Spaceworld '97 demo) • Crystal Generation III Ruby and Sapphire • FireRed and LeafGreen • Emerald • Colosseum • XD Generation IV Diamond and Pearl • Platinum • HeartGold and SoulSilver Generation V Black and White • Black 2 and White 2 Generation VI X and Y • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Generation VII Sun and Moon • Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Generation VIII Sword and Shield Unreleased Pokémon Picross

This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.