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Pokemon: Heart Gold & Soul Silver
Little is known about the upcoming Pokémon Heart Gold & Pokémon Soul Silver games. At the moment, all we know is that they are remakes of the original Gold & Silver games, set in the Johto region and coming out for the DS in Autumn/Fall of 2009.

As these games are remakes of Gold & Silver, they will feature both Johto & Kanto and follow the storyline of you as a new trainer, going through the gyms of Johto and Kanto, and winding up needing to thwart a Team Rocket plot to takeover the world with their Pokémon.

Even though it will follow closely on the basics of Pokémon Gold & Silver, there are a variety of new features brought into these remakes. Firstly, all the game mechanics are brought up to the 4th generation standards. Second, one of the major new features is that you can have any Pokémon follow you in the games. This way, you can truly personalize your experience.

In addition to the areas previously in Johto, there are new areas to be found within Johto. In addition to that, there are non-Johto Pokémon to be found in it including Kyogre in Heart Gold, Groudon in Soul Silver, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia & Giratina.

Heart Gold & Soul Silver is also packaged with a new peripheral; PokéWalker, which will allow you to transfer a Pokémon to it to train it up as you walk around your normal life.

Other Features
The Berry Planter

Since the days of the original Gold & Silver, the whole aspect of Berries has changed considerably. In those games, the Berry trees were few and far between, but you could pick berries from them once a day. This is no longer the way the games work.

In Heart Gold & Soul Silver, you will find Berries dotted around Johto & Kanto, as gifts or found with the item finder. However, the is no loamy soil in these regions for you to plant the Berries. Instead, there is a new key item called the Berry Planter. In this key item, you have four pots so you can grow your Berry trees yourself without having to go back and check on them. Like the growing of berries in Ruby onwards, you will need to monitor these at regular intervals.

The Safari Zone
In the original games, Gold & Silver, when the player got to Fuchsia City, they would discover that the Safari Zone Warden has moved and so the Safari Zone there has moved. In Heart Gold & Soul Silver, we have found where the Safari Zone has moved to, it is now in the new area found west of Cianwood.

The Safari Zone works in a similar manner to the previous Safari Zones with you being given 30 Safari Balls and sent into the Safari Zone with only a limited amount of steps. There are six areas in the Safari Zone and they all hold different kinds of Pokémon so you need to explore if you wish to get them all. However, the Johto Safari Zone has a distinct difference. This new Safari Zone allows you to customize the areas. The customization allows you to move where all six of the areas of the Safari Zone are. This is useful so you don't have to walk and waste a load of steps should you wish to find a Pokémon that is only in the Desert area. All you do is slide the areas around using the touch screen. All the areas have exits at the same place so there are no combination that you cannot do. There are 720 permutations so you can be unique and creative

There's MUCH more, which I will update about later
Asta will probably be happy since it has her fave Pokémon in it XD

[Rhyshian]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


The original Gold and Silver games were so much fun. I CAN'T FREAKIN' WAIT.


And... wasn't that weird, having any Pokemon follow you around..? -rubs chin- P:

[Aho]

;w; omg i would love to play that
except i hate the gym leader with the miltank

holy hell that rollout move is so friggin BS D:<

[Spaisu!]

OH YEAH
I forgot her name XD; I haven't played Gold in FOREVER
I wonder where it is?
I have Crystal version.
And my Gameboy SP that can play it.
And my Gameboy SP charger that can charge my SP back up
>w> And guess how much I payed for Crystal Version?
25 Cents.

ANYWAY, I so can't wait for this to come out. I really look forward to the pokemon following you :3 I wonder if you can trade pokemon from the Sinnoh region over into it? If not, Furret is SO getting that spot behind me :3 and the PokeWalker sounds really convenient. You could just walk in circles to level them up! XDD

[Aho]

the best part of gold+silver (pretty sure it was gold+silver.. mebbe ruby/sapphire tho) was that trainers randomly called you on your hi-tech celly-thing to rematch ;w;
WHY don't they have that in newer games!?

[Spaisu!]

Yeah, It was Ruby/Sapphire. Yeah! I liked rematches. They were fun XD Tho I like how you can beat the elite four over and over in Diamond/Pearl

[Rhyshian]

That was so funny though, when that crazy dude kept calling me and telling my character about how he caught "so-and-so" Pokemon or how "so-and-so" Pokemon got away. He was really annoying.

[Spaisu!]

In crystal version, it was so weird how you had a phone .____.; I mean, in pokemon, what's the use? I mean, unless they turned it into some kind of wi-fi connecting feature, it's kinda pointless.

[Rhyshian]

Yeah, I know... Well, actually, the Game Boy Color DID have a wireless feature, but very little games actually used it, so it was kind of a flop.

[Asta]

I heard about that quite awhile ago. ;w;
I'm looking forward to it <3

and what's my favorite pokemon, eh, polka? XD

the girl's design is GAY >_<;;

also, the fall 2009 release date is for JAPAN ;n;

also, the pokemon walker isn't very good; you don't get the EVs from fighting regular pokemon

[Spaisu!]

Well you always said you liked the first gen. pokemon XD; But second gen is close, right? XDD

IDC
I like it >:I You know who's design is bad? The Sinnoh boy's design. THEY LOOK SO GAY WITH A BARRET. And the scarf. And hair

SOOOO D: IT PROLLY WILL COME OUT IN USA

EVs? oo;

[Rhyshian]

Lololol the Sinnoh guy's design: on the battle sprite, where his back faces you, it looks like he has a tumor.

[Spaisu!]

LOL totally
Nice Avi BTW

MORE FEATURES!
Apricorns
Apricorns were introduced within the original Gold & Silver. These nuts, when found on trees dotted around Johto, can be utilized to create some specialty PokéBalls. However, in addition to that, Heart Gold & Soul Silver has added new functions for the apricorns.

In this game, the Apricorns are stored within a special item called the Apricorn Case. This can hold many of each Apricorn. You don't have the ability to grow the Apricorns in this game, but the trees which hold them are quite common and you can pick an Apricorn from it every day so be sure to remember where they are so you can get the balls.

PokéBall Creation
Each type of Apricorn can make a certain kind of PokéBall. If you take these Apricorns to Kurt in Azalea Town, he will happily create the PokéBalls for you at no charge. It takes a day for him to make the PokéBall so you'll have to be patient.

ApriShakes
The new feature of the Apricorns is that you can now use them with a special item called the ApriShaker that can crush the Apricorns down and turn them into the ApriShakes. The ApriShakes work in a similar manner to Poffin and PokéBlocks. Each kind of ApriShake can raise your Pokémon's Pokéthlon statistics. (Pokethlon feature will be mentioned in later posts)

[Asta]

EVs.... XD "Effort Value"
That would be where my fiance could kick your ass in pokemon. Trained for nature and abilities, and EV-trained to get the best possible attack/defense/speed/etc. for his pokemon. I hate battling him. It's not even fun. ):

And yeah, it will come out in the USA... in like, a year or more. ):

[Rhyshian]

Dur hur thanks. P:

Apricorns... I don't remember those... So they're just like berries..?