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Pokémon Gold | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: £6.49
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 1828
Platform: Game Boy Color
Genre: childrens-software-games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Game Cartridge
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Game Boy Color
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5 x 5 x 1
MPN: 73121
UPC: 045496731212
EAN: 0045496731212
ASIN: B00004TEYR
Release Date: April 6, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Featuring a brand new adventure filled with numerous enhancements and innovations, this long-awaited sequel to Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow greatly improves upon the series' winning formula, making for an even more insanely addictive and wholly absorbing gaming experience.Like Pokémon Silver, which is essentially the same story with minor gameplay variations, Pokémon Gold casts players in the familiar role of a young Pokémon Trainer who is out to collect as many different kinds of Pokémon as possible. As in previous games, gameplay consists mostly of exploration (completing various quests in the process) and Pokémon battles, which employ a unique battle-system that's like a complex twist on rock-paper-scissors. But despite the similarities, it's quite apparent that Pokémon Gold is a whole new ball game from the start. The game is played out in real time, with the current time and day-of-the-week (recorded by an internal clock) having a direct impact on gameplay elements, such as what Pokémon you will find in the wild, and when certain events occur and characters appear. While there are simply too many new and improved features in Pokémon Gold to list here, among the highlights are 100 new Pokémon (including two new types), new evolution processes (including breeding) and a more streamlined game interface with better-organized menus and button shortcuts. Although it's easier to progress in Pokémon Gold than the previous games, the sheer amount of fun and game time involved is daunting. You would be really hard-pressed to find a better value game than this. --Joe Hon
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 Pokemon gold July 5, 2010
Luke Thrower
the 2001 release of Pok'emon Gold and Silver , this is the 2nd generation set and was released as a fully branded game boy colour game , although it still used game boy cartridges.
The box is the first great thing, as it has a wonderful shine and the sunlight reflecting of the gold was great sight to see as a kid. Unfortunatley now the box is a little worn and a bit dusty but the gaming gold still shines as bright as it ever did.
The first important change from the previous incarnations has to be the story. Taking place 3 years after Red and Blue, and set in the new region of Johto which includes an icreased size and population. 7 cities and 3 towns line the games routes , as well as landmarks based around the real life landscape of kansai and toakie in Japan. These geographical sights line the routes giving the games mountains, caves and water areas.
Although starting of the same way as a young boy, the story begins in New Bark and you are given the starter choices of 3 new Pok'emon from professor Elm. These are Totodile, chikorita and cylandaquil, this keeps the same base beggining the same as its fire, water and grass.
Intrestingly, Elm was a student of Prof. Oak (Prof. in origional games) and moved to the Johto region to continue his research.
A slight change in the story is that your rival isn't given a Pok'emon and instead steals one before challenging you to a battle. But the game now has a new region to conquer , this means new Pok'emon, new trainers and new challenges. Not only do you have 8 new gym leaders to defeat and the elite four, but you can then return to Kanto and meeting all the old characters, re-face the gym leaders and complete the journey. As well as facing Team Rocket and the option to travel up MT.Silver to defeat Red , the character you played in the first game , who is now a top trainer and a worthy opponent of your skills.
Although the basics of the game stay the same in catching all the Pok'emon and beating all the leaders and elite, Gold and Silver also added 100 new pokemon with new abilities , attacks and looks.
Pok'emon Gold/Silver was the first game to have Breeding , allowing you to farm Pok'emon for abilities and making one which was extremely powerful and had all the skills you wanted.
The game's full Colour support meant the graphics could have a complete overall, rather than the compromise with Pok'emon yellow's graphics.
The game featured a wide range of colours, never really seen before in a gaming device, this bought the Pok'emon to life as you could now see their colours and distinct markings, drawing you further into the games world.
Not only this but it allowed the environment to be a lot more engaging , rows of pine tree's and brickwork in building's was a huge step up from what people had seen before. The grass still blew in the wind with pink rose buds flowering in the town centres and the blue sea had waves crash and move against the walls.
Character designs also improved with people being able to look different facially, as well as wearing different clothes. No longer did you wander round with a sense of deja' vu, but you could recognise the city's people and saw them go about their lives.
New to the series was also the ability to give Pok'emon items to hold, this meant they could eat berries and the awesome red candy, whenever the need arises. Of course red candy was the most important as it was a big aid in evolving your Pok'emon quicker.
A natural addition, or evolution, of the Pok'edex was added to the game. This came in the form of Pok'egear, now where the Pok'edex handled the Pok'emon, Pok'egear handled the people, utilities and entertainment. Essentialy its your smartphone, the Pok'egear allowed for many features such as a clock, a map of the entire regions and the routes,a phone and a radio.
Now talking about the 2 intresting aspects of this , the phone and the radio.
The phone allowed you to call anyone you had traded numbers with in the game, this meant you could then trade tips, be told where rare pok'emon were.This instantly updated the map with an exclamation mark , meaning you knew exactly where they meant. The phone also holds the Professors number and your mums. Mums pretty sweet when she phones, she lets you know how much money she has for you, if she has decorated your room and even if she has bought a gift for you.
The other exciting feature was the Radio , which gave a welcome distraction on the journeys round the region. Much like with Fallout 3 and GNR , time always passed quicker when listening to "lets all sing" or "Prof. elm talks".
I think it was a bit of an unsung hero in the game as it gave the world a voice, it let you know that things were happening outside of your story, I loved it when they interviewed other trainers and especially "Lucky show" this was a little like bingo or the lotto, at one point in the two hour show a Pok'emon ID would be read out, usually like 4 numbers , and if 3 matched you could go to the show and get a prize.
Such a simple thing but one that let you feel as though the world was spinning.
Also released alongside the game was a Pikachu pocket toy. This was a bit like a pedometer , but every step you take transferred to watts, the more watts you had the happier Pikachu was and then the watts could be spent on a mystery gift. This could be either a Pok'emon or a item, the pocket pet also had a handful of activities. This is special because the remake Heartgold and Soulsilver has an updated version of this shaped like a Pok'eball.
The gameplay was smooth and the storyline was prevalent throughout. The sound clarity was increased by the Gameboy Colour and so both the origional music sounds were reatined as well as the Radio sounding very clear.
The controls were as simple as they came with only the D-pad and A needed to have 100's of hours of fun wittled away.
An added bonus was that the game had backward's combatibilty meaning old pok'emon and information could be passed over via a game cable. This was great as it would have been a little harsh to make the player do the same thing and lose all their hard work and wasted hours.
Overall it's a fantastic sequel and showed that they weren't a one hit wonder, as well as showing room for growth and improvement.
Great game for the young ones.... February 16, 2010
James Allyn Holbrey (UK)
Pokemon is great for kids, It's simple and easy to use as you go through the story line of the game or can do time-events. Pokemon Gold has a time-event which is quite good. I will say though that if your child does have a nintendo ds, ds lite, dsi or the new dsi XL then there will be a remake of this brilliant game and it's "brother" Pokemon silver. This remake has alot of new events and a more in detail storyline from the pokemon saga. This new ds version of gold and silver is going to be called Heart Gold and Soul Silver and should be in release on 26th March 2010. These games will be released in all over Europe but itis already been released in japan and is going to be released in USA quite soon. This game is only compatible with the gameboy colour, gameboy advanced and advanced sp. So yeah... it is pretty old but it is still a great game for what it is worth.
The Pokemon Expeience October 8, 2007
OMNIGOSS (UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Now come on...it's unlikely that you've never heard of Pokemon if you're reading this. And you should all know that this version has 251 pokemon which you need to capture.
You start off as a basic pokemon trainer, as you raise and capture more pokemon you're party grows stronger and evolves as you attempt to become the Pokemon master by beating all the gym leaders and the elite four and finally ??? (I won't spoil it for you).
Basically it's an addictive RPG that involves you raising and capturing pokemon...do you really need a long and in depth review for something so basically addictive. Just buy it.
The pinnacle of the Pokemon series. February 13, 2007
Steppes
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For those of you too young to remember the Gold and Silver games as they were when they first came out, to most veterans of the series these remain its greatest achievement. As well as a whole new word to explore, 100 more fantastically designed monsters (in glorious colour!), and the introductions of gender, the breeding system, and ever-coveted 'shiny' pokemon, there's also a trip down memory lane in the form of a revisit to Kanto for all those who loved the world of the original Red, Blue and Yellow games. In short, Gold and Silver improve on the originals in every conceivable way, as well as adding a wealth of new features. If you're new to pokemon or have grown bored of Ruby and Sapphire, check this game out... you won't regret it!
 Poke great August 25, 2004
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This Pokemon title is one of the best pokemon games i have ever played (except ruby and sapphire) it is great how you can play in the night and day. The new pokemon are amazing especially when you put them in pokemon stadium 2. All in all this is a great game and a must have for all pokemon fans.
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