Pokémon Gold Version (Game Boy Color)

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Description

Pokémon Gold takes place several years after Red, Blue and Yellow, and puts the user into a brand new world, Johto. The gameplay is very similar to the previous games, but with several improvements. These include new functions for the player's PokéGear, a Pokédex that can now be sorted by evolution type, and, of course, new Pokémon. Once again, the objective of the game is to become the champion trainer, and try to complete the Pokédex. To become the champion, the player battles Gym Leaders to obtain various badges. Completing the Pokédex requires a different set of actions, and involves capturing wild Pokémon, battling various trainers to obtain money, and trading Pokémon with NPC's and other owners of Pokémon games.

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Alternate Titles

• "ポケットモンスター 金" -- Japanese spelling
• "Pokémon Goldene Edition" -- German title
• "Pokémon Edición Oro" -- Spanish title
• "Pokémon: Attrapez-les tous! - Version Or" -- French title
• "Pocket Monsters Kin (Gold)" -- Japanese title
• "Pocket Monsters 2: Gold" -- Working title
• "포켓몬스터 금" -- Korean spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Creature breeding / fusion
• Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
• Gameplay feature: Fishing
• Gameplay feature: Gambling
• Gameplay feature: Importable characters
• Gameplay feature: Interior decorating
• Gameplay feature: Monster capture / training
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• Games released as complementary versions
• Pokémon main RPG series
• Pokémon universe

User Reviews

The apex of the series and the only one worth playing.	AkibaTechno (254)
A sequel as a sequel should be. Classic!	Rensch (216)
An awesome sequel to the original Pokemon Game Paks.	pocketgamer2000 (22)
Certainly one of the best games of all time...	Jim Fun (243)

Critic Reviews

Video Games	Dec, 2000		100
Pixel-Heroes.de	Dec 05, 2010	10 out of 10	100
Edutaining Kids	Jun, 2001	A	100
IGN	Oct 16, 2000	10 out of 10	100
Gaming Target	Nov 03, 2000	9.6 out of 10	96
Power Unlimited	Apr, 2001	90 out of 100	90
Super Play (Sweden)	Apr, 2001	9 out of 10	90
Electric Playground	Nov 14, 2000	7.5 out of 10	75
Legendra	Oct 21, 2007		70
Gamekult	Apr 02, 2001	6 out of 10	60

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Awards

• Retro Gamer
  • October 2004 (Issue #9) – #3 Best Game Boy Game (together with Pokémon Silver Version and Pokémon Crystal Version)

Related Web Sites

• Pokèmon Elite 2000 (A Pokèmon fan site good at covering the latest news about coming and existing Pokèmon games.)
• Psypokes (A comprehensive Pokémon site that pretty much covers everything there is to know about the games.)