Pokémon Gold and Silver utilize the general design blueprint supplied in Red/Blue/Yellow -- Boy wanders the land to become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world, with an archrival out to take your glory every step of the way. Both versions are identical in every way, except for the character images during battles, and the characters that can be caught in the wild, keeping with the "trading is necessary" design. The game has the familiar Japanese-style RPG engine, meaning top-down scrolling provides the perspective, and big-headed people inhabit the world. The hook in Pokémon is the fact that you yourself don't do your own fighting -- instead, creatures you capture in the wild supply the brute force of your battle skills. The creatures are Pokémon, and in Pokémon Gold and Silver there are exactly 251different species of these animals hiding in the game, waiting to be caught and trained. Happy hunting!

Pokemon Silver - October 16, 2000
The next generation of Pokemon is finally here in the states, and boy, was it worth the wait.

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Pokemon Silver - October 4, 2000
Just so you remember that there's another Pokémon game coming, here's our preview.

Nintendo DS: Pokemon 10-Year Retrospective - September 27, 2006
Happy anniversary to those Pocket Monsters. And here's to ten more.

More Pokemon for GBA - September 12, 2003
Gotta catch 'em all over again in two new versions of the RPG series.

Nintendo Celebrates Pokemoniversary - August 29, 2003
Pokemon is five years old in the States. That's, like, 35 in human years.