Pokémon Gold and Silver
role-playing video games
Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version are 1999 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. They are the first installments in the second generation of the Pokémon video game series. They were released in Japan on November 21st, 1999, Australia and North America on October 15th, 2000, and Europe on April 6th, 2001.
The games introduce 100 new species of Pokémon and follow the progress of the player character in their quest to master Pokémon battling. Both games are independent of each other but feature largely the same plot and, while both can be played separately, it is necessary to trade between these games and their predecessors in order to fully complete each game's Pokédex. The Johto Saga of the Pokémon anime is based on the new region introduced in the games.
Pokémon Gold and Silver were both critical and commercial successes; the games sold over 23 million units, making them the best-selling games for the Game Boy Color and the third-best-selling for the Game Boy family of systems. In retrospect, they are both cited as some of the most significant titles of the fifth generation of video games, two of the best entries in the series, if not the best, and both are touted as being amongst the greatest video games of all time. The two releases are also noted to have continued the success of the Pokémon series as it began to form into a billion-dollar franchise.
A third game in the generation, Pokémon Crystal, was released in 2000.
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