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Pokemon SoulSilver (Nintendo DS)

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Pokemon Soul Silver is a very good remake of the original (with nice bonuses to boot!!) Nothing much has changed i.e you are still a kid who goes out on an adventure on a poke-journey catching,battling,trading pokemon and so on... The thing that makes this a good remake (which is hard to come by) is the fact that the game wasn't 'enhanced beyond recognition' meaning all the good things from the original have been kept in; the pokegear system, day and night, and more gym leaders than you'd think etc... AND not only are the original qualities good but the added bonuses are also! The fact that ANY pokemon from ENTIRE pokedex can follow you (its almost pointless but) makes the whole experience more enjoyable. Pokethlon is great also!
Overall its a good game that certainly gets the 'older' players reminiscing (especially once you obtain a certain key item...) and it also gives the first-timers their moneys worth!! Pokemon, in general has always been one of those games you can spend hours upon hours on- and thats coming from a guy who DOESN'T have access to Wi-Fi yet!!! Even when you've 'completed the game' Soul Silver doesn't fail to impress with extra content. Definitely a must have for DS owners interested in adventure/rpg games (or not!). Dont knock it til you've tried it!!!!!

This game is... BRILLIANT!!! And that's an under statement. This is the longest game out of them all with you having to get 16 badges and in my personal opinion it's the best. I had never been to Johto or Kanto but, to be honest, they're the best ever.

Here are just some of the things you get to do:
Collect 16 badges,
Battle Red,
Go back in time (if you have Celebi),
Catch all 493 pokemon and transfer any them to the amazing pokewalker,
You can walk along with any pokemon (in-game),
There is the new, totally redesigned pokewalker,
The new pokegear (which is awesome),
and (my prayers have been answered) a touch screen oriented game (it really is cool)!

Also, for once the pokemon league is remotely challenging. Like how it used to be.
Overall it is a truly magnificent game and well worth the money.
Only one more thing to say, the 3D case addition is just a sleeve and not worth it. Just get the normal one in my personal opinion.

Soul Silver is the best DS game in pokemon yet! One of the best pokemon in it is Lugia! He is awesome! I love it way more than HeartGold, although this is only my opinion. What really caught my eye were the legendaries. There is Lugia,Ho-Oh,Groundon,Rayquaza,Entei,Raikou,Suicune,Mewtwo,Articuno,Moltres and Zapdos. There are more techniques, Pokemon, and a whole new region to travel through
IT IS THE BEST DS GAME EVER!!!!!!

I bought this for my son, who is 15, and he still very much enjoys playing Pokemon, amongst other things. He likes this version.

I've been playing this game on and off for a while now and have finally finished it this evening. This game is extremely enjoyable and money well spent as you can stay endless hours on it. Even after you finish the story you can still keep roaming around Johto and Kanto to continue catching all the Pokemon and take part in various other activities. This has defiantly been the most enjoyable game I've ever played and is only my second Pokemon game I have played. This game is defiantly great for beginners and I've heard many positive reviews from the experienced Pokemon players. The storyline is a great challenge and there are many legendary Pokemon to catch all throughout. My favourite part of the game is defiantly training and bringing up all the various different types of Pokemon. I recommend this game to anyone, new and old players. There are many things to enjoy and is defiantly great fun.

Unlike the Pokemon Red and Blue remakes, Fire Red and Leaf Green, Pokemon Soul Silver and Heart Gold restore life into two of the best game sequels ever.

Pokemon Silver was my favourite Pokemon game of the entire series. The introduction of 100 new Pokemon were great additions to the original 151, the continuation of the Red and Blue games was believable and the new region was fantastically detailed and contained a rich pre-player history.

The remakes keep true to above, but also add extra to the storyline and utilises the power of the nintendo DS's graphics to produce a beautiful Johto region and Kanto three years on. The remakes of course had to accommodate to the 200+ new Pokemon that had been introduced since the original Gold and Silver, but, in my opinion, having the Pokemon that originate from Johto be brought to the present day graphics and sit alongside the new Pokemon, it helped put my doubts about these new creatures to rest and I do see them now as classic Pokemon rather than unoriginal boring additions to keep the franchise going.

Unlike Gold and Silver having the addition of Pokemon Crystal, which looked at the player's relationship with the legendary beast Suicune, Soul Silver and Heart Gold will not have a third game addition. Instead the games had this storyline be present alongside the storyline with either Ho-oh or Lugia (depending on the version). There was also the nice aesthetic introduction of the Pokemon first in your party follow you. There is no impact on the game, it's just nice to see.

The original games were made to have a long gameplay time. The remakes extend this. After the player defeats the Pokemon League the first time, he/she is able to travel to Kanto, where he/she takes on the gym challenge there. When the 8 gym badges are obtained, the Elite four and Champion Lance's challenge is made more difficult and the gym leaders themselves are open for rematches. Then, there is ultimate battle between the previous Champion, Red. He has a slightly different team to when players battled him in Gold and Silver, and he is once again the strongest computer trainer in the entire series of the games (before these games were released, the Platinum Champion Cynthia was the strongest). There is just so much to do once the main storyline is completed that it is very difficult to grow tired of this game. It's a definite buy for any old Pokemon lovers or for new young people getting into this franchise.

This game is a great remake of the old gen II games, and also includes most of the memorable pokemon from the first 2 generations plus some of the newer pokemon later in the game.

The game includes:
16 badges to collect
A storyline that takes you across Johto and into Kanto
A lot of pokemon to catch on the way
Headbutt trees
National park
Bug catching contest
Safari zone (with customisable areas)
The return of the legendaries (elemental bird trio, mewtwo, lugia, ho-oh, guardian dog trio, etc.)
and much more.

This game is awesome! I admit the starting of the game is not so good, but after that its incredible! Instead of 8 gym badges theres 16, 8 for each region, for you can go into both Jhoto and Kanto regions. There is a whole new range of legendary Pokemon to catch including Mewtwo (my favourite), Groudon, Moltres, Raikou and Latias! Some Pokemon can only be caught on certain days like Absol can only be caught on Wednesday and Lapras Friday. As well there is mystery gift. And the game can connect to the wii game Pokemon Battle Revolution which I also have and find brill! After you defeat the boss of the game, aka Red, aka Ash, who uses Pikachu, Blastoise, Charizard, Venosaur, Snorlax, and Lapras. You can go to professor Oak and choose either Charmander, Squirtle or Bulbasaur. Then go to someone at the company in Saffron City and get Torchic, Mudkip or Treeko. Finally go to Mr Pokemon who will give the red orb allowing you to get to Groudon.

This is my favourite DS game.

BUY IT IF YOU LOVE POKEMON LIKE I DO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought this game for my 9 year old daughter. To quote her:

"It's a really good game but a little hard with the gym leader and Red. They should give you a bigger variety of starter pokemon on the game but overall it's the best game I own".

She hasn't been able to put it down since she got it so must be good!

its story will take you between 28-40 hours depending on your skill level so its a reletively long story gameplay. The best thing is it has online which will make you play the game longer. The only downside i would say is you need a friend code of the person your playing and they need to add you to so it aint as easy playing someone online as you think