I, like many other players of this game, played the original Gold vesion for the Game Boy Color, and I loved it. I remember nights hiding under my covers with the game holding a booklight to see (or, when it came out, the GBA SP with the lighted screen)
When I heard about this remake, I was very excited, especially after seeing some of the new features upcoming. I had already played Platinum, so the DS graphics were nothing new to me.
Very excitedly, I got myself this game yesterday (Release day) and hurried home to play it. I was quite surprised to find that, not only was it more up-to-date than Gold, but in some ways, it was even more up-to-date than Platinum, especially through the utilization of the touch screen.
WHAT I LIKE:
*Return to Johto- Very simply, you retuern to the setting of Gold and play the game again with new features (Hence the term remake)
*Partner Pokemon- In HG, you have the first Pokemon in your party following you at all times, like Pikachu in Yellow or Amnity Square in D P Pt. Not a huge thing, but I like it
*Updated graphics- seeing the Johto region in full, brilliant color is somehow nostalgic and a lot of fun. It’s just pretty, plain and simple
*Added Safari Zone- Many were upset at the loss of the Safari Zone in Gold. Well now, there’s a Safari Game again. I have yet to reach it, but I have heard good things about it.
*Utilized touch screen- This is a big one. In HG, the touch screen now serves as a touchable, interactive menu. Now, instead of hitting START every time you want to check something, you can just tap it with the stylus and use all of its features totally through the touch screen. The touch screen also has a drag-and-drop functionality in the PC boxes, allowing you to sort your boxes and your team more efficiently. This is even an upgrade over Platinum’s Poketch.
WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
*Pokewalker issues- I like the Pokewalker idea a lot, don’t get me wrong. Problem is, the one I got doesn’t seem to work right. Not a big deal, since it’s not a pivotal part of the game. Would have been nice though… oh well.
OVERALL:
I have had nothing but fun with this game. Definately worth $[...], without a doubt. The strange feelings of nostalgia and novelty together is odd, but I like it! 5 stars!
Rating: 5 / 5
This game is an enhanced remake of the classic Gameboy Color game, Pokemon Gold. I heard about this game not that long ago, and decided to take a look at it. I am currently 22 years old (probably a little too old for this game) and hearing that this game was a port of the original Pokemon Gold, I decided to buy it. I was a big fan of Pokemon Gold back in the day. As far as I can see, there are many things that reminded me of the old game, but they added alot more new stuff so it almost seems like for those of us that played the original, it’s the same game with things we wanted to begin with! The graphics have been updated as well as the music. I don’t quite understand the Pokemon walker unit that comes with the game, and I prolly won’t use it because I’m playing the game for nostalgia purposes only.
Sometimes game remakes are horrible, but I can definitely say that this game will not let those, who played the original, down. I’m glad they decided to bring this game back, for classic gamers and new generation gamers. I’m sure more 20 year-olds will purchase the game. You won’t regret it!
Rating: 5 / 5
This game contains not only the awesome Pokewalker, but also a double portion of Pokemon nostalgia. Not only is it a remake of Pokemon Gold, a game I very fondly purchased over 10 years ago, but also Pokemon HeartGold resembles Pokemon Yellow in letting your starter follow you. Yellow was my first ever game for my GameBoy, I was the envy of my friends who all had either Red or Blue, which featured a distracting red or blue hue. Pokemon has evolved a lot since those days, adding many new features, most of which were welcomed. Although many features have been added, the battle system has not changed much. Some do not like this, saying it needs to evolve. I for one, being a huge fan of turn based RPGs, like how it hasn’t changed. I wish more RPGs today stayed true to their roots. I’m looking at you, Final Fantasy. Now why pick Gold? Well actually I got both, along with both figurines. I did play Gold as a kid, so that’s the one I decided to play first.
I am already in 70 hours in Platinum, which doesn’t even have all 16 badges like HG/SS. I expect a lot of time will be spent during the course of playing HG. The re playability of Pokemon is astounding, you can’t go wrong. Now only if they would remake Crystal. SpiritCrystal?
Rating: 5 / 5
There are plenty of reviews of the game here and not so many about the pokewalker itself.
The pokewalker is basically a pokemon mini-game but pretty high tech. It represents the core of the DS gameplay even in its limited way but enough so to be fun.
When you transfer a pokemon into the walker, the actual picture of the pokemon you transferred shows up on the little screen. Given that you can migrate pokemon across all the games one way or another, I suspect it supports every pokemon in any game.
By walking around (or by holding it in your hand and pretending to walk ;->) you gain ‘watts’, 1 for every 20 steps. You then spend the watts on 2 mini-games. Pokeradar allows you to find and battle / capture a wild pokemon on the walker itself. Dowsing gives you a chance to find items. Additionally, there are different ‘paths’ that you can select to walk down and more paths open up as you generate more watts. I’ll also note that I happened to catch a pokemon in the walker that wasn’t in the first ‘region’ in the game and I thought that was pretty cool too.
In the pokebattles, level doesn’t seem to matter which is a nice simplification. And apparently, you can pokebattle across walkers as well.
On the whole, the pokewalker is a very nice addition to the game and is worth using as a trivial way to add to your game experience.
Yes, I do actually know that Heart Gold is a remake of the original Pokemon Gold, but sometimes when you’re playing you forget. The updated graphics for the DS are great, and really give a new feel to the game. Also, additions of the Battle Frontier and Pal Park from the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum series adds so much more to the game, as well as the addition of the new Pokeathelon games. Nintendo also kept the best part of the game, which is being able to go back to the world from Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen and replay through there as well, effectively making it 2 games in 1! There’s enough game to go around, and even if you speed through all 16 gym leaders and elite 4 and champion, with all the extras you’ll never find that the game was too short. And with these remakes, it is finally possible to get pokemon from all the generations onto one game… you can finally catch them all!
Rating: 5 / 5
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I, like many other players of this game, played the original Gold vesion for the Game Boy Color, and I loved it. I remember nights hiding under my covers with the game holding a booklight to see (or, when it came out, the GBA SP with the lighted screen)
When I heard about this remake, I was very excited, especially after seeing some of the new features upcoming. I had already played Platinum, so the DS graphics were nothing new to me.
Very excitedly, I got myself this game yesterday (Release day) and hurried home to play it. I was quite surprised to find that, not only was it more up-to-date than Gold, but in some ways, it was even more up-to-date than Platinum, especially through the utilization of the touch screen.
WHAT I LIKE:
*Return to Johto- Very simply, you retuern to the setting of Gold and play the game again with new features (Hence the term remake)
*Partner Pokemon- In HG, you have the first Pokemon in your party following you at all times, like Pikachu in Yellow or Amnity Square in D P Pt. Not a huge thing, but I like it
*Updated graphics- seeing the Johto region in full, brilliant color is somehow nostalgic and a lot of fun. It’s just pretty, plain and simple
*Added Safari Zone- Many were upset at the loss of the Safari Zone in Gold. Well now, there’s a Safari Game again. I have yet to reach it, but I have heard good things about it.
*Utilized touch screen- This is a big one. In HG, the touch screen now serves as a touchable, interactive menu. Now, instead of hitting START every time you want to check something, you can just tap it with the stylus and use all of its features totally through the touch screen. The touch screen also has a drag-and-drop functionality in the PC boxes, allowing you to sort your boxes and your team more efficiently. This is even an upgrade over Platinum’s Poketch.
WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
*Pokewalker issues- I like the Pokewalker idea a lot, don’t get me wrong. Problem is, the one I got doesn’t seem to work right. Not a big deal, since it’s not a pivotal part of the game. Would have been nice though… oh well.
OVERALL:
I have had nothing but fun with this game. Definately worth $[...], without a doubt. The strange feelings of nostalgia and novelty together is odd, but I like it! 5 stars!
Rating: 5 / 5
This game is an enhanced remake of the classic Gameboy Color game, Pokemon Gold. I heard about this game not that long ago, and decided to take a look at it. I am currently 22 years old (probably a little too old for this game) and hearing that this game was a port of the original Pokemon Gold, I decided to buy it. I was a big fan of Pokemon Gold back in the day. As far as I can see, there are many things that reminded me of the old game, but they added alot more new stuff so it almost seems like for those of us that played the original, it’s the same game with things we wanted to begin with! The graphics have been updated as well as the music. I don’t quite understand the Pokemon walker unit that comes with the game, and I prolly won’t use it because I’m playing the game for nostalgia purposes only.
Sometimes game remakes are horrible, but I can definitely say that this game will not let those, who played the original, down. I’m glad they decided to bring this game back, for classic gamers and new generation gamers. I’m sure more 20 year-olds will purchase the game. You won’t regret it!
Rating: 5 / 5
This game contains not only the awesome Pokewalker, but also a double portion of Pokemon nostalgia. Not only is it a remake of Pokemon Gold, a game I very fondly purchased over 10 years ago, but also Pokemon HeartGold resembles Pokemon Yellow in letting your starter follow you. Yellow was my first ever game for my GameBoy, I was the envy of my friends who all had either Red or Blue, which featured a distracting red or blue hue. Pokemon has evolved a lot since those days, adding many new features, most of which were welcomed. Although many features have been added, the battle system has not changed much. Some do not like this, saying it needs to evolve. I for one, being a huge fan of turn based RPGs, like how it hasn’t changed. I wish more RPGs today stayed true to their roots. I’m looking at you, Final Fantasy. Now why pick Gold? Well actually I got both, along with both figurines. I did play Gold as a kid, so that’s the one I decided to play first.
I am already in 70 hours in Platinum, which doesn’t even have all 16 badges like HG/SS. I expect a lot of time will be spent during the course of playing HG. The re playability of Pokemon is astounding, you can’t go wrong. Now only if they would remake Crystal. SpiritCrystal?
Rating: 5 / 5
There are plenty of reviews of the game here and not so many about the pokewalker itself.
The pokewalker is basically a pokemon mini-game but pretty high tech. It represents the core of the DS gameplay even in its limited way but enough so to be fun.
When you transfer a pokemon into the walker, the actual picture of the pokemon you transferred shows up on the little screen. Given that you can migrate pokemon across all the games one way or another, I suspect it supports every pokemon in any game.
By walking around (or by holding it in your hand and pretending to walk ;->) you gain ‘watts’, 1 for every 20 steps. You then spend the watts on 2 mini-games. Pokeradar allows you to find and battle / capture a wild pokemon on the walker itself. Dowsing gives you a chance to find items. Additionally, there are different ‘paths’ that you can select to walk down and more paths open up as you generate more watts. I’ll also note that I happened to catch a pokemon in the walker that wasn’t in the first ‘region’ in the game and I thought that was pretty cool too.
In the pokebattles, level doesn’t seem to matter which is a nice simplification. And apparently, you can pokebattle across walkers as well.
On the whole, the pokewalker is a very nice addition to the game and is worth using as a trivial way to add to your game experience.
Rating: 5 / 5
Yes, I do actually know that Heart Gold is a remake of the original Pokemon Gold, but sometimes when you’re playing you forget. The updated graphics for the DS are great, and really give a new feel to the game. Also, additions of the Battle Frontier and Pal Park from the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum series adds so much more to the game, as well as the addition of the new Pokeathelon games. Nintendo also kept the best part of the game, which is being able to go back to the world from Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen and replay through there as well, effectively making it 2 games in 1! There’s enough game to go around, and even if you speed through all 16 gym leaders and elite 4 and champion, with all the extras you’ll never find that the game was too short. And with these remakes, it is finally possible to get pokemon from all the generations onto one game… you can finally catch them all!
Rating: 5 / 5