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Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver Announced!

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    Pikachu315111

    [141]Jun 11, 2009
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    Okay, what is up with all the Legendaries? I mean, sure it's cool and all, but it doesn't make any sense. I mean in Platinum the only non-Sinnoh Legendaries are the Bird and Golem Trio, but there was a reason for them:

    Bird Trio: Being Generation IV takes place at the same time as Generation II, it is well known that the Legendary Birds aren't in Kanto anymore because Red disturbed their nest and thye fled. Well, they had to flee somewhere and that somewhere turned out to be Sinnoh.

    Golem Trio: I can answer why they are in Platinum in one word: Regigigas. Sure you needed the Movie Regigigas to activate the rooms to catch them in, but gamewise thinking I wouldn't be surprised that Regigigas (or the people who sealed it and the Golem Trio away) hid a set of Golem Trio in Sinnoh just incase they ever wanted to awaken Regigigas for an unknown reason.

    However, I can't see storyline wise why Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza would be in Johto. As for the 12th Movie Arceus activating an event which might allow you to catch a Level 1 Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina further confuses me.

    Oh, and now with Jirachi I think that the Pokemon Company is going overboard, I mean give us Celebi who is the Generation II Cute Legendary, not Jirachi who is the Generation III Cute Legendary!

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    pikastatic100

    [142]Jun 12, 2009
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    It's been confirmed that your starter isn't the only Pokemon that's capable of following you. In fact, all 493 Pokemon can do so. If you "talk" to them you'll get a dialogue of sorts and see whether they're happy, in trouble, etc. A screenshot has also been shown that reveals a new touch screen style navigation scheme for the Pokedex and Box Storage. Other tidbits have been revealed as well such as the background map of Johto confirming that the game heads east towards Kanto, and a new area appearing west of National Park.

    On top of that, pre-orders for the game begin on July 4th. You'll get a Ho-oh figure if you pre-order HeartGold, a Lugia figure if you pre-order SoulSilver, and an Arceus figure if you pre-order both.
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    Adv193

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    pikastatic100 wrote:
    It's been confirmed that your starter isn't the only Pokemon that's capable of following you. In fact, all 493 Pokemon can do so. If you "talk" to them you'll get a dialogue of sorts and see whether they're happy, in trouble, etc. A screenshot has also been shown that reveals a new touch screen style navigation scheme for the Pokedex and Box Storage. Other tidbits have been revealed as well such as the background map of Johto confirming that the game heads east towards Kanto, and a new area appearing west of National Park. On top of that, pre-orders for the game begin on July 4th. You'll get a Ho-oh figure if you pre-order HeartGold, a Lugia figure if you pre-order SoulSilver, and an Arceus figure if you pre-order both.

    I sincerly hope this pre-order stuff will become available when the U.S. date beomes available.

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    Yusei08

    [144]Jun 12, 2009
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    Adv193 wrote:

    pikastatic100 wrote:
    It's been confirmed that your starter isn't the only Pokemon that's capable of following you. In fact, all 493 Pokemon can do so. If you "talk" to them you'll get a dialogue of sorts and see whether they're happy, in trouble, etc. A screenshot has also been shown that reveals a new touch screen style navigation scheme for the Pokedex and Box Storage. Other tidbits have been revealed as well such as the background map of Johto confirming that the game heads east towards Kanto, and a new area appearing west of National Park. On top of that, pre-orders for the game begin on July 4th. You'll get a Ho-oh figure if you pre-order HeartGold, a Lugia figure if you pre-order SoulSilver, and an Arceus figure if you pre-order both.

    I sincerly hope this pre-order stuff will become available when the U.S. date beomes available.



    Well, considering the Giratina was available to the U.S., I'm pretty sure these will be as well.
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    Pikachu315111

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    pikastatic100 wrote:
    It's been confirmed that your starter isn't the only Pokemon that's capable of following you. In fact, all 493 Pokemon can do so. If you "talk" to them you'll get a dialogue of sorts and see whether they're happy, in trouble, etc. A screenshot has also been shown that reveals a new touch screen style navigation scheme for the Pokedex and Box Storage. Other tidbits have been revealed as well such as the background map of Johto confirming that the game heads east towards Kanto, and a new area appearing west of National Park. On top of that, pre-orders for the game begin on July 4th. You'll get a Ho-oh figure if you pre-order HeartGold, a Lugia figure if you pre-order SoulSilver, and an Arceus figure if you pre-order both.

    ALL Pokemon can walk behind you? Well... that is certainly a HUGE jump from the 11 (Diamond/Pearl)/20 (Platinum) Pokemon allowed in Amity Square.

    It would certainly be funny seeing an Arceus following you while walking around Johto/Kanto.

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    i_hated_hoenn

    [146]Jun 12, 2009
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    AAAAAAAAAAH MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE I CANT CONTAIN MY HaPPINESS!!!!

    it took 10 years byut my pokemon dreams are finaly comig true n if my dreams were corerect, im guessing the first pokemon in your party is the one that follows you everywhere u go right? this is just like yellow version except your pokemon dont talk LOL but still

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    SPDShadowRanger

    [147]Jun 12, 2009
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    "Oh hi, how are you today? Oh this behind me? This is just my Dialga. We're going for a nice walk today".
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    Pikachu315111

    [148]Jun 12, 2009
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    SPDShadowRanger wrote:
    "Oh hi, how are you today? Oh this behind me? This is just my Dialga. We're going for a nice walk today".

    "Oh, I see, well this is my Magikarp... um... well it was following behind me... I better backtrack now..."

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    Omega_Porunga

    [149]Jun 12, 2009
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    So all pokemon follow you, huh? I hope you can choose who follows you, not just the pokemon in the first slot. I like to keep all my pokemon at the same level so it will get kind've of weird when the follower just change after one of my pokemon gain a level.
    Edited on 06/12/2009 6:45pm
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    My_Dog_Misty

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    pikastatic100 wrote:
    ...Other tidbits have been revealed as well such as the background map of Johto confirming that the game heads east towards Kanto, and a new area appearing west of National Park...


    Are there any screen shots out of the new Johto map?
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    pikastatic100

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    My_Dog_Misty wrote:
    pikastatic100 wrote:
    ...Other tidbits have been revealed as well such as the background map of Johto confirming that the game heads east towards Kanto, and a new area appearing west of National Park...
    Are there any screen shots out of the new Johto map?

    As far as I know, this is the best screen shot of the map currently available. It's partly covered, but it also shows other details such as the looks of the new Pokedex, the new uniforms of both the male and female Team Rocket grunts, etc.

    File:CoroCoro 6 12 scan 1.png

    Now that I'm at it, I'll post some other screen shots:

    File:CoroCoro 6 12 scan 2.png

    File:CoroCoro 6 12 scan 3.png File:CoroCoro 6 12 scan 4.png

    Edited on 06/12/2009 8:45pm
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    Pikachu315111

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    Oh good, I can do a review with those images .

    Anyway, I just thought of something, we know that all Pokemon can walk around behind you, but what about Pokemon with alternate forms? Now they probably do have "following" sprites for them but it wasn't mentioned.

    Hehe, I just thought of this, imagine if you can have multiple Pokemon following you, I have this strange image of someone with all the Unown in alphabetical order following behind them singing "A, B, C, D, E, F, G... I have all the Unown following me!".

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    i_hated_hoenn

    [153]Jun 14, 2009
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    just realized kanto is the only region thats been remade for every pokemon handheld system: gameboy, gameby advance and gameboy ds (thats what i call it) GO KANTO!! they should make a pokemon colosseum like game version of it to just to complete the cycle

    cant wait to see the ds version of kanto

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    Pikachu315111

    [154]Jun 14, 2009
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    i_hated_hoenn wrote:

    just realized kanto is the only region thats been remade for every pokemon handheld system: gameboy, gameby advance and gameboy ds (thats what i call it) GO KANTO!! they should make a pokemon colosseum like game version of it to just to complete the cycle

    cant wait to see the ds version of kanto

    Actually, Kanto has had a remade since every Generation:

    Generation I - Gameboy - Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow took place in Kanto.
    Generation II - Gameboy Color - Gold, Silver, and Crystal had Kanto as an accessible region to explore after the main storyline.
    Generation III - Gameboy Advance (& SP) - FiredRed and LeafGreen were remakes of the Generation I games which took place in Kanto.
    Generation IV - Nintendo DS Lite (& DSi) - HeartGold and SoulSilver are remakes of the Generation II games which had Kanto as an accessible region to explore after the main storyline.

    Makes you wonder if they plan on breaking this chain for Generation V or they have something up their sleeves (maybe an 3D game)?

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    dunbrine47

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    I wonder if they are going to put a more "Complete" looking Kanto in this one (Not the fractured looking one from G/S/C).
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    edmasterchaos

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    dunbrine47 wrote:
    I wonder if they are going to put a more "Complete" looking Kanto in this one (Not the fractured looking one from G/S/C).
    With the capabilities of the DS, compared to what we had a decade ago, i think it's safe to asume that Kanto will be as big as it was on FR&LG.
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    Hopefully. I loved being able to go to Kanto and fight those gym leaders, but the region as a whole needs a major upgrade. I just wish you could battle all 16 gym leaders more then once.
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    Pikachu315111

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    SPDShadowRanger wrote:
    Hopefully. I loved being able to go to Kanto and fight those gym leaders, but the region as a whole needs a major upgrade. I just wish you could battle all 16 gym leaders more then once.

    I'm pretty sure they'll add Gym Leader re-battles, I mean they did for FireRed and LeafGreen.

    Though I do wonder if they'll have the Sevii Isles or not, probably not though.

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    TKnHappyNess

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    I'd like to see Giovanni return. In the original, Team Rocket hijacked the Radio Tower to try and contact him, but failed because you beat them. This time, Giovanni does hear their calls, and goes to the Radio Tower, but only to help the protagonist stop them once and for all.
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    Pikachu315111

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    TKnHappyNess wrote:
    I'd like to see Giovanni return. In the original, Team Rocket hijacked the Radio Tower to try and contact him, but failed because you beat them. This time, Giovanni does hear their calls, and goes to the Radio Tower, but only to help the protagonist stop them once and for all.

    That probably won't happen, though I would like Giovanni (along with Lorelia and Agatha of the Kanto Elite Four) to make an appearance somewhere and be battled.

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