The Pokéwalker Included:
The Pokéwalker is a special pedometer that you carry with you that lets you take Pokémon fun wherever you go! You can transfer a Pokémon onto the Pokéwalker accessory using an infrared connection between the Pokéwalker and your Game Card. Then as you Stroll around with your Pokémon, it’ll earn Experience Points to gain a level. And you can even find items and special Pokémon while you’re on the go! The Pokéwalker is small enough that you can keep it in your pocket and take wherever you go. It also has a clip to hook it on your belt, and a hole for attaching a strap. It’s never been easier to take Pokémon with you! Pokéwalker The Pokéwalker counts the number of steps you take as you walk around. The more steps you take, the more Watts you earn, which you can spend to find items and Pokémon! When you transfer a Pokémon from your game into your Pokéwalker, you can select which Route you’d like to take your Pokémon along. Depending on which Route you take (such as in a grassland or by the sea), you’ll encounter different wild Pokémon and find remarkable items. When you first begin your journeys with the Pokéwalker, the list of Routes you can select from is short. But, the more you take a Stroll with your Pokémon, the more Routes will appear and the more Pokémon and items you’ll be able to get! Catch Wild Pokémon!
After you’ve collected some Watts by going on a Stroll with your Pokémon, spend some of them to use the Poké Radar to catch wild Pokémon! If you see tall grass rustling after you use the Poké Radar, you know you’ve found a Pokémon. You have three options in the battle. You can attack, evade, or catch the wild Pokémon. By attacking, you can wear down the wild Pokémon to make it easier to catch. If you choose to evade when the wild Pokémon attacks, you’ll perform a counterattack! And when you think the timing is right, throw a Poké Ball to catch the Wild Pokémon. You can keep up to three caught Pokémon in your Pokéwalker at a time. If you catch a fourth Pokémon, you must choose one of them to set free. Find Items!
Use the Pokéwalker’s Dowsing Machine to help find items. Like the Poké Radar, you use the Watts you earned while walking to use the Dowsing Machine. Some of the items you can find are quite uncommon! When you use the Dowsing Machine, you’ll see six patches of tall grass, and one of them has a hidden item in it. You have only two chances to discover the item! Some of the items you can get are really hard to find and very valuable, so keep hunting! Time to Transfer!
Once you’ve found Pokémon and items using your Pokéwalker, you can send them back to your Pokémon game. You can only keep up to three Pokémon and three items in your Pokéwalker at a time, so be sure to send them to your game when your inventory fills up! Remember, if you catch a fourth Pokémon in your Pokéwalker, you’ll have to swap out one of the three Pokémon you’ve already caught. The Pokéwalker Journal
After your Pokémon has spent some time in your Pokéwalker, you can get a recap in the Pokéwalker Journal. The journal tells of all the places the Pokémon has been and the things it has found while traveling inside your Pokéwalker! For example, if you catch a particular Pokémon while out on a Stroll, your Pokéwalker Journal will make note of it. It will also keep track of how your Pokémon has behaved while inside your Pokéwalker! Pokéwalkers Communicate with Each Other!
The Pokéwalkers don’t communicate only with Game Cards—they can also communicate with each other! When you connect Pokéwalkers with a friend, you’ll both receive an item as a gift! You can connect two Pokéwalkers via infrared signal by pointing them at each other. When you do so, both players will receive an item! You can receive up to ten items by connecting to your friends, but you can get only one gift per person, per day. | 
Pretty sure everyone interested in the game knows the storyline and basic game mechanics. This game is a must have for DSi users who traded in, gave away, or sold their DS Lite.
HG/SS takes place in the Johto region, so those familiar with the Gameboy Color series will see a lot of resemblance to Crystal+Gold/Silver versions.
This does have PalPark, so migrating Pokemon is still possible from LeafGreen/FireRed. HG/SS will have the Legendary (Kyogre,HG – Groudon,SS)Pokemon as well as some of the regular pokemon from the cart games, including Hoenn & Kanto regions. Since the DSi doesn’t have a slot for the old carts, this game creates a way to get some of those 1st-3rd gen pokemon (like MewTwo) without a cart.
Why does HeartGold Trump Silver?
HG has 1 extra fighting-type pokemon Mankey/Primeape. It also has our favorite ghost/dark-type/annoying Sabeleye, and psychic/ground-types Baltoy & Claydol.
SS has a poison types (Gulpin/Swalot), and 1 ice/flying Delibird, 1 steel/flying (the awesome Skarmory). But that’s about it.
The pedometer is pretty kool, reeeeally not a selling point (very very weak signal, and just makes me more conscious about some small thing I have to hook on to my belt and remember to take off before laundry day.
Cut scenes are a little different, and small touches in scenery and ambiance keep me in game, I was sooo burnt out on the cookie cutter series after Platinum.
Anyways, gotta get back to catching them all!
Rating: 5 / 5
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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
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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
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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
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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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