Topic: The Official Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver Discussion Thread

[STM]

You go by boat to Vermilion, yes, but mostly because the train was closed. The bullet train opens up around the time you get to Saffron and get the Magnet Rail Pass. This is nothing new at all.

Nonetheless, good to see Kanto's in, or at least have it confirmed.

[Solar]

Now to see what becomes of the Hoenn rumors.

[Dr. Wily II]

Cool 3D bullet train.
And yeah, now for the Hoenn rumours...

[Akira]

Intro Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver ( in better quality)

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[Gaia]

Looks like the intro went well.. and the Rockets get a nice revamp also~

[Klavier Gavin]

The largest piece of information revealed is the return of Apricorns and making Poke Balls out of them, though we already knew they would be included due to an Apricorn tree's presence in the demos of the games. As the first and second scans show above, all seven Apricorn Poke Balls from Gold and Silver return. However, a new feature for the remakes will be the inclusion of an Apricorn Case, a new item that you keep in your bag which allows you to grow Apricorns on the go!


Friend Ball - the caught Pokemon has high happiness after being captured; made from Green Apricorn.
Heavy Ball - catch rate is higher the heavier the Pokemon is; Black Apricorn.
Love Ball - 8x better catch rate if the wild Pokemon is the opposite gender of your Pokemon; Pink Apricorn.
Fast Ball - 4x better catch rate if the wild Pokemon flees from battle; White Apricorn.
Level Ball - higher catch rate for lower-leveled Pokemon; made from Red Apricorn.
Moon Ball - 4x better catch rate for Pokemon that evolve from the Moon Stone; Yellow Apricorn.
Lure Ball - 3x better catch rate for Pokemon caught on a fishing rod; Blue Apricorn.


The rest of the scans reveal the return of the National Park's Bug Catching Contest (third scan), where you attempt to capture the best Bug-type Pokemon and the Mystery Egg (fourth scan), which eventually hatched into a Togepi in the original games. The Safari Zone (fifth scan) is new to the Johto region and is located in Cianwood City. A new Johto Battle Frontier is also confirmed, the entrance of which is seen on the right side of the sixth scan along with the Magnet Train. The seventh scan shows Raikou's sprite, while the eighth and ninth scans depict an encounter with a Level 50 Rayquaza. As reported in June, the Rayquaza will appear in either game once Kyogre and Groudon, each of which is version-exclusive, are captured and traded over to one game.

[Night]

>Dialga and palkia double battle

Please tell me they're not wild...

[Klavier Gavin]

>Dialga and palkia double battle

Please tell me they're not wild...

They aren't. It's just showing off the attacks in the scan.

Posted on: August 08, 2009, 07:38:06 PM[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HWay2D3joY[/youtube]

Oh look. Mewtwo.

Where's Hypershell?

[VixyNyan]

Mewtwo! I feel love~

[Gaia]

Looks like Mewtwo's confirmed, good to see that he's not JUST only available in FR/LG. 

[Akira]

Mewtwo! I feel love~

:p I have a Shining Mewtwo

[Night]

They aren't. It's just showing off the attacks in the scan.

That would be awesome though...

[Pyro]

I did have a thought about the Safari Zone, is it more likely that it's where you'll be able to catch third-generation Pokemon there than actually having access to Hoenn?

Something tells me Nintendo/Game Freak would rather save Hoenn for the RSE remake after they release the fifth-generation games. =P

[Dr. Wily II]

Awesome update this is.
And an item to grow your own Apricorns on the go... Just dandy.

Also, hehe, where is Hypershell.

[Klavier Gavin]

Better scans;

The first scan reveals that in regards to the Safari Zone, you can customize its layout and send it to your friends to use, similar to how you can create your own levels in Super Smash Brothers Brawl. From available Pokemon you can change where they will appear; not many details are known about how this will work, however. In the Safari Zone's entrance, you can use a computer called "Custom Area" to switch around and customize the area's appearance.

For the Bug-Catching Contest in National Park, it is confirmed that the competitions will only occur on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday like in the original Gold and Silver games. The contest will use "Konpe" Poke Balls, which is probably short for "Compe(tition)."

The top of the second scan introduces a new use for the Apricorns - they can be mixed into drinks that increase your Pokemon's Pokethlon stats. A new item called the "Apricorn Shaker" pulverizes your Apricorns into the juice. You simply place your Apricorns inside the Apricorn Shaker, walk around a little, and the Apricorns will eventually produce juice for you to feed to your Pokemon. In the scan it shows that Chikorita has gained one star in its Pokethlon speed stat through this method. Additionally, it is revealed that Apricorns can be picked from trees once a day. The scan also reveals the new Ken Sugimori artwork for Poke Ball maker Kurt, who crafts Poke Balls out of Apricorns.

The third scan does not reveal much new information. It states that you can go to Kanto by boat to earn more badges, which of course we already knew. When talking about Johto's new Battle Frontier, it mentions there is a new "Frontier Front," though it does not go into details about what it is.

The scan also discusses the Wi-Fi event in which you can unlock the "Yellow Forest" route on the Pokewalker to capture Pikachu, but it still does not reveal the special move some of the Pikachu will know. However, the artwork in the background clearly shows a Pikachu flying with balloons, so perhaps some of the Pikachu will know Fly.

In regards to the Pokethlon events, three new ones are revealed: Break Block, Change Relay, and Push Circle. Break Block seems to involve karate chopping brick blocks, Change Relay is another race but with only one of your Pokemon, and Push Circle seems to be another ring match in which you knock Pokemon out of a ring.

The final scan is obviously discussing Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza in the two games. The trio will fight you at Level 50 each. Their locations are not revealed in the scans, though it appears they reside in caves. The scan reaffirms that Kyogre can only be caught in HeartGold, while Groudon can only be caught in SoulSilver - bringing both together to one of the two games will allow you to encounter Rayquaza.

As hinted in the box showing a battle for the 2010 World Championship's video game tournament, Pokemon Sunday yesterday confirmed that Legendary Pokemon will be allowed in the tournament: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina can be on your team. One of the hosts on Pokemon Sunday stated that he has always had a Kyogre but was never able to use it, which means he caught it in Sapphire. If so, Pokemon Sunday may be implying that players can use the above legendaries from any of your games at next year's tournament, not just the Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Dialga, etc. caught in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Pokemon Sunday also revealed that the Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina your Arceus creates in the Shinto Ruins will each come with their respective Adamant, Lustrous, and Griseous Orbs.

[Dr. Wily II]

Apricorn juice ehh...
And custom Safari Zone maps... They really are adding a whole lot of new stuff in.

[HyperSonicEXE]

>>Frontier Front

Front front front front front front front....

[Hypershell]

Oh look. Mewtwo.

Where's Hypershell?

*does zee uppercut*

YES!!!

Now give him Rocket Armor so that Special Attack = Special Defense.

Pokemon Sunday also revealed that the Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina your Arceus creates in the Shinto Ruins will each come with their respective Adamant, Lustrous, and Griseous Orbs.

There goes my last lingering reason to get Platinum (I like the original Rotom)

[STM]

Not like those Rotom forms are useful. You can't even wifi with them.

[Kit]

Oh man, I'm excited enough for Rayquaza to be in it.

Not like those Rotom forms are useful. You can't even wifi with them.

Well, then thank God I got Platinum on a rom.
Still sucks though. Diamond and Pearl disappointed me so much.

[Akira]

Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver site *updated*

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/

[Kit]

Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver site *updated*

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/

How does I moonspeak?

[VixyNyan]

Here's the actual update (8/11):
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/news/03.html

Arceus, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and stuff. ^^;

[Kit]

Here's the actual update (8/11):
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/news/03.html

Arceus, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and stuff. ^^;

woooohooo~
I so can't wait for this game.
Although I have to admit I wish they'd do a bit more with the whole breeding thing.

[Klavier Gavin]

English trailer

COMING SPRING 2010!