The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I agree with this. If they kept the games at HGSS and updated the games before and added this dynamic, that would be epic. I’d also think to myself that they should make a big pokemon game, with all the regions and make it like warzone where people can play on pc, and they can choose regional pokemon battles or global pokemon battles. So if you have a sinnoh team you can play with/against teams sinnoh and below (regions that came before). Something like that
My first Pokémon game was Pokémon Yellow, but I eventually had HeartGold. That game was amazing, and I say that as someone who played the original Crystal Version. It was probably one of the best Pokémon games I ever played
I love so many games in the series my first were Black and White, the their sequels, the. I went back and played 4th gen. Never played the original Crystal but I own it lol! Thanks for watching!!!
I remember when leveling my Pokémon I would go to the final area on the mountain where red was and just beat the ever loving crap out of the rapidash in the grass 😂
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I actually really like the level gaps and resulting grinding of this game. It’s the only Pokémon game where a gym leader can actually whoop your ass and that’s how it should be
The first stretch of the Johto region felt absolutely BRUTAL if you never grind, if they tweaked some of the movepools and let us have good STAB a bit earlier, it'd be my favorite part of this game lmao I like a gym leader that can kick my ass
it's because it wasn't that edgy back then, we have no "eternatus", no gods of creation around, no ultranecrozma, no guzlords destroying worlds or other stupid nonsense, we have this fire bird who brought back 3 eevees and that's pretty much it, go explore, have fun, hey, the pokemon follow you, ain't that cute?, look at those ruins, ancient civilizations were a thing, but don't think too much into it, go get some medals, remember kanto? it's back, in pog form, see now why those games are top pokemon?
Always loved the Johto lore and how it took a backseat. Fractured stories of old that have some level of creative interpreting. For example, did Lugia create the storm that resulted in the burned tower? What were the beasts before their demise? It’s somewhat up to player interpretation. The new games tend to beat you over the head with absolutely insane lore like Necrozma eating the sun or constant references to Kyogre and Groudon’s battle that almost destroyed the world. The newer legendaries tend to feel like they aren’t as organically integrated into the region and legends like Dialga and Palkia feel absolutely ridiculous to capture. Ho-oh is known to appear before trainers with a pure heart. I can’t imagine some kid forcibly capturing the god of space.
@@cpmc1164 long story short, basically everything that you want a good pokemon game to have was good in Emerald. The villains, soundtrack, gyms, pokemon, legendaries, post-game, etc. were all good. Wally's journey, your dad being a gym leader, having to fight two villain teams, and contests were all cool things to experience. Very few pokemon games do everything well with little flaws, and Emerald was one of them
@@coleslaw5013 good for you but emerald felt like the most sluggish game to get through at many points for me and just had me want to play the other gens way more
i wish i started with literally any other game, cause once you've played the best no other pokemon game will ever be the same. good video chikorita chads rise up
@@geisterwolf397 i mean yea, my mom got some like a 500 game disc or something for the ds and it had heartgold (and i think platinum then the regular decent nintendo games and just a shit ton of filler) and since its not like im a massive pokemon fan, i dont/didnt really care which gen it was, i coulda started at the most recent gens for all i care as long as its a good game
@kickingbackpunchingcones4099 bad level design (Johto routes are badly designed) Bad xp level curve Basic evil villain team omg The post-game isn’t even a post-game, but a needed part for that game (otherwise, Johto doesn’t feel complete enough, and a post game didn’t supposed to be like that) This game didn’t solve so many things from the original And also, the slow pacing of health drain, just like Diamond and Pearl (I’m glad they made BW more fast paced) Johto is more like a poorly designed overrated DLC, Emerald is far better in every aspect
@kickingbackpunchingcones4099 I didn’t talk about how the Pokémon are far more varied and diverse than Johto, Johto is just Kanto Pokémon and just a few new ones, I know it’s the remake, but there is still low Pokémon variety, especially when batting gym leaders
Gen 2 (and the remakes by extension of course) just felt like a really pure-hearted attempt to give fans of the Gen 1 games more of what they loved. Alot of the flaws people find in it came about because of this. Stuff like the rarity of Gen 2 pokemon. The fact that there were 150(+1) pokemon was marketed heavily with the first release and became iconic. They wanted finding a new species to be a cool, somewhat hidden fun discovery. They also didn't want to completely replace people's old favorites with a whole new pokedex (something they dropped in Gen 3)
Playing through it right now, just got the eight gym badge, I’m terrible with concentration and didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as when I was a kid, but it still holds up. One of the best games ever
To challenge lance I had to get my level 30 gayarados to lvl 50+ for a chance. Only way I gigured was trough wild pokemon, took me like 8 hours I wanted to use a dragonite but to get that unevolved lvl 16 pokemon up to par was just too much for me
I feel that we are kindred spirits. I loved these games back in the day, and the DS era was so phenomenal, from the art style to the music. I feel some very real nostalgic pains knowing that the days when these games were relevant lies nearly 15 years in the past. It hurts me to feel this nostalgia, but videos like these help me re-appreciate those times again. And yes I had a pokewalker!
Hands down the best games in the series. Having the incredible ds graphics at the time with the return to kanto, it was so damn good. It’s something that I want to replay at 24 years old.
Love the shoutout at the beginning to the atmosphere of the Pokemon fandom at the time of these games' release. I remember walking with a friend of mine when she turned to me and said "Did you hear they're doing remakes of Silver and Gold?" I stared at her, my mouth hanging open in shock. "No way. I don't believe you." "Yeah. They're going to be on the DS." We were THRILLED. Everyone at my high school was walking around with Pokewalkers. We were ecstatic over the follow Pokemon, the added features like the Safari Zone, and there was just this atmosphere of Poke-joy that I had not experienced since being a TRULY little kid, and didn't experience again until X and Y. As an adult, I honestly get to connect with my friends more over Pokemon than I did as a kid. But with the quality of the games, the atmosphere just isn't there. I hope GameFreak turns it around and gives us a title like HGSS again.
tbf by that point in the game it expects u to understand its mechanics u can outplay the cpu with a balanced team and complete the daily challenges gold and and silver are true rpgs @@staringcorgi6475
@@staringcorgi6475 It is grindy and it doesn't make it garbage but it does bring down the game. Grinding is bad. Period. It's a clear sign of bad RPG design. If the enemy is so artificially difficult due to how high it's levels are that you're forced to do this repetitive task of KOing low level enemies to progress that's not good. Also no. HGSS as well as GSC aren't the greatest games. Story is unfinished, level progression is terrible, team building options are limited, and most of these issues are barely addressed nor fixed in HGSS. They're not bad games but they're pretty mid.
Pokémon Soulsilver was my very first Pokémon game with Cyndaquil being my very first starter. I probably dumped well over 2000 hours into that thing playing that game constantly as a kid lol This video hit me right in the nostalgia and is making me wanna pick up the game again and train up some new Pokémon to take on the league with 😎😊👍
I never connected more to an ending of a video than "They are the greatest, but they aren't my favorites" with the reveal being you prefer Black and White. This whole video is so true.
Except they are definitely not the greatest. BW2 are objectively the best main series games. Personally, I also prefer BW1, Platinum, and HGSS to BW2, but BW2 are the best crafted games.
My personal favorite is Platinum, but if someone says HGSS is the best I'll just say "yeah, you're probably right." Pt's battle frontier is awesome but HGSS has TWO regions to go through so it evens out.
Just the nostalgia of it is what gets me my favorites in general are Black and White but spent a lot of time in Gen 4 for sure. Thanks for watching though I appreciate it!!!!!!!
I got my ex into handheld Pokemon after her being obsessed with PokemonGo. She played Sun and loved it. Got farther in it than I did. So I got her SS, my favorite one. She played it for 15 minutes before saying the sprites looked ugly...I was never more disappointed in a person.
@AlderaansRanger lolol nah, but I did snatch my ds back from her and told her she's gonna need to buy a switch 😅. We broke up for much more serious reasons haha
Damn bro. I really enjoy your style. I havent yet seen your other videos, but i feel like your content deserves a waaaay way bigger audience. You definitely got the charisma for it.
there is 3types of ytb content: low quality content that most of time get little to no attention,indistrual content that get alot of attention but die fast and finally, very good content that get not enough attention,like yours
I just fixed an old copy of Soul Silver that was just in my house as a kid(no idea how I got it maybe a friend brought it over?) But I wasnt spending $130 a 10+ year old game. I'd purchase all gen 2 games for $100 back in January of 2021 and played through Johto for the first time on the Gameboy Color. But I never played the remake, Apparently the best pokemon experience.So I cleaned it up enough to play it but every now and then I need to clean it again. And I enjoyed playing through it, I love Pokemon following me, the camera man taking pictures of my team and seeing there growth, and therea so much I still need to do. Ive been busy with work so I'm halfway through Kanto. But I'm excited to catch all the legendaries fill out the dex if I ever have a few days off. I also love transferring pokemon from Gen 3 to Gen 4 games and its awesome seeing my Hoenn team in a new region, and yes I got them all the way to Home.
HGSS IMO are the best remakes period because they improved on the core game, but didn't lose its spirit. Unfortunately, I think thats something we're unlikely to see again, because I don't see this is something a 2d or 2.5d game translates into 3d.
the only downside of these games is that you need to grind alot in jotoh if you dont want to use legendaries ( if you play normally without skipping any trainer you get to the league with pokemon between lvl 35 and 45
There’s a lot of stuff you could do about the leveling, and honestly you don’t need anything other than a lvl 60 typhlosion to clean sweep the e4 first round. I really enjoyed the leveling in hgss more than in other games, since you actually had to level past level 60 to do cooler stuff (red’s pkmn were in the 80’s). The worst leveling by far was in the original black and white games. I somehow got stuck on Cheren on vic road with incredibly underleveled pokemon. Problem is that I was actively trying to level. There’s just too many features that ended up making things slower, like rotation battles and no incentive to grind levels until e4.
"Lot of stuff you can do about the leveling". Ok, give suggestions to how you can have a team of 6 pokemon, without havign to grind for hours between each gym. "All you need is a lvl 60 typhlosion" Overleveling is cringe as fuck. I'm not challenging the elite 4 with anything above level 50, that's for sure. And how do you struggle with getting from level 42 to level 45 for the Cheren battle? You should already be at that level, and unless you suck at the game, beating him with level 40 pokemon shouldn't be that difficult to begin with
As a man who likes to snort evs like booger sugar, the grind is fine by me, and i regularly comeback as heart gold still holds my goodies from the action replay days.
This is a 1mill subs quality video! Really enjoyed it :D I'm an old school casual who havent played anything past platinum, so I'm looking forward to trying out heart gold very soon :D
Last Pokémon game I played was gold in 2000. Here I am 2023 later looking for best Pokémon game that’s not too old like gold and the OG colors. I’m going to start this one, a lot of articles said heartgold and sold sliver is the best game and it’s right in the middle of not too new but not too old. What do you guys think?
I agree, it was always weird to me how they removed walking with your pokemon, and I wouldnt be as upset with having endgame dlc, if there was a f2p end game as well, nintendo thinking theyre slick shipping 50% of their games does my head in, they're like 10 years behind the rest of the gaming industry, give it 10 years, we'll go through the live serivce pokemon game era and end up in the era where the games might actually be good again, but they end up blowing up your nintendo swap
7:15 I get it it’s bad but If you use tanky Pokémon you can beat red with Pokémon in the low 60s high 50s I did it it was really hard. I legit game planned that whole fight
Finally someone says what I have been thinking all the time. After the 4th generation, GameFreak has released only a few Pokemons with good design. The last game in the series that I consider successful is the X & Y series. But GameFreak really created perfection with the remake of HG & SS. To personally complete and honor this era, I tried to get a 5-star trainer pass on SS. I managed 4, but failed so many times with the 5th star that I let it go. Note: For the 5th star you have to win 100 duels in a row in the Duel Tower. My record was just under 60.
Amazing games. I didn’t even mind the leveling curve because it felt as unforgiving as I’d expect this world to be rather than tailored to the player. My one complaint that goes for all Gen 4 games is speed. Waiting for the health bars to drop _every single turn_ is pain, and I’m thrilled that this was fixed in Black and White.
finally someone who gets it. HGSS was my first game; introduction into the mainline games. started playing in 2012 (I'm 20 now for reference lol) HGSS is so great compared to that previous ones before it. not only are there DPPt flairs since its also gen 4, I like how they kept all the spects about the original in it but with the gen 4 kick, better graphics and more pokemon. the battle frontier is probably the best along with the gym/elite 4/champion rematches but Red as well. everything about it is amazing and so well done and there's tons to do and stuff to wait for. they had a ton of gift and event pokemon but I wasn't playing then to experience them, but I've seen clips. I've studied this game and know everything about it, it means so much to me and I love seeing others love it just as much as I do. great video
I missed this game so bad that i literally discovered it like a week ago 💀 Im being honest a week ago Knowing about Pokemons and shi I wishh i discovered it sooner lol
Played red and blue, and then yellow when it came out. Was 9 or 10. Then I played gold n silver and that’s about where I fell off the train. Really itching to play the remakes! Where can I do that?
My only complaint is I can't grind all my pokemon one by one as an adult. I need exp share for all my team. I dont have much time to play like in the past. the new entries spoiled me.
i wish i could agree. ive always liked HGSS as well as the gen 5 games. but gen 4, including HGSS is so slow, your best tms aren't available until late in the game or after a lot of grinding coins, ou can't just buy coins like in platinum either. HGSS are amazing games that i replay every few years if only to have my pokemon following me again or to play the pokeathalon. but BW/BW2 takes everything Gen 4 brought us and expanded on it; the game is faster, we don't have to wait until the very end of the game just for thunderbolt cause its actually part of the moveset for your electric types, its still a huge world to explore with a strong story... plus it has a sequel that gives you some additional features if you pair your games together. the level gaps are weird in HGSS that aren't present in platinum and its a lot harder to grind. ive never lost to a gym leader or elite four in these regions aside from once recently but while it feels like the game is harder due to the level curves... it's really just tedious. not everyone enjoys grinding for hours. gen 5 improved what gen 4 gave us and made the games faster. i don't want to wait 100 days or more just for pokemon in the safari zone. i don't want to wait until kanto just to use new pokemon (granted the safari zone in the remake somewhat fixed that issue) where black and white and especially black and white 2 had pokemon everywhere; BW2 did it right by giving us a ton of encounters old and new in the same route without waiting until post game for the new pokemon. imo gen 5 is peak pokemon, especially playing BW2 but i have friends who like the tedious, grindy fourth gen. there is still something to love, but i would pick gen 5 over it any way, until it came to the pokeathalon-- i love those mini games! i have a lot of love for HGSS and its a journey that gets me every time. but gen 5 is a much more tolerable experience and grinding is still rewarding in the end. both games are great, i just personally prefer the faster, less tedious gen 5 overall. but i can't stop returning to HGSS or carrying my pokewalker around... cause despite all of my gripes, these games are just addicting to play and i have a memorable experience every time i play. the atmosphere and the environment is hard not to come back to NGL if HGSS were made in gen 5's era... they'd be perfect games.
Pretty good and concise analysis of these games. I was actually replaying these games on my phone with an emulator not too long ago. Emphasis on was. Why? Well....I lost my phone while traveling. I really wish I could get it back, simply because I was so close to beating the postgame and only had a few more battles and objectices to complete, including beating Red. But I did have fun still. I was never a fan of Johto as a kid, never grew up with it, my first venture into the series was through Gen 3, more specifically FRLG and Emerald. The first time I played Johto was in HGSS a good few years ago, and while I did like it and did beat Lance, I didn't bother with the postgame. But I also played Gold and later Crystal, and I actually ended up beating Red in Crystal as I enjoyed it, surprisingly enough. I gave HGSS another shot, thinking I'd enjoy it too. And I did. I do agree with the flaws you presented however. And that's why I don't think these games are Peak Pokemon, they're still great, most certainly A Tier for me, but still. I think that title belongs to BW2, but my personal favorite is still Emerald beause of nostalgia. You probably won't read this, but if you do, I'd be happy as I went on quite a tangent lmao. But anyways, great review, as I said previously.
6:35 this is actually something I prefer from the originals. There was a greater level of mystique to the legendaries early on and it fit their nature as these elusive creatures you question even existed. You wanted to know about them? You seek them out like Eusine seeks out Suicune.
I never noticed a levelling gap, and I played through both hg and ss back to back when they came out (yes I had two poke walkers and loved the shit outta them) Probably cause I really loved rebattling trainers, and I only have a team of 6 at max, which isn't what everyone does I've learnt now.
The slow leveling is what saved it for me. I enjoy GSC over the remakes. Crystal shiny sprites are insanely good and i cant stop chasing those little dopamine hits.
It’s hard to make leveling fair because there’s two regions and 8 gym leaders in Johto then you gotta go to Kanto and beat those gym leaders too. So they try to make you not so over leveled.
no since b2w2 exist, and usum, and oras actually thats great, oh and ofc legends arceus most who think hgss is the peak probably just grew up with the game, it happens for all of them i mean, are there really going to be gen two-ers now?
I have not played these games in YEARS and I think it is time to go buy a new ds and play them right MEOW!! These games are amazing and I have so many good memories with my buddies playing these games.
My first experience with Pokemon is with Silver, although I never beat the game, only getting to the 7th gym, one day I would like to beat that game (and every mainline game, including their enhancements and remakes and dlc)
I grew up with Pokémon Silver with my Game boy color, and it came with a bundle with the strategy guide. Wore out said Game boy. Then when I heard that they came out with a remake, I jumped right on it. I was not disappointed. In fact I have a dual screen phone now, and I can run the DS emulator on it and guess what I have on it? Soul Silver.
I do t diasagree with your problem but I have to say I enjoyed the levelling grind found it fun and made the game difficult I use to enjoy rematching the elite 4
I remember when I beat soulsilvers champion the first time and I put the game down for awhile then I decided that I’d give it another go and discovered the ja to region. I was ecstatic
As someone playing soulsilver as we speak, this video is 1000% accurate. The grind is TERRIBLE. Granted I'm trying to relatively level a select team of like 10 different types (in case I ever meet someone irl who wants to battle ever again lul), but I'm even focusing on the core team for the 2nd elite four run is just rough.
The first ever game i ever bought from my own money was Heart Gold. It set my Gaming Standards in so many ways and i'm currently really depressed, that i dont have it anymore.
I keep saying it on the internet but the only thing that would make HeartGold SoulSilver better is including the Sevii Islands. They should have been where the the two eevee evo-rocks were found and the rocket warehouse/hideout is where pokemon that needed mount coronet energy could evolve.
Ds era of pokemon is just peak in general
The GBC, GBA and DS era's were peek Pokemon imo.
Not just pokemon. DS/Wii era was peak Nintendo.
And 3ds
3ds and GBA, after that it truly died
FACTS
One thing not mentioned here is that 4th gen basically perfected battle mechanics. The physical/special split really does a lot for the game.
That change alone is one of my favorites along with building a team for competitive
The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@@DHunter_47can I bring my ds in everlasting life.
I agree with this. If they kept the games at HGSS and updated the games before and added this dynamic, that would be epic. I’d also think to myself that they should make a big pokemon game, with all the regions and make it like warzone where people can play on pc, and they can choose regional pokemon battles or global pokemon battles. So if you have a sinnoh team you can play with/against teams sinnoh and below (regions that came before). Something like that
I literally thought you were making a Arceus reference @DHunter_47
My first Pokémon game was Pokémon Yellow, but I eventually had HeartGold. That game was amazing, and I say that as someone who played the original Crystal Version. It was probably one of the best Pokémon games I ever played
I love so many games in the series my first were Black and White, the their sequels, the. I went back and played 4th gen. Never played the original Crystal but I own it lol! Thanks for watching!!!
Yellow was my first game as well. Will always be my favorite nostalgia trip
me too!
The fact that ampharos wasn't is crystal is a huge strike against it for me. Other than that it was great
Well yeah makes sense you’d end up owning HG
I remember when leveling my Pokémon I would go to the final area on the mountain where red was and just beat the ever loving crap out of the rapidash in the grass 😂
The only good way to grind for red is to grind on a sinnoh game
That's exactly how I got my first level 100, Casper the Gengar, then i got my Infernape to level 100 right after
The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Black and White 2 was the peak of pokemon games, everything is perfect and every run is fun as the first. Said from a guy who loves heartgold so much.
I actually really like the level gaps and resulting grinding of this game. It’s the only Pokémon game where a gym leader can actually whoop your ass and that’s how it should be
I always found Pokémon platinum gym leaders challenging
@@maxketchum4523They are. You actually have to plan and think around Plats leaders somewhat.
Bruh, if you having to struggle in the game where most of the mons don't even have their STAB, I think you're just having a skill issue
The first stretch of the Johto region felt absolutely BRUTAL if you never grind, if they tweaked some of the movepools and let us have good STAB a bit earlier, it'd be my favorite part of this game lmao
I like a gym leader that can kick my ass
Black 2 was quite challenging tbf
it's because it wasn't that edgy back then, we have no "eternatus", no gods of creation around, no ultranecrozma, no guzlords destroying worlds or other stupid nonsense, we have this fire bird who brought back 3 eevees and that's pretty much it, go explore, have fun, hey, the pokemon follow you, ain't that cute?, look at those ruins, ancient civilizations were a thing, but don't think too much into it, go get some medals, remember kanto? it's back, in pog form, see now why those games are top pokemon?
Always loved the Johto lore and how it took a backseat. Fractured stories of old that have some level of creative interpreting. For example, did Lugia create the storm that resulted in the burned tower? What were the beasts before their demise? It’s somewhat up to player interpretation.
The new games tend to beat you over the head with absolutely insane lore like Necrozma eating the sun or constant references to Kyogre and Groudon’s battle that almost destroyed the world. The newer legendaries tend to feel like they aren’t as organically integrated into the region and legends like Dialga and Palkia feel absolutely ridiculous to capture.
Ho-oh is known to appear before trainers with a pure heart. I can’t imagine some kid forcibly capturing the god of space.
I really enjoy the theory that the legendary doggos were originally a Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon.
They're not "nonsense".
Arceus is in HGSS though...
@@SpecSwamp literally was gonna say that 😂
Platinum, Emerald, HGSS, and the BW/BW2 games are peak pokemon
HGSS are the best, BW2 is second best, Emerald and Platinum are A imo.
@@lugiasimply6054 personally, I think BW/BW2, Platinum, and Emerald are a little better than HG/SS. But they're all peak pokemon so I can't blame you
@@coleslaw5013what do you like about emerald so much?
@@cpmc1164 long story short, basically everything that you want a good pokemon game to have was good in Emerald. The villains, soundtrack, gyms, pokemon, legendaries, post-game, etc. were all good. Wally's journey, your dad being a gym leader, having to fight two villain teams, and contests were all cool things to experience. Very few pokemon games do everything well with little flaws, and Emerald was one of them
@@coleslaw5013 good for you but emerald felt like the most sluggish game to get through at many points for me and just had me want to play the other gens way more
i wish i started with literally any other game, cause once you've played the best no other pokemon game will ever be the same. good video
chikorita chads rise up
i do not appreciate the misuse of "soundfont" though
You started with Gen 5?
@@geisterwolf397 hgss SHITS on gen 5, cope
@@geisterwolf397 i mean yea, my mom got some like a 500 game disc or something for the ds and it had heartgold (and i think platinum then the regular decent nintendo games and just a shit ton of filler) and since its not like im a massive pokemon fan, i dont/didnt really care which gen it was, i coulda started at the most recent gens for all i care as long as its a good game
I mean Black 2 and White 2 are for more polished and better balanced and paced games (HGSS was my 2nd Pokémon ever it ain’t that great) but go on
having started the pokémon series with soul silver it made the best childhood ever. im still mad i lost my pokewalker as a child too…
I lost mind too :(
First i was like nice a fellow silver kid and then i realized im a boomer now when it was soulsilver
I lost mine too where mine Raquaza was in it🥲
I think.i still have mine somewhere in a box in the basement
that platinum-BW2 era of pokemon was absolutely perfect. idk if there will ever be a pokemon era that can even rival this
Ruby, Saphire and Emerald:
@@tomatelord8126Ruby and Sapphire were really nothing special at all, Emerald is a great game tho
I'm glad to have been a kid during the time of these games primes to enjoy it ds was amazing
@kickingbackpunchingcones4099 bad level design (Johto routes are badly designed)
Bad xp level curve
Basic evil villain team omg
The post-game isn’t even a post-game, but a needed part for that game (otherwise, Johto doesn’t feel complete enough, and a post game didn’t supposed to be like that)
This game didn’t solve so many things from the original
And also, the slow pacing of health drain, just like Diamond and Pearl (I’m glad they made BW more fast paced)
Johto is more like a poorly designed overrated DLC, Emerald is far better in every aspect
@kickingbackpunchingcones4099 I didn’t talk about how the Pokémon are far more varied and diverse than Johto, Johto is just Kanto Pokémon and just a few new ones, I know it’s the remake, but there is still low Pokémon variety, especially when batting gym leaders
Gen 2 (and the remakes by extension of course) just felt like a really pure-hearted attempt to give fans of the Gen 1 games more of what they loved.
Alot of the flaws people find in it came about because of this. Stuff like the rarity of Gen 2 pokemon.
The fact that there were 150(+1) pokemon was marketed heavily with the first release and became iconic. They wanted finding a new species to be a cool, somewhat hidden fun discovery. They also didn't want to completely replace people's old favorites with a whole new pokedex (something they dropped in Gen 3)
But trying to find a new species or at least a variety of pokemkn in gen 2 isn't fun (apart from crystal)...
Playing through it right now, just got the eight gym badge, I’m terrible with concentration and didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as when I was a kid, but it still holds up. One of the best games ever
To challenge lance I had to get my level 30 gayarados to lvl 50+ for a chance.
Only way I gigured was trough wild pokemon, took me like 8 hours
I wanted to use a dragonite but to get that unevolved lvl 16 pokemon up to par was just too much for me
I find they definitely have the most replayability for me
You’ve got good energy in this video mate
Thanks for watching man!
I feel that we are kindred spirits. I loved these games back in the day, and the DS era was so phenomenal, from the art style to the music. I feel some very real nostalgic pains knowing that the days when these games were relevant lies nearly 15 years in the past. It hurts me to feel this nostalgia, but videos like these help me re-appreciate those times again. And yes I had a pokewalker!
Pokewalker FTW!
Hands down the best games in the series. Having the incredible ds graphics at the time with the return to kanto, it was so damn good. It’s something that I want to replay at 24 years old.
im 24 and im replaying it now lol
@@zlonex6 Same, people from our generation revisiting their childhoods seems to be a thing atm.
@@zlonex6 23 and playing it as well!
I'm 24 and about to play it
Just got soul silver on ds. I’m 24 too
Any pokemon game where you could walk alongside your pokemon is goat
Except bdsp
Love the shoutout at the beginning to the atmosphere of the Pokemon fandom at the time of these games' release. I remember walking with a friend of mine when she turned to me and said "Did you hear they're doing remakes of Silver and Gold?" I stared at her, my mouth hanging open in shock.
"No way. I don't believe you."
"Yeah. They're going to be on the DS."
We were THRILLED. Everyone at my high school was walking around with Pokewalkers. We were ecstatic over the follow Pokemon, the added features like the Safari Zone, and there was just this atmosphere of Poke-joy that I had not experienced since being a TRULY little kid, and didn't experience again until X and Y. As an adult, I honestly get to connect with my friends more over Pokemon than I did as a kid. But with the quality of the games, the atmosphere just isn't there. I hope GameFreak turns it around and gives us a title like HGSS again.
‘still remember first playing gold version on the kiosk at a Toys R Us in 2000. such a good memory.
This would be a 10/10 if it didn’t take 10 years to grind but it felt like it was worth it
Turning battle animations off helps alot with making grinding much easier. I always do that if I am trying to grind in Pokemon games.
@@TheGlobeIsADeception it’s still grindy regardless but that doesn’t mean it it’s garbage infact it’s one of the greatest pokemon games ever 9/10
tbf by that point in the game it expects u to understand its mechanics u can outplay the cpu with a balanced team and complete the daily challenges gold and and silver are true rpgs @@staringcorgi6475
@@staringcorgi6475 It is grindy and it doesn't make it garbage but it does bring down the game.
Grinding is bad. Period. It's a clear sign of bad RPG design. If the enemy is so artificially difficult due to how high it's levels are that you're forced to do this repetitive task of KOing low level enemies to progress that's not good.
Also no. HGSS as well as GSC aren't the greatest games. Story is unfinished, level progression is terrible, team building options are limited, and most of these issues are barely addressed nor fixed in HGSS. They're not bad games but they're pretty mid.
@@Sacred_Sword it’s expected for rpgs to be grindy with that logic it’s bad for a mario party game to not be 100% skill based
Emerald, Soul Silver and Platinum the Greatest Pokemon Games for me
what about Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
@@247_______ best 3ds
Damn, that was very enjoyable to watch, the editing is very good and all the puns are, well... funny
very high quality for a smaller channel!
Pokémon Soulsilver was my very first Pokémon game with Cyndaquil being my very first starter. I probably dumped well over 2000 hours into that thing playing that game constantly as a kid lol This video hit me right in the nostalgia and is making me wanna pick up the game again and train up some new Pokémon to take on the league with 😎😊👍
Do it.
I cannot tell you how many hours i spent in the Pokeathlon when i was younger
I never connected more to an ending of a video than "They are the greatest, but they aren't my favorites" with the reveal being you prefer Black and White. This whole video is so true.
Except they are definitely not the greatest. BW2 are objectively the best main series games. Personally, I also prefer BW1, Platinum, and HGSS to BW2, but BW2 are the best crafted games.
My personal favorite is Platinum, but if someone says HGSS is the best I'll just say "yeah, you're probably right." Pt's battle frontier is awesome but HGSS has TWO regions to go through so it evens out.
Just the nostalgia of it is what gets me my favorites in general are Black and White but spent a lot of time in Gen 4 for sure. Thanks for watching though I appreciate it!!!!!!!
Hgss has the same battle frontier
The problem with having 2 regions is that Kanto is completely neutered, and Johto is not a very well designed region to begin with.
9:33 although I agree, I do like the original cave theme much more than the remake. Awesome video man. This deserves way more views IMO.
I got my ex into handheld Pokemon after her being obsessed with PokemonGo. She played Sun and loved it. Got farther in it than I did. So I got her SS, my favorite one. She played it for 15 minutes before saying the sprites looked ugly...I was never more disappointed in a person.
Did you dump her for hating one of the best Pokémon games ever? 😂
@AlderaansRanger lolol nah, but I did snatch my ds back from her and told her she's gonna need to buy a switch 😅. We broke up for much more serious reasons haha
Damn bro. I really enjoy your style. I havent yet seen your other videos, but i feel like your content deserves a waaaay way bigger audience. You definitely got the charisma for it.
Well, I completed them not too long ago now. Ferls good to see this video again.
He did chikorita dirty at 3:08 and im lovin' it
The only problems is the level problem by the time I was at the elite 4 my team was mid to low 40 or high 30s
I hope your channel grows fast man, you are clearly a talented video maker! I love your content, keep it up.
Thanks for watching man!!!
Dude! I didn’t even notice his subs u til I saw this comment, subbed instantly but jeez you are severely underrated
It didn't so far :(
Last generation I truly enjoyed even as a young adult . Nostalgic and still innovative. Nowadays it’s dumbed down and pay to win .
How tf is it pay to win? I get dumbed down (the only gen that REALLY suffers from that is gen 7 though.)
@@joaks1969I think he means the DLCs
there is 3types of ytb content: low quality content that most of time get little to no attention,indistrual content that get alot of attention but die fast and finally, very good content that get not enough attention,like yours
This is such a good video, why is this not more popular?
The only thing missing from gen 2, is secret bases
Your production quality and charisma where on point. Loved the vid 👍🏻
13:27 I’m subbing bc brooo same here . Heart gold is one of the best games Pokemon has ever made , but Pokémon w/b will always be my favorite .
pokemmo is the #1 way to play pokemon in 2024.
I just fixed an old copy of Soul Silver that was just in my house as a kid(no idea how I got it maybe a friend brought it over?) But I wasnt spending $130 a 10+ year old game. I'd purchase all gen 2 games for $100 back in January of 2021 and played through Johto for the first time on the Gameboy Color. But I never played the remake, Apparently the best pokemon experience.So I cleaned it up enough to play it but every now and then I need to clean it again. And I enjoyed playing through it, I love Pokemon following me, the camera man taking pictures of my team and seeing there growth, and therea so much I still need to do. Ive been busy with work so I'm halfway through Kanto. But I'm excited to catch all the legendaries fill out the dex if I ever have a few days off. I also love transferring pokemon from Gen 3 to Gen 4 games and its awesome seeing my Hoenn team in a new region, and yes I got them all the way to Home.
I played Gold and Silver back in the day on my Gameboy. Never had a DS and when emulation finally came to the iPhone. I am blown away.
HGSS IMO are the best remakes period because they improved on the core game, but didn't lose its spirit. Unfortunately, I think thats something we're unlikely to see again, because I don't see this is something a 2d or 2.5d game translates into 3d.
the only downside of these games is that you need to grind alot in jotoh if you dont want to use legendaries ( if you play normally without skipping any trainer you get to the league with pokemon between lvl 35 and 45
😭😭i have
Level 48 lugia and level 53 typlosion that's all i have
There’s a lot of stuff you could do about the leveling, and honestly you don’t need anything other than a lvl 60 typhlosion to clean sweep the e4 first round. I really enjoyed the leveling in hgss more than in other games, since you actually had to level past level 60 to do cooler stuff (red’s pkmn were in the 80’s).
The worst leveling by far was in the original black and white games. I somehow got stuck on Cheren on vic road with incredibly underleveled pokemon. Problem is that I was actively trying to level. There’s just too many features that ended up making things slower, like rotation battles and no incentive to grind levels until e4.
You got a free lucky egg. That shouldve helped. In Every playthrough ive had on BW, i always ended up right about as strong as the E4
"Lot of stuff you can do about the leveling". Ok, give suggestions to how you can have a team of 6 pokemon, without havign to grind for hours between each gym.
"All you need is a lvl 60 typhlosion" Overleveling is cringe as fuck. I'm not challenging the elite 4 with anything above level 50, that's for sure.
And how do you struggle with getting from level 42 to level 45 for the Cheren battle? You should already be at that level, and unless you suck at the game, beating him with level 40 pokemon shouldn't be that difficult to begin with
As a man who likes to snort evs like booger sugar, the grind is fine by me, and i regularly comeback as heart gold still holds my goodies from the action replay days.
It’s as if this man and I had the same childhood
Amen, 2004
This is a 1mill subs quality video! Really enjoyed it :D I'm an old school casual who havent played anything past platinum, so I'm looking forward to trying out heart gold very soon :D
Pepperidge farm remembers Pokepark
Also, great video! Super underrated.
Last Pokémon game I played was gold in 2000. Here I am 2023 later looking for best Pokémon game that’s not too old like gold and the OG colors. I’m going to start this one, a lot of articles said heartgold and sold sliver is the best game and it’s right in the middle of not too new but not too old. What do you guys think?
FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, all PEAK Pokemon. It'll never get better.
I agree, it was always weird to me how they removed walking with your pokemon, and I wouldnt be as upset with having endgame dlc, if there was a f2p end game as well, nintendo thinking theyre slick shipping 50% of their games does my head in, they're like 10 years behind the rest of the gaming industry, give it 10 years, we'll go through the live serivce pokemon game era and end up in the era where the games might actually be good again, but they end up blowing up your nintendo swap
Everything with Nintendo and industry rn you are 100% correct about. It’s honestly infuriating haha.
7:15 I get it it’s bad but If you use tanky Pokémon you can beat red with Pokémon in the low 60s high 50s I did it it was really hard. I legit game planned that whole fight
@Learner FAX
Finally someone says what I have been thinking all the time. After the 4th generation, GameFreak has released only a few Pokemons with good design. The last game in the series that I consider successful is the X & Y series. But GameFreak really created perfection with the remake of HG & SS. To personally complete and honor this era, I tried to get a 5-star trainer pass on SS. I managed 4, but failed so many times with the 5th star that I let it go.
Note: For the 5th star you have to win 100 duels in a row in the Duel Tower. My record was just under 60.
I feel like this was the start of the peak with black and white holding the standard both games
Amazing games. I didn’t even mind the leveling curve because it felt as unforgiving as I’d expect this world to be rather than tailored to the player. My one complaint that goes for all Gen 4 games is speed. Waiting for the health bars to drop _every single turn_ is pain, and I’m thrilled that this was fixed in Black and White.
finally someone who gets it. HGSS was my first game; introduction into the mainline games. started playing in 2012 (I'm 20 now for reference lol)
HGSS is so great compared to that previous ones before it. not only are there DPPt flairs since its also gen 4, I like how they kept all the spects about the original in it but with the gen 4 kick, better graphics and more pokemon. the battle frontier is probably the best along with the gym/elite 4/champion rematches but Red as well.
everything about it is amazing and so well done and there's tons to do and stuff to wait for. they had a ton of gift and event pokemon but I wasn't playing then to experience them, but I've seen clips.
I've studied this game and know everything about it, it means so much to me and I love seeing others love it just as much as I do. great video
I missed this game so bad that i literally discovered it like a week ago 💀
Im being honest a week ago
Knowing about Pokemons and shi
I wishh i discovered it sooner lol
I hit Bronzong 10 years ago and it’s HP bar is still falling.
I'm glad to see someone loves old pokemon games even tho I got ORAS ultra Moon and ultra Sun
Thank you for this video sir this video is cool 😊
So underrated for sure on this videos and the gen 2 remakes
Played red and blue, and then yellow when it came out. Was 9 or 10. Then I played gold n silver and that’s about where I fell off the train. Really itching to play the remakes! Where can I do that?
My only complaint is I can't grind all my pokemon one by one as an adult. I need exp share for all my team. I dont have much time to play like in the past. the new entries spoiled me.
i wish i could agree. ive always liked HGSS as well as the gen 5 games. but gen 4, including HGSS is so slow, your best tms aren't available until late in the game or after a lot of grinding coins, ou can't just buy coins like in platinum either. HGSS are amazing games that i replay every few years if only to have my pokemon following me again or to play the pokeathalon. but BW/BW2 takes everything Gen 4 brought us and expanded on it; the game is faster, we don't have to wait until the very end of the game just for thunderbolt cause its actually part of the moveset for your electric types, its still a huge world to explore with a strong story... plus it has a sequel that gives you some additional features if you pair your games together. the level gaps are weird in HGSS that aren't present in platinum and its a lot harder to grind. ive never lost to a gym leader or elite four in these regions aside from once recently but while it feels like the game is harder due to the level curves... it's really just tedious. not everyone enjoys grinding for hours. gen 5 improved what gen 4 gave us and made the games faster.
i don't want to wait 100 days or more just for pokemon in the safari zone. i don't want to wait until kanto just to use new pokemon (granted the safari zone in the remake somewhat fixed that issue) where black and white and especially black and white 2 had pokemon everywhere; BW2 did it right by giving us a ton of encounters old and new in the same route without waiting until post game for the new pokemon.
imo gen 5 is peak pokemon, especially playing BW2 but i have friends who like the tedious, grindy fourth gen. there is still something to love, but i would pick gen 5 over it any way, until it came to the pokeathalon-- i love those mini games! i have a lot of love for HGSS and its a journey that gets me every time. but gen 5 is a much more tolerable experience and grinding is still rewarding in the end. both games are great, i just personally prefer the faster, less tedious gen 5 overall. but i can't stop returning to HGSS or carrying my pokewalker around... cause despite all of my gripes, these games are just addicting to play and i have a memorable experience every time i play. the atmosphere and the environment is hard not to come back to
NGL if HGSS were made in gen 5's era... they'd be perfect games.
They are the greatest. Im over 100 hours in on Heart Gold and have a shiny Donphan I caught while grinding for the elite four.
I just had an r4 card lying around for my nintendo dsi and it had pokemon soulsilver. The game is stuck on spanish. How can i fix that?
You got the wrong rom get the ntsc us one
Pretty good and concise analysis of these games. I was actually replaying these games on my phone with an emulator not too long ago. Emphasis on was. Why? Well....I lost my phone while traveling. I really wish I could get it back, simply because I was so close to beating the postgame and only had a few more battles and objectices to complete, including beating Red. But I did have fun still. I was never a fan of Johto as a kid, never grew up with it, my first venture into the series was through Gen 3, more specifically FRLG and Emerald. The first time I played Johto was in HGSS a good few years ago, and while I did like it and did beat Lance, I didn't bother with the postgame. But I also played Gold and later Crystal, and I actually ended up beating Red in Crystal as I enjoyed it, surprisingly enough. I gave HGSS another shot, thinking I'd enjoy it too. And I did. I do agree with the flaws you presented however. And that's why I don't think these games are Peak Pokemon, they're still great, most certainly A Tier for me, but still. I think that title belongs to BW2, but my personal favorite is still Emerald beause of nostalgia. You probably won't read this, but if you do, I'd be happy as I went on quite a tangent lmao. But anyways, great review, as I said previously.
nice work!
What aspects would you like to see improved in the remake?
This made me smile, thanks
Thanks for watching!!! It’s really appreciated :)
6:35 this is actually something I prefer from the originals. There was a greater level of mystique to the legendaries early on and it fit their nature as these elusive creatures you question even existed. You wanted to know about them? You seek them out like Eusine seeks out Suicune.
Amazing review brother, I agree & still think B&W were better technically (those sprites man!!).
Subbed, hope to see your channel grow! 😎🍾🍻
I never noticed a levelling gap, and I played through both hg and ss back to back when they came out (yes I had two poke walkers and loved the shit outta them)
Probably cause I really loved rebattling trainers, and I only have a team of 6 at max, which isn't what everyone does I've learnt now.
I loved sapphire, ruby and Emerald on the gameboy advanced. Great times. I was probably 11 years old
The slow leveling is what saved it for me. I enjoy GSC over the remakes. Crystal shiny sprites are insanely good and i cant stop chasing those little dopamine hits.
It’s hard to make leveling fair because there’s two regions and 8 gym leaders in Johto then you gotta go to Kanto and beat those gym leaders too. So they try to make you not so over leveled.
You sir have earned yourself a subscriber with this amazing and delightful video so thank you for the entertainment
no since b2w2 exist, and usum, and oras actually thats great, oh and ofc legends arceus
most who think hgss is the peak probably just grew up with the game, it happens for all of them
i mean, are there really going to be gen two-ers now?
Gen 4 is better
I have not played these games in YEARS and I think it is time to go buy a new ds and play them right MEOW!!
These games are amazing and I have so many good memories with my buddies playing these games.
I just found your channel and I love it! Are you going to do a Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald review?
I’ve hit a bit of a crossroads with uploading but I’d love to do another Pokémon review once everything’s figured out! Thanks for watching man!!!
Lol great video. I need to play these. As a kid I only got up to silver.
Idk if it was just me but goldenrod cities music just brought me to a happy place it’s so nice to listen to and to think goldenrod is home to Whitney😒
My first experience with Pokemon is with Silver, although I never beat the game, only getting to the 7th gym, one day I would like to beat that game (and every mainline game, including their enhancements and remakes and dlc)
I love my gen z friends geeking out about these oldish games... first taste of nostalgia 😂
I can't believe it was obama!!!
Great video bro I appreciate this
I grew up with Pokémon Silver with my Game boy color, and it came with a bundle with the strategy guide. Wore out said Game boy. Then when I heard that they came out with a remake, I jumped right on it. I was not disappointed. In fact I have a dual screen phone now, and I can run the DS emulator on it and guess what I have on it? Soul Silver.
I think Black 2/White 2 are slightly better but this game is peak either way
A wonderful love letter to all fans. That's what those two incredible remakes are.
I do t diasagree with your problem but I have to say I enjoyed the levelling grind found it fun and made the game difficult I use to enjoy rematching the elite 4
I wish they'd make one more remake that is just the first 4 regions in one game
That’d be so sick
I remember when I beat soulsilvers champion the first time and I put the game down for awhile then I decided that I’d give it another go and discovered the ja to region. I was ecstatic
How many times have you beat this game? I just beat it and Im already thinking of replaying it lol. Debating btw that and Pokemon platinum
now if only they'd re-release this on switch or something
As someone playing soulsilver as we speak, this video is 1000% accurate. The grind is TERRIBLE. Granted I'm trying to relatively level a select team of like 10 different types (in case I ever meet someone irl who wants to battle ever again lul), but I'm even focusing on the core team for the 2nd elite four run is just rough.
I guess ive outgrown Pokemon games. I cant seem to get into SoulSilver no matter how much i try. Couldn't finish yellow version, either.
that was actually so funny :D
Crystal is my favorite Pokémon game to date and I have still yet to play these somehow 😅
You’re missing out!
@@VoidReviews I downlo…I mean bought it after I commented this. Hopefully I can get it started soon.
The first ever game i ever bought from my own money was Heart Gold. It set my Gaming Standards in so many ways and i'm currently really depressed, that i dont have it anymore.
You know you can easily play it for free on your phone or pc with an emulator?
First Pokémon I brought with my money was soul silver lol
Acknoledging the blandinitis borishin? Instant sub.
I keep saying it on the internet but the only thing that would make HeartGold SoulSilver better is including the Sevii Islands. They should have been where the the two eevee evo-rocks were found and the rocket warehouse/hideout is where pokemon that needed mount coronet energy could evolve.