This game released when I was going through combat medic training in the army. I swear, like almost half of us bought the game and would wear the pokewalker during runs in the morning and inside our belts throughout the day. One day we had a surprise shakedown and after about the 5th one our sergeant found on us he started screaming what in the actual fuck is this??!! He was amused when he found out and allowed us to keep them instead of confiscating them. Was really funny to see so many grown ass men worrying about being caught and then relieved they wouldn’t lose their walker.
Well, the walker itself is basically a pedometer with tons of extra features. It was small enough to be kept out of the way. As long as, y'know, you kept play to play time I'd see no problem with it. Glad your sarge was cool about it.
I still remember getting Heartgold years ago, getting as far as Buggsy's gym and losing sleep because I was so excited to play it more the next day. How times fly. This was the second pokemon game I ever played through.
Thanks for having me, Jirard! It was a pleasure to complete these games with you! ... I still can't believe you got a Shiny Donphan, though. I'm jealous!
Wow! What a coincidence, I have soul silver on my mind today too as I am coping with probably losing my cartridge for it while still having the box, booklet, and pokewalker here mocking me! Great video as always! Edit: I FOUND IT! IT WAS BEHIND THE METALLICA CDs WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
These games shaped my childhood. Easily my favorite Pokémon games even if they have their small handful of flaws. And how many other games let you go back to the first region that was ever made in the series? Still my favorite and always will be
Heartgold and Soulsilver are peak Pokemon. Although I personally feel they're narrowly beaten out by Black 2 and White 2, with HGSS I can frequently start new save files and never feel like my time is better spent elsewhere. Playing them, finishing them, even completing them, they're near flawless in every regard.
@@EricDrinksWater why do people love platinum so much? I played it recently and it's nowhere near HGSS in terms of enjoyment. Sinnoh itself is just a bad region
I absolutely ADORED these games when they originally came out. One of my my favorite parts was the PokeWaker - it felt like magic to load my Pokémon into a Tamagotchi-like capsule and bring them with me to school.
This game released when I was going through combat medic training in the army. I swear, like almost half of us bought the game and would wear the pokewalker during runs in the morning and inside our belts throughout the day. One day we had a surprise shakedown and after about the 5th one our sergeant found on us was screaming what in the actual fuck is this??!! He was actually amused when he found out and allowed us to keep them instead of confiscating them. Was really funny to see so many grown ass men worrying about being caught and then relieved they wouldn’t lose their walker.
This kinda hits me in the feels. The original gold was my first Pokemon game and getting to return to johto in these wonderful remakes was like a dream come true. It had to be the most time I put into any Pokemon game. I really miss being able to play the fourth generation with friends on the DS. Something about this video takes me back to simpler times.
13:10 Whoooo there's my Arceus It was such a great time digging through my old copy of soul silver and joining together as a community to make this living dex. Hope it isn't gonna be too difficult to transfer up to gen 5 because that is gonna take a while.
It does take some time, but not an eternity. I finally finished my living dexes for Gens 1-5 this year (having started back in the summer of 2020 when I was unemployed, and technically in Gen 3 using FRLG and RSE to make things a bit easier) and the process of getting them into Bank was a little tedious but not overly so. Maybe a couple of hours each evening over the course of a somewhere in the ballpark of 7-10 days.
The funny thing though is that Girard just can't use the Poke Transfer to complete Gen 6 National Dexes...as you need Pokemon from Gen 6 themselves to get the ultimate crowns, hehe. Good thing he won't need Bank for that though, all of the non-event Pokemon can be found in all four Gen 6 games, so he should really just complete both XY and ORAS to complete both National Dexes, IMO.
I always love watching and seeing how much they realize there actually is to complete to 100% every Pokemon game. Quite a few people just don’t know there are so many ways to milk each game dry of content if you’re creative and dedicated to searching far and wide for things to do :) I can’t wait for the reaction to ORAS…
I actually got really close to completing HeartGold back in the day. Specifically, the only thing I couldn't accomplish before Black and White were released was getting the gold emblem for the Battle Factory. I was never great at using the rental Pokémon, and the fact that the Frontier Brain always had better Pokémon than you didn't help.
I've lost to Morton at battle 21 three times. The third time I just gave up because my bubblebeam missed a Lucario. "Wait doesn't that have max accuracy?" Yes, so I was very confused. But that Lucario was actually rentable on my next attempt. The jerk held bright powder. I'm still postponing my attempts due to that ragequit last year.
HGSS are my favorite pokemon games hands down. There was so much to them that is more than just the typical pokemon formula. They brought in the platinum battle frontier, voltorb flip is pretty fun, the pokewalker was super cool and really fun to use, and the pokeathlon is the best side game the pokemon games have ever had. I remember trying to get every pokemon in my box to all medals. The minigames were so fun and creative and they never got old.
Jirard: "This is going to be the biggest Pokedex I've completed to date." Me, who made the mistake of completing the Kalos dex: "Don't go any further. It's not worth it!"
@@FrostGlader ugh, i do not like reduction, Pokemon is on Switch now, why does there have to be reduction? i'm making a Pokemon Fangame and it's gonna be up to date with 150 NEW "Fakemons" to collect, to hell with reduction that's just being lazy.
@@ArcadianLegend Home is where the Natdex is. All stupid bits aside, it’s the games specifically that don’t have “True” Natdex anymore. USUM were the last titles with every current Pokémon at the time of release, and ORAS was the last with an actual National Pokédex, BDSP doesn’t count because it’s Gen 8. I honestly think they should _really_ just give the promise to patch them in batches of like 10 to 20 every Month, in Gen 9, with a couple of DLC batches in between. Maybe throw us a “Every Missing Pokémon patch” for Gen 8 so we can mess around with them. In regards to Gen 8, they really dropped the ball with it, keeping the information that Gen 8 wouldn’t have every Pokémon a secret from Japan’s audience. And if they really want to keep them out for “Game Balance”, then they should have, ya know, _locked them out of Competitive modes like they do with Mythicals._ At least let us play with them in standard modes. I’m also well aware of the Magearna reward, it’s one of my favourite Comp ready Pokémon that I have.
props to these two for putting in the ridiculous amount of work to bring us another fantastic episode of the show it was good to see these games done again and Bradley back as well
my mum had sousilver as a surprise on launch day after coming home from judo practice, i immediately started crying and fell on my KNEES lmao, her love still makes me tear up
Fantastic video Jirard!!! I grew up with silver version (my brother had gold) and hearing that my childhood game is getting a fourth gen remake made me jump for joy to revisit the Johto *AND* the Kanto region again!!! These remakes of the classic gold and silver are so good, there's no other Pokemon games that can match the level as these games are. My favorite addition to this game is getting my favorite Pokemon to follow with me as my companion (plus taking a picture with my team is awesome)!!!! These are masterclass games that stand the test of time as the best Pokemon games and the perfect pokemon remake of all time!!!!!
Heck yeah, my man Yoshiller making his Completionist return! These games do stand the test of time, and I should boot up my copy to run through them again. For nostalgia's sake.
Jirard's greatest enemy tends to be when a major JRPG has a minigame. Every time without fail, it's "The game was a joy to complete...then I had to do the minigame for a dozen hours!"
Damn , I remember playing the OG silver version on the GBC when I was a kid. Then, when they released this n got heart gold . I honestly couldn't believe how great this was. I know the plot is bad but to me, the best pokemon game ever made. This and ruby have some absolute great tracks and memories that take me back:)
I actually think this is one of the best games ever released, thanks so much for showing it to people who may not have had a chance to experience it yet To anyone wondering if they should pick up a copy I have to say this is one of the best execution of the formula Game Freak ever put out
HeartGold is still my favorite remake of an older pokemon game. The original gold version was my favorite pokemon game at the time, I played Heartgold till it almost burned out lol 😆. Loved it!!
I played tons of Pokeathlon during the main story to get special items and evolution stones which ended up getting me a lot of records anyway HGSS and the Johto experience in general is meant to be done slowly and where you take breaks from the main storyline to do stuff like this or the shiny leaf hunt or chase some roamers and during the grinding for the battle with Red I would work on the national dex and go to the battle frontier to get BP for moves/items just get a break from the grind Doing each task one at a time is mind numbing for that reason and the level jump to the E4 and Red are jarring for that reason, you are SUPPOSED to take your time since the world isn’t at stake or anything, and that relaxed pace built into the game is what makes it the GOAT of Pokémon games for me personally
The best games in the Pokémon series in my opinion, hands down. First off, they're everything a Pokémon remake should be. They included the improvements Crystal did over base Gold/Silver such as the Eusine part of the story, and also the Dragon Master shrine, but also added a lot more. Johto Safari Zone, Battle Frontier, new legendaries... I can go on. Walking with the Pokémon themselves was also a great feature, allowing the player to actually interact with the monsters they captured (which to that point only Yellow did with Pikachu) and it also provided a nice piece of lore to the Pokémon training before Poké Balls were invented. The post-game in Kanto is by far the best post-game in every Pokémon game, too. It feels so good revisiting Kanto, defeating all the Gym Leaders and also Red at the end (which to this day, I believe to be the most epic battle in the entire franchise).
Is it really the best in the series, or just the one you remember enjoying the most as a kid? Those are two different things, and I'd argue with BDSP doing so poorly, it's probably the latter.
@@Katie-hb8iq BDSP being bad remakes, or at least unambitious ones, has nothing to do with the quality of HGSS. With BDSP, Game Freak and ILCA made the poor decision to be too faithful to the originals, down to the Pokedex and art style (rather than going for a 3D recreation in the style of SwSh). The only interesting thing about those games was the improved Sinnoh Underground. Granted, Game Freak was probably more focused on Legends Arceus, but I can understand people being disappointed that a traditional Sinnoh remake didn't get as much attention as past remakes. HGSS went beyond being a faithful remake by including not only the Crystal storyline, but also all of the Pokemon released since Gen 2, the Battle Frontier, etc.
@@KingCyrus20 If the formula of these old games was so amazing, then BDSP would have been beloved for continuing those same mechanics and traditions, no? But it wasn't. The faithful pokemon formula was REJECTED by critics and fans. Nobody can deny this with a straight face. I think it's silly to suggest HGSS is the "best" game in the series when a game with the same mechanics, formula and traditions goes over so badly with customers. That doesn't make sense. If you're being intellectually honest, can you say that makes sense? If people wanted BDSP to be more like Gen 8 - and I think >50% of people probably wanted or expected that - then that is damning evidence against Gen 1-4's design - people don't want it anymore. That's also damning evidence against the old games too - they don't provide the quality people want out of a Pokemon game anymore. These games were great at the time of release, but they would score around a 6-7 out of 10 if released today. I can't take away how you and others feel about these games when you played them as a kid, but I can argue that they are far from the best games in the series with a modern standard being used and trying to maintain some intellectual honesty. You can say to add more Pokemon, change the pokedex, or add a battle tower, but it doesn't change any of the problems with these older games - not really. If you remade HGSS like BDSP, it would have went over just as well (as in, not well at all) - let's be honest. The white-knighting of gen 1-4 has to stop - it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Almost everything about these games has been improved. The random battles, horrible writing and character development, overly verbose text messages and confirmations, lack of quality of life, and slow battles is enough to make these games drastically inferior to the newer ones - and that's not even mentioning graphics, soundtracks and overall presentation being better too. Again, I want to stress, I can't take away someone's nostalgia and love for these games and what they meant to them as a kid - I wouldn't try - but the idea that Pokemon has only gotten worse since HGSS is pretty baffling. I mean, that IS what people are saying when they say, "HGSS is the best game in the series", isn't it? It's asinine - so many improvements have been made to the games since then.
This was my first ever video game. I remember every night in 2010 trying to sneak my DSiXL under my blanket to get my Meganium to lvl 100 and my excitement to finding Red from the manga at the top of Mt Silver and stumbling onto Groudon’s secret cave.
My first pokemon was Gold. I saw it at a consignment shop for 5 bucks. Figured I'd see what was so fun about Pokemon. Now 20 years later I still hold gen 2 as sacred. Gen 2 and 4 are the absolute best for me. So when HG/SS came out I had to have it. Soul Silver is everything I could want in a Pokemon game. It's absolutely perfect
I'm so happy you covered this! I played the pokemon games in a wierd order. I actually got pokemon diamond as my first game and went back to play this one, went played black and white when it came out.
I also started replaying HeartGold this week, and yup. Still as great as I remember it. I can't say it's my favourite since that will always be Gen 5, and I haven't really sat down to rank the games beyond that, but...it would be in the top 3.
As a non-Pokemon fan, I got Heart Gold years ago, played a bit, didn’t understand it, and sold it last month for $100. That’s my Pokemon Heart Gold story.
The nostalgia hit as soon as the video start! I love these remakes definitely one of my favorites especially with true following Pokémon. The Pokédex in this game is not easy to complete so collaborating is key and the five stars I’ve never attempted them but they are so freaking hard apparently.
Aww, an unevolved Bayleef? What a coincidence! Quilava is my favorite Pokemon, and I also played the game not evolving it! Now we just need a Croconaw fan to complete the trio
I'm quite happy to see this video. HG/SS were my very first Pokemon games I've ever got to play from the series. I honestly want to re experience this game again on original hardware, but I think my only bet is to either homebrew my 3DS to have access to those games or emulate it on PC. Either way, I want to play these games again eventually and I'm happy to see you enjoy this
18:45 let it be known. If you had fished out a sunkern from your living dex, breed it roughly 10 times, you would basically be unstoppable. For some reason, sunkern has every single stat _maxed_
So yoshiller is the chuggaaconroy for jirard? Yay! I'm so glad to find more people who do play on words and puns. I wonder how it would go if chugga and yoshiller ever collab'd together. The ultimate pun duo.
Wow this is a funny coincidence. I am actually currently doing a 100% playthrough of the Johto games. Both Gold, Silver and Crystal, as well as Heart Gold and Soul Silver!
man hgss is super nostalgic for me. I played through them with a close friend instead of paying attention in 11th grade physics class, I cherish those memories to this day. Hope you're doing well Gray, wherever the hell you find yourself these days 🙃
A real great game. And a reminder as to why I had more bad memories with HeartGold thanks to the Pokeathlon and Battle Frontier. Poor kid me couldn't figure it out.
Still the best Pokemon games ever made. I can totally understand how giving it the Completionist treatment would spoil the experience for you a little bit.
Talking about how old HGSS was makes me feel positively ancient. I remember getting Blue back in third grade. I remember playing it religiously for years. Waiting in agony and playing Dragon Warrior Monsters as my mom and grandma went to pick up my copy preordered from K-Mart. If you'll excuse me, I've got to go coffin shopping, 'cause I'm a certified fossil.
I remember dragon Warrior monsters! I never got too far into it but I really enjoyed the game back when I got it as a gift. Gold and DWM were my two gameboy games for a while. Those were my first RPGs.
Living dexes are a HUGE undertaking (I would know, I've been working on mine for almost two years now and only have Gen 7 as my last hurdle to cross), but it is SO satisfying to see all of them together at the end of the day.
To make it a living dex, you need one of each - so that you could effectively transfer all the pokemon to a new game and in that way complete the Pokedex instantly.
Man... I remember 2 personal things about Soulsilver. I encountered a shiny Hoothoot before I had access to pokeballs, and that I lost the Pokewalker while travelling. Double heartbreaks.
I remember when getting soul silver a couple of days after my birthday and played it consistently. Honestly i feel the pain of the pokeathlon dome and agree with but it was rewarding once it was finished. Great video and help me remember good times from all those years ago.
Wish Nintendo would go back to making these 2D Pokémon games, I loved playing Soulsilver/Platinum when I was a kid. Admittedly I’ve never played one of the newer ones (or own a switch) but I feel like the scale and scope of these games and iconic soundtracks would be so good together in a modern 2D Pokémon game, remake or not. It’d probably warrant me buying a switch too lol. Also gonna plug Pokémon mystery dungeon explorers of time just because it’s story/soundtrack is so great
Soul Silver was my second Pokémon game. Despite my original duo of Lava TyTy the Typholsion and Soul Siver the Lugia not beating the Elite Four, I carry them to my newer games. Them along with Blaze the Infernape and Fire the Glaceon, are one of the few surviving “child era” Pokémon from me. Also congratulations on getting a shiny during your play through! At some point I was replaying Soul Silver, and ran into a shiny Hoothoot in the early stages of the game. Capri is transferred up to Sword, and evolved into Noctowl. Hopefully OnlyPhans gets some fanart, because it’s beautiful.
They player can use Legendary Pokémon in the Battle Frontier. Only Mythical and SOME Legendary Pokémon are banned. Strong ones like Groudon, Mewtwo, Dialga, Etc.
I remember getting this on the weekend it released, the first game that made me do so. Even though Yellow was my first game, it didn't compare to Gold, and later Crystal version to me. I loved it, my lunch group had pokewalkers which made getting items easy. I also had an action replay, so I was the one people went to for getting their favorite shinies and cloning event pokemon. I went to a convention a couple months later and used my powers to get people things they wanted and actually made my first convention friends that way. I loved it so much.
Pro tip for the battle frontier, most non-box art legendary Pokemon are allowed, so the Regis, Zapdos, and Suicune are legal, while Mewtwo, and Lugia are banned. And event only Mythicals are banned
I didn't play these games until well into the 3ds era of pokemon, but they're what got me into the series. Soul Silver and White are arguably what got me into gaming as much as I am now. I'll always have games that are more important to me like paper mario, but pokemon means a lot to me.
This was the first game I ever completed to 100%, while putting well over 400 hours into my edition of SoulSilver alone throughout the whole year of 2010! I just loved the Pokéathlon and all its' minigames, really missing those in modern Pokémon-Games! Having a living PokéDex for the first time, while having to deal with all the 493 mons that were present at the time, felt like quite the accomplishment back then. Especially after asking a bunch of my friends for them to lend me their editions of LeafGreen, Emerald and Pearl, so that I had with the addition of my own Platinum-Version the opportunity to 'Gotta Catch'em All', as they do say. But I can totally understand Jirard that it might felt tedious to complete all of the challenges the games have to offer with the goal of completion and getting the video ready as soon as possible. HeartGold and SoulSilver are games that you enjoy at your own time, maybe stop for some time, start playing other games and come back to it. So that the game never feels tedious. But I really have to add: I missed a mention of the PokéWalker in this video! This thing was crucial for the whole true Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver experience! You're missing out, man!
Heart gold and soul silver gave me a new take on what my older brothers experienced, he was pretty amazed on how much has advanced and how Pokémon has changed
The whole idea that GameFreak dropped the “Gotta catch em all!” slogan is a myth. They are still using it on new products to this day. They did try a slogan of “Train on!” for a little while, but it seems they have dropped that one as it hasn’t shown back up in their marketing materials for several years now.
Proof: ruclips.net/video/MrkkaWWVgM0/видео.html This video is only 2 days old, and features the “Gotta catch ‘em all!” phrase at the end of the video. It’s less prominent than it used to be, but it is still the official slogan for the franchise.
Donphan was the first shiny I ever caught back in the original Silver version. I wasn't the biggest fan of it since I don't like elephants but I was still happy years later when I was able to get another one for my shiny dex. Also very glad to hear you finally have a Living Dex! It's not only a huge accomplishment but a fantastic way to complete future titles since you can easily transfer 'mons in.
I don’t play Pokémon myself, but I do remember one of the commercials for HeartGold and SoulSilver featured Dylan and Cole Sprouse playing the games and showing off how the Pokéwalker worked.
I pre-ordered JP Soul Silver, and worked out a trade with a Poketuber who had been using Babelfish to facilitate getting 8 different Movie Arceus on a JP forum (pretty sure at the time this was the only way to get a legitimate Arceus). I also managed to get the Pikachu Colored Pichu, meaning I was able to get the gizamimi Pichu as well as the baby legendary events when I got my copy. Since the events weren't region locked, I was also letting everyone I knew who got the English copies borrow them to do the events. My collection of event stuff was pretty huge before I sold my games, I had some old ones like the 10 Anniv Latios (ID 00010), and Aura and Mystery Mew, but also a ton of the Gen 4 ones like the TRU promotions and Alamos Darkrai. I even had Hayley's Mew from Pokemon Ranch on Wii. That's not to mention my collection of Shiny and Battle Ready pokemon I had hunted and bred.
I got these games for Easter one year with my brother and our flooring was getting done in out kitchen so we were cut off from half the house and I remember the fun time we had in the living room with the smell of hardwood getting sealed and discovering a whole second region before the internet
Big thanks to Keeps for supporting the channel! Here’s the site if you want to check
them out! > keeps.com/Completionist
What happened to your hair?
Knowing your age bracket. Smart man.
11 videos left for new game plus so close to being done
@@mrmysterious8124 I second that
I always skip the first minute and a half of these videos cuz it’s all Commercialized BS
This game released when I was going through combat medic training in the army. I swear, like almost half of us bought the game and would wear the pokewalker during runs in the morning and inside our belts throughout the day.
One day we had a surprise shakedown and after about the 5th one our sergeant found on us he started screaming what in the actual fuck is this??!! He was amused when he found out and allowed us to keep them instead of confiscating them. Was really funny to see so many grown ass men worrying about being caught and then relieved they wouldn’t lose their walker.
Thanks for a good chuckle haha
That's a fantastic story
The Sergeant was secretly a Pokémon fan and tried to hide it
Well, the walker itself is basically a pedometer with tons of extra features. It was small enough to be kept out of the way. As long as, y'know, you kept play to play time I'd see no problem with it.
Glad your sarge was cool about it.
Sarge, don’t front, you knew exactly what that is 😉
@@keystep8669 dude, the army was a hilarious experience for me. A shitty one at times too, but some of my funniest/best times occurred when I was in.
I still remember getting Heartgold years ago, getting as far as Buggsy's gym and losing sleep because I was so excited to play it more the next day. How times fly. This was the second pokemon game I ever played through.
The original Gold and Silver were my second Pokémon games :/
Thanks for sharing! What was your first?
Platinum was my first Pokémon game, Heart Gold was my second. Memories. :)
@@papableeks9738 Pokemon Y.
You think Bugsy was tough? I'm STILL having PTSD from that damn Miltank way back in the Crystal days
Thanks for having me, Jirard! It was a pleasure to complete these games with you!
... I still can't believe you got a Shiny Donphan, though. I'm jealous!
I find it neat that he can transfer that shiny to Gen 8 if he so desires. Always found that to be awesome. Even from the GBA games to Gen 8 as well.
I think the thing you should be questioning is why he named it OnlyPhans
Didn’t know you were a former editor ( I knew you were before the pandemic but must have missed the update)
Seeing this video is amazing. And just wondering because I don't remember, but didn'y you do editing for chuggaaconroy?
Elias Brattfjord Danielsen pretty sure he's doing the weapon intros for Chugga's Splatoon 2 LP
14:55 the legendaries used by the frontier brains are actually allowed! The ones you can't use are the "main" legendaries like mewtwo, lugia and ho-oh
Wow! What a coincidence, I have soul silver on my mind today too as I am coping with probably losing my cartridge for it while still having the box, booklet, and pokewalker here mocking me! Great video as always!
Edit: I FOUND IT! IT WAS BEHIND THE METALLICA CDs WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
So do I
Man, I have the same experience with Heart Gold, except the cartridge has been missing for years now... I live in hope lol
Congrats on finding yours.
These games shaped my childhood. Easily my favorite Pokémon games even if they have their small handful of flaws. And how many other games let you go back to the first region that was ever made in the series? Still my favorite and always will be
Agreed, so many memories from gen 2 and HGSS only improved upon it. Best Pokémon games imo.
I agree and it's my favorite to
HGSS. I remember catching ho-oh beneath my covers on a school night.
Shit was SO satisfying.
Heartgold and Soulsilver are peak Pokemon. Although I personally feel they're narrowly beaten out by Black 2 and White 2, with HGSS I can frequently start new save files and never feel like my time is better spent elsewhere. Playing them, finishing them, even completing them, they're near flawless in every regard.
Ds Pokémon is the best in general
Peak Pokemon is a group of 4
Plat
HGSS
BW
BW2
(Also PMD2 can be added)
@@The_Pikaboi platinum goes so hard. Pathetic that the remake was such a disgrace.
@@The_Pikaboi oh yeah most definitely
@@EricDrinksWater why do people love platinum so much? I played it recently and it's nowhere near HGSS in terms of enjoyment. Sinnoh itself is just a bad region
I absolutely ADORED these games when they originally came out. One of my my favorite parts was the PokeWaker - it felt like magic to load my Pokémon into a Tamagotchi-like capsule and bring them with me to school.
I wish I hadn't lost mine on the bus...
This game released when I was going through combat medic training in the army. I swear, like almost half of us bought the game and would wear the pokewalker during runs in the morning and inside our belts throughout the day.
One day we had a surprise shakedown and after about the 5th one our sergeant found on us was screaming what in the actual fuck is this??!! He was actually amused when he found out and allowed us to keep them instead of confiscating them. Was really funny to see so many grown ass men worrying about being caught and then relieved they wouldn’t lose their walker.
I remember accidentaly bumping a tree which got me a Heracross that served me for the rest of the game. Good times.
Such a good type, easily among the best single form pokemon
Soulsilver was my first pokemon game so I'm so happy its being covered.
Ditto.
…I’m not one, I swear.
This kinda hits me in the feels.
The original gold was my first Pokemon game and getting to return to johto in these wonderful remakes was like a dream come true. It had to be the most time I put into any Pokemon game.
I really miss being able to play the fourth generation with friends on the DS. Something about this video takes me back to simpler times.
The idea of "heroic heart gold" got me thinking.
A non-buggy, legends arceus-style remake of gen 1 and 2 would be INSANE.
Idk man, 2d Pokemon is way superior and I dont know if they could recreate the mellow, traditional feeling of Johto with their shitty 3d graphics...
13:10 Whoooo there's my Arceus
It was such a great time digging through my old copy of soul silver and joining together as a community to make this living dex. Hope it isn't gonna be too difficult to transfer up to gen 5 because that is gonna take a while.
It does take some time, but not an eternity. I finally finished my living dexes for Gens 1-5 this year (having started back in the summer of 2020 when I was unemployed, and technically in Gen 3 using FRLG and RSE to make things a bit easier) and the process of getting them into Bank was a little tedious but not overly so. Maybe a couple of hours each evening over the course of a somewhere in the ballpark of 7-10 days.
At least Gen 5 doesn't make you wait to transfer once per day.
The funny thing though is that Girard just can't use the Poke Transfer to complete Gen 6 National Dexes...as you need Pokemon from Gen 6 themselves to get the ultimate crowns, hehe. Good thing he won't need Bank for that though, all of the non-event Pokemon can be found in all four Gen 6 games, so he should really just complete both XY and ORAS to complete both National Dexes, IMO.
I always love watching and seeing how much they realize there actually is to complete to 100% every Pokemon game. Quite a few people just don’t know there are so many ways to milk each game dry of content if you’re creative and dedicated to searching far and wide for things to do :) I can’t wait for the reaction to ORAS…
It's a shame that gamefreak (and ilca for bdsp) has released all of the switch pokemon games pre dried of content.
I actually got really close to completing HeartGold back in the day. Specifically, the only thing I couldn't accomplish before Black and White were released was getting the gold emblem for the Battle Factory. I was never great at using the rental Pokémon, and the fact that the Frontier Brain always had better Pokémon than you didn't help.
That's unfair. I never will understand why people like the whole battle Frontier
@@Graf27green it isn't for me but people like the challenge it gives comepared to the rest of the game.
@@keystep8669 it isn't for me either
I've lost to Morton at battle 21 three times. The third time I just gave up because my bubblebeam missed a Lucario.
"Wait doesn't that have max accuracy?" Yes, so I was very confused. But that Lucario was actually rentable on my next attempt.
The jerk held bright powder. I'm still postponing my attempts due to that ragequit last year.
@@noahpokeemon6503 that’s how I feel all the time playing battle frontier. I lost because I missed a earthquake and was completely dumbfounded to how
HGSS are my favorite pokemon games hands down. There was so much to them that is more than just the typical pokemon formula. They brought in the platinum battle frontier, voltorb flip is pretty fun, the pokewalker was super cool and really fun to use, and the pokeathlon is the best side game the pokemon games have ever had. I remember trying to get every pokemon in my box to all medals. The minigames were so fun and creative and they never got old.
Jirard: "This is going to be the biggest Pokedex I've completed to date."
Me, who made the mistake of completing the Kalos dex: "Don't go any further. It's not worth it!"
but he will, as he's The Completionist. personally i cant wait to see what Gen 9 has in store for us.
Gen 8 has a reduced Pokédex, and said reduction is confirmed for Gen 9 lol.
@@FrostGlader HOME has a true Natdex, and you get an exclusive form of Magearna for completing it.
@@FrostGlader ugh, i do not like reduction, Pokemon is on Switch now, why does there have to be reduction? i'm making a Pokemon Fangame and it's gonna be up to date with 150 NEW "Fakemons" to collect, to hell with reduction that's just being lazy.
@@ArcadianLegend Home is where the Natdex is.
All stupid bits aside, it’s the games specifically that don’t have “True” Natdex anymore. USUM were the last titles with every current Pokémon at the time of release, and ORAS was the last with an actual National Pokédex, BDSP doesn’t count because it’s Gen 8.
I honestly think they should _really_ just give the promise to patch them in batches of like 10 to 20 every Month, in Gen 9, with a couple of DLC batches in between. Maybe throw us a “Every Missing Pokémon patch” for Gen 8 so we can mess around with them. In regards to Gen 8, they really dropped the ball with it, keeping the information that Gen 8 wouldn’t have every Pokémon a secret from Japan’s audience. And if they really want to keep them out for “Game Balance”, then they should have, ya know, _locked them out of Competitive modes like they do with Mythicals._ At least let us play with them in standard modes.
I’m also well aware of the Magearna reward, it’s one of my favourite Comp ready Pokémon that I have.
props to these two for putting in the ridiculous amount of work to bring us another fantastic episode of the show it was good to see these games done again and Bradley back as well
my mum had sousilver as a surprise on launch day after coming home from judo practice, i immediately started crying and fell on my KNEES lmao, her love still makes me tear up
Fantastic video Jirard!!! I grew up with silver version (my brother had gold) and hearing that my childhood game is getting a fourth gen remake made me jump for joy to revisit the Johto *AND* the Kanto region again!!! These remakes of the classic gold and silver are so good, there's no other Pokemon games that can match the level as these games are. My favorite addition to this game is getting my favorite Pokemon to follow with me as my companion (plus taking a picture with my team is awesome)!!!! These are masterclass games that stand the test of time as the best Pokemon games and the perfect pokemon remake of all time!!!!!
Heck yeah, my man Yoshiller making his Completionist return!
These games do stand the test of time, and I should boot up my copy to run through them again. For nostalgia's sake.
These are the games that got me back into Pokemon. The nostalgia, the adventure, and all the extras added in. Amazing games.
I wasn’t expecting my favourite Pokémon game to get completed over a decade later, but hell yeah!
That's awesome Jirard completed Pokemon Heart of Gold
Wow, I didn't even know about that shiny leaf thing until now, so I guess I'm still learning things. Congratulations on the completion.
Jirard's greatest enemy tends to be when a major JRPG has a minigame.
Every time without fail, it's "The game was a joy to complete...then I had to do the minigame for a dozen hours!"
Damn , I remember playing the OG silver version on the GBC when I was a kid. Then, when they released this n got heart gold . I honestly couldn't believe how great this was. I know the plot is bad but to me, the best pokemon game ever made. This and ruby have some absolute great tracks and memories that take me back:)
I actually think this is one of the best games ever released, thanks so much for showing it to people who may not have had a chance to experience it yet
To anyone wondering if they should pick up a copy I have to say this is one of the best execution of the formula Game Freak ever put out
This game is sooo good, definitively one of my best memories of my childhood
easily the best remakes out of all the ones they've done to me with ORAS coming in at a close second
Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this, Jirard! I hope The King has served you well.
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I just want a yellow/crystal/emerald compilation remake for the switch.
Everyone: these games were such a huge part of my childhood
You mean the originals right?
RIGHT?!
HeartGold is still my favorite remake of an older pokemon game. The original gold version was my favorite pokemon game at the time, I played Heartgold till it almost burned out lol 😆. Loved it!!
Heart gold was my first real Pokémon game I played through fully. To this day it remains my GOAT Pokémon game
Good lord 400 hours for one game. Thats dedication to complete for an episode
I played tons of Pokeathlon during the main story to get special items and evolution stones which ended up getting me a lot of records anyway
HGSS and the Johto experience in general is meant to be done slowly and where you take breaks from the main storyline to do stuff like this or the shiny leaf hunt or chase some roamers and during the grinding for the battle with Red I would work on the national dex and go to the battle frontier to get BP for moves/items just get a break from the grind
Doing each task one at a time is mind numbing for that reason and the level jump to the E4 and Red are jarring for that reason, you are SUPPOSED to take your time since the world isn’t at stake or anything, and that relaxed pace built into the game is what makes it the GOAT of Pokémon games for me personally
maaaaaaan i wannnna complete a Pokémon game with this bearded gentlemen! maybe one day 👀
Love you guys! One for my favorite Pokémon remake games. Hope you all continue doing good work and have great fun doing it.
Oh snap, love the blast from the past with Bradley :)
I fear not the man who has completed 1,000 minigames 10 times, but the man who has completed 10 minigames 1,000 times. Each.
The best games in the Pokémon series in my opinion, hands down.
First off, they're everything a Pokémon remake should be. They included the improvements Crystal did over base Gold/Silver such as the Eusine part of the story, and also the Dragon Master shrine, but also added a lot more. Johto Safari Zone, Battle Frontier, new legendaries... I can go on. Walking with the Pokémon themselves was also a great feature, allowing the player to actually interact with the monsters they captured (which to that point only Yellow did with Pikachu) and it also provided a nice piece of lore to the Pokémon training before Poké Balls were invented.
The post-game in Kanto is by far the best post-game in every Pokémon game, too. It feels so good revisiting Kanto, defeating all the Gym Leaders and also Red at the end (which to this day, I believe to be the most epic battle in the entire franchise).
Nice joke.
Is it really the best in the series, or just the one you remember enjoying the most as a kid? Those are two different things, and I'd argue with BDSP doing so poorly, it's probably the latter.
@@Katie-hb8iq BDSP being bad remakes, or at least unambitious ones, has nothing to do with the quality of HGSS.
With BDSP, Game Freak and ILCA made the poor decision to be too faithful to the originals, down to the Pokedex and art style (rather than going for a 3D recreation in the style of SwSh). The only interesting thing about those games was the improved Sinnoh Underground. Granted, Game Freak was probably more focused on Legends Arceus, but I can understand people being disappointed that a traditional Sinnoh remake didn't get as much attention as past remakes.
HGSS went beyond being a faithful remake by including not only the Crystal storyline, but also all of the Pokemon released since Gen 2, the Battle Frontier, etc.
@@KingCyrus20 If the formula of these old games was so amazing, then BDSP would have been beloved for continuing those same mechanics and traditions, no? But it wasn't. The faithful pokemon formula was REJECTED by critics and fans. Nobody can deny this with a straight face. I think it's silly to suggest HGSS is the "best" game in the series when a game with the same mechanics, formula and traditions goes over so badly with customers. That doesn't make sense. If you're being intellectually honest, can you say that makes sense?
If people wanted BDSP to be more like Gen 8 - and I think >50% of people probably wanted or expected that - then that is damning evidence against Gen 1-4's design - people don't want it anymore. That's also damning evidence against the old games too - they don't provide the quality people want out of a Pokemon game anymore. These games were great at the time of release, but they would score around a 6-7 out of 10 if released today.
I can't take away how you and others feel about these games when you played them as a kid, but I can argue that they are far from the best games in the series with a modern standard being used and trying to maintain some intellectual honesty.
You can say to add more Pokemon, change the pokedex, or add a battle tower, but it doesn't change any of the problems with these older games - not really. If you remade HGSS like BDSP, it would have went over just as well (as in, not well at all) - let's be honest.
The white-knighting of gen 1-4 has to stop - it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Almost everything about these games has been improved. The random battles, horrible writing and character development, overly verbose text messages and confirmations, lack of quality of life, and slow battles is enough to make these games drastically inferior to the newer ones - and that's not even mentioning graphics, soundtracks and overall presentation being better too.
Again, I want to stress, I can't take away someone's nostalgia and love for these games and what they meant to them as a kid - I wouldn't try - but the idea that Pokemon has only gotten worse since HGSS is pretty baffling. I mean, that IS what people are saying when they say, "HGSS is the best game in the series", isn't it? It's asinine - so many improvements have been made to the games since then.
Now if only they actually fixed the wack ass level curve...
This was my first ever video game. I remember every night in 2010 trying to sneak my DSiXL under my blanket to get my Meganium to lvl 100 and my excitement to finding Red from the manga at the top of Mt Silver and stumbling onto Groudon’s secret cave.
My first pokemon was Gold. I saw it at a consignment shop for 5 bucks. Figured I'd see what was so fun about Pokemon. Now 20 years later I still hold gen 2 as sacred. Gen 2 and 4 are the absolute best for me. So when HG/SS came out I had to have it. Soul Silver is everything I could want in a Pokemon game. It's absolutely perfect
I'm so happy you covered this! I played the pokemon games in a wierd order. I actually got pokemon diamond as my first game and went back to play this one, went played black and white when it came out.
The best Pokémon game
I also started replaying HeartGold this week, and yup. Still as great as I remember it. I can't say it's my favourite since that will always be Gen 5, and I haven't really sat down to rank the games beyond that, but...it would be in the top 3.
As a non-Pokemon fan, I got Heart Gold years ago, played a bit, didn’t understand it, and sold it last month for $100.
That’s my Pokemon Heart Gold story.
Surprised no one talked about the Poké walker, the step counter.
The nostalgia hit as soon as the video start! I love these remakes definitely one of my favorites especially with true following Pokémon. The Pokédex in this game is not easy to complete so collaborating is key and the five stars I’ve never attempted them but they are so freaking hard apparently.
@WhatsApp me⁺¹ ³¹⁸ ⁵⁶³¹⁹³⁷ cool! Just double checking is this an safe number though?
Oh man, this was my first Pokémon game. What a treat to see it again!
Finally a game series where I can personally say: Thank goodness it's not me. I have the Kanto Pokédex completed in FireRed, and that's enough for me.
Aww, an unevolved Bayleef? What a coincidence! Quilava is my favorite Pokemon, and I also played the game not evolving it! Now we just need a Croconaw fan to complete the trio
Great video! And thank you for your sacrifices ❤️💖 I LOVE this game, but would not do what you just did. Love ya, bud!
Exactly what I needed, thank you so much for making these videos!
Sweet! I've been rewatching some Completionist videos the past couple of days, so this is a sweet coincidence!
I'm quite happy to see this video. HG/SS were my very first Pokemon games I've ever got to play from the series. I honestly want to re experience this game again on original hardware, but I think my only bet is to either homebrew my 3DS to have access to those games or emulate it on PC. Either way, I want to play these games again eventually and I'm happy to see you enjoy this
18:45 let it be known.
If you had fished out a sunkern from your living dex, breed it roughly 10 times, you would basically be unstoppable. For some reason, sunkern has every single stat _maxed_
So yoshiller is the chuggaaconroy for jirard? Yay! I'm so glad to find more people who do play on words and puns. I wonder how it would go if chugga and yoshiller ever collab'd together.
The ultimate pun duo.
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Wow this is a funny coincidence. I am actually currently doing a 100% playthrough of the Johto games. Both Gold, Silver and Crystal, as well as Heart Gold and Soul Silver!
man hgss is super nostalgic for me. I played through them with a close friend instead of paying attention in 11th grade physics class, I cherish those memories to this day. Hope you're doing well Gray, wherever the hell you find yourself these days 🙃
A real great game. And a reminder as to why I had more bad memories with HeartGold thanks to the Pokeathlon and Battle Frontier.
Poor kid me couldn't figure it out.
Still the best Pokemon games ever made. I can totally understand how giving it the Completionist treatment would spoil the experience for you a little bit.
Talking about how old HGSS was makes me feel positively ancient. I remember getting Blue back in third grade. I remember playing it religiously for years. Waiting in agony and playing Dragon Warrior Monsters as my mom and grandma went to pick up my copy preordered from K-Mart.
If you'll excuse me, I've got to go coffin shopping, 'cause I'm a certified fossil.
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I remember dragon Warrior monsters! I never got too far into it but I really enjoyed the game back when I got it as a gift.
Gold and DWM were my two gameboy games for a while. Those were my first RPGs.
Living dexes are a HUGE undertaking (I would know, I've been working on mine for almost two years now and only have Gen 7 as my last hurdle to cross), but it is SO satisfying to see all of them together at the end of the day.
So here's a question; to be a Living Dex, do I need Charmander, Charmeleon AND Charizard all as separate individuals, or do I just need Charizard?
To make it a living dex, you need one of each - so that you could effectively transfer all the pokemon to a new game and in that way complete the Pokedex instantly.
@@zebraguf
Oof.
Man... I remember 2 personal things about Soulsilver. I encountered a shiny Hoothoot before I had access to pokeballs, and that I lost the Pokewalker while travelling. Double heartbreaks.
I remember when getting soul silver a couple of days after my birthday and played it consistently. Honestly i feel the pain of the pokeathlon dome and agree with but it was rewarding once it was finished. Great video and help me remember good times from all those years ago.
Wish Nintendo would go back to making these 2D Pokémon games, I loved playing Soulsilver/Platinum when I was a kid. Admittedly I’ve never played one of the newer ones (or own a switch) but I feel like the scale and scope of these games and iconic soundtracks would be so good together in a modern 2D Pokémon game, remake or not. It’d probably warrant me buying a switch too lol. Also gonna plug Pokémon mystery dungeon explorers of time just because it’s story/soundtrack is so great
This was my first Pokémon game. So it honestly has special roots for me honestly. Used to replay this game CONSTANTLY
Soul Silver was my second Pokémon game. Despite my original duo of Lava TyTy the Typholsion and Soul Siver the Lugia not beating the Elite Four, I carry them to my newer games. Them along with Blaze the Infernape and Fire the Glaceon, are one of the few surviving “child era” Pokémon from me.
Also congratulations on getting a shiny during your play through! At some point I was replaying Soul Silver, and ran into a shiny Hoothoot in the early stages of the game. Capri is transferred up to Sword, and evolved into Noctowl. Hopefully OnlyPhans gets some fanart, because it’s beautiful.
This game is the reason I got back into pokemon! I wish more of the games had two regions just like gold and silver. Two is never too much.
As soon as they mentioned the battle frontier I got horrible flashbacks of trying to complete it and never being able to.
They player can use Legendary Pokémon in the Battle Frontier. Only Mythical and SOME Legendary Pokémon are banned. Strong ones like Groudon, Mewtwo, Dialga, Etc.
Classics! Love these games so much.
I love these games as well
I remember getting this on the weekend it released, the first game that made me do so. Even though Yellow was my first game, it didn't compare to Gold, and later Crystal version to me. I loved it, my lunch group had pokewalkers which made getting items easy. I also had an action replay, so I was the one people went to for getting their favorite shinies and cloning event pokemon. I went to a convention a couple months later and used my powers to get people things they wanted and actually made my first convention friends that way. I loved it so much.
My first pokemon game! Excited to see you cover it.
I still love that intro.
Pro tip for the battle frontier, most non-box art legendary Pokemon are allowed, so the Regis, Zapdos, and Suicune are legal, while Mewtwo, and Lugia are banned. And event only Mythicals are banned
I didn't play these games until well into the 3ds era of pokemon, but they're what got me into the series. Soul Silver and White are arguably what got me into gaming as much as I am now. I'll always have games that are more important to me like paper mario, but pokemon means a lot to me.
This was the first game I ever completed to 100%, while putting well over 400 hours into my edition of SoulSilver alone throughout the whole year of 2010! I just loved the Pokéathlon and all its' minigames, really missing those in modern Pokémon-Games! Having a living PokéDex for the first time, while having to deal with all the 493 mons that were present at the time, felt like quite the accomplishment back then. Especially after asking a bunch of my friends for them to lend me their editions of LeafGreen, Emerald and Pearl, so that I had with the addition of my own Platinum-Version the opportunity to 'Gotta Catch'em All', as they do say.
But I can totally understand Jirard that it might felt tedious to complete all of the challenges the games have to offer with the goal of completion and getting the video ready as soon as possible. HeartGold and SoulSilver are games that you enjoy at your own time, maybe stop for some time, start playing other games and come back to it. So that the game never feels tedious.
But I really have to add: I missed a mention of the PokéWalker in this video! This thing was crucial for the whole true Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver experience! You're missing out, man!
Jirard right after reviewing the greatest Pokémon games released to this day: "Play Sword & Shield instead"
I remember the first time I used headbutt on a tree, and then continued to check every tree on the game.
Really surprised I couldn't find a vid of you covering drakan the ancient gate its totally up your ally, also great vid as always. :)
Heart gold and soul silver gave me a new take on what my older brothers experienced, he was pretty amazed on how much has advanced and how Pokémon has changed
This game is fantastic. Best Pokémon game ever hands down! And definitely on my top 10 favorite games ever.
The whole idea that GameFreak dropped the “Gotta catch em all!” slogan is a myth. They are still using it on new products to this day.
They did try a slogan of “Train on!” for a little while, but it seems they have dropped that one as it hasn’t shown back up in their marketing materials for several years now.
Proof: ruclips.net/video/MrkkaWWVgM0/видео.html
This video is only 2 days old, and features the “Gotta catch ‘em all!” phrase at the end of the video. It’s less prominent than it used to be, but it is still the official slogan for the franchise.
The revelation that Gen IV has fan servers is crazy. Thanks for the info Jirard.
Donphan was the first shiny I ever caught back in the original Silver version. I wasn't the biggest fan of it since I don't like elephants but I was still happy years later when I was able to get another one for my shiny dex.
Also very glad to hear you finally have a Living Dex! It's not only a huge accomplishment but a fantastic way to complete future titles since you can easily transfer 'mons in.
I don’t play Pokémon myself, but I do remember one of the commercials for HeartGold and SoulSilver featured Dylan and Cole Sprouse playing the games and showing off how the Pokéwalker worked.
These are my favorite pokemon games. I also love Yellow, Crystal, and FR/LG
Dude that Ted-Dex shirt is dope!!! I needa grab me one!
Always love when jirard completes a Pokémon game! Great to see Bradley again too.
Oh god I am so excited for the Black and White Completionist episode down the road
Oh I love Yoshitler
My favorite Pokémon games. Played them so much as a child. I still have my original copy.
I pre-ordered JP Soul Silver, and worked out a trade with a Poketuber who had been using Babelfish to facilitate getting 8 different Movie Arceus on a JP forum (pretty sure at the time this was the only way to get a legitimate Arceus). I also managed to get the Pikachu Colored Pichu, meaning I was able to get the gizamimi Pichu as well as the baby legendary events when I got my copy. Since the events weren't region locked, I was also letting everyone I knew who got the English copies borrow them to do the events. My collection of event stuff was pretty huge before I sold my games, I had some old ones like the 10 Anniv Latios (ID 00010), and Aura and Mystery Mew, but also a ton of the Gen 4 ones like the TRU promotions and Alamos Darkrai. I even had Hayley's Mew from Pokemon Ranch on Wii. That's not to mention my collection of Shiny and Battle Ready pokemon I had hunted and bred.
I’m floored that Jirard didn’t show any footage of him running into nor catching that shiny Donphan 😢
The BEST Pokemon games in my opinion!
Nothing ever topped them
I got these games for Easter one year with my brother and our flooring was getting done in out kitchen so we were cut off from half the house and I remember the fun time we had in the living room with the smell of hardwood getting sealed and discovering a whole second region before the internet
Pokémon Silver was my first game. SoulSilver is my favorite Pokémon game period. Johto is so much fun!💫