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Pokémon HeartGold Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド Pocket Monsters HeartGold) and Pokémon SoulSilver Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスター ソウルシルバー Pocket Monsters SoulSilver) are paired Generation IV remakes of the Generation II games Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Much like how Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen revisited the Generation I story of Kanto, HeartGold and SoulSilver retell the story of Johto, with the player's starting town being New Bark Town. While the games feature several expansions in key areas, the overall plot follows the same direction as the original Gold and Silver. Some aspects exclusive to Crystal are also included. Like how FireRed and LeafGreen could link up with Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald to complete the Pokédex by trading regionally exclusive Pokémon, HeartGold and SoulSilver can link up with Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum to obtain Pokémon unavailable in Johto and Kanto (such as the Sinnoh starters) and vice versa.

Kris, despite being the female counterpart of Crystal's player character, is not included as the female player character, with a new character instead taking her place. Whether she is chosen to be the player character or not, this new character will still appear in the game. The unselected protagonist will take a pseudo-rival role similar to the unselected characters of Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

The games were released on September 12, 2009 in Japan, February 4, 2010 in Korea, March 14, 2010 in North America, March 25, 2010 in Australia and March 26, 2010 in Europe (this excludes the Netherlands, and the Flemish part of Belgium due to an in-game save error [8], with the patched copies later released on April 2, 2010)[9].

Plot

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The plot of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is mostly the same as Gold and Silver with a few changes and included plot elements exclusive to Pokémon Crystal. The player, either Ethan or Lyra, begins their journey from New Bark Town, running an errand for Professor Elm to Mr. Pokémon's house to discover what he was so excited about. Elm supplies the player with one of three Pokémon, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile, for this errand. After Mr. Pokémon's discovery turns out to be an Egg, the player returns to New Bark Town, only to find that a suspicious red-haired boy seen lurking outside of Elm's lab earlier has stolen one of Elm's Pokémon— the one that the player's choice is weak to, coincidentally. Upon defeating him and returning to New Bark Town, the player gives the name of the boy (the player can choose any name, provided it fits under the seven-character limit; his name defaults to Soul in HeartGold and Heart in SoulSilver) to a police officer who has come to investigate the incident. Elm is amazed by the Egg and insists on studying it, allowing the player to keep the Pokémon they traveled with as a starter Pokémon. From here, he encourages the player to journey across Johto and challenge the eight Gym Leaders, Falkner, Bugsy, Whitney, Morty, Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce, and Clair, and eventually the Pokémon League. With the first Gym in Violet City nearby, the player heads off on their adventure.

Upon arriving at Violet City, the player must first defeat the Elder, Li, at Sprout Tower before facing the Violet City Gym. Li has just been defeated by Silver and after the player defeats Li, he gives the player Flash. After defeating Falkner for the Zephyr Badge, Elm's assistant appears to give the player the Egg, which will later hatch into a Togepi. Heading south towards Azalea Town by way of Route 32 and Union Cave, the player meets up with the villainous Team Rocket, formed again after it was disbanded three years prior in the neighboring Kanto region by a young Trainer. They are cutting off the tails of the Slowpoke that are sacred in Azalea, intending to sell them for a large profit. Kurt, a local maker of specialty Poké Balls, is greatly angered by this, and requests the player's help in chasing away Team Rocket and saving the Slowpoke. Though he falls into the Slowpoke Well, hurting himself in the process, he begs the player to continue on to fight the organization with their Pokémon. After this has been done, and Team Rocket is chased away from Azalea, Kurt gives the player a Lure Ball and will make his specialty Poké Balls when brought any kind of Apricorn, once per day. After defeating Bugsy in the Azalea Gym for the Hive Badge and defeating the red-haired boy (Silver) once again, the player can journey into Ilex Forest to find the Charcoal maker's Farfetch'd and get HM01 (Cut). With this, Ilex Forest can be navigated through towards Route 34. On Route 34, a Pokémon Day Care is set up that is capable of raising two Pokémon at once. The Day Care functions the same way as in other Generation IV games.

Venturing into Goldenrod City, the player's third Badge, the Plain Badge, awaits. After defeating Whitney and getting the Plain Badge, getting a SquirtBottle allows the player to move the strange tree blocking Route 36 to the north. If it is Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday, the Bug-Catching Contest will be on at the National Park on Route 35, as well. In Ecruteak City, Bill, the developer of the PC Pokémon Storage System is performing repairs on the Time Capsule, and as the player arrives, he will finish, asking for them to come visit him in his parents' house in Goldenrod, where he will give away an Eevee. Another Gym is in Ecruteak City, where the Ghost-type Leader Morty battles for the Fog Badge. The player encounters the Legendary beasts in the Burned Tower and they run off around Johto. The player also meets Eusine who is studying the Burned Tower and takes interest in Suicune.

The player goes on through Route 38 and Route 39 to arrive in Olivine City. Once there, they learn from Silver that Jasmine, the Gym Leader, is not available at the moment, since she is taking care of the lighthouse's Ampharos and refuses to leave until the Pokémon is given a special medicine from Cianwood City. The player thus surfs their way through Route 40 and Route 41 to get to Cianwood City. There, they encounter the Fighting-type Leader Chuck, who presents the player with the Storm Badge. They get the SecretPotion from the Cianwood Pharmacy and go back to Olivine City. Jasmine, relieved after getting her Ampharos's medicine, goes back to taking Gym challenges. Her Pokémon specialty is of the Steel type. When the player gets their sixth Badge, the Mineral Badge, they travel to Mahogany Town, through Route 42. The Gym is blocked by a man and the way to Route 44 and the Ice Path is blocked by a man trying to sell Rage Candy Bars.

The player heads north to Route 43 and the Lake of Rage. Upon entering the gate, two Team Rocket Grunts charge them 1000 to go through. When the player gets to the lake, they encounter the Red Gyarados. After the player defeats, catches or flees from it, they get the Red Scale. A caped man named Lance appears on the shore and reveals Team Rocket's secret hideout to the player. The player goes back to Mahogany and goes through the hideout, along with Lance. Team Rocket planned to emit sound waves, inducing the Magikarp in the lake to evolve into Gyarados, which caused the effect of the Red Gyarados. Once the player defeats all the Team Rocket members and disables the wave-emitting machine, they can challenge Pryce, the town's Ice-type Gym Leader.

Upon defeating the Gym Leader and obtaining the Glacier Badge, the player receives a phone call from Prof. Elm about a strange radio signal emitted by Team Rocket, trying to connect with their missing leader, Giovanni. The player goes to the Goldenrod Radio Tower to investigate. Once there, a Team Rocket Grunt tells the player that only Team Rocket members are permitted to enter the tower. The player then goes into the tunnel, where a Team Rocket Grunt says they are looking for new recruits, then dresses the player in a Team Rocket grunt's uniform. The player is then permitted to enter the tower, but, all of a sudden, Silver enters, and tells the player off for thinking they look tough in the clothing. The player finds out the tower has been taken over by Team Rocket. When the player ascends to the top floor, they find the director of the Radio Tower, only to discover that he has been impersonated by a member of Team Rocket and that the real Director is locked in Goldenrod's basement. Once the player enters the basement, they are once again encountered by Silver, who intends to defeat Team Rocket all by himself. He still questions the way he treats his Pokémon. Once the player gets to the very bottom of the basement, they find the Tower's real Director. He gives the player the Card Key so that they can access the higher floors of the Radio Tower.

After clearing all of the Team Rocket members and defeating the Team Rocket executives, effectively disbanding them, the player receives either a Rainbow Wing to encounter Ho-Oh or a Silver Wing to encounter Lugia, in HeartGold and SoulSilver, respectively. The player then is allowed to go through the Ice Path and to Blackthorn City. There the player can challenge Clair, the Dragon-type Gym Leader. Before giving the player the Rising Badge, however, Clair makes the player go through a test to prove their worthiness. To complete this test, the player must enter the Dragon's Den and take a test before they receive the Rising Badge from Clair. Having obtained all 8 Badges, the player is given the Master Ball by Elm and is requested to visit the Kimono Girls to prove their worthiness. After defeating the Kimono Girls, the player will either go to the Bell TowerHG or the Whirl IslandsSS to encounter Ho-OhHG or LugiaSS. Then the player is allowed to go east of New Bark into Kanto.

From New Bark Town, the path to the Pokémon League is to the east, across Route 27 and into Kanto, then across Route 26 and through Victory Road to the Indigo Plateau. When the player reaches the exit of Victory Road, Silver appears again and battles the player.

The Elite Four awaits the player if they have collected all eight Badges. When the player enters the League, they must face all four in sequence. Will, who trains Psychic-type Pokémon, is first, followed by Koga, whose specialty is Poison. Bruno, who uses Fighting-type Pokémon, follows, and finally, Karen, who specializes in the Dark type. After defeating these four, the reigning Pokémon Champion, Lance, whom the player met at the Lake of Rage, challenges the player to a final battle. After his defeat, Oak and his co-host on Pokémon Talk, DJ Mary, arrive and congratulate the player. Lance then takes the player to a back room and tells the player that they are admitted into the Hall of Fame. The credits roll.

Postgame

The player then returns to their bedroom in New Bark Town. They head downstairs and receive a message that Professor Elm has something for them. Returning to his lab the player receives an S.S. Ticket for the fast ship S.S. Aqua departing to the region of Kanto, where many rare Pokémon live. The player boards the ship in Olivine City and is bombarded by a sailor looking for his daughter who got loose on the ship. Searching the whole ship, the player finds a sailor who is angry that his co-worker is asleep on the job. Finding him and challenging him to a battle, he runs out of his cabin to join the mate. The player later finds the missing girl at the bottom of the ship. The girl asks the player to play hide and seek with her. The man from before then finds the girl as she mentions that the player was playing with her. The girl's grandpa thanks the player as the ship arrives at Vermilion City in Kanto.

Deciding to take on the Gyms of Kanto, the player enters the Gym in Vermilion City, defeating Lt. Surge who specializes in Electric types, and earning the Thunder Badge. The player travels north to Saffron City and enters the Gym there defeating Sabrina, who specializes in Psychic types and had envisioned the player's arrival three years prior, and earns the Marsh Badge. Still, in Saffron, the player encounters the Copycat in her new house who seems to have misplaced her Pokémon doll. Going back to Vermilion's Pokémon Fan Club the player sees the Lost Item and retrieves it bringing it back to the copycat who gives the player a Pass to the Saffron Magnet Train.

The player then travels west of Saffron to Celadon City and travels to the Gym, taking on Erika and winning the Rainbow Badge. Going back to Saffron and traveling east, the player comes to the Kanto Power Plant where they find that an important part of a machine in the plant has been stolen and they are unable to get the machine running. Traveling north of Saffron to Cerulean City the player finds out that a suspicious character has been hanging out around the Gym. Traveling north onto Route 24, the player finds and battles a Team Rocket grunt who is trying to revive the team unbeknownst to the fact that the team in Johto was disbanded by the player. The player defeats the grunt who admits that he dropped the part in the Cerulean Gym. The player goes to the Gym and retrieves the Machine Part. They return it to the Power Plant and the machine is once again returned to its running state.

The player then moves through the Rock Tunnel, arriving at Lavender Town, where they discover that the former Pokémon Tower has now become a Radio Tower for Kanto. Talking to the director inside the tower, they receive the Radio Expansion Card which allows them to listen to radio stations in Kanto as a reward for restoring power at the Power Plant. Traveling the length of the Silence Bridge and Routes 13, 14, and 15, the player arrives at Fuchsia City and takes on the Gym Leader Janine who specializes in Poison types, winning the Soul Badge. Going back north to Cerulean and the up to Route 24, the player challenges the Nugget Crew and finds Misty with her boyfriend at Cerulean Cape. Misty's boyfriend runs off angering her until she realizes that the player is indeed a challenger. The player returns to Cerulean Gym and takes on Misty's Water types winning the Cascade Badge.

Returning to Vermilion City, the player recalls the large Pokémon sleeping outside the entrance to Diglett's Cave on the eastern edge of town. They play the Poké Flute Station on their radio which awakens and angers the Pokémon, a giant Snorlax. After capturing, defeating, or running away from it, the player enters and goes through the Diglett's Cave emerging on Route 2, just south of Pewter City. The player goes north to Pewter City and challenges Brock and his Rock types and earns the Boulder Badge.

The player travels south across Route 2 and through Viridian Forest before arriving at Viridian City. The player then continues south to Pallet Town and surfs to Cinnabar Island. There, the player sees Blue who mentions how the town previously found on the island was destroyed in a volcanic eruption, and that the town's Gym Leader had to relocate his Gym to the nearby Seafoam Islands. Blue then goes back to his Gym in Viridian. The player travels east to the Seafoam Islands and finds Blaine's Fire-type Gym within the islands and challenges him to earn the Volcano Badge.

The player travels back to Viridian City and challenges Blue in his Gym, which does not seem to have any specialty in types, and defeats him to earn the Earth Badge. The player goes back to Pallet Town and visits Professor Oak in his laboratory. Oak sees that the player has earned all of the Gym Badges in Kanto and, after giving them HM08, decides to allow the player to enter Mt. Silver, a mountain so dangerous the average Trainer is not allowed to enter it, to challenge Red, who has been the champion of Kanto for three years and trains there constantly. The player goes to Mt. Silver and climbs to the top to find Red training mutely, and challenges him to a battle. After a hard-fought battle, the player defeats Red, becoming the new champion of Kanto, and Red walks away without saying a word. The credits roll again.

Blurb

Prepare for thrilling new adventures as Legendary Pokémon awaken!

Explore the Johto region as you catch, train, and battle with your favorite Pokémon by your side. Turn the tides—call forth the Legendary Pokémon!

Changes from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Gameplay

The Pokéwalker

Areas

Johto and Kanto , the accessible regions in HeartGold and SoulSilver

Graphics

The male player character receives a redesign and is now called Ethan, while Kris is replaced by a new female player character called Lyra.

Ambient sound effects are used with greater frequency than in previous games; for example, running water, blowing wind and the player walking through grass will produce audible noises.

The Pokégear has been redesigned. There is a range of skins that can be used and changed at the player's will.

Redesigned Pokédex

Music

Pokémon

As in Pokémon Gold and Silver, the primary Pokémon of the remakes are native to the Johto and Kanto regions. Due to advances in gameplay since the second generation, the regional Pokédex used in Gold and Silver (the New Pokédex) has been updated to include those Pokémon which evolve upon learning a new move. Rather than simply excluding these evolutions (as Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen did with friendship-based evolutions), an improved Johto Pokédex was established with 256 Pokémon: five more than the New Pokédex.

Similarly to other recently released Pokémon games, Pokémon from outside the regional Pokédex can be captured after defeating the Elite Four and earning the National Pokédex. Pokémon native to Sinnoh and Hoenn can be found in various methods. Mass outbreaks of Pokémon sometimes break out across the Johto and Kanto regions; oftentimes these are not native to either of the regions. Pokémon from other regions can be located by playing one of two special stations on the Pokégear's radio function. There is a channel for Sinnoh Pokémon which plays only on Thursdays; the Hoenn channel only plays on Wednesdays. By having either of these programs turned on when in tall grass the chance of finding a foreign Pokémon increases. The Bug-Catching Contest also hosts, from time to time, Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokémon. They will only appear on Thursdays and Saturdays. The Johto Safari Zone's customization option also allows for the finding of Pokémon from other regions. Trainers in Kanto (which is accessible after obtaining the National Pokédex) often have Pokémon from Hoenn and Sinnoh. All Gym Leaders except Clair use at least one Pokémon from Hoenn or Sinnoh in rematches.

In an apparent attempt to remove reliance on Generation III cartridges, starter Pokémon of Kanto and Hoenn can be obtained late in the game from Professor Oak and Steven Stone respectively. Some legendary Pokémon which were not included in the Generation II games, such as Kanto's legendary birds and Mewtwo, are also available.

As in all core series Pokémon games, there are a number of Pokémon which can be found in one of the paired games, but not the other. A list of these Pokémon follows below.

HeartGold 056 Mankey Fighting 057 Primeape Fighting 058 Growlithe Fire 059 Arcanine Fire 138 Omanyte Rock Water 139 Omastar Rock Water 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 168 Ariados Bug Poison 207 Gligar Ground Flying 226 Mantine Water Flying 231 Phanpy Ground 232 Donphan Ground 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 344 Claydol Ground Psychic 347 Anorith Rock Bug 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 382 Kyogre Water 458 Mantyke Water Flying 472 Gliscor Ground Flying SoulSilver 037 Vulpix Fire 038 Ninetales Fire 052 Meowth Normal 053 Persian Normal 140 Kabuto Rock Water 141 Kabutops Rock Water 165 Ledyba Bug Flying 166 Ledian Bug Flying 216 Teddiursa Normal 217 Ursaring Normal 225 Delibird Ice Flying 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 303 Mawile Steel 316 Gulpin Poison 317 Swalot Poison 345 Lileep Rock Grass 346 Cradily Rock Grass 383 Groudon Ground

While only either Latias HG or Latios SS roam Kanto, the other one can be found in Pewter City after obtaining the Enigma Stone via an event.

Connectivity

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HeartGold and SoulSilver are able to connect to each other, as well as all the other main series Generation IV games (Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum), once the player has access to the Pokémon Center.

Pal Park

Main article: Pal Park

Pal Park outside area

After receiving access to Kanto, it's possible to visit Pal Park in Celadon City to be able to transfer Pokemon from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen into the game. The previous games, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, only allowed the player to transfer 6 Pokémon per Game Boy Advance game per 24 hours, while these games have lifted this restriction, allowed unlimited transfers per 24 hours.

Because this method of transferring Pokémon relies on having both a Nintendo DS and a Game Boy Advance game cartridge inserted into the same system, this will only work on the original Nintendo DS and the Nintendo DS Lite.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Main article: Pokémon Battle Revolution

These games also have the ability to connect to Pokémon Battle Revolution, just like their predecessors. This allows the player to connect their Nintendo DS to their Nintendo Wii to be able to fight in Pokémon Battle Revolution using their team from the game.

While these games are fully compatible with the new Pokémon forms introduced in Pokémon Platinum, those from Giratina, Shaymin and Rotom and also added another special form, Spiky-Eared Pichu, these special forms are incompatible with Pokémon Battle Revolution. The Pokémon with these special forms will revert to their normal forms when used in Pokémon Battle Revolution. That means the Stats will be reverted to those of the normal form. Rotom will also temporarily forget the move granted by this special form.

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

Searching for Pokémon on the GTS of HeartGold or SoulSilver

These games featured the same Nintendo Wi-Fi capabilities as Pokémon Platinum, including the Wi-Fi Plaza. Before the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service was shut down on May 20, 2014, the Wi-Fi connection could be used to battle and trade with other players of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Players could trade with others around the world using the Global Trade Station. On the GTS it was possible for players to offer their Pokémon and ask for a specific Pokémon in return. The Pokémon a player could request were only the ones they had seen or captured before. In addition to asking for a specific Pokémon, it was also possible to set certain demands on this Pokémon, namely its Gender and a specific Level range. It was also possible to search for a Pokémon on the GTS, to see and make use of trade offers from other users.

Pokéwalker

Main article: Pokéwalker

Communication between a Pokéwalker and a Nintendo DSi with HeartGold or SoulSilver

This pedometer accessory was bundled with the games, and features different ways to interact with them. A player can send a Pokémon to the Pokéwalker to make it gain experience with steps counted on the device. Pokémon caught and items found can also be transferred to HeartGold and SoulSilver.

The game's cartridges and Pokéwalker both feature an infrared transceiver to communicate with each other.

Pokéathlon

Main article: Pokéathlon

The games do not feature Super Contest like Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, but instead have the Pokéathlon. Players of HeartGold and SoulSilver are able to link up with up to three others players to play multiplayer events.

Mystery Gift

Main article: Mystery Gift

Just like the other Generation IV games, HeartGold and SoulSilver had the ability to receive special event Pokémon through Mystery Gift. Some events were available to all Generation IV games, while others were exclusive to certain games.

By trading or transferring certain event Pokémon to certain games, it's possible to unlock special events, such as using an event Arceus to access the Sinjoh Ruins and receive an egg containing Palkia, Dialga or Giratina.

Poké Transfer

Main article: Poké Transfer

The Generation IV games are not able to directly trade with the subsequent Generation V games, but it is possible to permanently transfer Pokémon from Generation IV games to Generation V games. After players of the Generation V games have completed the main game, they are able to access the Poké Transfer building on Route 15.

Any two Nintendo DS or 3DS systems can be used to transfer Pokémon from HeartGold and SoulSilver to a Generation V game. The device with the Generation V game cartidge has to open the game and enter the Poké Transfer Lab building and talk to scientist at the top floor. The device with the HeartGold or SoulSilver cartidge should turn on the device and open the DS Download Play, from which the Generation V game can be joined. Up to six Pokémon can be selected to transfer to the Generation V game. Certain Pokémon cannot be transferred, such as those with HM Moves, Eggs or Spiky-eared Pichu. Attempting to transfer a Pokemon holding an item will result in the item getting placed back into the bag.

Reception

Gaming magazine Famitsu gave Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver a score of 37 out of 40.[10] IGN rated the games a "Great" 8.5/10.[11] Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver hold a rating of 87.81%[12] and 88.00%,[13] respectively, on GameRankings.

Sales

In the fiscal year of their release, they sold 8.40 million units.[14] As of March 31, 2020, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver have sold 12.72 million copies worldwide.[15]

Japanese sales

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver sold 1,442,990 units on their first week on the Japanese market, being 720,086 from Pokémon HeartGold and 722,904 from Pokémon SoulSilver, with a sell-through of 91.16% and 91.48% respectively. By December 29, 2013, at the end of their 225th week, they had sold 3,910,512 copies, being 1,864,152 from Pokémon HeartGold and 2,046,360 from Pokémon SoulSilver.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions Week Week ending Ranking Units sold Total units sold 1 September 13, 2009 - 1,442,990 1,442,990 2 September 20, 2009 - 443,133 1,886,123 3 September 27, 2009 - 131,994 2,018,117 4 October 4, 2009 3rd 267,127 2,285,244 5 October 11, 2009 1st 188,625 2,473,869 6 October 18, 2009 1st 164,721 2,638,590 7 October 25, 2009 1st 117,972 2,756,562 8 November 1, 2009 5th 87,594 2,844,156 9 November 8, 2009 2nd 73,554 2,917,710 10 November 15, 2009 2nd 62,744 2,980,454 11 November 22, 2009 1st 55,361 3,035,815 12 November 29, 2009 3rd 54,571 3,093,387 13 December 6, 2009 8th 63,026 3,153,413 14 December 13, 2009 6th 75,006 3,228,419 15 December 20, 2009 4th 111,454 3,339,873 16 December 27, 2009 5th 124,704 3,464,577 17 January 3, 2010 6th 74,658 3,539,235 18 January 10, 2010 7th 37,283 3,576,518 19 January 17, 2010 11th - - 20 January 24, 2010 11th - - 69 January 2, 2011 - - 3,821,067 121 January 1, 2012 - - 3,871,838 173 December 30, 2012 - - 3,899,303 225 December 29, 2013 - - 3,910,512

Pokémon HeartGold Version Week Week ending Ranking Units sold Total units sold 1 September 13, 2009 2nd 720,086 720,086 2 September 20, 2009 2nd 220,554 940,640 3 September 27, 2009 2nd 67,911 1,008,551 17 January 3, 2010 - - 1,693,870 69 January 2, 2011 - - 1,821,866 121 January 1, 2012 - - 1,845,860 173 December 30, 2012 - - 1,859,172 225 December 29, 2013 - - 1,864,152

Pokémon SoulSilver Version Week Week ending Ranking Units sold Total units sold 1 September 13, 2009 1st 722,904 722,904 2 September 20, 2009 1st 222,579 945,483 3 September 27, 2009 3rd 64,083 1,009,566 17 January 3, 2010 - - 1,845,365 69 January 2, 2011 - - 1,999,201 121 January 1, 2012 - - 2,025,978 173 December 30, 2012 - - 2,040,131 225 December 29, 2013 - - 2,046,360

Staff

Main article: Staff of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Music

The soundtrack contains all of the background music from the games. Much of the music is remixed from the music of Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. It serves as the closest approximation to a soundtrack release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, which are the only paired versions that lack an official soundtrack release of the games' original tracks. Discs 1 and 2 of the soundtrack contain the rearrangements of Generation II music, in addition to the music assigned to new areas. Disc 3 of the soundtrack (based on the GB Sounds feature), is meant to emulate the style of 8-bit music. However, not all of the GB Sounds music is available on the CD.

Version history

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Beta elements

Main article: Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver beta

Gallery

Logos

English HeartGold logo

English SoulSilver logo

Japanese HeartGold logo

Japanese SoulSilver logo

Korean HeartGold logo

Korean SoulSilver logo

Title screens

English HeartGold title screen

English SoulSilver title screen

Japanese HeartGold title screen

Japanese SoulSilver title screen

Trivia

Typographical errors

Froslass's entry in SoulSilver's (but not HeartGold's) Pokédex has a typo where the period at the end of the sentence is missing.

A second nearly unnoticeable typo appears in both versions during Professor Oak's congratulations speech, when the player has a completely filled National Pokédex (minus event Pokémon). One of his sentences, "Meeting you is something l will cherish all my life long!", uses a lowercase L instead of a capital I.

will cherish all my life long!", uses a lowercase L instead of a capital I. On page 6 the North American manual for HeartGold, it is mentioned that "In order to catch all the Pokémon in the Johto region and complete your Pokédex, you must trade with the Pokémon HeartGold Version" when it should say "with the Pokémon SoulSilver Version". This error is not present in the SoulSilver manual, which identifies the correct opposite game.

Official PDF-file manual for Pokémon HeartGold Version (English)

Official PDF-file manual for Pokémon SoulSilver Version (English)

In other languages

Language Title Japanese ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー French Pokémon Version Or HeartGold et Version Argent SoulSilver German Pokémon Goldene Edition HeartGold und Silberne Edition SoulSilver Italian Pokémon Versione Oro HeartGold e Versione Argento SoulSilver Korean 포켓몬스터 하트골드・소울실버 Spanish Pokémon Edición Oro HeartGold y Edición Plata SoulSilver

See also

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