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Pokémon Gold Version
A new Trainer explores Johto, raises a team across a day-and-night clock, and connects Gold to Silver and the earlier Kanto games through battles, trades, and the Time Capsule.
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Pokémon Gold Version sends a rookie Trainer from New Bark Town into Johto after Professor Elm offers a first partner. The journey follows Gym challenges, rival battles, Team Rocket's return, and a Pokédex that now includes species absent from the earlier Kanto games. Ho-Oh is Gold's cover legendary, while Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, and the Unown add longer-term goals beyond the League.
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The cartridge adds an internal clock with day and night, weekdays, timed events, and Pokémon that appear at different hours. New Steel and Dark types, held items, breeding at the Day-Care, evolution changes, and a friendship value widen the battle and collection systems. Link Cable trades and battles remain essential because Gold and Silver divide many encounters; the Time Capsule can connect them with the original Red, Blue, and Yellow versions.
Plan the team around version exclusives and check encounter tables before committing resources. The original Gold Version released on Game Boy Color in Japan in 1999 and also runs on compatible Game Boy hardware; Nintendo's later 3DS Virtual Console edition recreates the game but is not the original cartridge. Pokémon HeartGold is a Nintendo DS remake with different presentation and added systems, while Gold uses Ho-Oh branding and its own encounter table.
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