Games

Pokémon Silver Version

Game Freak

1999•Strategy•PEGI 12•About 45 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefamilyfantasyvehiclesfastwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questgame/competition

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and warm-hearted: a light strategy game, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

86 / 100

430 ratings

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About This Game

Pokemon Silver is a role-playing game played from a top-down perspective, in which the player explores the world, catches wild creatures called Pokemon, and trains them through turn-based battles. Set in the Johto region, it continues the core loop of building a team, earning Gym Badges, and completing the Pokedex by capturing, evolving, and trading creatures. This entry introduced 100 new Pokemon along with additions such as a real-time internal clock that affects certain events, Pokemon breeding, held items, and two new creature types. It supports linking with other games in the series to trade and battle.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In Pokemon Silver, the player is a young Trainer starting out in the Johto region. After receiving a first partner Pokemon from the local researcher Professor Elm, the player sets out to travel across Johto, catching and training Pokemon while working toward the eight Gym Badges needed to challenge the region's strongest Trainers. Along the way, the player is repeatedly tested by a mysterious rival who took one of Professor Elm's other Pokemon, and encounters the criminal group Team Rocket as it tries to regroup and return to its former activities. The journey unfolds across towns, routes,...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFamilyFantasyVehiclesAll consuming questGame/competition

Keywords

CollectingSuper game boy enhancementVirtual consoleReal time game clockGame boy link cable supportFan translation - portuguese

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Game Freak
Publishers: Nintendo, Gradiente
Released: 21 November 1999
Series: Pokémon
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Time to beat: 45h normally
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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