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All you Pokémaniacs out there are going to have to accept it -- the Pokémon priority is in Japan. They've had Pokémon Red, Blue and Green (not released here) for a few years now, and Pokémon Yellow since last October. And just after we get Pokémon Yellow this October, they're going to get Pokémon Gold and Silver, a whole new Pokémon adventure -- and the first Pokémon sequel to have new Pokémon to capture and trade.
Features
• New creatures including Hoo-Hoo, Napil, Rediba, and Eleckid.
• New items including the Pokegear
• Real-time RPG using internal clock
• Game Boy Printer support
• For Game Boy and Game Boy Color
Pokémon Gold/Silver is not just a tweaked version of Pokémon Red and Blue with new creatures -- there are new features to this adventure. All Pokémon in the game will be assigned a gender, either male or female. When you breed a male and female Pokémon, it will net an egg -- which Pokémon you've bred will affect how the Pokémon grows, as well as what abilities and attacks it will have as it gain experience in battle. Pokémon can also utilize weapons and items that you've acquired during the adventure.
Along with the Pokedex, the main character will have a new item called the Pokegear -- a device that combines the function of a counter, data organizer, cellular phone and radio together into one unit. With the Pokegear, you'll be able to record the phone number of different characters and communicate with them anywhere in the world, or use the radio function to listen to the special Pokémon lectures from the Professor Oak. You can also change the music during the adventure with the Pokegear.
One of the coolest features, though, is the fact that the game will be real-time. At the beginning of the game, you'll set the internal clock, and as you play the game, the day will turn to night and night into day at the appropriate times. The game will also have real-time events based on the battery-backed clock -- meaning you'll have to complete the event before the specified time.
Like Pokémon Red and Blue, Pokémon Gold and Silver will restrict which Pokémon you can capture -- Pokémon Gold will have creatures that you cannot capture in Pokémon Silver, and vice versa. The only way you'll catch them all is if you trade between the two versions. You can also trade with players with Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, but those gamers cannot trade for the newer creatures in Pokémon Gold and Silver.
Nintendo hasn't announced when Pokémon Gold and Silver will be released in the US, but in Japan you'll be able to get your hands on them in November.
From IGN.com
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