Pokemon HeartGold Version

Features

• You become a Pokemon Trainer, traveling from town to town across the Johto region on an adventure to catch, train and battle Pokemon
• You can take your favorite Pokemon with you wherever you go using the new Pokewalker accessory; wirelessly transfer a Pokemon to the Pokewalker and walk your Pokemon through virtual routes as you walk around in real life. By walking, you earn Watts that can be used to encounter and catch wild Pok mon or search for hidden items; the Pokemon in the Pokewalker will gain experience points as you walk, and can even go up one level when Pokemon is transferred back into the game; you can also wireles
• For the first time, any Pokemon can follow you on your journey outside of the PokeBall; your favorite Pokemon can always be at your side
• With a wireless broadband connection, you can interact with your friends who have either the Pokemon HeartGold or SoulSilver Version game to trade or battle Pokemon via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service; you can also battle and trade with others via a local wireless connection
• An internal clock keeps track of the time of day and the day of the week; some special events will only happen on certain days or at certain times of day

Customer Reviews

Nostalgia...
I haven't played a Pokemon game since Red & Blue came out; for a trip down memory lane I decided to buy this new updated version for my DS. Overall it's very fun, a lot of great updates since the Game Boy days, but still retains enough of the original charm to remain pleasing to those of us who remember the originals. I definitely recommend it! Tons of fun and keeps me entertained.

Great Game...
I bought this game and SoulSilver for my son's ninth birthday. He loves them both, but I honestly think he likes SoulSilver more as he plays it more often.

Good Fun Long Game
I bought this for my younger sister as a gift. She said it was better and longer than perl and diamond (spelling)
It also came with a pokeball which let's you bring 1 pokemon with you wherever you go. And you get items when you walk places. And some other stuff that i don't know but she said it was fun and shes still playing it!

Great game. Wonderful remake of the original.
I played the original on my gameboy color way back when. It is wonderful to be able to play one of my favorites in the series all over again. I love the new added features. A must buy for Pokemon fans. Very kid friendly. Yes, I am 21.. Who cares.

A golden game
I know most games have flaws... but I gotta say, this is one game that has hardly any. The original gold and silver were amazing, and I dont think any GBC games could ever compete with them... and for now, few ds games can compete with Heart Gold. Heres why (notice, if you dont like pokemon some of this may not make since to you)

First up, the graphics are amazing. The 3d features of the Ds were really utilized here. The colors are rich, and if you stand near water you can hear it sloshing on the shore or waterfalls roaring, and if you run up metal stairways you actually here the clink clank noise. Raikou, Suicune, And Entei have their own unique themes, and Ho-oh and Lugia have amazing themes. Also, the events for Ho-oh in this game and lugia in soul silver are amazing... I cant begin to describe them. Notice- in heart gold lugia does not have an event, and soul silver Ho-oh does not. They are still catchable after you defeat the champion and clear certain events, but there will not be a cutscene and they will be level 70.

Several gyms have been majorly redesgined, and the fact pokemon walk behind you is cool too. Sinnoh pokemon are found here and there, and hoenn pokemon. You can get kyogre in heart gold, and get groudon in soul silver. If you trade the other one and have both in the same game, rayquaza is obtainable.

Pros-
Graphics are amazing
Events make the game worth playing
Pokeathelon
Lots of legendaries
Pokemon walk behind you
Pokewalker

Cons-
Red is extremely difficult, and most post game events require you beat him.
If you get mewtwo you are nearly unbeatable.
Doesnt have the same classic feel as gold and silver... more like crystal.
Some events require trading.
Very hard to catch some pokemon without masterballs.

All in all, most the bad things arent enough to make this game not worth buying. If you get this, dont get soul silver, or vice versa, cause they are close to the same game. I hope I helped. If you dont like pokemon games that are basically going around, battling, training, and catching pokemon, then dont buy this game. But ultimately, its similar to gold and silver... missing that classic feel but oh well! Its worth the buy.