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Pokémon Silver Version
Nintendo 3DS · Released November 21, 1999 · Developed by Game Freak · Published by Nintendo
★ 88Total 86Single playerMultiplayer
Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)AdventureActionFantasyKids
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Summary
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.
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IGDB Rating
87.57 / 100
424 ratings
Total Rating
86.28 / 100
426 (user + critic)
Game Modes
Single player · Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric · Side view
Themes
Action · Fantasy · Kids
Developer
Game Freak
Also known as
FrancePokémon ArgentFrench title
ItalyPokémon ArgentoItalian title
SpainPokémon PlataSpanish title
AliasPokemon SilverAlternative spelling
FrancePokémon Version ArgentFrench alternative title
GermanyPokémon SilberGerman title
GermanyPokémon Silberne EditionGerman alternative title
JapanPocket Monsters SilverJapanese title - romanization
AliasPokémon SilverAbbreviation
PortugalPokémon Versão SilverPortuguese title
JapanPocket Monsters GinJapanese title - romanization
Release history (10 entries)
| Date | Platform | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 1999 | Game Boy Color | — |
| Oct 13, 2000 | Game Boy Color | — |
| Oct 15, 2000 | Game Boy Color | — |
| Dec 31, 2000 | Game Boy Color | — |
| Apr 6, 2001 | Game Boy Color | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | — |
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Storyline
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, caves, and seas filled with wild Pokemon to discover.
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