Rumor confirmed: Pokemon Gold and Silver getting DS remakes

Posted May 8, 2009 at 7:46AM by Glenn M. Listed in: Nintendo DS Tags: Nintendo, Pokemon

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Remake rumors went wild a few days ago with the ominous gold and silver confetti balls on Japanese TV show, Pokemon Sunday. As it turns out, word on the street had it right - Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver will both be getting out of their pokeballs and back in action in their new remakes.

Having sold over 23 million copies worldwide, Gold and Silver have apparently decided that they have not caught-'em-all, so they're suiting up for one more hurrah, much like what happened with Fire Red and Leaf Green. The remakes, named Pokemon Heart Gold and Pokemon Soul Silver, will be making their way to the Nintendo DS as part of the franchise's tenth anniversary.

As far as release dates go, this one's expected to drop in by Autumn 2010. The remakes will, of course, have features that the originals do not. I can already see the DS flying out of the shelves for this one.

A rumor confirmed:

Rumor: Pokemon Gold and Silver getting remakes?

Via Yahoo Japan

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Comments

# YEA!!! — Robman62 2009-05-08 03:41

BLAM!!!!

# 23 Copies — WTFAlex 2009-05-08 03:52

Ya don't say.

# 23 Copies — WTFAlex 2009-05-08 03:53

Ya don't say.

# Only 23? — Althor 2009-05-08 03:53

Wow, Gold and Silver only sold 23 copies? That's... not as much as I was expecting. I have them both, I might go run 'em down to the old auction if I'm holding 2 out of the 23 sold :P.

# Only 23? — Althor 2009-05-08 03:55

Wow, Gold and Silver only sold 23 copies? That's... not as much as I was expecting. I have them both, I might go run 'em down to the old auction if I'm holding 2 out of the 23 sold :P.

# Uh — deucedeath 2009-05-08 05:00

It's Leaf Green, not Green Leaf.

# yay — jrsmaster411 2009-05-08 05:03

Nintendo gives us some more remakes, this is so great, I'm glad Nintendo cares so much about the fans and isn't just creating ports and remakes of last gen games to make easy money [/sarcasm]

# wrong — xkiraisgodx 2009-05-08 05:34

he said over 23 copies worldwide , not 23 only +P and if its over 23 it can be any number over 23

# Yeaah!! — MahSixFo 2009-05-08 07:06

Can't wait.

# Yeaah!! — MahSixFo 2009-05-08 07:08

Can't wait.

# oh yeah — vitorgatti 2009-05-08 07:48

I wanna beat Ash again and his crazy lv 80 Pikachu!

Now with better graphics xD

# Hopes shattered on another proper version of Pokemon — KingPoubar 2009-05-08 08:29

We never saw one on the N64, never saw one on the Gamecube, don't you think we deserve Gold and Silver on the Wii + the graphics from the boring "lets spend another £40 on something we could already do in the first place" that was the Stadium games?

Not that i have even played in years, this is why.

# This is me right now... — papajag 2009-05-08 09:08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20HTTZWQJSA

# .. — blkthunda 2009-05-08 09:43

If you don't like them remakes then don't buy them it's as easy as that.

# T_T — Althor 2009-05-08 10:04

Ah, my eyes failed me, what more can I say?

# Yayy — Navani 2009-05-08 14:27

I love Pokemon. I actually bought a DS for my trip to the Philippines next month so I could play Pokemon Diamond!

# wooo — nikko03 2009-05-08 18:10

u could never get too old for some good ol pokemon...i grew up on this stuff, still got my whole! card collection lol

# OH MY KONATA — coop086 2009-05-09 02:27

daaam,,,these people are very creatibas

# They're geniuses at marketing — Navani 2009-05-09 03:56

Think of all the money they made on the Wii, passing everyone.. They're geniuses. They saved money on hardware, plus selling Wii remotes and nunchucks separately along with releasing the Classic controller and the Wii Zapper and whatever else they have.. People actually spend more money on a Wii in six than they do on the initial purchase of a 360 or PS3, it's just like an extended payment.

Not like I have anything against that, I think it's brilliant.. The idea is to give what will sell, but not FORCE people to buy it. blkthunda is right, just don't buy the remakes. Personally, I am glad they are remaking this game, and they can remake whatever they want.

# no argument here — jrsmaster411 2009-05-09 08:15

they are geniuses, not only are they making tons of money but their hardly spending any of it, they are now remaking the same game for a 4th and 5th time (Gold, Silver, Crystal, and these 2) not to mention that this series has basically been the same game since red and blue. By now these pokemon games got to be pretty cheap to make and they sell insanely good whether their remakes, new game, or just the same game with a different name.

# first gameplay — Soplox 2009-05-09 13:38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-MLEw3bz0

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