Pokemon HeartGold ROM is playable on Android, Windows, and iPhone.

Emulators: SuperDS, Citra, RetroArch, MelonDS.

Playable Devices: Android, Windows, iPhone.

Well, maybe I would for that last one, but then again so would anyone. If you gave me a real, living, breathing Pokemon I wouldn’t ruin it. If you gave me a grand I wouldn’t ruin it. While I usually don’t care about spoilers, especially for games that are 12 years old, HGSS is just different. That’s all stuff you just need to enjoy in the moment. I haven’t even bothered mentioning any of HGSS’ features here - not the integrated Celebi event, not the Battle Frontier, not the incorporation of illustrious trainers like Cynthia. None of these things happened - I suppose the last one didn’t on account of the fact that Kommo-o didn’t actually exist yet, but still, you get the point. Imagine Nintendo had spoiled Gen 2 - there would have been Uproar, Outrage, and Clangorous Soulblaze. The fact Pokemon Gold & Silver are already two of the best RPGs ever made obviously helps, although would have been a major hindrance had the remakes not been up to scratch. HeartGold & SoulSilver satisfied all of these conditions a decade ago, and yet still feel as if they could have launched yesterday to unanimous acclaim as benchmarks of modern design. On the other, there’s a demand for this game to be made approachable as per contemporary standards. On one hand, it’s probably going to earn you lots of cash - you’re not doing this out of the goodness of your hearts. At the same time, there’s a reason it needs to be remade. You need to modernise a game while preserving what made it special in the first place - you can’t excessively alter its identity in terms of story, visual integrity, or just good old-fashioned feel. The thing about remakes is that they’re tricky. I reckon we’ve got Goldenrod fever - the town named after me can get in the bin, though. We’ve also lamented Unite’s lack of love for Johto here at TheGamer and theorised about how cool it would be to see the series’ second region integrated into Pokemon Legends: Arceus via the Sinjoh Ruins.

Just last week, I wrote about how 20 years later, Pokemon’s Gen 2 Pokedex is still its best one ever. This appears to have become a sort of running theme with me.

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