Speculation: Pokemon Gold and Silver remakes to be announced Sunday

by Griffin McElroy { May 4th 2009 at 2:30PM }

This past Friday, it was announced that Japan's Pokémon Sunday variety show would be making a world exclusive announcement on May 10, leading many to believe the reveal of a new monster-catchin' title was imminent. Speculation on the nature of this new title was set aflame by the image you see above -- a picture of this past episode of Pokémon Sunday, which clearly depicts gold and silver balls hanging precariously from the ceiling.

It's fairly tenuous as far as speculation goes, but the timing is right for Pokémon Gold and Silver remakes to hit the street. It's probably too soon for Generation V to be released like a plague unto the world, and Generation IV is pretty much all tapped out. Since Gold and Silver (and Crystal, we guess) are the only ones that haven't had a post-GBC adaptation, it makes sense for them to modernize it. Oh, and to monetize it. Again.

Tags: game-freak, nintendo, pokemon, pokemon-gold-and-silver, pokemon-sunday, rumor, speculation

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Roto13 @ May 4th 2009 2:47PM

Considering Gold and Silver were awesome, I would probably look forward to remakes of those more than I would a new Pokemon game. Just the fact that it included almost the entire world from the first game was enough to make it great.

BlackDS @ May 4th 2009 8:40PM

Gold & Silver = FAIL.

Why would anyone (except people older than dirt) want to buy a Pokemon game w/ NO NEW POKEMON. I can already get all the Pokemon in Gold & Silver in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Ruby, Sapphire, & Emerald.

Only the geezer dorks are excited. Forget your shiny Pidgey and get a life.

Peace.

Roto13 @ May 4th 2009 8:47PM

I find it hilarious that you're bitching about a Pokemon game while telling people to "get a life."

Roto13 @ May 4th 2009 9:48PM

You know, I also find it hilarious that people who played the second Pokemon game are considered to be "geezer dorks" now. It came out like 8 or 9 years ago. Are you one of those weird people who thinks everyone over 13 is old?

S. Tiger @ May 4th 2009 9:48PM

Excuse me good fa-, I mean, sir BlackDS. Would you stop being a neonazi "hardcore gamer" and promptly hightail it the hell out of here? You're pretty much not wanted. No need to ruin some people's childhood because daddy touched you inappropriately.

esposch @ May 5th 2009 2:43AM

Well now that you mention it, every Pokemon game to come out since 2001 is a remake of Pokemon Gold. Actually, they're usually worse games except for graphics and variety of moves. The remake will fix all that and make it even better. I think this might be the first time I've payed $50 for a DS game since Prime Hunters.
Plus, I'm only 15 (in no way a geyser) and I remember Pokemon Red.
Basically, I put over 700 hours into one file on Gold, over 2 or 3 YEARS, and it is my favourite game of all time after Warcraft 3. If this is a new game I will cry.

S. Tiger @ May 5th 2009 8:36AM

Wtf bro, no DS game costs $50. The most they cost is $40. You got ripped off.

esposch @ May 6th 2009 2:18AM

I live in Australia. They cost AU$50 at launch here. I usually get mine for about AU$25-AU$30. That's like US$20. Please leave now.

Onomah @ May 4th 2009 2:55PM

I don't know what I am more surprised by, the announcement that there will be a remake of Gold and Silver, or that there is a Pokémon Sunday variety show.

It's too close to call.

manyquestions @ May 4th 2009 4:39PM

That's exactly what I was thinking. . . .

Yan @ May 4th 2009 4:58PM

japan gets all the good stuff and the rest of the world doesnt.

S. Tiger @ May 4th 2009 3:04PM

And then everyone will be shocked when they find out the remakes are on the Wii, and I'll have called it.

ArchGamer @ May 4th 2009 3:09PM

How is that a bad thing?

aj @ May 4th 2009 4:27PM

....Except that the director of the D/P/P games and the man in charge of the franchise flat out said that Pokemon will never, ever be on a console as the whole point of Pokemon is socializing and trading, and consoles are not really "go out and play with people" machines.

So no, it won't be on the Wii......unless they do a VC release. Though I doubt it. Why charge 5$ when you can charge 40$?

manyquestions @ May 4th 2009 4:41PM

But there are Pokemon games on consoles. Granted, they're not the main-series RPGs, but they are actually even more multiplayer oriented than the handheld Pokemon games.

rTwelve @ May 4th 2009 3:20PM

inb4 donald claims it's pokemon channel 2

Donald @ May 4th 2009 6:10PM

In during announcement that Nintendo's trolling again and it's Pokemon Channel 2

jarhead906 @ May 4th 2009 3:23PM

I don't think any of you understand how great Gold/Silver/Crystal is in the Pokemon series.

And even if you could comprehend that fact, your brain would instantaneously implode.

jarhead906 @ May 4th 2009 3:24PM

Oh, and Feraligatr FTW!

esposch @ May 5th 2009 2:51AM

True dat.

Zammel @ May 4th 2009 3:30PM

Awesome, Gold is still my favorite Pokemon game. I haven't played Diamond in a long time, so if this does indeed come to DS, I'll pick it up the day it comes out.

Aero @ May 4th 2009 3:33PM

The speculation isn't that tenuous if you consider the fact that the Johto starters are in the new movie and are being heavily marketed with it. Add to this the fact that location data for Johto exists in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.

Yan @ May 4th 2009 5:08PM

where did you come up with this?

Aero @ May 4th 2009 7:40PM

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Appendix:Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver_remakes#Generation_IV
The second paragraph there talks about the location data and there are screenshots showing it.

Pikalover @ May 4th 2009 3:38PM

I'm still skeptical about it, but I PRAY that this is what it turns out to be. Crystal is my favorite Pokemon game, and considering how good Firered/Leafgreen turned out to be, a Johto remake would rock so hard.

bongoes @ May 4th 2009 4:10PM

This would be fantastic as Gold and Silver is the only generation I never played (I know, shame on me) and I'm too lazy to hunt them down.

esposch @ May 5th 2009 7:11AM

Yeah, shame on you for not playing Pokemon now that Game Freak have stopped putting effort into their games! Shame on you for playing the greatest RPG on the Game Boy! Shame on you for playing the playing the best Pokemon game ever made, so good that new versions simply cannot improve over it (well maybe they could if Game Freak actually tried, but they won't)! Shame on you for even suggesting that Gold, Silver and Crystal was the last great Pokemon game, before it became all about the money, and not about the people they love. :(

aj @ May 4th 2009 4:30PM

How cool would it be if they actually put the ENTIRE Kanto region into Gold and SIlver instead of the abbreviated versions in the original game? Imagine a Pokemon game that took 300 hours to get all 16 gym badges. Good lord.

FantomRedux @ May 4th 2009 5:22PM

It'd be the first Pokémon game I have bought since I got Silver. I discovered ROMs and emulators soon before Ruby and Sapphire came out so I never got them or Emerald, and the R4 just kinda stopped me getting D/P/P, which I'm glad of, because they couldn't hold my attention past the 3rd gym.

Roto13 @ May 4th 2009 8:28PM

Jebus Cripes, how long does it take you to play a Pokemon game?

S. Tiger @ May 4th 2009 11:31PM

Dude aj, Diamond alone for me was like 100+ hours including the Fight/Survival/Resort Areas. I ended up getting about another 100 for going through the Battle Tower a bit, and almost another 100 from just EV training a specific team.

Pokemon, you're more addicting than World of Warcraft, and I've never even played WoW.

Josh @ May 4th 2009 6:27PM

This is already 99% confirmed.

GAF~~~~~

Matias @ May 4th 2009 8:00PM

This is better than any new pokemon game could ever hope to be, this made my day.

Alilatias @ May 4th 2009 8:04PM

If this is true, watch everyone on Wi-Fi start using a Red Gyarados just because they can.

And then watch as people start comparing their egos on sites like GameFAQs over getting the perfect nature, IV's, etc. for their Red Gyarados.

j @ May 4th 2009 8:43PM

It's funny how this, unlike any other shallow attempt by Nintendo, would have people not feel any remorse for them.

ITT: setting up for dissapointment

Roto13 @ May 4th 2009 9:49PM

What the hell does that even mean?

SUBZERO-08 @ May 4th 2009 8:52PM

Considering that Pokemon Silver was probably tied as my favorite of all time with Pokemon Red, I will definitely be picking up this title. I'm sure they will add a bunch of new content as well.

Tim @ May 4th 2009 11:41PM

I hope it would be called, "Golden Sun" and "Silver Moon," respectively. :3

Also, I hope that they'd give ALL Pokemon stat-appropriate coverage attacks.

Example: Scizor, being a physical sweeper and has a x4 weakness on Fire, why not give it access to either Earthquake or Waterfall?

rTwelve @ May 5th 2009 12:56AM

dawngold and dusksilver have been tossed around, thanks to those new stones.

although "golden sky and silver sea" is a better idea, considering the mascots.

SnipeU2Lumby @ May 5th 2009 3:26AM

And there would be conflict with the awesome "Golden Sun" series. You must not have jumped on the bandwagon.

mog @ May 5th 2009 3:37AM

@SnipeU2Lumby: Following the R/G remakes' precedent, it'd be "SunGold" and "MoonSilver" anyway, so there'd be no naming conflict. "StarCrystal" even works, if they were to go that far.

I like Pokemon but I think multiple Pokedexes made it confusing. I'm not enough of a fan to keep four different numbers for each Pokemon straight, sorry.

S. Tiger @ May 5th 2009 8:38AM

Haha, mog, that's why there's the National Pokedex. You know, to keep everything organized.

mog @ May 5th 2009 3:49AM

@rTwelve: Dawn and dusk are both basically the same color, though. ;-)

Also, calling something DawnGold would be kind of close to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (usually just called "Golden Dawn,") something I don't think Nintendo wants Pokemon associated with (especially with the minor moral panic surrounding Pokemon in the early 2000s).

Actually, I'm beginning to think that the remakes *won't* be Sun/Moon/Star, simply because Nintendo might use those for a future generation of Pokemon. I mean, honestly - what do they use after they've used gold, silver, platinum, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, pearls, and crystals? Stripes/Spots/Plaid? Power/Wisdom/Courage?

Tim @ May 5th 2009 4:19AM

Remember FIREred & LEAFgreen, the GBA remakes of the Gen. I games?

My point is, any remakes are bound to have a non-metal, color-for-an-adjective name.

S. Tiger @ May 5th 2009 9:51AM

There's other stones they haven't used, like Topaz, Amethyst, and Aquamarine.

rTwelve @ May 5th 2009 3:38PM

golden sky and silver sea :(

bonus: crystal wind

Freestyle Farfetchd @ May 5th 2009 10:53AM

This would be a very happy announcement - and one I think that the community has been half-expecting. Gold and Silver were in a way indeed the best games in the series - Sure, 3rd and 4th gen deepened the battle mechanics significantly with EVs and abilities, but there was something about Gold and Silver that really captured the magic of Pokémon. And I can say that without the blinding of nostalgia, not having played Silver until well affter Diamond came out. I'm not sure if it was for the strong new Pokémon, the Johto region, or simply having two regions did it. G/S/C inexplicabley hit all the right buttons. Though I'll have you chaps know - there is already a remake of G/S, albeit a fan-made one, Shiny Gold. It's a mod("hack") of fire-red, and it's suprisingly good (Although not entirely complete, there's no Mt. Silver yet). It's really nice to have the Pokémon selection of G/S with the updated battle mechanics and graphics of the 3rd gen games.

tkAshur @ May 5th 2009 11:34AM

Well, I suppose this means I won't have to do the tower in Colesseum for Ho-oh, or have to buy XD for lugia...but thats about it. I've caught all the other ones. Cept Celebi, chances are ToysRUS would do another download event for this. That I could see working.

My only other hope would be for just a few more new ones...NOT ALOT! Just a few...maybe a couple of evos or something.

Then again I just remembered, this game had the best time events...hopefully they will do even more with that!

Jedi_Liz @ May 5th 2009 8:08PM

Count me in on buying these if they eventually exist, even though I only started playing Pokemon games a few years ago and never had one for a game system other than my GBA until I got DIamond 2 years ago (I started with Fire Red, then bought Leaf Green, Sapphire and Emerald.)