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'''''Pokémon Crystal''''', released in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Pocket Monsters Crystal'''''|ポケットモンスター クリスタル|Poketto Monsutā Kurisutaru|}}, is a title in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series of [[console role-playing game|RPG]]s for the [[Game Boy Color]]. An [[enhanced remake]] of [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']], Crystal was released [[December 14]][[2000]] in [[Japan]] and [[July 21]][[2001]] in [[North America]]. ''Crystal'' was succeeded by [[2003]]’s [[Game Boy Advance]] titles [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'']]. ''Pokémon Crystal'' was optimized to be playable only on the Game Boy Color. A person buying a [[Game Boy Color]] during the release of this game had the option of buying a [[Game Boy Advance]] that came with [[Pokémon Crystal]] in the package. |
'''''Pokémon Crystal''''', released in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Pocket Monsters Crystal'''''|ポケットモンスター クリスタル|Poketto Monsutā Kurisutaru|}}, is a title in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series of [[console role-playing game|RPG]]s for the [[Game Boy Color]]. An [[enhanced remake]] of [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']], Crystal was released [[December 14]][[2000]] in [[Japan]] and [[July 21]][[2001]] in [[North America]]. ''Crystal'' was succeeded by [[2003]]’s [[Game Boy Advance]] titles [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'']]. ''Pokémon Crystal'' was optimized to be playable only on the Game Boy Color. A person buying a [[Game Boy Color]] during the release of this game had the option of buying a [[Game Boy Advance]] that came with [[Pokémon Crystal]] in the package. This bundle is currently available on www.amazon.com. |
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==Story== |
==Story== |
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Developer(s) | Game Freak |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Designer(s) | Satoshi Tajiri (director) Junichi Masuda (co-director) Ken Sugimori (artist) |
Platform(s) | Game Boy Color |
Release | |
Genre(s) | RPG |
Mode(s) | Single player Multiplayer |
Pokémon Crystal, released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Crystal (ポケットモンスター クリスタル, Poketto Monsutā Kurisutaru), is a title in the Pokémon series of RPGs for the Game Boy Color. An enhanced remake of Pokémon Gold and Silver, Crystal was released December 142000 in Japan and July 212001 in North America. Crystal was succeeded by 2003’s Game Boy Advance titles Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Pokémon Crystal was optimized to be playable only on the Game Boy Color. A person buying a Game Boy Color during the release of this game had the option of buying a Game Boy Advance that came with Pokémon Crystal in the package. This bundle is currently available on www.amazon.com.
Story
Pokémon Crystal starts off with a trainer receiving one of three Pokémon, Chikorita, Totodile, or Cyndaquil from Professor Elm . Elm will then tell you to visit Mr. Pokémon, who will give the player a mystery egg. Soon after, Elm will call you to return quickly to his office. On the way, the player will encounter a red haired boy who will challenge the player, and it is discovered that he stole one of the Pokémon from Elm. Afterwards, Elm tells you to go out and earn Pokémon Badges from the Eight Johto Gym Leaders from around the Johto Region. This begins the player's journey. After defeating the Eight Gym Leaders, you will be invited to the Indigo Plateau, home of the Elite Four. After being victorious over the Elite Four and the Champion Lance, you will be invited to try the Kanto Challenge where can be seen the changes from the days of Pokémon Red and Blue. After defeating the next eight leaders, you are given a ticket to Mt. Silver, where you can fight Red, the player from Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow.
New features
Pokémon Crystal was the first in the Game BoyTM series to allow players to choose the gender of their character. Also added was a subplot involving the legendary Pokémon Suicune and a man named Eusine hoping to catch it. One of the game’s biggest additions was the Battle Tower, a new building added west of Olivine City which allowed players to participate in Pokémon Stadium-like fights. Another change, noticeable when first starting the game, was that all Pokémon had animated battle sprites once a battle began. For example, when Cyndaquil entered battle, the flames on its back flickered. This feature later returned in Pokémon Emerald and Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. However, all games after Crystal that included animated battle sprites merely moved the actual sprite around itself (like rotating, stretching, etc.) while switching between only two poses. Crystal had full, multi-frame animations for each Pokémon.
Although seemingly a minor change, extra grass was added to the route west of Violet City, and in this grass, Growlithe can be caught, allowing players to acquire a Fire-type Pokémon much earlier than in other versions (assuming they did not choose Cyndaquil), and making a large difference in the availability of Fire-types for areas like the Azalea Gym and the Sprout Tower, where Fire-types are optimal. Areas like the Icy Path and Lance's chamber at the Indigo Plateau received alternate designs as well.
Some trainers were repositioned about the map. Previously, trainers who called on the cell phone all said the same thing with only the names of the Pokémon they reference. Trainers are now given distinct personalities (one talks about shopping, another about grooming), and call for reasons other than battling, such as giving the player items or informing them of a rare Pokémon appearing (Wade gives the player Berries, Alan gives them a Fire Stone, etc).
There were also some changes made to the Ruins of Alph. This included more common Unown, as well as a new subplot — completing enough puzzles lets the player read a secret message left behind by the Unown. It suggested that the Unown were left behind by the ancient civilization that constructed the Ruins of Alph, and that the statues that lined the interior were made by the Unown.
The player would also receive a new “Odd Egg” from the Daycare Couple for free. This egg can hatch into Magby, Smoochum, Pichu, Igglybuff, Cleffa, Tyrogue, Marill or Elekid, with a boosted 50% chance of the baby being “shiny”. It will always be female, except for Tyrogue (which never are), and will also know Dizzy Punch, a move previously exclusive to Kangaskhan. This was in addition to the Togepi egg that players would receive earlier in the game, making two eggs they would get in the game without any breeding.
The chain of events to obtain the Rising Badge is altered. Where previously, it involved a trip to the Dragon’s Den to retrieve the Dragon Fang, it now involves entering the Dragon Shrine within the Den. There, Clair’s grandfather and leader of the dragon-user clan quizzes the player on their style of battling. Clair arrives and still refuses to hand over her badge after the player passes. In response, her grandfather threatens to tell Lance, of whom Clair is terrified. If all the questions are answered correctly, the player will receive an Extreme Speed Dratini upon returning and speaking with Clair's grandfather.
In order to obtain the Rainbow Wing (the item needed to reach Ho‑Oh), the player must catch the three legendary beasts (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, the latter now requiring the Clear Bell and a visit to the Tin Tower), and defeat the Elite Four, then go to the Tin Tower to receive the item.
Also, this game was the first to have a special background music track for legendary Pokémon. Whenever Raikou, Entei, or Suicune appeared, a distorted battle start would play, and then an entirely new song (exclusive to this event) would play for their battles.
Another feature introduced in Crystal and later reused in later games is the Move Tutor. After the Elite Four is defeated, a man would start appearing twice a week who would teach the player’s Pokémon one of three moves – Flamethrower, Ice Beam, or Thunderbolt. In Crystal, this required 4000 coins from the Game Corner in Goldenrod City.
In Pokémon Crystal, due to the girl not being in Pokémon Gold or Silver, the female trainer automatically changes to the male sprite when trading with Gold or Silver.
Mobile Phone System (Japan only)
In the Japanese version of Crystal, the player could link up with others through the use of a mobile phone. The Goldenrod City Pokémon Center was replaced by a much larger building which included the machine to use this feature. Using the mobile phone link-up would give the player an extra item, a GS Ball. After taking the Ball to Kurt in Azalea Town to examine, the player would place the GS Ball in the Ilex Forest shrine. This would cause a level 30 Celebi to fly down and attack the player.
Two GameShark codes can be used to activate the GS Ball related events and eventually catch Celebi in the English version of Crystal. Why this was not available in the United States has never been officially revealed; Nintendo says that they had FCC issues (the mobile adapter system did not make the cut, but the maps and text for the system are in English Crystal), but it is most likely because children with cell phones were not nearly as common outside Japan in 2001 and to the plethora of different styles of phones in use in the US.
Pokémon Stadium 2
Like Gold and Silver, the game could be used in Pokémon Stadium 2 via a Transfer Pak much in the same way as the other games, but with a few changes. When Crystal is put into the Transfer Pak, info is added to Earl's Pokémon Academy that shows the availability of Pokémon in the Crystal version and remains in the game even when Crystal is not in the Transfer Pak. The game takes considerably longer time to load at the GB Tower compared to the other versions, and comes with its own loading screen, which shows the current Pokémon in the party. Another notable change is in the battle modes of Pokémon Stadium 2. When using non-registered Crystal Version Pokémon, the trainer's picture that represents the player is female, regardless of whether or not the trainer is a male.
Pokémon
In total, there are 251 Pokémon that can be used in Pokémon Crystal. However, in Crystal alone, there are only 224 Pokémon that can be caught, 223 outside of Japan due to the removal of Celebi being catchable from non-Japanese versions of the game. For 27 of the 28 additional Pokémon, the player would have to trade with Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, and Silver.