Pokémon silver after 20 years: "It's still epic than then

When I was ten years old, my mother bought a Game Boy Color and the Silver Pokémon Edition so I can survive the long drive on vacation. And what made this game ready me emotionally! After 20 years, I now return to the pixel pocket monster world and would like to ask my younger I ask so many questions. Among them, above all one: how the hell did you defeat Miltank, you knirps?

Pokémon: Silver Edition - after 20 years Jubble, screams and I still sweat

So I also cooled the Pokémon series as a child, because they could bother so much "Open World" round-fight role-play power on this small box, we went no later than the remake of the red edition, finally separate ways. Handheld Zock was no longer contemporary for me in the face of large televisions and gloomy Playstation adventure and more than 150 Pokémon I could never notice myself anyway. But 20 years later, the Corona Pandemic gamers like me before a boredom conflict in an unprecedented extent.

So, with which game can I completely shut down this whole apocalypse? I knew I needed really heavy guns, with a lot of freedom, lots of nostalgia and little pixels, so only a variety left: chunky "Game Boy Color" - Searched. After a weeklong eBay search, I finally had this little silver cassette in the hand, which had saved me at that time before the highway boredom. Welcome back, Pokémon: Silver Edition, old friend! Are you just as difficult as then? No, heavier!

No, it's just not just 16 Order collecting, beating team Rocket and defeating the champion! My respect to all kids who have mastered Pokémon silver at that time! Compared to today's, rather light games, this Poké edition requires not only a high resource management over balls, potions and items, but also a good coaching for your own team. And to know when one is strong enough to climb the next level in the league.

Anyone who wants to avoid the classic beginner error to train only a single Pokémon to the beast, creates a good plan which Pokémon must be trained when to trust each individual. Because thanks to the different element types and weaknesses, each Pokémon can sometime be useful at some point, even a small tobat. But it requires a lot of patience and knowledge about the individual types of nature. This is rewarded with a good team that does not let you down.

I do not know how I did that at that time. Because I had also been the one who used the master ball for an absolute noob-Pokémon. But whether I am a better or worse trainer today, I enjoy the driving roadtrip of the game today **, with a great goal in mind, the Pokémon world with its iconic cities, the black and white Feude with my archenemide, the 8bit music that can ride everything from melancholy to absolute freedom of liberty, the talks, graphics and sweet border features such as phoning and fishing.

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But if there is one that is even more impressed today, it is that I now have 20 years more video game experience than at that time, but I still have to sweat by some fighting . No, more! I was even lucky enough to introduce my return to the silver Pokémon Edition the two most exciting struggles of my entire coach career , which I did not care for possible. Below I summarize you together:

• Arena in Dukatia City: Miltank rolls everything flat. I can do it on fire. But that does not matter, as it defeats everything immediately with his increasingly stronger attack. If it is not one of my Pokémon K.O. strikes, it drinks his milk drink and heals again. Burning, healing, fighting, burning, healing. This fight is eternal . In the end, only my Noob-Pokémon remain left and each gives a weak blow before they too are defeated. In the end it is my always underestimated Felino , which has the insane happiness that Miltanks last attack goes wrong and turns off with a last attack.

• Arena in Teak City: Genggar brings all my Pokémon to sleep and then defeat them with dream eaters. Although I manage to eliminate the Gengar, but my hope rests alone on Togepi , which must fight against a nebula. And no, there is no greater gambling than his metronome attack, which is always in a completely random attacking style. A nonsense after another thunders on nebulak, to all overflow also the switching attack , which kills both Pokémon after three rounds. (Remembrance: We both had one more now. What happens to be a draw?) This duel, on which no one has more buck, not even the metronome attack, fortunately ends a lap later. Togepi wins.

In fact, I have not finished my game run and thus have many nice hours and maybe even more exciting fights in front of me - especially when I can travel to Kanto immediately after Jotho! Even 20 years and hundreds of games later, my fascination for Pokémon silver remains unbroken.

It is nice to see that this game is still loyal to me after an eternity and preserves me before boredom, as well as in the game itself my Pokémon keep me faithful and prepared by me all the decisive championship.