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Pokémon Silver Version

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First release
Nov 21, 1999
Developer
Game Freak
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Kids, Action, Fantasy
Platforms
Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS

Pokemon Silver is a role-playing game played from a top-down perspective, in which the player explores the world, catches wild creatures called Pokemon, and trains them through turn-based battles. Set in the Johto region, it continues the core loop of building a team, earning Gym Badges, and completing the Pokedex by capturing, evolving, and trading creatures. This entry introduced 100 new Pokemon along with additions such as a real-time internal clock that affects certain events, Pokemon breeding, held items, and two new creature types. It supports linking with other games in the series to trade and battle.

Also known as Pokémon Argent, Pokémon Argento, Pokémon Plata, Pokemon Silver
… See more, Pokémon Version Argent, Pokémon Silber, Pokémon Silberne Edition, Pocket Monsters Silver, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Versão Silver, Pocket Monsters Gin

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Storyline
In Pokemon Silver, the player is a young Trainer starting out in the Johto region. After receiving a first partner Pokemon from the local researcher Professor Elm, the player sets out to travel across Johto, catching and training Pokemon while working toward the eight Gym Badges needed to challenge the region's strongest Trainers. Along the way, the player is repeatedly tested by a mysterious rival who took one of Professor Elm's other Pokemon, and encounters the criminal group Team Rocket as it tries to regroup and return to its former activities. The journey unfolds across towns, routes, caves, and seas filled with wild Pokemon to discover.Read more

In Pokemon Silver, the player is a young Trainer starting out in the Johto region. After receiving a first partner Pokemon from the local researcher Professor Elm, the player sets out to travel across Johto, catching and training Pokemon while working toward the eight Gym Badges needed to challenge the region's strongest Trainers. Along the way, the player is repeatedly tested by a mysterious rival who took one of Professor Elm's other Pokemon, and encounters the criminal group Team Rocket as it tries to regroup and return to its former activities. The journey unfolds across towns, routes, caves, and seas filled with wild Pokemon to discover.

Release dates
Game Boy Color
Nov 21, 1999
Game Boy Color
Oct 13, 2000
Game Boy Color
Oct 15, 2000
All 6 release dates
Game Boy Color
2000
Game Boy Color
Apr 06, 2001
Nintendo 3DS
Sep 22, 2017
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
45h
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view, Bird view / Isometric
Where to buy
Keywords
collecting, super game boy enhancement, virtual console, real time game clock, game boy link cable support
… All 9, nintendo 3ds virtual console, fan translation - portuguese, nintendo gateway system, nintendo 64 transfer pak

At a Glance

Critic Score
85
Main + Extras (IGDB)
45h
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IGDB · recorded 12 Oct 2026
Also in 5 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 12 Oct 2026