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B00005LBHM

Release date

July 30, 2001

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4.5 654 ratings

4.5 out of 5 stars

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#29,694 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#34 in Game Boy Color Games

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Product Dimensions

2.5 x 2.5 x 0.1 inches; 1 Ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Language

German

Rated

Everyone

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Item Weight

1 ounces

Manufacturer

SPIG

Batteries

1 CR123A batteries required.

Date First Available

November 1, 2001

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Your mission is to challenge-and defeat-all 8 gym leaders, one at a time. As you collect Trainer badges and earn respect among Pokémon and trainers alike, you will travel through deep, dark caves and across vast oceans and plains. Keep your eyes peeled as you go-some Pokémon only show up in certain areas and some come out only at certain times of the day or night. And some Pokémon can only be hatched, so you'll want to match them wisely to ensure that they produce eggs. Defeating gym leaders is not your only challenge. You must also fill up your Pokédex and unravel all the mysteries in the land of Johto.

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Pokémon Crystal is to Pokémon Gold and Silver what Pokémon Yellow is to Pokémon Red and Blue. It features several minor upgrades from its predecessors, but in essence it's still the same game. The classic Pokémon formula of adventuring, collecting, and battling is at a series best with Crystal. This is one of the best and most addictive role-playing games for the Game Boy Color.

The most notable feature is the selectable female trainer who has her own set of animations and backgrounds. This is a great option for female Pokémon fans who were previously stuck playing the game as a male character. There are also subtle improvements to the cell phone system, HM moves, and prebattle animations. Rival trainers' phone calls are now more plentiful and pragmatic. HM moves, which are required throughout the game, are available at the push of a button--you'll no longer have to navigate menus to use these moves. Lastly, seeing a Pokémon's new animation makes encountering new creatures more fun than before.

If you haven't played Gold or Silver yet, Crystal is definitely the way to go. If you've played those previous games, Crystal has only enough new features to justify a purchase from Pokémon fanatics. This game is compatible with the link cable, Game Boy printer, and Pokémon Pikachu 2. It's playable on Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance only, and can be played on a television using Pokémon Stadium 2 and a Transfer Pak. --Raymond M. Padilla

Pros:

New female trainer
Prebattle animations are cute
Lots of subtle improvements Cons:
- Too similar to Gold and Silver
- Mobile phone features not in the U.S. version

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Todd Jurgens II

Amazing purchase

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2023

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Took me all the way back. Works perfectly. Highly recommend the seller. Fantastic job, thank you so much. 🤙🤝

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Dylan Bennett

Great Game, dead battery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2023

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

The game plays great, unfortunately due to the technology at the time the game was produced, the cartridge uses a battery to hold your games save in RAM. When that battery dies, your save game is lost and you'll be unable to save until you replace it. My copy of the game came in with a dead battery.

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Atom Smith

An Excellent Time Sink

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 25, 2010

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

For someone with plenty of free time, Pokemon games are top notch. Pokemon Crystal is no exception; just make sure you have a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advanced. Though the game can be "beaten" within a week or two of solid work, the open-ended world of Johto and Kanto has plenty more to do and see. I've currently put around 100 hours into the game thus far, and there's still a lot left to do! The two new Pokemon types, Dark and Steel, add some much-needed balance to the game (both of the new types are good against the previously-god-like Psychic, and Ghost moves now work properly against Psychic as well). Also, many of the new moves added create much more depth to the strategy of the game in general. Baton Pass, for example, can allow you to move stat-enhancing effects to other Pokemon in your team, allowing for countless team combinations. The new Pokemon breeding system also allows for much more diversity in a Pokemon's available moves, and makes using the one-time-use TM items not as much of a risk; if used on a male Pokemon, it can be passed down to any offspring of said Pokemon. All in all, I'd say that Pokemon Crystal improves on many of the problems from the original generation of Pokemon games ( Pokemon - Red Version , Pokemon - Blue Version , and Pokemon, Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition ). Compared to the other Pokemon games of THIS generation ( Pokemon Gold Version and Pokemon, Silver Version ), Pokemon Crystal allows the player to select between a Male or Female character, has improved color, and allows access to BOTH of the ultra-legendary Pokemon (Lugia and Ho-Oh). If you're looking for a hand-held game to keep you occupied for a long time, try picking up a used copy of Pokemon Crystal!

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G. Mcinnis

Crystal Clear How Good This Is!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 26, 2009

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Pokemon Crystal is by far the best pokemon game ever made. I am a subscriber to the pokemon becket magazine, and believe it or not, the pokemon company admits that they think this was their best one. Remakes of gold and silver are being made, the japanese release date is september 12. The american release date is so far assumed to be sometime in 2010.

Now for the time this game was released this had great graphics, and added a major change: the first game you could play as a girl. Because of this more girls played the game making pokemon more popular. More major changes are the ones that include the fact that there are ho oh and lugia and a manadatory legendary event. This started the wake up the legends and catch them series that has gone on for a long time, which started with that guy on the front of the box, a suicune. I know a guy who soft resetted to get a shiny suicune. The starters are all new and hard to get unless you hack emerald or trade repeatedly, with chikorita, the grass type, cyndaquil, the fire type, and totodile, the water type.

Another great feature was you could go back to kanto and fight the gym leaders, with a new one and a shocking final battle. The gym leader was blue, and i will leave the final battle on top of mt silver open for interpretation. Raikou, Entei, Lugia, And Ho-oH were other legendaries avaible legitly in the game, the kanto legends are gone. There is one more final pokemon to hack for, celebi. And dont forget all the new pokemon, baby pokemon like pichu, and even the lovable pokegear!

So as i close this review, just remember that this game was, and is the best pokemon game out their.

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Elijah Nechoda

Pokémon Crystal: THE BEST OUT OF THE THREE!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 20, 2012

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

I like Pokémon Gold & Silver a lot but Pokemon Crystal is the winner!

The things I really like about the Crystal version is that there are some nice bonus features added like

1. Buena's Password and you get a blue card and when you listen to her station it plays a catchy tune and she tells you the password of the day when you tune in and you get points! Then you cash in those points for some cool items. (Which was not introduced in Gold & Silver)

2. There are more cool Pokémon available to catch in the Crystal version.

3. When you check your Pokémon's stats your Pokémon's sprites move which is pretty cool unlike Pokemon Red through Silver the Pokémon don't move.

4. The game cartridge is transparent which means it's see through and you can look inside through the game cartridge and see all the little chips, electronics, and the save battery which I think is pretty neat.

5. You can choose to play as a boy or a girl in the game which is awesome. As a matter in fact I chose to play as a girl and named her Crystal. I think it's cooler to play as a girl because it sets apart from only playing as a boy in Pokémon Red through Silver.

The only downfall to the Crystal version is that the cloning trick doesn't seem to work in Crystal like in Gold & Silver but I still give it 5 stars because of all the cool features added that Gold & Silver didn't have.

If you are looking for a great game with more cool features added get the Crystal version!

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TheLegendOfMyles

Pokemon Crystal Version

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 5, 2012

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

This game, Pokemon Crystal is by face value a very forgettable game among the earlier waves of Pokemon games, especially when compared to Red, Blue & Yellow. Around this time the initial Poke Hype had died down a little and therefore this game was sort of neglected. However this game is an absolute gem and the definitive Pokemon experience available today. The game itself takes place in the Johto region 3 years after the events in Red, Blue, Yellow and the subsequent remakes. The game play is the same old Pokemon formula of open world exploration with a dash of Rpg battle system, where you capture Pokemon and fight other trainers with their Pokemon, your goal is to collect the 8 badges of the Johto league and become the champion, same old stuff am i right? Well what sets this game aside from the others is in Crystal version you are presented with the opportunity to go to the Kanto region after beating the Johto league, this in itself has only been done in the generation 2 games and the remakes,and is a cool feature which adds tonnes of post game content. This game is an old classic with enough simplicity for even the most inexperienced Pokemon players to play and get through without a problem, it also contains enough challenges for even the most die hard Pokemon masters to have a good stab at, with an added 100 pokemon to keep the pokemon hunters at bay and an added 86 moves to freshen it up enough for old time fans to give it a go and even 2 new pokemon types Dark and Steel for an added bonus!, Basically this game takes what was an amazing game and adds a whole new layer of story, new pokemon, a whole new region & another set of gyms to conquer! This game is the best one to date in my opinion and i would definitely recommend it to anyone. Thankyou for reading! 5/5 stars

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Amazon Customer

BUYER BEWARE!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 11, 2019

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Received from seller vgoodz and game seems fine apart from one thing which I’m partly to blame for, it’s not an original gameboy cartridge it’s just a blue transparent cartridge which I should of checked first so not sure if I’ve got the genuine game at all but just buyers beware!!!

2 people found this helpful

danny dowman

Amazing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 12, 2020

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Amazing

Amazon Customer

Thank you for sending this item in such good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 10, 2016

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

This was for my daughter. She loves it. Thank you for sending this item in such good condition

Val Burdett

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 14, 2018

Platform: Game Boy ColorEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

I think he liked it, didn’t stop playing it.

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