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Set [[Time Skip|three years after]] the events of ''Pokémon Red and Blue Versions'', [[Hello, Insert Name Here|a young trainer]] sets out to collect the eight badges of Johto (based on the Kansai region of Japan as well as the western part of the Chubu region) and challenge the Elite Four so that they can earn their own place in the hall of fame. Along the way, however, they have to contend with [[The Rival|a callous thief]] and the reemerging threat of Team Rocket.
''Gold'' and ''Silver'' introduced many new concepts to the series, like an [[In
One year later, an [[Updated Rerelease]] appeared: ''Crystal''. On top of a new subplot revolving around Suicune, a slight graphics bump, and other minor differences, ''Crystal'' marked the debut of the [[Purely Aesthetic Gender]] option in the series, by offering players the choice of a male ''or'' female player, instead of simply giving them a male character to assign a masculine or feminine name to (thereby bypassing the unintentional [[Les Yay]] that could’ve resulted — now it’s the result of lines written for the male player character being read to the female one).
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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: The protagonists. Ethan (Hibiki), Lyra (Kotone) and the rival, whose default name is Soul in HeartGold, and Heart in SoulSilver. He doesn’t have an official stated name, but the defaults definitely make him stand out. His in‐game data has him as “Silver,” the accepted [[Fan Nickname]], which isn’t any more conventional.
** And then there’s the other [[Fan Nickname]], [[My Name Is
* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: Subverted. At one point you {{spoiler|dress up as a Team Rocket member. You can interact with the citizens of Goldenrod, although you can’t leave the city, and what do they do when they see you? Tell you that you could be doing good instead.}} There is also a brief mention of the trainers at the Gym trying to stop Team Rocket when they {{spoiler|take over Goldenrod}}, but they are completely ineffective.
* [[The Artifact]]: Subversion. A guy in the first PokéMart claims his Pokémon nearly fainted on the field because of poison, as in Generation IV, Poison will automatically wear off after the Pokémon’s HP reaches 1.
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