Pokémon Crystal

The game was released in Japan on December 14, 2000 and on July 21, 2001 in North America. It was followed by the Gameboy Advance games, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Game Information

Pokémon Crystal pretty much became the “Ultimate” version of Pokémon Gold and Silver. It was what Pokémon Gold and Silver should have been in the first place.

The game continued most everything that was featured in Pokémon Gold and Silver. The game instead added many new features to the series that hadn’t been seen before.

Perhaps the game’s biggest addition to Pokémon Crystal is the Battle Tower. A new building was added west of the city of Olivine which allowed Pokémon Stadium-like fights. If you want to fight in the Battle Tower, you would choose three Pokémon and then head to the tower. You would fight seven trainers and would even be fully healed between each trainer. If you were to win, you would win a useful five-pack of items.

A focus on the Pokémon, Suicune, was added to the game. Some Crystal only events includes running into a guy named Eusine, who is hunting Suicune as well.

Another feature introduced in Crystal and later reused is the Move Tutor. After you beat the Elite Four, a man would start appearing twice a week that would teach your Pokémon one of three moves if they could learn the move. In Crystal, this required Game Center coins.

You would also receive a new egg from the Daycare Couple, which was yours for free. This was in addition to the egg you would receive earlier in the game, making two eggs you would get in the game without doing any breeding.

The Pokémon

In total, there are two hundred and fifty one (251) Pokémon that can be used in Pokémon Crystal. However, in Crystal alone, there are only two hundred and twenty three (223) Pokémon that can be caught or found. For the additional twenty eight (28) Pokémon, you would have to trade with other games.

For ten (10) of the Pokémon, you would have to at least trade with Pokémon Gold and Silver. This requires that you only make it far enough into the game to activate the trading ability. Then you can trade between game packs that you own or with friends to obtain the ten Pokémon.

Those ten Pokémon are: Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos, Girafarig, Remoraid, Octillery, Mankey, Primeamp, Vulpix, and Ninetales.

However, there are a total of eighteen (18) Pokémon that can’t be caught in Pokémon Gold, Silver or Pokémon Crystal. To capture them, you have to either own copies of Pokémon Blue, Red, or Pokémon Yellow (or Green, which is Japanese only). To be able to trade with these games, you have to have made it to Ecruteak City.

Those eighteen Pokémon are: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, Kabutops, Mewtwo, and Mew.

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