2nd Gen What do you think of Crystal version?

[bubblewrap]

Crystal was one of the greatest games I have EVER played. I finally get to play as my own gender, the animations were cute and seemed breathtaking at that time, and going back to Kanto was awesome. If you look at the posts, the ones who like the Crystal version ALOT are the girls, probably because in Crystal you actually get to play as a girl. With the guys it didn't make any difference. xD

 

[God Magnus]

I liked the Pokegear functions. Especially the phone and radio function! plus the run away pokemon (Entei, Suicune, Raikou) were hard to catch and it gave me something to do.

 

[.Iramet]

These were and still are some of the best games out of the whole pokemon franchise, I also like that you are able to travel to both Kanto and Jhoto.
Ah those were the good old days.

 

[Spirit Ruler]

I love Crystal Version. It is probably my favourite Pokemon game. I love all the cool features it has like PokeGear and going to Kanto after Johto and how it marked the birth of animated sprites and the Battle Tower.

 

[Mr. Pokemon]

I swear I've posted in a thread like this before a million times...

Anyways, Crystal is a fine game. It introduced many Pokemon standards - a girl character, the Battle Tower, the Move Tutor and in Japan, wireless trading not fully realized until Gen IV (unless you count the Wireless Adaptor for FR/LG and Emerald.)

 

[Red1530]

Pokémon Crystal is the best game of the second generation. It had features like animation of the Pokémon sprites and a battle tower that were initially removed in the third generation.

 

[Dunsparce]

I think Crystal version should be marked in Pokémon game history! It was the first Pokémon game to have moving sprites. Also, it is the first one to support gender picking.

It was also the first game to support local trading and the first in-game event(Japanese Version Only)

Int he Japanese Crystal, Goldenrod city had a larger, specialized Pokemon Center, called the PCC, or Pokemon Communication Center. Their you could connect to your Cellphone via a cord that came with he game to get current Pokemon news and trade with Pokemon in the area. THis and the Japanese Stadium 2(Actually the 3rd Stadium game in Japan) had such a thing, and was the pre-cursor the D/P's GTS. Also, if you connected to your cellphone at a certain date and time, you got the GS ball, the item to unlock the Celebi Event in ilex Forest.

It's a shame all of this is Japan Only D:

 

[invisible-chan]

I love Crystal. It's IMO the best game ever. It's the first game I'd been able to a girl in. That gave it a lot of points.

 

[IIMarckus]

It's a shame all of this is Japan Only D:

What's more, Nintendo has shut down the original Mobile Adapter server. This means that it's now totally impossible to use the Pokecom Center, even in Japan.

 

[Mr. Pokemon]

What's more, Nintendo has shut down the original Mobile Adapter server. This means that it's now totally impossible to use the Pokecom Center, even in Japan.

I'm surprised some small hacker community hasn't set up their own server and found a way to trade that way. I just have to wonder if it's possible to trade over the Internet as if you are using the PCC.

I think part of the PCC is in the US version of Crystal, can't remember if it was translated or not. I think it's a room full of scientists. I'm going to look for the page I found the info about it.

EDIT: https://www.legendarypokemon.net/crystal/pcc

I found it. The room is just a room of 3 scientists, and their dialogue was translated.

 

[Maria Santos]

I enjoyed crystal but I have to say I prefer Gold over it. Just my opinion.

 

[Infernape Girl 17]

i liked crystal more because the steelix that the girl gym leader had looked so mucher kooler.

 

[IIMarckus]

I'm surprised some small hacker community hasn't set up their own server and found a way to trade that way. I just have to wonder if it's possible to trade over the Internet as if you are using the PCC.

Possible, yes. Feasible, not really. It will take a lot of reverse-engineering the Japanese Pokemon Crystal and Mobile Adapter to get anywhere near this sort of thing, and it's impossible to know how things were run on Nintendo's end.

I think part of the PCC is in the US version of Crystal, can't remember if it was translated or not. I think it's a room full of scientists. I'm going to look for the page I found the info about it.

A significant portion of the Japanese Crystal's changes were translated for use in the American versions, but most were not fully implemented. The whole PCC was translated, for instance, although it's not easy to get the full thing working even through Gameshark.

 

[Skaterzpenguin]

Crystal version is so much fun and I can never stop playing it! Its my fav. pokemon game ever!!! xD

 

[ChibiVamp]

i loved crystal, especially the animations. it gave me an extra reason to catch all the pokemon.

 

[2muchfury]

very nice i love it it is awesome may be old but still coool!!!!!!!!!!

 

[blitzbear]

idd ay best pokemon game around for its time and graphics awesome i loved the animated pokemon and that you could be a girl instead of a guy

 

[MaxxMan]

Crystal was cool, but I prefer Silver. Moving sprites/and all was cool but I just have something special with silver. :D

 

[wolf]

Loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My fave is on the box!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Stop Messing Up My Files Porygon-Z!]

I do not want Gamefreak to remake Gold and Silver. Not at all.


I want them to remake Crystal.