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Bernardo1994 May 2nd, 2011 8:05 AM

Silver
 
In my childhood I got Silver (don't remember how, maybe in birthday) so I hadn't a choice, but with the HG/SS games I bought SS because I was already familiarized with the game :)

Hooh May 6th, 2011 6:35 PM

Gold. Ho-Oh has always been beautiful, but Lugias just... Uck.

Ieges May 7th, 2011 5:09 AM

ho-oh just looks like a turkey to me. Lugia pwns.

Oharo May 8th, 2011 3:49 AM

I got Silver for Skarmory. The legendaries were just made for capturing for teh lulz then sent to THE BOX.

SuperSaiyanII May 8th, 2011 7:53 AM

I like the version exclusives of Silver better so that's the one I'll go with.

Charizard★ May 12th, 2011 3:18 PM

Gold, it was what I played first and what I got the most far in, but in all honesty, I like both :D

Venzeron May 31st, 2011 3:15 PM

Silver was the 1st handheld pokemon game that I ever played, and even though I couldn't get the pokemon that I really wanted back then, growlithe, lugia made up for that. Lugia, which just moght be my facorite legendary.

Weewer May 31st, 2011 6:18 PM

Silver. Second best color, prettier than gold, and Lugia.

shinysweety June 2nd, 2011 5:18 AM

Got to be Silver, It was the first pokemon game i have ever played. Good times.... Good times.

Alternative June 2nd, 2011 5:23 AM

Although my first game was Gold, and Gold had Mantine in it, I'll say Silver. It had Lugia in it, which is always cool. Plsu, I always felt that Silver had more Pokemon to choose from rather than Gold. Silver seemed to have Vulpix, Meowth and a few others while Gold only had Mantine.

Blu·Ray June 3rd, 2011 6:21 AM

I prefer silver far above gold because:

- It was my first game.
- Lugia is so much cooler than ho-oh.
- The color is more beautiful
- I like the sprites much more.

I also bought Soul silver :)

YungKnowledge June 5th, 2011 10:20 AM

Gold because it was the one brought for myself.

and caught Ho-Ho on my first play through.

Flashmeteor June 5th, 2011 10:43 AM

(Crystal is better than them both.)I'd have to go with Gold, but I like Soulsilver better.

DavidBarnes June 5th, 2011 11:01 AM

I love Ho-Oh. I love Gold. I just love everything about Gold version more than Silver.

Arcaray June 5th, 2011 12:26 PM

Gold was the first game I owned, but after I got stuck in the Whirl Islands with no Flash or Escape Ropes I sort of went off it...
Silver has been my favourite game ever since. To this day I'd prefer to play Soul Silver to any other game.

Hilbert June 5th, 2011 12:28 PM

Silver altought from the remakes i bought heartgold

feralig8rx June 13th, 2011 9:26 PM

I've only ever played Silver, and every time I do it brings back so many memories from my past. So I couldn't bring myself to buy Heart Gold since Silver was too important to me.

Plus, Lugia is so much cooler in my opinion xD

Femme Fatale June 14th, 2011 7:08 PM

Gold! I love Ho-Oh and Phanpy <3

Pokemon Game Fan June 16th, 2011 10:31 AM

Silver. The first Pokemon game I ever played as a kid, and I still love it. Not a huge difference, besides the Version exclusives, but I just really like Silver. Lugia >= Ho Oh to me, but that's just cause I'm not a huge fan of bird pokemon besides Pidgey/otto/ot and some of the occasional others.

RHCPlover June 18th, 2011 2:15 PM

Well I have Gold, Silver, and Crystal. I love them all but if I had to choose one, it would probably be Silver.

Atomic Pirate June 25th, 2011 4:09 PM

I say Gold. I never really liked Lugia much, and I always thought Ho-Oh was cooler. Plus, you can get Arcanine and Ariados as version exclusives. And, of course, Gligar!

Frisky Arcanine June 25th, 2011 7:04 PM

Silver for sure, honestly just because I like silver more than gold IRL (unless it's white gold) :p Ho-Oh and Lugia were never factors for me, even back then I didn't like using legendaries much

But really now, I prefer Crystal over both versions now

DJrulz97 June 27th, 2011 7:49 PM

My favourite is Gold because of the bell tower

Mentalii July 3rd, 2011 12:12 PM

Me I prefer the Silver version, and it will always be my favourite version of all of them. Just, look at Lugia, a Fly/Psy Pokemon, it's just perfect ! :D
Oh-Ho is really majestic, but I don't know, just seeing the game out the console, Lugia on this silver background... That makes me dreaming :)

ツールです July 3rd, 2011 12:46 PM

Gold because I can like its version exclusives better

Smitty. July 8th, 2011 7:04 AM

I love how Gold has the preference in these posts, cuz I'd have to agree. (I thought Silver would be more prominent...)

Joe_Mami July 12th, 2011 11:25 PM

Gold...........................................................................just cuz

Cricco July 13th, 2011 1:10 AM

Absolutely silver, my first Pokemon game ... is so much stuff

StarBoundDragon July 14th, 2011 7:05 PM

Gold because i love Ho-oh and it was the version that i played as a child. My brother had Silver.

Patriсk July 16th, 2011 10:16 AM

Probably Silver. While I am not too fond of legendary Pokémon, I still prefer Lugia over Ho-oh.

valor555 July 16th, 2011 11:28 AM

I am sort of like a pokemon "hipster" lol, i always preferred the the less popular of the pokemon games(except 3rd gen, Kyogre ftw). While all of my friends were playing gold, I was playing silver. I had both but for some reason i was just drawn more to silver, even when i got crystal i even put that aside for awhile to go back to silver.

Draganera July 20th, 2011 1:55 AM

What's with Crystal? /D

Well, I like Ho-Oh more than Lugia, and I also like Gold more than Silver.
That's why I prefer the Pokémon Gold Edition. The Bell tower is just awesome. ^^"

Aaand... I can get Growlithe in Gold. \o/

Syssareth July 20th, 2011 9:14 PM

I feel like I should say Gold for the nostalgia kicks, being that that was the first Pokmon game I ever played.

But I prefer Silver. I like Lugia more than Ho-Oh, I like the version exclusives more (with the exception of Spinarak and Gligar), and I actually still own it--when my friend and I got tired of trading games back and forth, I ended up with Silver and he got Gold.

Redfire313 July 20th, 2011 9:55 PM

I'd have to say Crystal, but since that's not an option, I'd have to go with silver. For some reason I started to dislike the gold version after I got it stolen from me as a kid. That was a childhood trama for me XD

Technician July 31st, 2011 11:28 AM

Gold for me. It was the one I owned so of course I will say that lol.

And it's the reason I got HG over SS.

-ty- July 31st, 2011 3:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redfire313 (Post 6759186)
I'd have to say Crystal, but since that's not an option, I'd have to go with silver. For some reason I started to dislike the gold version after I got it stolen from me as a kid. That was a childhood trama for me XD

But then you cannot get mareep! Honestly, what is the point of playing gbc games if you don't have mareep! ..jk

IAshKetchum August 2nd, 2011 10:34 AM

GOLD! this was one of the pokemon games i played during my childhood loads!

ace! August 4th, 2011 6:38 PM

I like both, but, i prefer Silver because it was my first game of the second generation.
And in terms of legendaries, i still say Silver, because Lugia at lv. 40 can have Aeroblast, and Ho-oh! with flamethrower it's almost like Sacred Fire in power, so, that's it.

Hydreigarchomp91 August 5th, 2011 11:49 PM

I prefer Silver..I don't know why,it's just came to me that a game box with Lugia on it looks cooler to me.. :P

The Grubby Pup August 6th, 2011 1:28 PM

crystal...

okay, but seriously I like silver version, beecuz that's version I had when I was younger.

bobandbill August 6th, 2011 5:36 PM

Silver for that was the one I got. It basically boils down to that and my preference for Lugia, really. =p

docjones2 August 7th, 2011 4:24 PM

I definitely prefer Silver. Lugia is alot cooler than Ho-Oh

the :D August 23rd, 2011 2:56 AM

Silver. I plowed through that game with a ridiculously high-level Feraligatr, and I still have the good memories.

cazzler August 26th, 2011 8:48 PM

I was younger when I played gold, I though gold was better than silver (its colour) but nowadays I still prefer gold since I like Ho-oh more than Lugia as a mascot.

Xperious August 26th, 2011 10:29 PM

Silver. It was the first pokemon game I ever seen and the first one I ever owned. I was hooked!

Musanim August 27th, 2011 6:44 AM

Got both, really easy and one of the best.>>> Because you get to Johto and Kanto as well as charming 8bit!<<<

mite75 August 29th, 2011 12:44 PM

gold, because i wanted a high level luiga X)

Sesh August 30th, 2011 5:35 PM

Silver, Lugia is a dragony bird of the sea, Ho-oh is my thanksgiving dinner... that's no phoenix that's a turkey :3

Gerudo Wolf August 31st, 2011 12:17 AM

My choice would probably be Gold due to the fact that I love Ho-oh.


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