Game Review: Pokemon Heart Gold (Nintendo DS, 2009)

Pokemon is one of the best entertainment of my childhood.

My first Pokemon is the Pokemon Blue on the Gameboy Color. Pokemon has been one of the part of my childhood. Pokemon Heart Gold, which was revamped from the original Pokemon Gold, able to delivers the nostalgia of Pokemon lovers.

Game Freak did more than giving a new coat of paint with the 3D Engine. They also added massive thing in this massive game. Pokewalker gadget also brings a twitst in this franchise

Players will control either Ethan or Lyra as the main character of this game. Players will be able to choose from three starting pokemon, which is the Fire-type Cyndaquil, the Grass-type Chikorita, and the Water-type Totodile. Don't worry if you are new to this franchise, as this is very friendly to beginner. The story of this game is to stop Team Rocket once more from conquering the world of Pokemon to their bidding and to be the best Pokemon trainer in the world.

Pokemon Heart Gold still follows the original formulas, players can teach their Pokemons, fishing, playing minigames, and the most important is to catch a Pokemon.

What I like from this Pokemon game is that there is TWO regions, yes, two, that can be explored. Kantoh and Johtoh. Each regions have their own 8 gym leaders that we can fight. The amount of the legendary Pokemons beside its cover, Ho-oh, were overwhelming. You can catch many legendary Pokemons from the first generation to the fourth generation, not counting upcoming events.

The game's design is rooted into the older Japanese RPG style, consisting of random battle and random Pokemons encounters.

Below is the A.G.E Framework for this game: