/r/PokemonHGSS
A forum dedicated to the Pokémon games HeartGold & SoulSilver, remakes of the original Pokémon Gold & Silver games released in 1999.
Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver are remakes of the original Gold & Silver games released in 1999 with further aspects which were introduced in Crystal in 2000. These games are set in the Johto & Kanto regions and were released in Japan on September 2009.
As these games are remakes of Gold & Silver, they feature both Johto & Kanto and follow the storyline of you as a new trainer, going through the gyms of Johto and Kanto, and winding up needing to thwart a Team Rocket plot to takeover the world with their Pokémon.
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My first shiny in any Pokémon game 🙌 kinda wish it looked more different to the regular version though
About to face Claire, any advice on movesets and strategies would be appreciated!
Hey dudes so after I posted yesterday I took feeback about like team balance and these are all the guys i could think of potentially using, i really wanted to try a trick set but theres nooooo way im gonna wait the days for a gible plus i cant get registeel anyway, but yea so far i ev trained venusaur, togekiss and gyarados so any ideas on what combos would be good???
I’ve been on this hunt for a week! I thought it was impossible! But here it is! I wanted green totodile but this is great
Ran out of space so houndour and bayleef must wait 😔
So like 2 months ago I started playing Heartgold on an emulator, and one Pokemon I planned on using is a Steelix. I want to use one cause I freaking LOVE Steelix! But idk how to get one before the postgame or if you even can.
She’s no joke
Can somebody please tell me how to evolve Haunter to Gengar with the GTS glitch on HeartGold? I don't like cheating in games at all but with a Pokémon that is trade only evolution and nobody to trade with, I'd call this fair game.
I've been using this guide to try and do it: https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/110399/how-do-i-use-the-trading-glitch-in-heartgold-soulsilver#:~:text=The%20player%20must%20then%20search,will%20cause%20it%20to%20evolve.
I have an access point set up on my phone to access the GTS and it works fine, I can get into the room and I can make trades/search for specific Pokémon, but once I've put Haunter up for trade and requested something ridiculous like a level 50 Caterpie or whatever, I'm calling Haunter back and nothing is happening.
So I’m working on breeding a team for the battle frontier, and I know I want Garchomp as my last mon, but I’m unsure if Jolly or Adamant is the better nature. I know Smogon suggests Jolly, but I’ve also heard people say that you want Adamant for the battle frontier.
This is the first time running just a team with flying type for example I have crobat, Pidgeotto, and Noctowl, for now. Does anyone else have any other flying type Pokémon to run with?
Is it possible to finish the national dex with only Soul Silver, Platinum, Diamond , Pearl and Fire Red and Sapphire?
Been digging for info on this and can’t seem to find an answer anywhere
I was doing dynamax adventures in sword and shield initially (for atleast 10 hours) and got a shiny clefairy instead of rayquaza TUNRS OUT that soft resetting on soulsilver for 20 minutes gives you a shiny, yes I am using emulator but that’s because i gave my physical cartridge to a friend who lost his copy. nonetheless. it’s beautiful
Actually getting pissed off lmao. Paralyzed the miltank, it never doesn’t move. Lower its accuracy. It never misses. And also. It keeps. Landing. Critical. Hits. Like I’m sorry??
I was like oh people overreacted she isn’t that bad. I take it back I take it back my pokemon are appropriately leveled and she’s eating me up why I’m gonna. I AM angry 🥴
Edit: bayleaf came in clutch with the razor leaf crit FUCK U WHITNEYYY
I really wanna put larvitar there, being a fan really since I’m a kid of that poke.
Im trying to do the exploit to get the event pokemon now, and this is what I've done:
Im just getting an error that "wifi services are no longer supported on this software", does this exploit not work anymore? Or am I doing something wrong?
Dear players,
I’m playing my old Pokemon Heartgold again after a very long time and I’m thinking about using an Action Replay to get items.
Several of my Pokemon need leftovers and I’m tired of switching the only leftovers I got from the game’s story between them all… that’s why I’d like to generate 4 or 5 leftovers and some other items like orbs. I would also love to be able to catch event Pokemon that I’ve missed in Platinum when I was a kid.
Pardon my ignorance because I never used Action Replay before but I was wondering if using items generated by AR on my legit Pokemon and legit save file would somehow mark them as illegal or "dirty".
Thanks a lot.
Currently in the midst of hunting Mareep I have Cyndaquil and Abra already. Should be pretty straightforward from there
I don’t want to use a machop
I’m about ready to go for the battle frontier streak. I have spent months breeding these beasts, but I’m not sure who to put in the 3 spot. I have Starmie (Modest, Natural Cure, Tbolt, Ice Beam, Psychic, Surf), Scizor (Adamant, Technician, Bullet Punch, Bug Bite, Aerial Ace, Swords Dance). For the 3rd I’m between Arcanine (Jolly, Flash Fire, Extreme Speed, Flare Blitz, Thunderfang, Crunch) or Houndoom (Hasty, Early Bird, Flamethrower, Dark Pulse, Crunch, Nasty Plot). Houndoom is set up as a split attack/Sp. Attack with 100 EVs of Attack and 152 into Sp. Attack. Should I make it exclusively Sp. Attack, keep as is or switch to Arcanine?