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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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9

Finally beat e4

3 Comments
2024/10/30
08:04 UTC

11

First Shiny

My first shiny in any Pokémon game 🙌 kinda wish it looked more different to the regular version though

3 Comments
2024/10/30
07:44 UTC

8

End of Day 5

3 Comments
2024/10/30
03:04 UTC

6

HeartGold Team

About to face Claire, any advice on movesets and strategies would be appreciated!

2 Comments
2024/10/30
02:31 UTC

8

Battle tower

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???

4 Comments
2024/10/30
00:11 UTC

229

So it wasn’t a joke

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

12 Comments
2024/10/29
23:20 UTC

33

Some doodles of my new playthrough team

Ran out of space so houndour and bayleef must wait 😔

6 Comments
2024/10/29
23:13 UTC

126

Finally got my shiny starter after 9 months of trying and its Chikorita, I named him Simon.

7 Comments
2024/10/29
21:08 UTC

5

How do I get Steelix before postgame

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.

23 Comments
2024/10/29
20:24 UTC

77

After taking advice from you all on my last post, I finally beat Whitney

She’s no joke

15 Comments
2024/10/29
20:16 UTC

2

How to evolve Haunter with the GTS glitch?

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.

7 Comments
2024/10/29
19:37 UTC

9

OKOCuno

4 Comments
2024/10/29
15:04 UTC

6

Adamant or Jolly?

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.

26 Comments
2024/10/29
13:35 UTC

2

Best Flying Type

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?

26 Comments
2024/10/29
04:22 UTC

1

National Dex Question

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

7 Comments
2024/10/29
04:03 UTC

16

At the 4th gym. What can I do to make my party a little less basic?

26 Comments
2024/10/29
03:16 UTC

188

shiny rayquaza 😮‍💨

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

15 Comments
2024/10/29
02:05 UTC

34

I destroyed Whitney my first playthrough and now she’s humbling me

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

21 Comments
2024/10/29
01:17 UTC

15

Thoughts on my team!

I really wanna put larvitar there, being a fan really since I’m a kid of that poke.

3 Comments
2024/10/29
00:54 UTC

1

I don't understand the DNS exploit

Im trying to do the exploit to get the event pokemon now, and this is what I've done:

  • went to pkmnclassic to see the current DNS
  • my copy is legit
  • changed my internet settings and used an android Hotspot without password
  • if it matters I'm in goldenrod
  • i have tried both "mystery gift via Nintendo WFC" and "mystery gift via wireless" (just buffers forever)

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?

2 Comments
2024/10/28
23:42 UTC

0

Regarding items generated by Action Replay

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.

1 Comment
2024/10/28
23:30 UTC

50

What we saying for my team?

Currently in the midst of hunting Mareep I have Cyndaquil and Abra already. Should be pretty straightforward from there

11 Comments
2024/10/28
23:06 UTC

193

Whitney just bodied my team, need advice

I don’t want to use a machop

66 Comments
2024/10/28
22:29 UTC

0

What is the point of the move taunt? It doesn’t seem logical to take damage in battle

11 Comments
2024/10/28
21:37 UTC

4

My HeartGold Team

5 Comments
2024/10/28
21:29 UTC

1

Battle frontier question

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?

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2 Comments
2024/10/28
19:11 UTC

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