
The sprites for your trailing Pokemon are simple, but each is totally unique- they even retain their colors if they’re a rare shiny variant. The best addition however, is the ability to have your Pokemon trail behind you, free of his/her Poke Ball.

HG&SS drags its source material games into the present day with a total graphical overhaul, a modernized Pokedex, full DS Stylus functionality and brand-new minigames and side quests. That's a 10 year difference though so the similarities between the two are outweighed by the differences.

HeartGold and SoulSilver are remakes of 2000’s Gold and Silver, which essentially means Nintendo has revamped a Game Boy Color game for the DS. Although with global Wi-Fi trading, it's no longer necessary to force yourself to buy the other version or, depending on your age, muster up a bunch of fake tears to get your parents to cough up the cash. The major difference between HeartGold and SoulSilver is standard for the series, too: each version contains a few Pokemon the other does not. And as always, you'll casually trounce an evil Team Rocket or Team Rocket-esque crime syndicate on your way to the top as well. Players trek from city to city, beating gym leaders, winning badges and catching and raising more Pokemon on their quest to defeat the Elite Four and become the Pokemon Champion. Fire still beats grass, water still beats fire and of course, psychic still beats poison.

Not surprisingly, the battle system remains identical to the one introduced nearly 15 years ago in Red/Blue. Above: Turns out 10 years is a long time in video games!
