Cheesy Quintessence

I think I may have figured out why Nintendo removed Pokémon Gold and Silver’s wonderful clock, which added a sense of realism to the game in that you had to play at real physical times in order to accomplish certain goals, from the latest generation of Pokémon games. It seems that after less than five short years, my Pokémon Gold and Silver batteries have been drained; my game saves, in which I had a nice team and all 251 Pokemon, have been completely lost, and the cartridges can no longer remember games.

I feel strangely hurt by this. Pokémon Gold and Silver meant a lot to me back in the day. I have very fond memories of exploring the game for the first time, with its incredibly innovative features (such as the clock and the cellular phone), and I feel like a part of myself has been lost now that I can’t go back and live what I did way back in 2001. That’s especially true since the best part for me was exploring Kanto again; the way Nintendo presented the old world was, for me, incredibly nostalgically satisfying. I sure hope Nintendo decides to give the Gold and Silver generation a facelift like it did with Red/Green/Blue.