April 25, 2006
Dead Pokémon Gold and Silver batteries
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.
Comment by Monica — Posted April 27, 2006 at 14:19
I loved the Day/Night thing in G/S/C too and was sad that it wasn’t in R/S/E, but at least that’s a logical reason to take it out. It made a lot more sense with Nocturnal and Dayturnal{?) Pokemon.
Comment by Bloodstar — Posted April 27, 2006 at 15:26
Ouch…
I remember playing these back in the day. They were absolutely amazing. But I’ve kinda lost them… >_
Comment by Sephiroth — Posted April 29, 2006 at 21:21
Damn.. I remember these games too.. :\ They were good games despite only being on the GBC.
Comment by Renkinjutsushi — Posted May 16, 2006 at 20:09
Ug… Feel sorry for you. This sortof reminds me of when I was little, I downloaded a Gold ROM… But the damn thing, after playing for 5 minutes, came up with a message stating ‘The batteries have run out”. On a ROM. On a computer.
Anyway… Here’s a question: Do the batteries for GB games only use power when the game is on, or always? ‘Cause if so, I better be worrying about my Silver…
Comment by Ben — Posted May 19, 2006 at 00:47
The batteries are always running so it can keep save data intact.