Gameplay
Pokemon Gold and Silver are great sequels in that they improve upon the original games in almost every way. In Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow, certain moves just didn’t work as intended (like focus energy) and certain types were just plain useless, like Ghosts. Gold and Silver balanced the franchise significantly, evening out the disparity between types and making psychics less powerful. Indeed, these two games sowed the seeds for the extremely popular competitive play Pokemon is adored for.
Gold and Silver also introduced Steel andDark-type Pokemon to the game, mixing up the formula further and challenging players to memorize what typings are most effective in battle. The games don’t hold your hand when they introduce you to Steelix for the first time, and rather wait for you to discover on your own that Normal-type moves don’t work so well on Steel.
