THE GRAPHICS are among the best used in the Game Boy Color system. They are much better when compared to Pokémon Crystal. Pokémon Crystal was supposed to be the more advanced game, yet the sprites for Pokémon Crystal would blip weirdly when battles started and when I checked stats. This game has no such difficulties. There was a unique Pokémon in the middle of a lake that had a shiny sprite. I shall not reveal its identity. Play the game and find out for yourself.

THE SOUNDS were mostly new. This game uses many new musical themes that were not heard in Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue or Pokémon Yellow. The one hundred new Pokémon all have their own original animal sound which all Pokémon make when they enter a battle or faint or are viewed on Pokedex or stat screen. Each town has a theme that is almost unique. The second village shares one with one of the northern towns. Your rival gets new special battle music. I believe the Rockets do too.

ADDICTIVE is a strong word that is "right on the money" in this case. I played this game every week for nearly a year. There are so many more things that you can do in this game as compared to its predecessors. If I had not found other games to divide my playtime with, I would perhaps still be playing only this game. That is the degree of Pokémon Silver's addictiveness.

The STORY is an important aspect of most good games. This one has fluid continuity. I can pick up where I left off at any time because the story is so memorable. The storyline is the reason I have kept coming back for more and more; always wanting to complete the things I have started.

No game has more DEPTH. I have played for more than a year now and I can say with certainty that I am halfway through the complete storyline and a third of the way to getting most of my Pokémon to max level 100. There is so much to do that you would have to keep a calendar to fit it all in.

The DIFFICULTY of this game lies not in learning how to play or what controls to use, but in how hard it is to catch your desired Pokémon and raise them to appropriate levels for taking on key trainers. The original set of Pokémon from Generation One, will learn new attacks in this Pokémon Silver Version. It is a mind throbbing experience just to decide which level I want each evolution to take place. It ultimately controls which attacks they will learn and how strong they will be as they grow.

OVERALL this game is a 9.5. Among the best of Pokémon games, it is a great starter game for someone just getting back into Game Boy Color. It was in fact the first game I played upon becoming a new member. I give it the highest of recommendations. It is one of my all time favorites.

Unfortunately, this game doesn't have all the perks of the real game. No Pikachu voice, 100% accurate attacks will tend to miss, and the best thing you can do with a nugget in this game is toss it and just get on with the game. On the bright side, many items can be purchased with a money glitch. So long as you have lots of money and only purchase controlled amounts at a time you will have unlimited money. This makes the nugget selling unnecessary.

Beats me. I've never had to enter a game shark code before(what ever that is). Every commenter seems obsessed with bragging about how well they are doing and if you ask how to enter the code, people just tell you the code. I HAVE THE CODE ALREADY FLAMERS!
By the way, it seems very odd that you would have to enter a cheat code just to play. I believe the hack creator smoked too much hash when thinking up this stipulation of the game.