Pokemon Crystal is the updated "third" version of Pokemon Gold and Silver. This revision introduces a few hallmarks that continued onwards through the series: Pokemon sprite animations, the Battle Tower, a female protagonist choice, and even legendary-focused storylines through a little side story surrounding Suicune. Colors and the like were also updated for a bit more quality, as Crystal was also on a GBC only cartridge.

This is pretty much Gold or Silver but even better, you can't really go wrong with it.

Pokemon Crystal Version * is a hack of Pokemon Crystal improving balance, adding difficulty, vastly expanding kanto with new maps, quality of life improvements, and more.

Features:
- Balanced, though challenging difficulty curve
- All 251 Pokemon obtainable
- Vastly expanded Kanto region; 10+ new/restored areas
- Numerous quality-of-life improvements
- Elite four, gym leaders, and Red rematches
- 100+ new trainers
- New move tutor moves
- No significant story or mechanics changes
- See below for more specifics

Trainers:
- Every trainer's team has been revised
- Most trainer classes have better DVs
- Most trainers have better AI; they will now switch and use items
- Many trainers' teams have custom movesets and held items
- Over 100 new trainers, mostly in Kanto
- A more linear level curve, with the Elite Four at lv 60-70 and Red at lv 100
- After opening Mt. Silver, all gym leaders and the Elite Four can be rebattled with stronger teams

Quality of Life Improvements:
- Saving is now instant
- Hold B to run
- New text speed option: instant
- Kurt makes Pokeballs instantly
- Repels can be used continuously without going into menu
- Simply press down, B, select simultaneously at the title screen to reset the clock
- Lucky Number Game is now daily instead of weekly
- Numerous bug fixes

New Maps:
- Viridian Forest
- Seafoam Islands
- Power Plant Ruins
- Cinnabar Volcano
- Safari Zone
- Underground Path
- Cerulean Cave
- Pewter Museum
- Silph Co. 2nd Floor
- Cerulean City Bike Shop

Pokemon:
- All 251 Pokemon obtainable in single playthrough
- New stationary encounters for Kanto legendaries
- Kanto trade evos now evolve by level
- Johto trade held item evos now evolve when the item is used on them. Items still have held effect
- Pokemon can be revived from fossils

Aesthetic Improvements:
- Pokemon menu icon colors now match the Pokemon's palette
- 3rd trainer card page for Kanto badges
- Kanto city roofs all match the city's color

New Events:
- Warden's granddaughter sneaks you into Safari Zone
- Kanto Pokemon Federation takes over rt 7-8 Underground Path
- Each gym leader can rebattled in places they like to hang out on certain days of the week

Moves:
- Some slight updates to learnsets
- Sweet Scent, Detect, and Swagger TMs are replaced by Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Flamethrower
- Goldenrod move tutor now teaches Spikes, Rock Slide, and Swords Dance
- New move tutors for Sweet Scent, Softboiled, Substitute, and Explosion

Not Changed:
- No new moves or Pokemon
- Special/Physical mapped to type
- The story is unchanged
- TMs are single-use

Database match: Pokemon - Crystal Version (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
File/ROM SHA-1: F4CD194BDEE0D04CA4EAC29E09B8E4E9D818C133
File/ROM CRC32: EE6F5188

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