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Generation II, the set of Pokémon games consisting of Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal on Game Boy Color and Pokémon Stadium 2 on Nintendo 64, is, for all intents and purposes, the sequel to Generation I. The games mostly take place in the Johto region, but also include the Kanto region and White City. In the handheld games, the main character starts in New Bark Town and moves onto Kanto once he or she defeated the Elite Four.

Advances in gameplay

Pokémon Gold and Silver brought with them many changes to the Pokémon world, as well as various advancements from the original games, most of which have now become a tradition. For example:

• Playing as a girl (Crystal only).
• Genders for Pokémon are introduced.
• Breeding
• Built-in clock, which allows for Morning/Day/Night feature.
• DVs get more involved as breeding became available.
• Alternate colors for Pokémon, also referred to as Shiny Pokémon.
• Trading capabilities with Generation I via Time Capsule.
• 100 new Pokémon bringing the total to 251.
• Old Pokémon such as Golbat given new evolutions.
• Old Pokémon such as Magmar given pre-evolutions.
• Two new Pokémon types: Dark-type and Steel-type. Magnemite and Magneton are now Electric/Steel.
• Happiness becomes a quality of all Pokémon.
• Special stat split into Special Attack and Special Defense.
• PokéRus introduced.
• Pokémon can now hold items.
• Exp. All replaced with Exp. Share.
• PokéGear added, which has a built-in cellphone used to call and rematch some trainers. PokéGear can be upgraded with a World Map and a Radio via installable cards.
• Item pack now split into seperate sections.
• An item can be put on the select button for easy use.

In addition, the Generation II games are said to be easier in comparison to the Generation I games, due to the different Gym types.

Starters

This time around, the Pokémon known as Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile are availible to trainers at the beginning of the game. They too follow the Grass-Fire-Water (respectively) route of the previous generation. However, as opposed to the other three generations, where the Fire-type would be the most difficult to start with, due to the region's first Gym Leader being of the Rock-type specialty, the Grass-type Chikorita is most difficult, followed by the Water-type Totodile and leaving Cyndaquil as the easiest.

Gym Leaders

The Johto region's Gym Leaders had different gyms, all of different types than Kanto's, including one featuring one of the two new types introduced in these games. The leaders are:

• Falkner - Flying
• Bugsy - Bug
• Whitney - Normal
• Morty - Ghost
• Chuck - Fighting
• Jasmine - Steel
• Pryce - Ice
• Clair - Dragon

Notes

Pokémon Crystal allows trainers to play as a female lead and has a slightly different storyline, as trainers focus on the Pokémon Suicune. Kanto became a different place than what trainers were accustomed to as changes were made, some of which are explained in the Kanto article. This generation is not compatible with Generation III and later, due to a number of internal mechanics changes, as well as the general incompatibility between Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance software.

The type chart is also changed slightly from Generation I:

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